Category Archive: BangShift News, FORD
Smash And Grab: These Thieves Used A Land Rover To Steal A Ford Escort Mk1
Car thieves are not like the glamorous Memphis Raines character that Nicolas Cage played in the Gone in 60 Seconds re-boot movie. Instead they are pure blunt-force-trauma, using whatever tactic is...
Freiburger Builds Up Hot Rod Garage’s Late-Model Mustang Into A Budget Autocrosser!
If there is one car in my recent history that is near and dear to my heart, it’s the 2005 Ford Mustang GT that I traded in for the Angry Grandpa Chrysler a couple of years ago. The Mustang was...
Rough Start: For The Truck Guys, How About a 1962 Ford Unibody?
For the most part, the Rough Start features are meant to be cars that you could drive with little to no work necessary. But if you’re focused on one particular vehicle, maybe you might be out...
Ford And Petty’s Garage Team Up To Produce The Limited Edition Petty’s Garage Mustang, And One Was Already Sold…
The Ford Mustang spawns “special editions” better than any other car currently in production (except maybe for the Bugatti Veyron, but that’s a completely different ball game). We...
Craigslist Find: This 1996 Lincoln Hearse Is Claimed To Be The Final Ride Of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. And Is Up For Offers
There’s always a strange fascination with a celebrity, regardless of who they are. And sometimes, that strange fascination bleeds over into some extremely strange fascinations that border on...
Australian Burnout: “UIDIOT”, A Chevrolet-Powered Ford Cortina, Lets Loose At Brashernats
As most of us continue to freeze our bits off here in the Northern Hemisphere, in Australia they are still enjoying their summer. And of course, that means that we get more and more gratuitous...
Rough Start: You’re A Seat Fitting Away From A Turnkey SCCA American Sedan-Prepared Mustang
What sounds more awesome than buying your very own turnkey race car? No building, no BS…just make sure the car fits your frame and go racing? That sounds good to us, so in the spirit of the...
Top 11: No V8 Needed – A Selection Of Cars We Would Take A Different Path With
(Lead photo: Bret Kepner) I can’t speak for the other two, but in my automotive history I’ve only dealt with two vehicles that did not have V8s: a Chevy Blazer that had the 4.3 V6, and a...
Question Of The Day: Would You Leave This 1927 Model T Alone Or Would You Modify It?
Locating an untouched Ford Model T that’s in any kind of shape is a surprising find. Either they are perfectly restored and pampered to death or they are yard art that would require an absolute...
Craigslist Find: The Good, The Bad, And The Sparkly All Meet In This 1995 Ford Mustang GT
We must warn you up front, this train wreck is not for someone with a weak stomach. We’re not sure why it happened, we’re not sure if it can be fixed, but deep within the tacked-on...
Would You Rather? It’s A 1970’s Ford Vs. Chevy Battle, But It’s Not Camaro Vs. Mustang…
For this round of “Would You Rather?”, I decided to straight to the options list instead of the cars themselves. One Ford, one Chevrolet. They must have been built between 1970 and 1979,...
What Does The EcoBoost Mustang Sound Like With An Exhaust Kit? You Be The Judge…
The EcoBoost Mustang makes the same kind of power that the Mustang GT made ten years ago, weighs less than it’s modern GT relative, and has a reasonable MPG gain to sweeten the deal, yet the...
Historical Footage: Ramming an Impala Into A Ford Pinto For An Explosive Test
The story of the Ford Pinto should be well-known to you: In the process of trying to meet the “2000 lbs, $2,000 price” guidelines that Lee Iacocca set for the Ford Pinto development...
