Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, CHEVY
Question of the Day: The Postal Service Needs A New Fleet Vehicle. So, What Would You Have Them Drive?
While many of us still have fond memories of the local Post Office employee tooling around in a Jeep DJ mail truck, that hasn’t really been the case since the Grumman LLV (Long Life Vehicle)...
Scrapple: Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Bolts, Catapults, And Street Justice!
With the Chicago Auto Show dumping uninspiring cars and unbelievably chromed-out trucks on us, it seems fitting that this week’s Scrapple should be Chicago-based…so take a half-eaten hot...
Job Complete: The National Corvette Museum’s Sinkhole Is Filled…And Not With C3s, Either
Just about a year ago, the ground underneath the Skydome section of the National Corvette Museum gave way and opened up a 30 foot deep hole in the floor, swallowing up eight rare and valuable pieces...
How To Mess With Late-Model Muscle: The Callaway Twin-Turbo Corvette
As it sits right now, you can go to a dealership, drop about fifty grand and walk out with a set of wheels that will accelerate, corner, and stop with great comfort. All you have to do is pick your...
Would You Rather? It’s A 1970’s Ford Vs. Chevy Battle, But It’s Not Camaro Vs. Mustang…
For this round of “Would You Rather?”, I decided to straight to the options list instead of the cars themselves. One Ford, one Chevrolet. They must have been built between 1970 and 1979,...
Historical Footage: The GM G-Body Performance Reviews From MotorWeek!
As I’ve pawed through the MotorWeek clips on YouTube, I came across one that couldn’t be passed up. Unlike last time, where the IROC-Z vs. Trans Am vs. Mustang GT clip was about bad...
eBay Find: The 1983 Stiletto Camaro, or How To Fake A Ferrari Without A Fiero
I’m not sure if you can blame this on any particular mind-altering substance on the planet. At some point, while studying the new-for-1982 Camaro, a group of car guys saw lines similar to the...
Unhinged: Love ‘Em Or Loathe ‘Em, The Seventies Are Coming!
I often catch flak around here for being a fan of Malaise-era vehicles. Let’s face it: I’m 31 years old. Growing up, I rode in a mix of mid-1970s to mid-1980s vehicles, with very few...
A Man And His 1968 Camaro, And How The Car Is The Important Link In His Life Story
Each and every one of us behind the scenes, as well as most of you reading this, have a story that involves a car and how it changed some facet of your life. For some, it’s the one car that...
This MotorWeek Mustang vs. Trans Am vs. IROC-Z Shootout Might Be The Most Cringeworthy Review We’ve Ever Seen
Going through YouTube and watching old car reviews is pretty cool…both to see just how far we’ve come from what used to be top of the line, and to see cars we look at as classics (or at...
Random Car Review: The 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Hugger Z28
Towards the end of the second-generation Camaro’s life, there were some interesting, if not outright cool special versions coming out, the Cheverra and the Yenko Turbo-Z coming to mind...
Random Car Review: The 1957 Chevrolet 150 “Black Widow”, The Race Car GM Built To Skirt GM Rules.
The story starts with the 1955 LeMans. On lap 35, Pierre Levegh swerved his Mercedes 300 SLR to miss Mike Hawthorne’s Jaguar D-type, clipped the back of Lance Macklin’s Austin-Healey,...
Some Deals From The 2015 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction – At Least A Few Cars Weren’t Priced Through The Stratosphere!
Barrett-Jackson equals stupid money. We’ve known this combination for years, yet somehow we still pay attention to the train wreck of “more money than brains” in the desert as cars...
Rough Start: It’s All Go, No Show With This Cadillac-Powered Citation X-11 [with Video!]
The Chevrolet Citation was supposed to be a good move to counter the fuel crisis: GM’s solid attempt at a small front-driver looked promising when they hit the market in 1979, and it’s...