Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Car Features, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, Videos
455 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser! Muscle Car Station Wagon! Will It Run?!? Abandoned for Decades!
Nov 24, 2023Chad Reynolds0
Everyone knows I’m a station wagon freak, but what might surprise people is that always have been. And on the list of cool station wagons were always the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. These Cutlass...
HISTORIC Factory Drag Car – Arnie Beswick’s “SWISS CHEESE” Pontiac. Rare Beyond Rare And Cool As Hell
Nov 12, 2023Chad Reynolds0
We’ve got another great Hot Rod Hoarder drag car feature right here and it is a special one. While everyone thinks that the current factory race cars are amazing, and they are from a...
Will It Run: Barn Find 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix Muscle Car! Mortske Gives It A New Life After Being Abandoned for 34 Years!
Nov 08, 2023Chad Reynolds0
Mortske is back at it, but this time he and Duff have found a Pontiac that has been sitting stagnant for the past three decades. Last driven in 1989, this 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix is in better shape...
RebelDryver Found A Super Rare Muscle Car Abandoned In A Junkyard! And, It Is For Sale!!
Sep 10, 2023Chad Reynolds0
Sometimes you find amazingly cool stuff in the junkyard, or wrecking yard, that you would NOT expect to see. This is one of those times! Scott just found one that is ultra rare, one of just over...
The Vice Grip Garage Grand National Is Going To Get A Budget Makeover So It Looks Like The Fun Ride It Is
Sep 03, 2023Chad Reynolds0
It’s not a show car, but it sure does look a lot nicer than it did before! The Grand National finally runs and drives and so it is time to give it a little visual love since this is such and...
Take A Look At This Awesome 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire Dealership Promotional Film.
Jul 10, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Take A Look At This Awesome 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire Dealership Promotional Film.
Automakers don’t do this kind of thing anymore. And when this video was posted, it was apparently the first time since the 1960’s. If you aren’t familiar with the 1962 Oldsmobile...
Father-Daughter Duo Take on Rocky Mountain Race Week 2023 in Beautiful 1989 Trans Am with LOW MILES!
Jun 26, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Father-Daughter Duo Take on Rocky Mountain Race Week 2023 in Beautiful 1989 Trans Am with LOW MILES!
You know how much I love Drive and Drag events, and we’ve been covering them here on BANGshift.com since the beginning. We were on the very first in 2005, have been to too many to count, and...
Barn Find! 1971 Pontiac Trans Am! 455 Auto On The Column? Fresh Out Of Storage After 40 Years!
May 25, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Barn Find! 1971 Pontiac Trans Am! 455 Auto On The Column? Fresh Out Of Storage After 40 Years!
Everyone knows that a 455-powered Trans Am is something special, especially if it is a 1970 or 1971. What makes some of them even more interesting than they would already be is the fact that...
Grand Pile: Pole Barn Garage Does Their Best To Make This ’76 Grand Prix Roadworthy!
May 20, 2023Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Grand Pile: Pole Barn Garage Does Their Best To Make This ’76 Grand Prix Roadworthy!
There is no doubt that there is a stark difference in styling trends between the Musclecar Era and the Brougham Epoch that followed. 1960s cars were straight, crisp, purposeful. Early 1970s cars...
FORGOTTEN 1968 Pontiac Bonneville – Will It RUN AND DRIVE After A Decade?
Apr 01, 2023Chad Reynolds1
Well, he’s back at it folks, taking cars that have been sitting forever and seeing if they will run and drive. In some cases there isn’t much to making some of this old stuff run, but...
Stock To Lowrider: This Beautiful 1959 Buick Electra Goes From Classic To Lowrider In Just Three Days
Mar 01, 2023Chad Reynolds2
There are a lot of different styles of low riders, and growing up on the West Coast, in both NorCal and SoCal I have seen them all. Some require serious customization to become lowriders and other...
Get A Closer Look At The Detroit Speed-Built 1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport
Jan 31, 2023Chad Reynolds1
The latest Detroit Speed project to be featured in video is this badass 1965 Buick Riviera. And while it is certainly a trick build, there is something about all the stock trim and body that makes it...
THE 540cid TWIN-TURBO BBC FOR FINNEGAN’S 1961 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE IS HERE!
Jan 23, 2023Chad Reynolds1
Whenever you get a new engine, whether in a crate, or in pieces from the machine shop, the moment when you see it all together in front of you is pretty special. Invariably there are engine noises...
Would You Rather: ’74 Nickey Camaro vs. ’74 Firebird Pro Touring Build?
Dec 25, 2022Bryan McTaggart9
Remember the joys of Christmas shopping? Not the mall, not Santa, not Christmas music until you puke…the moment you were in the toy store and your parents said they would get you one...