Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Too Much At The Hit? Watch This Pontiac Firehawk Go Straight For The Sky!
Yanking the wheels at launch is one thing. Realizing that you no longer see the horizon…or the time displays at the end of the track…or trees…yeah, that might be just a step too...
eBay Find: This 1975 Buick Regal “Free Spirit” Indy Pace Car Isn’t For The Introvert!
Bright colors and gaudy graphics weren’t exactly Buick’s thing in the mid-1970s…or, for that matter, any time. The 1970 Buick GSX came close, but Saturn Yellow and Apollo White were...
eBay Find: This 1971 Oldsmobile Toronado Would Be Perfect For Highway Cruising…It Even Has That Familiar Interior Smell!
That nearly perfect interior that still smells like you remember…is that the kind of sales pitch that you look for when hunting down a set of wheels? The smell? Sure, you don’t want to...
Pro Street Poncho! This 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Ready To Cruise, Show Or Tear Up The Track!
Welcome back to the early 1990s, where monochromatic paint was in, chrome was out for the most part, and finding tubbed-out Pro Street cars was still very likely. We would like to introduce you to...
Top 11: The Best “Decal GT” From The 1970s – When Looks Mattered More Than Performance!
It’s a new phrase in my lexicon: “Decal GT”, coined by Jim Wangers, the guy better known for Pontiac performance, but is responsible for some of the most well-known examples of...
Rough Start: If You Can Troubleshoot A Fuel System, This 1955 Oldsmobile 88 Could Be Yours On The Cheap!
While most people agree that muscle cars as we truly understand them started with the 1964 Pontiac GTO, there is a solid argument that the first one appeared over ten years earlier in the form of the...
Hiding In Plain Sight – This 2000 Buick Regal GS Is So Good That Nobody Will Believe The Truth When It’s Told To Their Face!
(Photos by Nick) On any night anywhere, you can find a stereotypical car guy. Just listen for the loud pipes, or look for certain cars grouping together. Mustangs. Camaros. Civics that have been...
Runs In The Family: Check Out John Andrade, Sr.’s Stomping Nitrous Oldsmobile!
Oh, yes, it’s sexy, from just about every angle. It’s got classic lines, a great color, a thumping 406ci on nitrous, a backstory that is the stuff of dreams and the performance to worry...
Alternative Sleeper: This Oldsmobile Cutlass On 22″ Wheels Can Run 10.3s As-Is, And Go Nines With The Proper Shoes On!
This is one of the best-played poker hands I’ve seen in quite some time on the strip. This G-body Olds Cutlass doesn’t look like a threat…22″ chrome Iroc-Z wheels, a...
Unhinged: Living In The Times Of The Nine-Second Four-Door Sedan
From the moment I made my first move to get a car of my own onwards, I was told that four-doors weren’t worth the time or effort. They were engine donors. They were derby cars. But I...
Olds Camino: This 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Had A Tree Fall On It…Now, It’s A One Of None Ute!
Fate can be a cruel mistress. One day you have a cherry 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass. The next day, there is a sizable tree laying across what was a cherry Oldsmobile Cutlass. That’s just the way...
This PowerStroke-powered 1964 Cadillac DeVille Is An Interesting Find From Norway!
Cadillac referred to their cars as being “in a realm all it’s own” in their 1960’s advertising, and it was true: GM’s top-tier brand still had the swagger and style that...
BangShift Tune-Up: “My Favourite Game” By The Cardigans (1998)
Do you remember that mid-1990s song “Lovefool”? Don’t lie, everybody knew that song…whether they wanted to or not. It was everywhere. It was like a plague. The Cardigans, a...
eBay Find: This 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Is A Cool Non-Muscle Cruiser!
The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was the car of the 1970s as far as I’m concerned. It was a sales success, it was cleanly designed, and it was plush without being overstuffed with brougham-like...