Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, eBay Find, MOPAR
Question Of The Day: What Makes This Brazillian-Sourced 1972 Dodge Charger R/T Worth $50,000 (And Climbing)?
Don’t bother doing a double-take at the photo: yes, we said Charger, and yes, we mean it. While Chrysler had thrown in the towel on performance by 1974 at the latest, the Latin America and...
Too Clean: This 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 Crew Cab Is A Killer Find!
I miss hunting for cars in Arizona. It was almost too easy to drive around and find something really neat that was in pretty good condition. Chances were good that it was probably even running and...
FCA North America Investing $1 Billion Into Two Plants In The U.S. For Truck And SUV Production
One billion dollars into two manufacturing plants and confirmation of three upcoming vehicles…that’s the very short gist of the announcement made by FCA. The company has had some issues...
Roadkill! Two New Vehicles Are Brought In – A Rough Datsun Mini-Truck And A Big-Block Road Runner!
It’s been a while since Finnegan and Freiburger brought new vehicles into the Roadkill fleet, let alone a vehicle that they are fully vested into. The Dirt-Track Challenger was opportunity: hit...
Rough Start: Do Slot Mags And A Four-Speed Make A Plymouth Volaré A Hot Ticket?
One of my better tricks to hunting cars is to find an area close to a military base. There are two reasons for that: there are young military members with decent pay, and there are usually deals that...
This Pro Street Dodge Viper Has Ditched The V-10 For A Blown 427 Chevy!
Out of everything that the Dodge Viper ever got knocked for by critics and enthusiasts, only one item actually made sense. The violent temperment, the “suffer no fools” handling, the lack...
Morning Symphony: A Big-Block Stroker Plymouth Barracuda Shouting In Italy!
A bright green Plymouth Barracuda isn’t out of the ordinary at the strip. In fact, it should be right at home, tearing tires to bits while running down the quarter mile at full song. We...
Late Model Stomper: Salvatore Iovino’s Dodge Charger Is A Monster!
Fifteen hundred horsepower. Yeah, that’ll get some attention in a freaking hurry, but don’t sweat the numbers on the dyno…worry about the numbers on the front facia near the...
Top 11: The Strangest Special Editions We Could Find – The Lengths That Manufacturers Will Go To Sell Cars Are Pretty Long
Special editions are, in my eyes anyways, just a way to peddle more iron out of the door by giving off the illusion that you are holding on to something truly special once you have the keys in hand....
It’s Done! Hot Rod Garage Finishes Up Project Fishtail, Their Drift ‘Cuda!
Forty-something days to take a shell of a car from out of a barn and turn it into a stomping drift car from pretty much scratch. Even when you factor out the help with parts or any of the perks of...
Money No Object: This Viper-Powered Dodge Dakota Is Like Standing In The Open With A Sledgehammer!
General Motors had the 454SS, the Syclone/Typhoon twins, and the C-series Sport trim pickups. Ford had the first-generation Lightning. And the folks at Chrysler had…well, in the 1990s, it was...
Mopar Muscle Done Right: Jay Leno Cruises His 1966 Dodge Coronet 426 Hemi
The 1964-72 era of performance was undoubtedly one of great power excess, factory competition, one-upmanship and proof that competition breeds excellence to all involved. But if you look at the cars...
