Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, MOPAR
Money No Object: The Period-Correct Pro Stock Dodge Challenger
With every barn I get invited to scope out, every garage I’m invited into, every story of “you gotta go check out what this guy has” that I hear, I always pray for a scene like...
Unhinged: The Dark Side Of Being A Mopar Fan Is Limiting Yourself
Uncle Tony recently put out a video that calls out the problems with being a Mopar fan in modern times. You can watch the video below, I recommend that you do, but I’ll give you the Cliff Notes...
Random Car Review: The Dodge Magnums of Mexico
Say “Dodge Magnum” in the United States and you get one of three ideas in your head: either the engine series (which are slightly tweaked versions of the 318ci V8 and the 360ci V8 that we...
Historical Footage: Henri Toivonen Running The RAC Rally In A Talbot Sunbeam
Henri Toivonen’s fame may lie as the man whose death signaled the death of Group B Rally when his Lancia Delta plunged over the side of a cliff at Corsica in 1986, but it wasn’t due to...
Classic YouTube: When The Boost Kicks In On This Wild Jeep SRT-8, The Red Mist Appears…Literally
OST Dyno’s 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is one sincerely wicked piece just sitting still. With drag radials on all four corners, a seriously pressurized 6.1-based 426ci third-gen Hemi under...
It’s Back! Just As Big, Just As Bold…The 440/4-speed 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Is For Sale!
This car makes the rounds every few years and every time I see it, I twitch, because this would shut up my Mopar freak show itch permanently…If I could ever afford the damn thing when...
Classic YouTube: The 1977 Dodge Ramcharger Promotional Video – The Bright Spot In Chrysler’s Dark Days!
Chrysler in 1977 was a mess. At least, the car side of the house was…the mid-size models got the same names as the full-size models, the big cars weren’t selling because the buying public...
Random Car Review: The Monteverdi Sierra – Putting A Volaré Into A Tux And Teaching It How To Be Swiss
When we think of the Plymouth Volaré, we think of rusting sedans, half-assed Road Runners, and if we’re having a decent day, the 360-powered Petty Kit Cars. Even though I’m a fan of the...
Do Old Mopars Die? This 1973 Satellite Isn’t Dead, But It’s Pretty Close!
What is easily the happiest part of my experience working at BangShift is highlighting people who actively go out of their way to bring a dead car back to life. No special one-offs or rare things, no...
Rough Start: 1975 Chrysler Newport – Big-Block, Hardtop, And Low Miles…What’s Missing?
The timeline keeps moving along, doesn’t it? When I was getting into cars, anything from the mid-1970s was available, relatively cheap to acquire, had a likely chance of at least being useful,...
A 572 Hemi-Powered Dodge Polara Coupe In All Green…There Is A Heaven! Watch This Big Barge Take A Run Down The Quarter
The note from Scott Liggett was simple and succinct: “I know you like the big cars.” And he isn’t kidding…properly powerful big coupes are a weakness of mine, but an...
Top 11: McTaggart’s 1990s Picks – The Cars From The Horsepower Re-Awakening!
So, I decided to revisit this list to see if my mind had changed in the five years since I first wrote it. Obviously, with only eleven spots, there were going to be some omissions and some contention...
Random Car Review: 1980-81 Dodge Omni 024 DeTomaso – The Benefits Of Friends?
The Dodge Omni might have been the most critical new car Chrysler Corporation could have brought to the market. After a decade of bungled leadership, sales banks filled with Yank Tanks nobody seemed...
