Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR
Rough Start: A 1984 Chrysler Fifth Avenue That Is Streetable And Clean…No Wire Hubcaps! Nice!
The Chrysler M-body platform was always and will always be a budget-concious machine. The Dodge Diplomat and Plymouth Gran Fury were fleet sales fodder, the Fifth Avenue was the budget luxury car,...
More Of The Same Fight: Ford And Ram Keep Ramping Up The Heavy-Duty War
Ford and Ram are playing cutthroat in the heavy-duty pickup truck market, and both sides are watching the other like a hawk. They’ve been on a serious ramp-up for years, because both sides want...
They’re Going Fast: Six Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawks Were Stolen From The Plant Parking Lot!
The amount of gumption needed to break into an auto manufacturer’s holding lot to steal six brand-new, highly recognizable and desirable examples of a potent SUV is mind-blowing. But it’s...
Conquestador: The Most Violent Chrysler Conquest We Know Of Visits The Hoonigan Shop!
Ah, hello, old friend. This 1988 Chrysler Conquest has had me both mesmerized and confused from the word “go”. I’ve called it a Mitsubishi Starion (not the worst mistake I...
Rough Start: Yes, A 1968 Plymouth Falls Into The Rough Start Category, And It’s Not 100% Rust!
One of the reasons that I’ve soured a bit on the traditional muscle-car era vehicles is that in my eyes, they are unobtanium. I’ve bitched before about trying to hunt down an E-body...
Crew Cabs Rule! This 1985 Dodge Ram W350 Crew Cab Is The Mopar Battlewagon The Air Force Loved!
Chad has been on a square-body Chevy kick ever since he got ahold of his 1987 Chevy dually. Can’t blame the guy, the truck is sweet, but when it comes to brand favoritism, I have to lean...
BangShift Top 11: Decal GT, Round Two! More All Show, Not Much Go From The Seventies!
I’ll crack my knuckles, sit down in the chair, and proceed to once again embrace the weirdness that I will be remembered for. I grew up with everyone owning cars that had visual punch, but...
Dear Santa: How About This NASCAR-Engined 1972 Dodge Charger Built For Playboy?
Let’s cut straight to the point: I don’t care that the car is associated with Playboy, or that it was built not as a killer street machine, but more as an art piece back in 2013. I can...
BangShift Test Drive: 2016 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat – More Side Effects Than Prescription Medication
You need no introduction to what the top-tier model of the Dodge Charger line can be. The Hellcat legend is cemented…707 horsepower for the masses in cars that are the farthest cry from boredom...
Rough Start: All The Heavy Lifting Has Been Done On This Sweet Little 1965 Plymouth Valiant!
More than ever, the idea of a bitchin’ daily driver that doesn’t suck or suck fuel like the Queen Mary has been on my mind. While I’m whittling away slowly but surely at the Great...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: FCA And Mopar At SEMA – Jeeps And Hellcats And Hemis For Everyone!
FCA has been quite busy in their engineering bays, design studios, and out with the people who buy their products, especially through their Mopar channels, and they’ve been working a...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: ECS Automotive Concepts’ Four-Door 1970 Barracuda In The Flesh
This is a car whose build I’ve genuinely followed for years. It’s a car that shouldn’t exist, a car that was a memory in the mind of a former Chrysler employee before being brought...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: The 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL – The Biggest Calculated Risk FCA Has Yet Taken Has Broken Cover…What Do You Think?
FCA knows exactly where they get their money from…a four-letter word known and held dear by soldiers, farmers, and the worldwide public for decades: Jeep. J-trucks have come and gone, Cherokees...
