Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, FORD, Videos
Best Of BS 2015: Here’s All The Fun You Could Be Having If You Jammed A Blown 5.4L V8 Into A Crown Victoria
“Quickcrownvic” took one look at his Ford Crown Victoria and sighed. The 4.6L V8 just wasn’t doing the trick anymore. At maybe 240 horsepower on a good day, there just wasn’t...
Daring To Be Different? How About Two Different Takes On The Ford Ranger?
All it takes to turn a regular, run of the mill, don’t think twice about it vehicle into something pretty special is talent and a vision. And if there is one vehicle that needs a vision,...
Best of BS 2015: Short Street Rod Shop Tour: This 1955 Ford Fairlane Street Freak Has A Street Racing Past And A Great Future Ahead Of It!
Karma is a beautiful thing. At last year’s Holley Hot Rod Reunion, I shot Jensen Masters’ altered-wheelbase 1964 Rambler American as one of my first feature shoots. I was happy to have...
Best Of BS 2015: This 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis Packs A Frame Swap, Modern Running Gear, And A Style All It’s Own – Meet The Mod Box
As the champion of both 1980s restomods and the “dare to be different” guy, you have no idea how taken I was to see a Mercury Grand Marquis coupe in black and chrome, dumped down on...
Rough Start: Stretching The Budget A Bit, But Where Else Are You Going To Find A Convertible Ford Crown Victoria?
If we ever stretch past the budget in one of our Rough Start features, it is because we feel that the car is close enough to the spirit of the budget to warrant a look, and that’s where we find...
Last Minute Christmas Shopping: A Rare Kenny Bernstein Mercury LN7 Flopper-Bodied Go Kart
Just a few days until Christmas and you’re just NOW shopping? Tsk, tsk. You should know that the best gifts are the ones purchased after you’ve battled maddening hoards of shoppers while...
Rough Start: This Rough Mustang II is A Perfect Candidate For A Rally Car!
I’ll straight-up admit it: seeing the Maverick playing in the gravel with a bunch of brick-like Volvos and Subarus at the Northwest RallySprint got my gears turning. I cut my teeth on...
Question Of The Day: What Would You Do With This Twin-Turbocharged 1986 Ford Truck?
If there ever was a sleeper tuned to the readers of BangShift, this would be the second one I’ve seen…the first one, the 1980 Chevrolet “Farmer John” special, was snapped up...
Craigslist Find: It’s One Part Ford, One Part Deuce And A Half, And Completely Awesome!
Yesterday’s “bug out” Chevrolet Express van didn’t quite go over as well as we’d thought it would, but the reasoning is pretty sound: van guys have been tricking out the...
This Ford Fairlane Is Just The Way We Like ‘Em: Durable, Fast, And Driven Often
Sometimes you need the right inspiration to understand why someone likes the car that they do. Case in point is Colin Sebern’s 1964 Ford Fairlane, which has a Thunderbolt look, but is...
Rough Start: Could This 1972 Ford Maverick Be Your 1/2 Scale White Lightning Replica?
We all have a soft spot for the Ford Custom 500 in the movie “White Lightning”. That big brown bomber screaming around dirt roads with Burt Reynolds at the wheel makes us wish that we...
This Sinister Ford Galaxie Looks Ready For A Starring Role As An Evil Villain’s Ride!
Big, black, low and nasty…all words that come to mind seeing this 1972 Ford Galaxie two-door. There isn’t much that the ad does say about this nearly monochromatic coupe –...
This 1977 Ford LTD II Trar Is Ready To Handle Whatever Winter Throws At You This Year!
It’s December, which means that winter is just about to set upon us in earnest. That isn’t something we look forward to…the cold weather does not help our aching bones, the sun...
What In The…?! We Weigh In With Our Opinions On This 1986 Ford Ranger That Has Been Converted Into A Lincoln Pickup!
What does it take to shock the guys behind the keyboard here at BangShift? Find something we have never seen before and would have never, ever thought of, even at our most intoxicated moments, and...