Category Archive: BangShift News, MOPAR, TRUCKS
FCA Teases Two Of The Concept Jeeps That Will Appear At The 2016 Easter Jeep Safari: “Trailcat” and “Crew Chief”!
Every year Jeep brings out some tasty treats to the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. This serves two purposes: it’s a kind of “thank you” to the legions of Jeep-loyal fans that...
Craigslist Find: This 1974 Dodge Power Wagon Is Too Big For The City And Too Nice To Not Drive!
Reading the listing for this 1974 Dodge Power Wagon makes you feel outright sorry for the guy who is selling the truck, it really does. This Dodge was gone through three years ago in a frame-off...
This 1955 Studebaker Champion Deluxe Is A Beautiful Driver That Is Surprisingly Attainable!
It’s amazing to think that the new-for-1953 Studebaker coupes were a failure. Once the company got their act together after a horrendous start that involved bad tooling and production delays,...
Unveiled: The New 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport: Stingray Power, Z06 Handling
It seems that nowadays the focus is on the horsepower number. Yeah, they’re getting bigger and bigger, but the downside to that, as many detractors will point out, is that properly unloading...
Ken Block’s Gymkhana Eight: A Rally Fiesta In The Middle East
For the eighth Gymkhana film, Ken Block had to do something dramatically different. We’ve seen his repertoire of stunts, we have seen him in Subarus and Fords, and we are all very well versed...
This 1966 Studebaker Commander Is One Nasty Little Beast! Blown 383 Chevy And A Five-Speed!
The jig was up for Studebaker in 1966. Production at the South Bend, Indiana plant had been shuttered for two years and the company exited the auto manufacturing business altogether on March 16,...
Test Drive: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro RS 2LT V6: How Is The Sixth-Generation Camaro In Real Life?
As I was shooting pictures of the car, I noticed shadows that weren’t mine appearing out of nowhere. “Nice car, man. Brand new, isn’t it?” “I didn’t think these...
Craigslist Find: A Cut-Away Pontiac OHC-6 Engine! How Cool Is This?!
It might only be good as a decoration, but this cut-away Pontiac overhead cam inline-six cylinder engine would make an awesome conversation piece in the garage or anywhere else you could make room...
The “Deathproof” Dodge Challenger Has Hit eBay, And Looks As Rough And Ready As Ever!
When people mention Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 car-and-girl flick “Deathproof”, the first car that comes to mind is the Chevrolet Nova sporting the skull on the hood and Texas plates...
This New Edge Mustang Doesn’t Have A Ford Motor, Or An LS Block. But It Will Whip A Hellcat!
Ok, ok…we’ve stirred up enough LS hate for the week. Have no fear, it’ll probably be about a week or so before the next big Chevy-swapped hatefest shows up on these pages, but for...
eBay Find: Is This 2010 Holden VE SS Ute The Only U.S. Legal One?
This is Australia’s trump card over the United States, right here. They get utes…you know, a car/truck combo that is a useable size, and can be ordered with decent six cylinders, V8s,...
Rough Start: A Fast Track To Pro Luxury In The Form Of A Five-Speed Lincoln Town Car
The pictures of the car themselves aren’t the best, so let’s start off with the real reason a cheap 1988 Lincoln Town Car should even be here: three pedals and a shifter through the...
Beauty And A Beater: Is There A Better Combination Than A Junkyard LS Engine In A Ford Fairmont?
It’s strange to think that LS swaps really took off because of one Ford Fairmont. The “Leroy Brown” 1982 Fairmont sedan built by Matt Happel was known for clubbing unsuspecting...
