Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, FORD
Would You Rather, The Bizzaro World Thunderbird Edition! They Both Have Power Adders And Manual Transmissions, And They’re Both Freaks!
Between my own bizarre tastes and years of looking for every possible custom car I can think of, I’d thought that I had seen it all. I’ve seen trucks mounted onto tractors, semi-tractor...
Question Of The Day: What Are Your Thoughts On A Moonshine Car Build?
Call it what you will: mountain dew, white lightning, hooch…moonshine just might be the drink of motorsports. The high-proof liquor is the stuff of legends and is responsible for sowing the...
Theoretical Build: Turning A Mercury Capri “Black Magic” Into A Killer Daily Driver
The idea that a daily driver needs to be the easily ignored silver potato-mobile does not sit well with me. Growing up, my family attempted to find a commuter car for my stepdad to drive the sixty...
This 1973 Pontiac GTO Is So Damn Perfect, It Hurts! 455, Four-Speed, And Black? YES PLEASE!
“The patron saint of automotive lost causes.” Brian Lohnes once wrote that about me, because my taste in cars is at the fringe edge of acceptable on a good day. It’s not that I...
The Parting Shift: Ripping Gears In A Ten-Second Six-Speed Supercharged Challenger
Jay “Speedy” Orrand’s 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T is one bad mother. The namesake behind Speedy’s Garage and the creator and organizer of the ChallengerFest show in Bowling...
What Could Possibly Be Great About A Beater Chevy Cavalier? Let This Guy Show You!
Ryan Symancek came to light as a college kid who had the urge to drive rally cars. Not a bad plan to have…he’s been to New Zealand, driven a Lancia 037 ex-racer, and generally has enjoyed...
Ford Performance Is Taking The New Raptor To Best In The Desert Racing’s Factory Stock Class!
(Photos: Ford Motor Company) We’re loving the fact that Ford is putting their actual cars into racing. You have the Fiesta in touring car races, the Focus in rally and rallycross, the GT in...
Rough Start Racer: This 1989 Chevrolet Camaro Is Ready To Be Your Gear-Banging Second Car!
Welcome to another round of Rough Start rule-bending. Why are we ignoring the rules we set up for the challenge, you ask? Well, in this case, it’s simple: this time we are looking at a car that...
Who Needs A V8? This V6 Firebird Gets Into The Sevens With A Twin-Turbo Buick Stage Two Under The Hood!
Buick has two modes of production, as far as we are concerned: off and on. When they are off, they are the quintessential old man’s car company, producing cars that are comfortable bordering...
Unhinged: Why Does It Seem Like Is FCA Giving Up On Making Cars?
Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of FCA North America, isn’t a stupid man. When he took control of what was the left-for-dead carcass of Chrysler, many people, myself included, expected the third...
Jay Leno Takes Us On A Tour Of Not Just The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R…But The GT350R That He Personally Bought!
Anyone who ever doubted Jay Leno’s credibility as a car guy, consider this video the ultimate proof that you’re wrong. Sure, he’s got Jay Leno’s Garage, a place that is...
Ebay Find: A Pro Street Ford Ranger That Is Tempting Our Inner Hoon To Come Out And Play!
It’s almost a meme: “V8 ALL the things!” What can we say, we are enamored with power. And we’re not talking sophisticated, Mercedes-like tidal waves of torque or the high...
How Does Ford Show Off The Strength Of The New Super Duty’s Frame? By Hanging Nine Trucks Off Of One!
Heavy-duty trucks are a white-hot market that doesn’t seem to be slowing down in sales anytime soon, and Ford Motor Company knows this. Their Super Duty line is paying a lot of bills, and with...
