Category Archive: BangShift Road Tests, MOPAR
BangShift Test Drive: 2018 Jeep Compass Sport 4×4 – Small, Basic, Manual Transmission SUV. Perfect.
Meet one of the few vehicles that I’ve actively asked for and sought out instead of just going to the dealership and saying, “that one.” Here’s my rationale: the...
Rough Start: This 1979 Dodge Magnum Is A Cheap Mopar Build On A Silver Platter!
Admission 1: Over four years of Craigslist hunting, eBay searching, Racing Junk scanning and other assorted classified hunts that normally would’ve been a great way to kill a late evening have...
Comfy Bruiser: This Day Two Dodge Charger Has The Right Look And The Right Powerplant!
For 1972, there was a shift in thinking at Chrysler Corporation. Muscle was out and that was a known fact…the Hemi was dead, the 440-6 was dead, and big blocks were toned down for more sedate...
Not Malaise Yet: This 1973 Plymouth Road Runner Was Still Trying To Stay True
Sitting on a used car lot in Colorado Springs in the spring of 2000 was the dead-ringer clone to this car. A bronze 1973 Plymouth Road Runner, 340/auto, with the exhaust tips, Slapstick-shifted...
Rough Start: What Can 131 Cubic Inches Do For You? This 1987 Shelby CSX Is Turbo Gold!
Taking a Ford Mustang and wicking it up isn’t much of a stretch. Taking a Dodge Shadow and wicking it up…now that took some serious talent and a bit of luck. The P-body...
Morning Symphony: Got Cummins? This Monster Of A Challenger Sure Does!
Diesel power works, folks. The engines do everything from farmers with the power to get things done to giving ocean-going workers the ability to cross the seas with ease. They are beastly and you...
Suit-And-Tie 1960’s Badass: This 1965 Plymouth Belvedere II Is Lust-Worthy!
Clean, straightforward, all-business. Trimmed hair, suit dialed in to perfection, tie choice excellent and demure. The man’s man of the early 1960s…all business, all professional. The...
Camp Wagon: This 1979 Plymouth TrailDuster Is The Camping Rig Your Dad Wished He Had
“Camping” in my family meant one of two things: either we rolled out the old Coleman pop-up trailer out into the middle of the field and me and my brother lived semi-independently for the...
Maybe Too Demonic: FCA Recalling Certain Hemi-Powered Cars For “Unpredictable Acceleration”
Remember back a few years ago, when Toyota had the whole “unintended acceleration” issue that resulted in lawsuits, fines, government interference and a field day for wanna-be comedians?...
Epic Trolling: We’d Put This 1978 Dodge Challenger On The Street In Seconds!
Chad actually rolls his eyes far enough into the back of his head that he can inspect his brain whenever I start talking about any Chrysler product made after 1974. They’re the wrong years,...
Again, Really? A Chrysler Lot In Detroit Has Seven Cars Swiped Off Of It With Security Present!
In the third time in half a year, an FCA vehicle lot has been hit by a gang of vehicle thieves, who this time were targeting Dodge Chargers. In the early hours of Sunday morning, the group broke...
Just Drive It! Nothing Is Better Than Putting A Dodge Viper GTS To Work!
The Dodge Viper GTS…when the original RT/10 roadster showed it’s face in production form, it was simply a great nod to the AC/Shelby Cobra and Carroll Shelby’s legacy. It was also a...
Classic YouTube: Meeting The 1984 Dodge Daytona Turbo…It Was A Solid Effort!
The Dodge Daytona of the 1980s was proof of a couple of things. One was that Chrysler had zero trouble recycling names…”Daytona” had last been seen on a late-B body Charger as a...
