Category Archive: BangShift XL, Craigslist Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS, XL Online Find
Rough Start: Hit The Trails With A Prepared 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee Crawler!
Part of the fun of the Rough Start series is trying to work practicality into a project vehicle hunt. It has to be useful, because for a $5,000 budget, chances are good that this is going to be the...
Classic YouTube: The 10-Second Plymouth Reliant At Cecil County Dragway
For the 1980s, Ma Mopar traded out Hemis and 3×2 intakes for four cylinders and turbocharging. Call it a sign of the times, but in the smog-choked automotive world, that’s what got them...
Can’t Make This Up, Folks: A General Lee Clone Crashed Out In Nova Scotia
While there is varying numbers out there, it’s safe to say that a couple hundred 1968 and 1969 Dodge Chargers met their end after they had been painted bright orange and given the number...
The Grizzled Veteran: This 1980 Dodge Aspen A38 Has Gone From Stand-Up Cop Car To Shady Racer!
For most people, the only cars that Mopar produced after 1971 that mattered were police package specials. In the midst of bloated C-bodies, K-cars and cowboy performance trucks, the police units...
Shine Runner Special: This 1967 Plymouth Fury Is A Big-Block, Four-Speed, Four Door Surprise
A four-door big block sedan from 1967 is cool. It’s not completely noteworthy and you can keep your dreams of collector car auction gold mining to yourself, but any big-block sedan is worth...
Anything Goes: This 2007 Dodge Charger Daytona Can Do Just About Everything!
Early on Sunday morning, as Haley and I were packing up Angry Grandpa for the long drive back to Kentucky, few cars remained from the MSHS group that we had been hanging around with all week. One...
Could Jeep Go Chinese? Great Wall Has Expressed Interest In Acquiring The Brand
Surprisingly enough, I have experiences with Great Wall automobiles. Many of the non-military contractor vehicles available during my stays in Iraq were Great Wall Deer pickup trucks (read: rebadged...
Exorcising The Demon: Pennzoil Cuts Dodge’s Monster Loose In Philadelphia
Pennzoil’s series of mini-movies involving a hired wheelman and some sort of yellow four-wheeled dream machine hasn’t ended yet. They’ve paid homage to the Hellcat Challenger and...
Love The Looks Of A ’57 Chevy But Want Utility? How About The Bel-Kota?
In 1957, if you wanted to go haul a bunch of lumber home in the back of your Chevrolet, nobody was going to stop you. I’m willing to bet that in 1967, you’d still be OK, since the Chevy...
Modern Street Hemi Shootout Show Lot At Woodward: Demons, Hellcats, And Racers Showing Off
Dan VanHorn goes out of his way to take care of his racers. Way out of his way, in fact, which becomes apparent when you look at the setup he provides for the MSHS racers for the Woodward weekend. He...
Modern Street Hemi Shootout At Milan Dragway 2017: Where The Elephants Play, Part Two
It was painfully obvious halfway through the test and tune session that there was no escaping the inevitable: the rain was going to hit and it wasn’t going to be a quick deal. Even before the...
Modern Street Hemi Shootout At Milan Dragway 2017: Where The Elephants Play, Part One
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Conner Avenue, Telegraph Road…the road to a Mopar homecoming all meets up in the Detroit Metro area. Which makes the Modern Street Hemi Shootout series’...
Rotate The Earth: Ram 3500 HD Now Swinging 930 Foot-Pounds Of Torque!
Heavy duty work trucks are serious business. Not just because of what they are or what they do, but because they sell well based upon their merits…whether the customer truly uses them or not is...
