Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR
Go Green: 1977 Plymouth Fury Sport Suburban Station Wagon
I’m normally not one to get argumentative with anyone. I’m happier to keep my mouth shut, keep my judgements to myself, and move on. But I swear, if one more mouth-breather approaches me...
How Would You Build It: 1989 Shelby Dakota
Seeing Carroll Shelby jump ship from Ford around 1970 was no surprise. The direction that the Shelby Mustang program was headed towards was pissing him off more and more. His GT350 and GT500 were...
Cool Vanilla: 1990 Dodge Ram D150 Muscle Truck, As It Should Have Been
Rewind back to 1990 for a minute. The truck of the moment, as it had been ever since it debuted, is the updated GM C/K pickup truck. Lifted, slammed, name it, GM trucks were killing it. They were the...
Rough Start: 1968 Dodge Dart Sedan – The Yellow Brick Road To Fun
In the 1990s, Mopar Action magazine built up a 1969 Plymouth Valiant four-door, dubbed it the “Green Brick” and proceeded to road-race the dog snot out of the car. It competed at many...
Money No Object: 1963 Dodge 330 Two-Door Clone
There are two points about this car that need to be mentioned. One, this is a Chrysler B-body. Same as a Road Runner, same as a Charger, same as a Cordoba. Yeah, the styling couldn’t be any...
Rough Start: Add An Extra Grand To The Budget For This Ballsy Dakota R/T!
Whenever I go daydream project hunting in areas of the Pacific Northwest, I try to keep an eye out for vehicles that I might have known. A Chevelle here, a Cutlass there, or maybe something that I...
Copart Cadaver: This 1968 Dodge Charger Took It In The Rear Badly
1968-1970 Dodge Chargers are desirable in a way that few other cars have managed to become. They are brutally handsome, they came from the factory in trims ranging from the rare fuel sipper to...
Money No Object: The “Jet-X” 1971 Plymouth GTX
At the beginning of BangShift.com, one of the earliest stories I can remember reading involved this very car. In the Mopar world, Gary and Pam Beineke had made a name for themselves by building the...
Hi-Ho, Land Yacht, Away: A 1973 Chrysler Newport For Old Time’s Sake
If you’ve read my past writings that involve a Chrysler Newport, you’ll know about the history of one 1973 model that is pretty much my indoctrination into the adrenaline high of...
Hemi Kid: Darla Kimak’s 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8
In 2017, I took part in the only parade I’ve ever taken a part in. Once it became clear that the weather was not going to cooperate with the racing schedule at Milan Dragway, the entirety of...
Classic YouTube: Selling Mopar’s Pocket Rocket With The Help Of Junior – The 1984 Dodge Omni GLH
“Dodge Omni has always been a good old buddy…a nice little guy.” Yeah, sure, believe what you will. Dodge’s Omni had a few things going for it…small, front-wheel-drive,...
Unveiled: 2021 Dodge SRT Durango Hellcat, Charger Redeye, and Challenger Super Stock
First, we got the Hellcat twins. 707 horsepower in 2015 was a bomb blast to the automotive world. Prior to that, Ford had blessed the Shelby GT500 with 662 horsepower and FCA looked to be circling...
Watching This Dodge Dakota R/T Drifting Around Rockford Speedway Is Having An Absolute Blast
The 1998-2003 Dodge Dakota R/T is a riot in disguise. Shoving the 250hp/345tq 360 into the Dakota and backing up the powertrain with a 9.25″ rear packing 3.92 gears, the Dakota surprised those...
Rough Start “Tour Of Temptation”: 1984 Chrysler Laser
We’re on the final leg of the adventure that has encompassed the 2020 Rocky Mountain Race Week. Haley and I have had a blast out on the road together and once the sun rises in the morning,...