Category Archive: BangShift XL, eBay Find, FORD, TRUCKS, XL Online Find
Bullnose Brute: This 1985 Ford F-350 Hasn’t Seen Hard Use Yet!
The itch for a truck has been striking again. Normally I can ignore it and it goes away after a while, but every now and then I look to see what’s out there on the market. My truck preferences...
Yes, Please: Superformance Is Going To Produce The 2005 Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept!
The 1990s and early 2000s saw a trend that was pretty neat: concept cars that quickly transferred to production models with surprisingly minimal changes. The Dodge Viper, Chevrolet Impala SS,...
Rough Start: A Bargain-Basement Lincoln With An Easy Fix
If you are sincere about starting out with the lowest amount of money spent on a car so the rest of your budget is freed up for hot rod parts, look for key words to help your search along. Look for...
Rough Start: Feeling A Little Of The Lightning? Maybe A 1972 Ford Galaxie Can Help You Out
Everybody had their dream car in their heads when we were all getting close to our driver’s license. Most of us missed the mark entirely. I wanted a Camaro, and though I had a few false starts...
Lick-A-Dee Split: This 1955 Ford Escort 100E Is A Homebuilt Handful!
Ford Escort. It’s a name that is steeped in the bad memories of 1980s econoboxes for some, excellent little rally screamers for others, but has always stood for one of Ford’s strongest...
The “WTF?” Files: This Might Be The First Time We’ve Seen A Dodge Truck Powered By A Ford 302
Over my time off during the holidays, I managed to get some stuff cleaned out of my garage that hasn’t really been messed with since I moved to Kentucky a few years ago. Nothing of any real...
Rough Start: The Under-Appreciated Fox Body Thunderbird
I wanted to start off this year’s Rough Start hunting right: a decent price, a platform that has tons of potential, a car that could be driven as-is without any mods whatsoever if you so chose,...
Best of 2018: How About A Coyote-Powered, RWD Ford Fusion?
The phrase I use to describe stories like the one I put up recently about the possibility of a four-door Ford Mustang is “smacking the hornet’s nest”. It’s not a good...
Best of 2018: The 1967 Shelby “Little Red” Notchback GT500 – Factory Shelby Prototype!
(Photos: Craig Jackson) Until hours ago, this car officially had met the business end of a car crusher after it’s work as a prototype was over and done with. It was a myth, a legend, a phantom....
Best of 2018: A 1983 Ford Thunderbird That Flies Far Under The Radar – 460, Five-Speed, 4.10s!
First impressions are key. Within the first seven seconds of meeting someone, they’ve already made their mind up about you, regardless of whether or not you have opened up your mouth far enough...
Best of 2018: An Inline-Eight Ford Tempo? That Happened! Check This Freak Out!
Why is a Ford Tempo on BangShift? It’s not a former drag car, or an old Pro Street build. It’s not one of our cheap-car race car ideas, and it certainly isn’t a Rough Start find....
The “WTF?” Files: This Nissan-Powered 1971 Ford Pinto Has Been Worked Over!
Have you ever seen the translation guide to phrases used to sell a car? Where “rare” means “none of these things lasted over ten years”, and “one careful owner”...
Unhinged: Driving The Last Of The Everyday Sedans As The Sun Sets On Them
If you believe all of the signs that are appearing, all of the words that auto journalists are spilling out, the manufacturers that have lost faith, and so on and so forth, we are seeing the end of...
