Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, FORD
Throwback Videos: Corner-Carving With A Late-Model Mustang
With my focus set on a Ford Mustang of some kind recently, I couldn’t resist going back and looking at old footage of a car I dubbed “Project Mock One” about a month after I traded...
Half The Budget Gets You A Rough Start Fox Mustang Find…It’s Even California Legal!
It baffles me how cheap Fox Mustangs are. It really does. Not that it’s anything to complain about, it’s just that when a car becomes iconic for performance, has the ability to become...
This 1982 Ford Mustang GT Isn’t Grandpa-Fresh…It’s Grandpa-Built, And The Old Man Went Insane!
1982 was the year that Ford’s Mustang finally shook off the funk of the Malaise Era and started getting it’s act into gear. It was a long time coming. The Mustang II Cobra started working...
Would You Consider This 1983 Ford Escort Lowrider Historical Or Heresy?
I like lowriders, maybe more than I should probably admit here at BangShift. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to own anything with hydraulics, a trunk full of batteries or anything like...
Massive Flop Or Misunderstood Massive Flop? Check Out The Story Of The Edsel Here!
The Edsel brand stands in history as one of the most spectacular and legendary failures in the automotive age. It’s not difficult to see why: it was overhyped, it was another chrome-laden land...
Just Like They Used To Be: Would You Leave This 1975 Ford Maverick Grabber Stock?
They were everywhere when I was a little kid. Blue, yellow, green, red, white, and every shade of brown under the sun…you couldn’t turn a street corner in Colorado Springs in the late...
You Thought The Lil’ Red Express Was The Hot Ticket Truck In The Seventies? How About A Ford Indy Pace Truck – Half Ton And 460 Power!
The story of how the Dodge managed to turn the D-series pickup into some of the most exciting performance products of the late 1970s is well known: the company found a loophole that allowed trucks...
Wasn’t Expecting Nines: This Twin-Turbocharged Late-Model Mustang Runs Hard!
Straight off of the showroom floor, the new Mustang GTs are runners: they will easy sit right on the 13.0 quarter mile line all day long in stock form, and if you optioned gears deeper than 3.73,...
BangShift Adoption Services: This 1961 Ford Falcon Is In Need Of A Loving Home!
Whenever I get a text from Jensen Masters at Short Street Rod Shop, I know I’m gonna see some good stuff. From the moment I met the guy three years ago, he has had nothing but some of the most...
It’s Got A Thousand Horsepower (AT THE WHEELS!) And A Thousand Reasons Why It’s Controversial – Jay Leno Checks Out The “Vicious” Mustang!
“It’s a 1965 Ford Mustang fastback…so far from stock, that it’s hilarious.” Well, Leno isn’t wrong on this one. It’s as much a Mustang as Ken Block’s...
Rough Start: This 1971 Mercury Cyclone GT Is Rough, No Doubt, But Is It Good Enough To Fix Up?
Ever look at a car you really want, only to sigh and turn away because it was just a touch too rough for you? I’ve done that once. I had found a 1969 Dodge Charger that was pretty bad off, but...
Rough Start: Rolling Nice And Comfortable In A Two-Door Ford LTD Crown Victoria
Due to my status among my friends as “the” car guy, I often get asked the same question over and over: “someone”, be it the person asking or the friend of a friend of the...
Money No Object: This 1976 Ford Falcon Has Us Seeing All Sorts Of Blue – Ford Blue, Grabber Blue, “That’s A Cop” Blue…
Take all of our money now. Seriously. If there is one Aussie car that most gearheads know about, it’s the versions of the Ford Falcon that are best remembered as flat-black, post-apocalyptic...
