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Category Archive: BangShift News, Car Features, FORD

Just In Case You Forgot, There Is A Third Shelby Mustang: Meet The 2015 Shelby Mustang GT

We’ve been fawning over Ford’s Shelby GT350R version of the new Mustang, and for good reason: it’s a certified badass that seems to answer most, if not all of the complaints that...

NAIAS 2015: Cadillac CTS-V, Ram Rebel, And More Ford GT News

Day two of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is still rife with new vehicles and other interesting bits. Here’s some of the more interesting pieces from Tuesday’s...

NAIAS 2015: The Other Two Fords In The Limelight, The Shelby GT350R And The New Raptor

Ford’s new GT is the shot across everybody’s bow, a 600+hp turbocharged six-cylinder supercar with LeMans intentions, and looks that will polarize even the most jaded. But that...

Blog War: Forget That Brady Bunch Wagon And Go For This Gorgeous Country Squire!

Okay, Gator…congratulations on finding a big-block LTD wagon. I’ll give you credit where it’s due, a big-block station wagon is getting hard to find, regardless of who made it. And you even got...

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BangShift Project Files: Not One, But Two Ford Truck Projects! A 427 In One, An EcoBoost Swap In The Other!

There are professional builders. There are skilled craftsmen. There are amateurs…like myself. And then there are guys like “EcoBoostedF100” in the forum, who make all of us look...

Destruction Video: The Australians Do Everyone A Huge Favor And Euthanize A Taurus With A Horrifyingly Bad Bodykit

The third-generation Ford Taurus wasn’t a well-liked car in the United States, owing mostly to the fact that the design went from a family-friendly potato-ish shape to a mess of blobs and orbs...

It’s Daily Driven, It’s A Six Cylinder, And It’s In The Nines: This Falcon G6E Is A Winner

Other than the green paint, you’d lose this thing in a huge parking lot. The body doesn’t have any radical mods. And unless you know what to listen for, all you hear is a six cylinder...

Confirmed: Ford’s Halo Performance Car Will Appear, And It Will Be Raced By Ganassi Racing

In twelve days from now, Ford will host a press conference that will reveal, among other things, the car that the rumor mill has been dubbing “the next GT”, i.e. the new halo Ford...

Craigslist Find: Is The Price On This 1970 Torino A Simple Typo, Or Is This The Most Optimistic Seller Ever?

Have you ever had the moment where you see someone’s pride and joy and the first thing you want to do is to crush their soul by telling them about the twenty thousand things that are wrong...

Minnesota State Trooper Pulls Over Deathtrap Pinto, Takes Pictures. Roadkill, Eat Your Heart Out.

(Editor’s note: As we continue to creep towards New Year’s Day, it is fun to look back over 2014 and see the blog items that really got people’s attention. This was one of them, a...

Ford Confirms Formation of “Ford Performance” and Upcoming Focus RS

Details of Ford’s plans have started to appear a good month early of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and even the tiny confirmations are certainly hinting towards an...

Rough Start: A 4.6 Thunderbird Begging For The Rude-And-Crude Treatment

Fresh off of my quick trip to Kansas this last weekend, I figured I’d troll through the Craigslist to see what is out there for sale. There are all sorts of cars and trucks for sale along I-70,...

Question Of The Day: What Hot Ford Would You Like To See From The 2015 North American International Auto Show?

When it comes to playing poker, Ford sucks at keeping a straight face, and if you were at the table playing with them, right now is about the time you might want to make very sure your cards are...

Another Barris Bomb on Ebay: The 1972 “Bugazzi”, The Lincoln Mark IV That Found Huggy Bear’s Wardrobe

Oh, my dear sweet lord. For the last couple of days it seems that my luck has been in finding some of George Barris’s most frightening creations. First it was the “Travolta Fever”...

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