Category Archive: BangShift News, MOPAR
This Might Be The Most Perfect Model Of A 1979 Chrysler Cordoba Ever Made, And It Just Sold On Ebay. Guess How Much It Went For!
It takes effort to make a model car look good. It takes the patience of a saint, the skill of an auto body technician and the eyes of an eagle to turn a kit of plastic parts into a nearly perfect...
Grocery Store Parking Lot Find: Check Out This Turbo Slant Six Plymouth Barracuda Drop Top!
Over the weekend, my wife asked me to run down the local grocery store up the street and grab a few things, a typical husbandly duty that I’m sure more than a few of you are familiar with. I...
This 1974 Dodge D300 Flatbed Is Perfection! This Black Beauty Looks Ready To Either Show Or Work!
When it comes to trucks, I am actually pretty easy to figure out: manual transmissions, large V8 or diesel, single-cab, dually, and if possible, a flatbed. I like my trucks ready to work. Nothing...
Rough Start: This 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 Could Be Your Investment Car
Out of all of the GM A/G body cars that were built, not one was more polarizing than the 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 Aerocoupe. We will spare you the long story: In short terms, Richard Petty wanted...
Morning Symphony: Listen To This 8-Second Fox Mustang Rip Through The Gears!
Happiness is ripping gears with three pedals, one shifter, and the knowledge needed to launch and shift without turning the clutch to a shredded mess and the gears into neat little metal pellets in...
Can You Fix A Leaky Transmission? If So, This Back-Halved, Mid-Engine V8-Swapped 1982 VW Vanagon Could Be A Great Deal!
The Facebook post from Joe Jolly was innocent enough: “McTaggart! Is this BangShifty?” Not quite sure why I’m the person to ask…half of the time, most people think I’ve...
Check This Out: A 1970 Checker Marathon That Never Saw Service Duty!
For many people, the Checker Marathon was and always will be “the” taxicab, while everything else painted yellow is just another replacement. For twenty-one years, the Marathon was...
Rough Start: Finding A Very Workable 1978 Chevrolet El Camino Super Sport At A Still-Reasonable Price
1980s cars are in their own right now, and prices are going to start climbing for desirable ones. There’s sure to be plenty of kickback by traditionalists over that statement, but all you have...
What Do Ford And Jose Cuervo Have In Common? One Plant That Provides Products For Both Companies – Check This Out!
Ok, barflies, pop quiz: do you know what you are looking at in the photo? That would be a successful harvest of blue agave, the plant that provides two things human consume: agave nectar and...
Mighty Mouse! This 1960 Lloyd Is A Strage But Neat Little Track Bomber That Is Up For Sale!
What does a bad idea look like? Ok, besides a $500 Craigslist car that “runs and drives”. How about taking a car that came with two-digit horsepower, turning it into a straight-axle car,...
This 1985 Ford LTD LX Is Sleeper Perfection! A Boxy Sedan Is The Perfect Place To Hide A Mustang!
Why would you ever consider the Fox-body Ford LTD? They were a visually upgraded Fairmont…just being blunt, but that’s about it. You still got four doors, four-lug hubs, and your choice...
Getting It Done In The SUV – This 1,500 Horsepower Jeep Is Still Testing!
Jeep Grand Cherokees aren’t aerodynamic. Not even close. You could literally shove the broadside of a barn out of the back of a cargo plane and let it plummet to earth, and that would stand a...
