Category Archive: Craigslist Find, OTHER, TRUCKS
Epic Craigslist Find: The Comfort Of A Caddy And The Go-Anywhere Nature Of A K5 Blazer, All In One!
A good friend of mine, Joe, used to own a Cadillac Eldorado somewhat like the one pictured. Dark green, tan top, cream-colored interior and doted on as if it was his first love. Hell, it might have...
Question Of The Day: With A GM Chassis And Running Gear, How Would You Modify This 1987 Avanti?
Without a doubt, the original 1962-63 Studebaker Avanti was a polarizing car that was well ahead of it’s time. It had power (especially in supercharged trim), a bit of safety and quite a bit of...
The Yamaha YXZ1000R UTV Might Be The Closest Thing To A Rally Car You Can Buy: Four-Wheel Drive, A High-Winding Engine And A Sequential Five-Speed!
Let’s say, for a moment, that you were offered the chance to buy a high-performance off-road vehicle. It will come fully ‘caged with seating for two. It will be extremely light compared...
Top 11: Late-Model Concept Cars – Vehicles That The Manufacturers Used To Toy With Us
I love concept cars. I love the idea that one of the major manufacturers is so willing to test a future thought, or an unconventional layout, is even just nice enough to unchain the designers that...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, More New Car Rumors, In The Hits And Misses Departments!
The kitchen was flooded with news about cars, new and forthcoming! It’s taken us a minute to sort out what was good and what was okay, and we took the rest, along with some seaweed (it’s...
Lightning From Nowhere: Tesla Releases The P90D “Ludicrous” Upgrade: 0-60 In 2.8 Seconds And A 10.9 Quarter Mile!
If we didn’t know better, we’d swear that Tesla was diving headfirst into the horsepower wars and had painted a target directly on the back of Dodge’s Hellcat twins. During a press...
Ebay Find: This 1973 AMC Matador Is The Perfect Big-Blocked Plain Brown Box
We’ve looked at plenty of AMC products here at BangShift, but if there is one model that we don’t pay much attention to, it’s the Matador. Unless you are a die-hard fan of Adam...
Ebay Find: We’d Take This 1968 Volvo 122 Trar Over Any Subaru
Subaru might have the all-wheel-drive station wagon market pretty much cornered anymore, but unless you’ve got a hot Impreza WRX/STi wagon we don’t understand the desire for them. They...
Ebay Find: Four Harley-Davidson Engines Connected By A Jeep Could Be Yours!
There are easier ways to utilize eight cylinders for the single goal of making a Jeep tub haul the mail, but having the visual appeal of four Harley-Davidson Evolution running together through a...
Question Of The Day: What Do You Think Of Toyota’s Ultimate Utility Vehicle Concept?
Toyota sure has a funky way of celebrating the unveiling of the architectural renderings of their new North American headquarters. Most manufacturers would hold a small party for the executives....
Ebay Find: 1971 Shala Vette – A Lot Of Questions Wrapped Up In A 7/8ths Scale Corvette
Squint hard enough, and it looks like someone shrunk a Baldwin-Motion Corvette to almost comedic proportions. Look inside, and it’s Volkswagen architecture shines through, and sure enough there...
Unveiled: The Alpine Celebration – “It’s Only A Concept” They Say.
And for the second car we knew was coming out of LeMans, the Alpine Celebration. Renault has been quick to remind everybody that this is merely a concept car, but in all honesty…we call BS....
Ford And Renault Tease Up Their Surprises For The 24 Hours of Lemans
(Lead photo: John Dagys) This year’s 24 Hours of LeMans is going to be interesting before a wheel turns in anger, and you can thank Ford and Renault for the news. Both manufacturers have been...
Back From The Dead And More Deadly Than Ever: TVR Has Returned, And Some Big Names Are Behind The Resurrection
It’s the age-old story that tends to plague the older British sports car marques: a succession of fairly capable British cars, lack of money, ownership changes, and it usually ends up with the...