Category Archive: BangShift News, MOPAR
Party Has To End Sometime: Next-Gen Dodge Challenger Expected To Have EV Systems
Nevermind the run-of-the-mill vehicles that are meant to be sold in mass numbers, look directly at the Dodge Challenger and it’s two rivals, the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang. The...
Money No Object: A 1963 Studebaker Avanti R1, Complete With It’s Factory Option Halibrands!
You know what the Chevrolet Corvette has deserved all of these years? Local competition. Do you know how many times the Corvette actually got competition? Three times. Only Ford, American Motors and...
It Lives! Dylan McCool’s 1969 Dodge Charger Has It’s First Fire!
If there is one moment of trepidation for any novice builder, it’s the first fire of a new engine. It’s a 50/50 gamble…either everything will be okay or everything will go straight...
Believe In Beef: This 1971 Dodge D-300 Stakebed Is A Shop Truck Score
Is there anything more purpose-driven than a good old stakebed truck? One engine, room for two, maybe three, and a big flat tray with the option to add in some walls if you so desire. I personally...
Drinking Habits: The Four-Cylinder Chevrolet Silverado Drinks More Than The V8 In Testing
When Chevrolet announced that the latest generation Silverado would appear with a 2.7L turbocharged four-cylinder engine, there was a lot of skepticism over whether or not the thought process behind...
Here’s A Surprise: Lincoln Sold Every Suicide-Door Continental That They Made, And They’re Making More!
A couple of years ago, it seemed that Lincoln was going to go that great junkyard in the sky. The Navigator wasn’t moving, and the myriad of “Mk-whatever” nameplates did not sell....
A Labor Of Love: The Story Of The Revival Of A 1985 Pontiac Fiero
I’m amazed to see how many people have jumped onto the car rescue bandwagon, especially on YouTube. Each video of somebody diving deep into an engine bay, scrubbing lichens off of body panels,...
Regular Sleeper Review: The 2000 Buick Regal GS, 3.8 Liters Of “How Fast?!”
Story time: I owned a Buick Regal GS just like this between 2005 and early 2009. I loved the car to death, and I never, ever would’ve suspected that I would. I traded a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 in...
Morning Symphony: A Coyote-Powered 1987 Cougar Ripping Around Sears Point
(Photo: DW Burnett via Drunken Squirrel Racing) Color me shocked: very few people bother with 1987-88 Mercury Cougars as a fun vehicle. I can find a few builds from old CarDomain pages, and there is...
Work Truck Dreaming: This 1977 Dodge Power Wagon Is Very Worthy
The desire for a truck has hit hard, readers. Real hard. I’ve only owned two actual pickups and if we want to get picky about it, a total of four truck-ish vehicles. Three of those are Dodge...
Your Moment Of Zen: Meet Ford’s Sweaty Bum Robot And Watch It Test Out New Seats
Did you make that omnipresent New Year’s Resolution to lose some weight? Are you a trackside photographer who works mere yards from a river in a location that naturally sees temperatures over...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Take On The New Crop Of YouTube Mechanics?
Today’s question starts out with a video series on YouTube that kicked off at the beginning of the year on the D.I.Y. Gang YouTube channel. A 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat that saw the wrong...
This 1983 Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler Is The Vehicle From The Year I Was Born I Could Use Right About Now
I hate playing the “what car from the year you were born” game. 1983 didn’t offer up a lot of positive options. The Fox Mustang is a solid choice, but it wasn’t that much of...
$300 Charmer: Junkyard Digs Drags A Beater Oldsmobile Home!
I hate to be a spoilsport of sorts, but this Oldsmobile Delta 88 has already been sold off. I know, because I was privy to the whole thing from beginning to end. Kevin from Junkyard Digs had been...