Category Archive: BangShift News, CHEVY
Weapons-Grade: The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Continues The Horsepower War!
If you haven’t seen by now, one of the two big, bad Larrys of the modern Camaro has finally broken cover: the ZL1, the all-out monster, is set for a fall 2016 sell date and make no mistake, the...
Work Truck Greatness! This 1973 Ford F350 Is The Parts Hauler Dream!
Brutal, basic and useful…that’s how I like my trucks. Give me a vinyl bench seat that isn’t going to kill my spine, an engine that has mountains of torque, a manual trans, and a...
Is Basic Better? This 1970 Chevrolet El Camino Is As Simple As It Got: Six-Cylinder, Three-On-The-Tree And Somehow Has Survived Just Fine!
For someone of my age, seeing a 1970 Chevrolet vehicle without Super Sport stripes and badges everywhere is almost refreshing, since more exist now than the total of what rolled off of the assembly...
This Chrysler Town and Country Wagon Is Beautiful, But Is Hiding A Dark Secret!
We love our large wagons around here, and this 1977 Chrysler Town and Country would fit the bill nicely. Black, with dark red interior and more room that some of the hotels that I’ve stayed at...
Rough Start: Going Dirt Cheap With A 5.0-Powered 1991 Ford Thunderbird!
Lohnes hates them, but I love ’em. The MN-12 era Ford Thunderbirds and Mercury Cougars are dirt-cheap platforms that have quite a bit going for them: they are roomier than a comparable Mustang,...
Craigslist Find: This 1973 Dodge Charger Is Packing A V-10 And Attitude For Days
Thank you, Joe Haber, for thinking of me when you sent the link to this 1973 Dodge Charger in all of it’s monochromatic black glory. Joe knows that I have a weakness for cars that look like...
Rough Start: Begin Your Own Anti-LS Campaign With This 460-powered Ford Fairmont Wagon!
So you are sick and tired of the “Ford Tough With Chevy Stuff” stickers? Hate the fact that we have Blue Oval products in a lot of the pictures from LS Fest? Have avoided YouTube videos...
Top 11: We Rifle Through The Consignment List For Mecum’s Houston Auction For Some Gems!
When I paw through Mecum auctions each month, I always try to stay away from the obvious answers to “Which one would you have?” and go for what could be really interesting, really...
Hot Rod Garage’s “Bonemaro” Camaro Build Gets Turbocharged! Can A Dirt-Cheap Kit Make The Power…And Live?
An LS and a turbocharger…there isn’t a happier combination for the average horsepower junkie out there right now. No matter your feelings on the subject, you can’t deny the fact...
eBay Find: One Sinister Pro Street 1978 Pontiac LeMans – Need A Drag Week Car?
Oh, this is tasty: the Pontiac LeMans, the kissing cousin to the Chevrolet Malibu, in full back-halved trim and ready to run. In flat black, tubbed out and prepared, this A/G body is calling out to...
Late-Model Sleeper: The Cadillac ATS-V Might Be Fast Stock, But They Don’t Normally Run 10.92s!
Dismissing six cylinder cars as weak attempts at performance no longer applies. Buick guys have known this for decades, the Mustang guys started picking this up a few years ago, and Cadillac has...
Want To Stand Out On The Trails This Summer? This Chevrolet SSR 4×4 Ought To Do The Trick!
The poor Chevrolet SSR…it tried so hard to be loved. Chevy pulled a page out of Chrysler’s 1990s playbook…specifically the chapter on going from concept car to production in thirty...
Petrolicious Shows Us A Custom Willys Jeep And Trailer That Are Family Heirlooms That Still Get Taken Off-Road To This Day!
Handing things down from generation to generation seems to be a dying practice, and that’s something to be sad about, because that means history is being willfully forgotten for the sake of the...
