Category Archive: MOPAR, TRUCKS, Videos
Classic YouTube: The 1977 Dodge Ramcharger Promotional Video – The Bright Spot In Chrysler’s Dark Days!
Chrysler in 1977 was a mess. At least, the car side of the house was…the mid-size models got the same names as the full-size models, the big cars weren’t selling because the buying public...
Random Car Review: The Monteverdi Sierra – Putting A Volaré Into A Tux And Teaching It How To Be Swiss
When we think of the Plymouth Volaré, we think of rusting sedans, half-assed Road Runners, and if we’re having a decent day, the 360-powered Petty Kit Cars. Even though I’m a fan of the...
Do Old Mopars Die? This 1973 Satellite Isn’t Dead, But It’s Pretty Close!
What is easily the happiest part of my experience working at BangShift is highlighting people who actively go out of their way to bring a dead car back to life. No special one-offs or rare things, no...
Rough Start: 1975 Chrysler Newport – Big-Block, Hardtop, And Low Miles…What’s Missing?
The timeline keeps moving along, doesn’t it? When I was getting into cars, anything from the mid-1970s was available, relatively cheap to acquire, had a likely chance of at least being useful,...
A 572 Hemi-Powered Dodge Polara Coupe In All Green…There Is A Heaven! Watch This Big Barge Take A Run Down The Quarter
The note from Scott Liggett was simple and succinct: “I know you like the big cars.” And he isn’t kidding…properly powerful big coupes are a weakness of mine, but an...
Top 11: McTaggart’s 1990s Picks – The Cars From The Horsepower Re-Awakening!
So, I decided to revisit this list to see if my mind had changed in the five years since I first wrote it. Obviously, with only eleven spots, there were going to be some omissions and some contention...
Random Car Review: 1980-81 Dodge Omni 024 DeTomaso – The Benefits Of Friends?
The Dodge Omni might have been the most critical new car Chrysler Corporation could have brought to the market. After a decade of bungled leadership, sales banks filled with Yank Tanks nobody seemed...
Random Car Review: The 1962-64 Facel Vega Facel II – An American In Paris
There is an image that certain late 1950s-mid 1960s expensive grand tourer coupes present, and in short, that image looks a lot like James Bond, Mad Men and, to an extent, the namesake of the...
Rough Start: 1983 Dodge D150 Stepside – Midnite Special, Minus The Stacks And Graphics
In the late 1970s, Dodge knew that trucks and performance were not mutually exclusive. They had the Warlock and the Lil Red Express, but a lesser-known variation is the Midnite Express. When it comes...
Historical Footage: Follow The Build Of A 1955 Plymouth Belvedere With “Wishes On Wheels”
Automotive assembly lines have pretty much been the same ever since Ransom E. Olds filed the patent in 1901 and Henry Ford powered it with conveyor belts twelve years later. Pieces and parts are...
Bargain-Basement Fun: Cheap Beaters Can Be A Blast If You Don’t Worry About Being Pretty!
In 2009, I bought a beater. I paid $650 for a 1981 Dodge Mirada that, upon first sight, just about everybody I knew disliked in some way. It was old, ugly, cheap. The interior was 1980 Chrysler...
Random Car Review: The 1969 Dodge Yellow Jacket and 1970 Diamante Concept Car
in 1969 it was a good time to work for Dodge. Essentially, the entire work mantra was “anything goes, so long as it sells”, and they were having one hell of a party doing it. The B-body...
Classic YouTube: 440-Powered Dodge Intrepid Scratching The Tires A Little!
If the day ever comes that I find myself in possession of a winning lottery ticket that is of a substantial amount, I will be doing one of these builds, just for the freak factor alone. It’s...
Copart Cadaver: 2010 Dodge Charger – Time For A Ute Conversion!
When it hit the market in 2006, the Dodge Charger proved to be two things at once. It was the answer to the prayers of the V8, RWD Mopar faithful, the police who sorely missed the Diplomat and the...