Category Archive: BangShift XL, CHEVY, eBay Find, TRUCKS, XL Online Find

Money No Object: This 2004 Chevrolet Express Just Might Be The Ultimate People-Mover – Turbocharged LS For Twelve, Anyone?

This isn’t the 1970s, folks. The days of looking at a full-size van and going, “Hmm…you know what…that would make a bitchin’ hot rod” are long, long gone. Right?...

SEMA 2016: Check Out What Omix-ADA Brought To The Show (Besides The Crackdown On Parts Fakers!)

Omix-ADA just might have stolen the show at SEMA 2016 this year, all due to the crackdown on Chinese parts counterfeiters. It’s kind of hard to get past the fact that the U.S. Marshals came in...

SEMA 2016: OPGI Builds On Existing Cadillac Parts Line – Introduces New G-Body Buick Products

How do you get our attention? Well, starting with a gorgeous green 1968 Cadillac Coupe de Ville is a very, very good start. There was no ignoring the great big C-body as it sat, monstrous and...

STAMPEDE! Hundreds Of Dodge Rams Take Over The Nurburgring For A World Record!

When I was traveling through Ireland and the UK a couple of years ago, I noticed one thing among all others in regards to cars: American cars of any kind are such a rarity that it actually catches...

Sick Of LS-Swapped Nissans? How About A Toyota With A Small-Block Ford?

Drift events. Cars and Coffee. LS Fest. Hell, the kid down the street is probably ripping the guts out of a Nissan 180SX or 240SX and is preparing to jam it full of late-model GM V8. And if the...

SEMA 2016: The Tri-Ace Drift Holden Ute – Specially Shipped Over From Australia With Love (And Some Hate!)

If you thought getting a car ready for SEMA was normally a pain in the ass, you can only begin to imagine the headaches that Josh Robinson and the Tri-Ace Tires Drift Ute team had to face: a car that...

SEMA 2016: Chevrolet Actually Asked Us To Flog Their Cars At Spring Mountain Motorsports Park And Tell You How They Did!

If the SEMA coverage so far makes it sound like Lohnes and I had one hell of a week…well, we did. SEMA wasn’t even the start of our week…Lohnes was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,...

Rough Start: This 1976 Ford Elite Is Nice And Is Just A Few Mods Away From Great!

How much longer are you going to be able to find a relatively cheap 1970s car that isn’t beyond hope? Every year I keep thinking that “this will be it”, and every year I find a...

The WTF? Files: Anybody Looking For A Very Pricey Dodge Magnum Ute?

When DaimlerChrysler rolled out the LX cars, they were pretty generous with the variants: two sedans, a two-door performance coupe and a station wagon. Let’s focus on the Magnum for a second:...

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SEMA 2016: In A Sea Of Overkill Show Cars, This 1961 Chrysler Stands Out From The Crowd!

Outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center, you will find some of the really wild cars…wild paints that you shouldn’t look at directly during full sun, wheels that have to be one-off...

SEMA 2016: Our First Look At The “Project Underdog” 1972 Ford Maverick!

If there was one car that many, many people have been waiting to see at SEMA 2016, this white 1972 Ford Maverick was it: Project Underdog, the car that three teenagers from Alhambra High School in...

Do Not Dismiss This 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood As Another Boring Barge! Check This Sleeper Out!

For the most part, 1990s Cadillacs can be summed up in one word, for better or for worse: Northstar. They were front-wheel-drive old-school American luxury barges that valued comfort and presence...

The COPO Returns! After A Winning 2016, Chevrolet Unveils The 2017 Line – Only 69 Being Built!

(Photos: Chevrolet) If you needed any proof that Camaro Vs. Mustang was still a genuine battle between Ford and Chevrolet, all you need to do is look at classes like NMCA’s Factory Super Car...

Hold Lohnes Back: This Coyote-Swapped 1979 Ford F-100 Pro Streeter Is Shop Truck Sweetness!

Everybody jokes about how there is always a Camaro-related story for everybody. It’s not too farfetched, but my money says that for every one Camaro story, there’s two out there that...