Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, MOPAR
Question Of The Day: What Would It Take For You To Drive This 1952 Plymouth Trar?
You know the jingle: “What would you do-oo-oo, for a Klondike bar?” Some of you wouldn’t lift a finger. Then there are people like me, who did horrible, unspeakable things for one....
Check Out The Wild Ride That Brandon Pesz Goes On In Keith Haney’s Nitrous Camaro – Nearly Flips It Before Riding The Barrier!
Depending on how you view this, Brandon Pesz is either one hell of a driver or had enough luck on his side to take care of a good-sized city, because the run he made in Keith Haney’s...
Chevrolet Camaro Versus BMW M4? Can Chevrolet’s Legend Compete With The Bavarian Legend?
Camaro versus Mustang. Ever since the fall of 1966, the Chevrolet Camaro’s main nemesis has been Ford’s pony car, and that’s pretty much because the Camaro was GM’s knee-jerk...
Viper ACR Versus A Hellcat Challenger With Bolt-Ons In The Half-Mile…Place Your Bets!
From the second that the Hellcats were unveiled, Dodge was rather quick to remind us that they play in a different arena than the Viper did. And, naturally, most people don’t bother with that...
Big And Beautiful: This Tubbed 1968 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible Is Just Excellent!
With Spring’s warmer weather, the thought of a convertible crosses one’s mind when they don’t own one. Sure, you could rent a droptop Mustang from Hertz, enjoy your time with the...
Is This Supercharged 1979 Mercury Zephyr A Score, Or Too Good To Be True? You Make The Call!
The downside of Craigslist is that you don’t get up close and personal with the vehicle that you are possibly laying good money down on. You have to trust a few photos and whatever the seller...
Caption This: “The Pontiac Thunderchicken…Now With 110% More Thunder!”
(Photo: Robert Beam via WBKO) On Thursday, one hell of a storm blew through the Western Kentucky area. While BangShift Mid-West HQ was getting hit with winds heavy enough to uproot plants...
Question Of The Day: Can Fans Of A Dead Brand Keep The Memory Of The Company Alive? If So, For How Long?
Out of all of the brands that have fallen by the wayside in recent years, none may be missed more than Pontiac. Mercury, Oldsmobile, Eagle and Plymouth died because their parent brands didn’t...
This 468-cubic-inch Chevrolet Cavalier Is A High-School Hot Rod Sketch Come To Life!
The moment I laid eyes on this Chevrolet Cavalier, I had a flashback: I was sitting in Ms. Jameson’s math class, first thing in the morning, bored out of my skull. In lieu of revisiting the...
eBay Find: This Starsky And Hutch Gran Torino Is The Real Deal! It Was In Both The TV Show And The Movie, And Is For Sale!
Paul Glaser hated the car from the moment when the production company for “Starsky and Hutch” introduced him to it. The 2B Bright Red Ford Gran Torino, sitting on slot mags, with a...
Hot-Lapping: This Half-Mile Corvette Catches Fire After A 180+ MPH Run!
Everything about this C6 Corvette Z06 is awesome: the stance, the 1,000 horsepower supercharged mill under the hood, the exhaust note that could wake the dead, the ability to run 181 in the...
This Ford XE Falcon Doesn’t Look Like The 9-second Quarter-Mile Car That It Is!
If it weren’t for the small aftermarket hood scoop on top of this Ford Falcon, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was just a wicked-up street car. It makes a nice, cammed idle and...
eBay Find: This 1982 Dodge Power Ram 350 Wrecker Isn’t Restored, Just Well-Worn!
When did pickup-based tow trucks disappear? As a kid, I remember seeing Fords, Dodges and GM trucks kitted out with wrecker units, massive push bumpers, and custom painted logos all over the place....
We Found A 1984 Ford XE Falcon With A 460 Under The Hood For Sale In Boulder, Colorado…Interested?
Many people are aware that Ford built some awesome cars in Australia that we didn’t get here in the States. While we built Mavericks, Granadas, Fairmonts, and such, Ford Australia stuck with...