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Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR, Unhinged

Unhinged: Ok, Survivors Of The 1970s, Let’s Have A Talk About Vanning…

At the time of writing this, I’m more or less thirty-four. That means that I was born in 1983, which means that I was lucky enough to miss the custom van craze. By the time I was a kid who was...

BangShift Test Drive: 2017 Ram 1500 Express Quad Cab 4×4 – Does A Cheap V8 Truck Substitute For A Hot Car?

Trucks are not what they used to be. Growing up, it was cemented in my head: a truck was a work tool and a car was for everything else, and if I must be honest, I haven’t gotten past that...

Neat As A Pin: A 1963 Plymouth Valiant Clean Enough To Eat Off Of

By the late 1950s, the Volkswagen Beetle and the Morris Mini Minor had started making inroads on American soil and the natives were getting nervous. 1960 showcased just how much these little foreign...

The Conversion: Creating A Racer With A 2015 Dodge Charger R/T

Not everyone who is at the track is a born and bred car geek with fuel in their veins. It’s a large amount of the people you will meet, but there are plenty of converts as well…those who...

The Four-Door Plymouth Barracuda Prototype Is Finished! Check Out What The Factory Never Showed To The Public!

(Photos: 4doorcuda.com) We’ve been tracking the progress on the four-door Plymouth Barracuda prototype re-creation that ECS Automotive Concepts and company president David Walden has been...

Rough Start: Finding A Survivor 1967 Dodge Dart Like This Doesn’t Happen Often!

Fifty years of use will take it’s toll on any car. Wear, tear, use and abuse all “add character” (read: impact the looks) and usually, most cars will not make it to half of that...

The Winning Horse Takes The Roses, But The Winning Trainer Gets This Kentucky Derby Edition Ram 2500!

In a couple of days, one of Kentucky’s biggest contributions to society will take place at Churchill Downs in Louisville. On May 6, twenty horses will take to the one-and-a-quarter mile track...

Classic YouTube: Did You Think A 440 Could Fit In A Dodge Neon?

Bless the Internet…a late-night search can turn up the most unexpected things possible. I don’t mean it like that, you freaks…I mean that with a little know-how and some time,...

Welcome To The Deep End: Randy Kirkley’s 2008 Challenger SRT-8 Wing Car Is A Commitment To Going All-In

Opinions on a late-model Dodge Challenger that has been transformed into a retro-modern take on a Mopar Wing Car are going to vary wildly, from love to hate, with very little middle room. On one...

Trackhawk What? This Jeep SRT Goes After The WK2 Record!

Am I still drunk on hearing late-model Mopar engines at full song? Yep, and I’m not the least bit sorry about it either. Hearing all sorts of seriously built screamers tear the backside out of...

BangShift Test Drive: 2017 Dodge Challenger GT – We Get A Crack At The AWD Mopar!

From the moment the Dodge Challenger appeared in 2008, there was one question that kept popping up: if the Challenger is a platform-mate with the Chrysler 300C and Dodge Charger, wouldn’t it...

ChallengerFest 8 Gallery: Shaking Western Kentucky With The Sound Of Modern Mopar Muscle

It’s a good thing that the ChallengerFest 8 racing schedule got condensed down to one afternoon, because the second day of racing that was scheduled became an utter washout. You can’t...

Banker’s Strip Sweeper: This Brutal Chrysler SRT-8 Is A Nine-Second Argument Against Physics!

This weekend I’m in late-model Mopar company, and with the notable exception of one V6 Chrysler, I’m at the bottom of the totem pole. Still. That being said, in the grand scheme of...

Friday’s Excuse To Go Home And Drink: The Walter P. Chrysler Museum Is Going To Become Maserati’s New Office Space

The Walter P. Chrysler museum opened it’s doors in 1999 and showcased historical and significant vehicles from Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, DeSoto, American Motors, Hudson, Nash, Rambler and Jeep...