Category Archive: BangShift News, MOPAR
Friday Reason To Go Home And Drink: The Former Home Of The Viper Will Become A Museum – Connor Avenue Gets Another Lease On Life!
Normally, the Reason To Go Home and Drink is a stomach-churning news bite that will piss you off when you read it. Not this time…for once, we have good news to share. When the Dodge Viper ended...
2018 Easter Jeep Safari Concept Vehicles Are Here! Which one Is Your Favorite?
We told you the Easter Jeep Safari concept vehicles that Jeep puts together each year were on their way. Well, they’ve been unveiled and without further ado, here they are: 1. Jeep...
BangShift Test Drive: 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL Unlimited Sport 4×4 – Rest Easy, It’s Still Every Part A Jeep!
When a manufacturer has a vehicle they make that is popular, sells, and has a fan base best described as “rabid”, approaching a new generation of the model becomes a harrowing experience...
The Classiest Viper: How A 1948 Chrysler Town And Country Can Be BangShift-Worthy
One of a precious few pre-1950 vehicles that always seems to grab my attention by the short bits every time I see one, the Chrysler Town and Country woody convertible is a genuinely stunning vehicle,...
The Path Less Traveled: Check Out This Dodge Omni GLH That Has Been Done To The Nines!
The wrong car to build…I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard that a thousand times. Funny, though…every time I see someone who has built the “wrong” car, the finished...
Rough Start: Style And Substance In A 1962 Chrysler 300
In 1962, Chrysler branched the 300 model line. In addition to the Letter Series, a “standard” 300 was available, taking the place of the Chrysler Windsor as the value model and the series...
Is The 1967 Plymouth Belvedere A Perfect Everyday Driver? Regular Car Reviews Checks One Out To See
Hmm, what do we have here? A plane-jane 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II. It’s a model that is fondly remembered for it’s street-stomping 426 Hemi variation, but like most mythical musclecars,...
Rough Start: The Home-Built Dodge Dually To Compete With Brian And Chad’s Obsessions!
So we’ve been on a dually pickup kick around here for a bit. Part of that is due to Chad’s box Chevy that he picked up and has been enjoying, but the other part is that we love dually...
Unveiled: 2019 Ram – An All-New Truck To Compete In The Heated Marketplace!
Ram, like Dodge before the split, refreshens trucks on a glacial scale. The current generation has been on sale since 2009, and while that isn’t nearly as long as the D/W-series’...
It’s Better This Way: Watch As This Chrysler LeBaron Droptop Gets Buried For Being A POS!
Yes, the Chrysler K-car was the right car at the right time for a company that had just very narrowly escaped the jaws of death. Yes, most were simple, frugal little commuter cars that moved forwards...
Could Be Fun: This Desert-Romping XJ Cherokee Looks Like A Ton Of Fun!
Yesterday Chad showed off a Ford truck that looked hell-bent on ripping up a desert path somewhere and it got me thinking about the same thing. Desert rompers rule! What part of “hauling ass in...
Like 1970s Pro Stockers? This 1976 Plymouth Arrow Could Be The Start Of Something Killer!
Once racers in Pro Stock realized that smaller cars could get favorable weight breaks over the cars with the larger engines, all sorts of micro machines started to appear in the ranks. Pintos,...
Rough Start: This 1973 Plymouth Satellite Is The Mythical Affordable, Useable Muscle Car!
I’m going to make a couple of concessions to using the phrase “muscle car” when describing a 1973 Plymouth Satellite with a 318 and a column shift automatic: here, it’s not...
