Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CHEVY, RACING & ACTION, TRUCKS, Videos
Happiness Is A Wicked Chevy LUV Truck! Watch This Little Beast Scoot!
The Chevy LUV pickup truck…if there was ever an endangered species of pickup, this one’s on the list. A rebadged Isuzu Faster, the LUV, along with the Ford Courier and imports from Datsun...
Rough Start: This 1964 Chevrolet C10 Is The Perfect Prairie Truck!
First and foremost, whoever took the photos captured the entire purpose of this 1964 Chevrolet C-10 PERFECTLY. This Chevy does nothing to hide it’s age outside of a set of 1970s-era truck...
Caption This: Give Us Your Best “For Sale” Ad For This Mustang II-Modified S-10!
I’ve sat at the computer for longer than I care to admit, looking at this thing that ostensibly started life as an early 1990s Chevrolet S-10, and the only word that keeps coming to mind is,...
The Square-Body That Hauls: This 1978 Chevrolet Is Ready To Work In Country Comfort!
It’s been an interesting last couple of days around these parts, hasn’t it? Chad is still in the honeymoon phase with his recently-acquired square-body dually. And after reading my piece...
Would You Rather, The Second Gen Sweetheart Edition: 1974 Phase III Camaro Replica Or 1980 Fire-Am?
The second-gen GM F-car held a performance torch through some of the darkest times in gearhead history. When they debuted for the 1970 model year, the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird started...
Miss The Look Of The Two-Tone Square-Body Chevy Truck? A Dealership In Minnesota Is Now Taking Orders To Two-Tone Your New Chevy!
Square-body Chevrolet trucks had already been in production for ten years the day I was born, so suffice it to say, I’m pretty versed to seeing them around and about. Older or newer, truck or...
Rough Start: This 1976 Chevrolet Laguna S-3 Is Period Correct: Louvers, Mag Wheels, Rust…
They were drying up in the late 1980s, were endangered by the time I was ready to start looking for my own car, and are all but gone: the period-correct, as they were vehicles from the 1970s. Mag...
Random Car Review: Have You Ever Heard The Story Of The 19 Factory-Scrapped 1977 Camaro Z28s?
When it comes to the Chevrolet Camaro, there is a ton of legend and folklore that surrounds the first generation and the first “era” of the second gen, a.k.a the Split-bumper cars. A lot...
Rough Start: Atoning For Our Sins With A Budget F-Body
I killed a fourth-gen Camaro. It wasn’t a pretty process, it wasn’t a quick and painless death. I ragged the living hell out of the car as if it was an Avis rental under somebody...
Ever Wonder How The Designers See A Car As It Goes From Sketch To Sales Floor? Check Out This Take On The 1991 Chevrolet Caprice’s Gestation!
Automotive design intrigues me. Creating a car that is supposed to sell in volumes that justify the expense of creation that contain enough emotional elements to attract buyers is a very strange...
BangShift Goes Racing: We Dual-Wield Two Beaters At The 2017 King Of The Heap Race At NCM Motorsports Park!
Ever since it was announced, I’ve been looking forward to NCM Motorsports Park’s King Of The Heap racing series for one reason or another. I wanted to throw a team together…that...
Sleeper Concept: The LSJ-Swapped Chevrolet Cavalier
LS-swap the Cavalier. Hmm…sounds like a worthy challenge, doesn’t it? We’re all about RWD swaps at BangShift, and a V8 Cavalier would be a kick in the ass, no doubt. But...
Craigslist Survivor; 1974 Two-Door Chevy Vega Wagon – Think Of The Possibilities!
My first car, after totaling Dad’s VW Westphalia Camper Bus, was a two-door wagon – a ’56 Chevy 210 and all through high school that Competition Orange pumpkin with a cheap, Tijuana...
This 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Is The Basest Of Base…But It’s Got The V8 And A Manual Trans! How Would You Build It?
Third gen Camaros come in three flavors: Z28, IROC-Z, and effectively, “other”. You can tell which version of the 1982-1992 Camaro is the hot one. It’s got the body kits, the...