Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, MOPAR
Would You Rather: It’s The Battle Of Forgotten Horsepower! Take Your Pick Between The 1976 Dodge Charger Sport And The 1978 Buick LeSabre Turbo Sport Coupe!
Apr 06, 2016Bryan McTaggart16
It’s been a while since we’ve felt the need to pit you, the readers, into a corner with a one-or-the-other choice, so we went digging through the Internet for two proper cars for a good...
Big And Beautiful: This Tubbed 1968 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible Is Just Excellent!
Apr 02, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
With Spring’s warmer weather, the thought of a convertible crosses one’s mind when they don’t own one. Sure, you could rent a droptop Mustang from Hertz, enjoy your time with the...
Caption This: “The Pontiac Thunderchicken…Now With 110% More Thunder!”
Apr 02, 2016Bryan McTaggart4
(Photo: Robert Beam via WBKO) On Thursday, one hell of a storm blew through the Western Kentucky area. While BangShift Mid-West HQ was getting hit with winds heavy enough to uproot plants...
Question Of The Day: Can Fans Of A Dead Brand Keep The Memory Of The Company Alive? If So, For How Long?
Mar 31, 2016Bryan McTaggart13
Out of all of the brands that have fallen by the wayside in recent years, none may be missed more than Pontiac. Mercury, Oldsmobile, Eagle and Plymouth died because their parent brands didn’t...
Rough Start: Finding A 1973 Pontiac LeMans This Clean Is Getting Harder To Come By!
Mar 25, 2016Bryan McTaggart14
At the risk of sounding like every hipster I’ve ever met, sometimes it’s better that you own something that nobody has seen in forever. You can strike upon the nostalgia the people have...
This Corvette-Powered Pontiac Fiero Can Be Your Autocross Sleeper!
Mar 23, 2016Bryan McTaggart6
The Pontiac Fiero is getting it’s just due after years of being derided as a throwaway sports car, and that is honestly a good thing. Hulki Aldikacti’s design was ambitious, but was...
The Owner Of This Pontiac Trans Am Grew Up With Bathurst, Has A Rally Car Background, And Works For Ken Block – Petrolicious Tells The Story!
Mar 23, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
It’s difficult to find anyone who watched Smokey and the Bandit who didn’t walk away afterwards wanting a black-and-gold Pontiac Trans Am. The film company may have beaten the Pontiacs...
Would You Rather, The Not-Quite-A-Musclecar Edition: Clean LeMans Or California-Find Dodge Coronet?
Mar 21, 2016Bryan McTaggart21
Not every Pontiac was a GTO Judge. Not every Mopar was a Hemi, or a 440 Six Pack. Not every Mustang had a Boss or a Cobra Jet under the hood. For decades, the 1964-1974 Musclecar Era has been solidly...
Unhinged: Thanks For The Letdown, Buick. Appreciate That.
Mar 20, 2016Bryan McTaggart14
Our jaws hit the floor. The Internet lit up. Facebook had it in the “trending topics” section almost immediately, and every auto journalist had to pick their jaws up off of the floor. The...
Rough Start: A Sense Of Deja Vu With A 1978 Pontiac LeMans, But Cheap Entry Into Racing Could Be Yours!
Mar 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
Didn’t I just find one of these? Yes, I did, and I had to do a double-take and compare the eBay ad from a couple of days ago versus the Craigslist ad that I just found this afternoon....
Top 11: We Rifle Through The Consignment List For Mecum’s Houston Auction For Some Gems!
Mar 14, 2016Bryan McTaggart2
When I paw through Mecum auctions each month, I always try to stay away from the obvious answers to “Which one would you have?” and go for what could be really interesting, really...
eBay Find: One Sinister Pro Street 1978 Pontiac LeMans – Need A Drag Week Car?
Mar 14, 2016Bryan McTaggart8
Oh, this is tasty: the Pontiac LeMans, the kissing cousin to the Chevrolet Malibu, in full back-halved trim and ready to run. In flat black, tubbed out and prepared, this A/G body is calling out to...
Late-Model Sleeper: The Cadillac ATS-V Might Be Fast Stock, But They Don’t Normally Run 10.92s!
Mar 12, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
Dismissing six cylinder cars as weak attempts at performance no longer applies. Buick guys have known this for decades, the Mustang guys started picking this up a few years ago, and Cadillac has...
Weather Out The Apocalypse In This 1976 Buick Electra…Complete With Hood-Mounted Flame Throwers (Really!)
Mar 09, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
I’ve seen it all now. I give up. Out of all of the strange mid-1970s things I’ve pasted to the front page here, this is by far and away the new current champion. This 1976 Buick Electra...