Category Archive: BangShift Road Tests, MOPAR
BangShift Test-Drive: 2017 Dodge Charger Daytona 392 – Second Rate, It Is Not
Ever since the moment we learned that the Challenger ADR was to become the Hellcat, the question has been posed to me by many a friend: “When are you gonna get a Hellcat?” When the engine...
You Might See Rust With Numbers, But We See Two Zombie Racecars: A Dodge Petty Kit Car And Super Coupe For Sale!
I can already hear the comments of “worthless piles of rust” coming, so save your breath. Yes, both of these 1978 Dodges are rusty. They’re Aspens…c’mon, if you...
Live, Die, Live Again: The “A-Bom” Chrysler SRT-8 Is Getting Rebuilt After It Got Totaled Out!
This past March, the “A-bom”, the blacked-out Chrysler SRT-8 with the blower sticking through the hood from Arizona, got knocked out of commission. A driver who hadn’t slept in over...
Rough Start: Is This Rear-Drive Converted, V8 Swapped Plymouth Turismo Worth The Risk?
In 1985, two Plymouth Turismos were pulled from the production line, stuffed with the surprisingly hot 2.2L turbocharged four, and re-christened as Plymouth Barracudas. The proposal to give Plymouth...
BangShift Test Drive: 2017 Ram 3500 Laramie Mega Cab 4×4 – Living Large In Every Way Possible
Every generation gets their status-symbol vehicle. Be it the ultimate chrome barge from the 1950s, great Lincoln vs. Cadillac cars from the 1960s and 1970s, 1980s power sedans from BMW and Mercedes,...
Temptation Island: This Gorgeous 1970 Dodge Challenger Is Priced Fairly…And Still Has It’s Slant Six!
I have a love/hate relationship with Mopar E-bodies. I love the way they look. I love the way they perform…even though, to be fair, I’ve only ridden in one once and have never driven one....
BangShift Test Drive: 2017 Chrysler 300C – Is Evolutionary Better Than Revolutionary?
Driving a brand-new Chrysler 300C was a no-brainer. This was the first Chrysler-branded product worthy of getting excited about since the 1970 300 Hurst edition. Yeah, it was a bit of a Bentley...
Rough Start: A Dodge Diplomat That Isn’t Taking Anything Seriously – Anybody Got A Roots Blower Available?
Build it to be a Pro Touring car. Build a drag car. Clean it up to near-new. Save it. Restore it. All the advice you get when you start car-hunting can be daunting, especially if you are the type...
Department of Justice Is Suing FCA Over Diesel Cheating Allegations
It’s official: the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit in United States District Court against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and VM Motori over violations of the Clean Air Act, specifically...
Classic YouTube: Burning The Hides Off Of A Clean ’57 Plymouth!
Lawn chairs? 1960s pop music? Oh, great…a lawn show. Every once in a while it’s nice to check one out, especially when you haven’t seen the same cars twenty times beforehand, but...
Could You Resist This Minty Fresh 1974 Plymouth Satellite? Could You Resist Hot Rodding It?
Ooh, now this I like. I don’t care if you’re a Mopar person or not, you have to admit that seeing an untouched, unmolested 1974 Satellite coupe as it was the day it left the factory is a...
The Rolling Dare: KingSpeed Race And Repair’s 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Is Built To Be Challenged
A built diesel truck, a real performance built, tuned-to-the-hilt truck that is much more than a monster exhaust pipe and clouds of smoke, is the most anti-sleeper thing there is. Big, loud, and...
Check It Out: A 1978 Dodge Monaco That Wasn’t Crashed Or Turned Into A Fake Cop Car!
Has anybody ever bothered to count just how many 1975-78 Mopar B-body sedans were killed off in movies and on television? Lots of people know how many General Lee Chargers were launched into the...
Classic YouTube: A 1970s Pro Stock Matchup Between Bunny Burnett’s Pinto vs. Jungle George’s Arrow
Towards the mid and late 1970s, Pro Stock cars morphed. What had been filled with cars like Camaros and Mustangs were now filled with small cars. Pintos, Vegas, Mavericks, Monzas, Darts, Mustang IIs...