Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Would You Rather, The Dirt-Cheap Hot Rod Buick Edition! Regal Versus Roadmaster for $2,500!
Buick has always had a real strange relationship with performance. Cars like the Riviera, Gran Sport, GSX, Grand National, and the GNX give Buick performance credit that at times, the company...
Question Of The Day: How Would You Build This 36,000 mile 1979 Oldsmobile 88?
I might come across as a bit of a heretic for this one, but I never quite got used to seeing the 442 nameplate on a car the size of the GM G-body platform. Don’t get me wrong, they are cool in...
SEMA 2016: OPGI Builds On Existing Cadillac Parts Line – Introduces New G-Body Buick Products
How do you get our attention? Well, starting with a gorgeous green 1968 Cadillac Coupe de Ville is a very, very good start. There was no ignoring the great big C-body as it sat, monstrous and...
Do Not Dismiss This 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood As Another Boring Barge! Check This Sleeper Out!
For the most part, 1990s Cadillacs can be summed up in one word, for better or for worse: Northstar. They were front-wheel-drive old-school American luxury barges that valued comfort and presence...
Pro Commuter Perfection: This 1991 Oldsmobile Calais Quad 442 W41-R Is The Perfect Daily. No, Really!
Before you say one word, I want to lead with the horsepower ratings for some of the better choices in vehicles for 1991: basic Corvette had either 245 or 250 horsepower, depending on your axle...
Formal Done Right: This 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ Is One Classy Machine!
You know what a 1970s “personal luxury coupe” really is, right? That’s where the manufacturers took what was a muscle car, stuffed it with the kind of luxury they thought buyers...
Pimp My Nova: This 1979 Cadillac Seville Opera Coupe Convertible Is Classy (In A Freak Show Kind Of Way!)
Forget opera windows, padded vinyl roofs or opera lights. Will someone who lived through the 1970s please explain how this coach-built Cadillac Seville actually saw the light of day, let alone a...
Does This Qualify As A Miracle? Buick Sold Over A Million Cars By September 2016!
When General Motors shuttered Pontiac in 2008 as part of their corporate restructuring program following the near-meltdown of the automotive industry, we were stunned to see that Buick, of all...
Rough Start: Paying By The Ton With A Massive 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood!
You want the most from your hard-earned money, don’t you? Of course you do. That’s why a lot of Americans buy in bulk…it’s the cheapest way to get what you need. Works well...
How’s This For Different: A Malaise Era Olds Omega With A Turbocharged BMW Engine Under The Hood!
One of the best parts of being a car guy in this day and age is accessibility to the amount of crazy builds getting showcased on the internet, often piecing together stuff from multiple vehicles that...
The Great White Whale: This 1973 Cadillac Eldorado Is Cruising Peruvian Boulevards!
Photos don’t do the 1970s Cadillac Eldorados justice…they are freaking massive. Over eighteen feet long, six and a half feet wide, rocking 500 cubic inches of front-driven...
Would You Rather, The Two Grand Edition: Would You Go For The Firebird Or The Charger R/T?
Let’s scale the Rough Start budget down to around two thousand dollars for a minute. What can that buy you? 1980s beater nobody cares about…a ragged-out Fox Mustang…beat-up...
Rough Start: If You Want To Get Ahead Of The Collector Car Curve, This 4-speed Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Is For You!
The other night, as I was surfing Facebook, I came across a discussion about what the next big collector car will be, and the general consensus was third-generation GM F-bodies, though there was a...
