Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Money No Object: 1979 Pontiac Catalina Brown-Bag Special
Oh, karma. You have decided to visit me once again, I see. Back when I was in middle school, I helped turn a Catalina just like this one in light blue into a ragged-assed demolition derby car. There...
Rough Start: A Pontiac Grand Am That’s Begging For A New Beginning
Between the Pontiac Grand Am CA and the Chevrolet Malibu Black Sterling that I recently found, I’ve been foaming at the mouth of a 1978-82 GM A-body build. Look, I like the G-body cars....
When Base Means Brilliant: 1969 Oldsmobile F85 W31, In Chevrolet Rally Green!
Welcome to the land of Hindsight. It’s March, 1969. You’ve just graduated high school, have a track into school, and in a surprise you never saw coming, your old man has agreed that since...
Rough Start “Tour Of Temptation”: 1997 Pontiac Trans Am
Next stop, Kearney, Nebraska. It’s home to Scott Liggett and…um…well, looks like we’re going to find out what else when we roll into town! Truth be told, neither me nor Haley...
Rough Start: If You Can’t See Why This 1984 Caddy Eldorado Rules, We Can’t Help You
If you haven’t seen the news yet, BangShift.com will be providing FREE live streaming video from Rocky Mountain Race Week 2020. That’s all week, every race. That’s badass....
Money No Object: 1999 Shelby Series 1 Prototype – Shelby And Oldsmobile, Who Would’ve Thought?
There was such hope for this car when it started bubbling the rumor mill. It was Shelby’s first fully in-house vehicle, the whole way through, front to back. It was the engine from the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Why Save One But Scrap Another?
I knew I wanted to use this 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass for some kind of post today, but I wasn’t sure what for. I could say it was one of my “Money No Object” cars, but at just under...
Classic YouTube: Putting The Big Hurt On ‘Em With A Big-Cube Olds-Powered Delta Ninety-Eight!
ProLuxury: the idea that just because it’s a pillow barge from the height of the Brougham era, that it doesn’t mean it can’t haul major ass and behave like a muscle car. It’s...
Loaded For Bear: 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 400 4-Speed, With Almost Every Option On It
The Pontiac Grand Prix’s game through the late 1980s was sporty luxury. Neutral ground between the Trans-Am freaks who wanted the raging party of 1970 to live on forever, and those who wanted...
Rough Start: 1972 Pontiac LeMans – Rough And Ready For A Good Time
During one of many late Friday night film screenings, I was asked which car I’d take as we watched the movie Joe Dirt. Far as I care, there’s three to pick from: The 1967 Plymouth...
Random Car Review: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 – The Half-Assed Homologation Special
By the time the ax fell in 2009, Pontiac was a mess, known best for bringing in plastic body cladding by the tons and the Aztek. It was quite a fall from grace for the brand that also brought out the...
Rough Start: Go For A Stretch With This 1994 Cadillac Fleetwood!
Thanks to COVID-19, a lot of businesses are packing it in due to a sudden, sharp lack of demand in services. Don’t believe me? Hertz has gone bankrupt. Yeah, that’s right, the land of...
Rough Start: 1974 Pontiac LeMans 400/4-speed AND Two Parts Cars To Put It Together With!
Pontiac project hunters, have we got one for you. Firebird and Trans Am excepted, we know that the performance market dried up pretty quickly for you back in the day. The GTO had one year as a...
