Category Archive: BangShift News, FORD
Here, Kitty, Kitty: The Ford Shelby GT350 Has Started To Roll Off Of The Assembly Lines
The patience of Ford fans who have been waiting for the new S550-based GT350 and GT350R can finally be quelled, as Ford has started rolling the angry version of the Mustang off of the Lime Rock...
V8 Chevrolet LUV vs Blown Chrysler V8-Powered Alfa Romeo GTV6 In Germany –
Straight from Hockenheimring’s drag strip in Germany, we bring you one of the more strange pairings we’ve seen. In the near lane is a mostly-typical V8 Chevrolet LUV build. A 400ci...
1976 Road Runner Vs. C6 Corvette In Iceland: Does GM’s Supercar Stand Up To A Malaise Mopar?
Even with my love for Malaise Mopars, I’ll admit that slapping the Road Runner name onto the Plymouth Volaré was a bit cynical, but to be fair, they didn’t have much else to offer. The...
Turbo Pinto Vs. Coyote Mustang At The Eighth-Mile – We Know Which One We’d Take, What About You?
A V8 Pinto is nice, as many of you pointed out yesterday, but the second the car starts up any chance of playing the sleeper card is shot. It’s not like a Mustang II…no Pinto came from...
Rough Start: This 1971 Pinto Is A 289-Powered Firebomb That Could Be The Most Fun You’ve Ever Had
Some days shopping for a car with a five-grand max budget sucks. Between the hoards of silver sedans and ragged-out shells of what used to be desirable cars, you have to wonder if it is even worth...
One Of None: This 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Four-Door Is Close To Becoming A Reality!
(All photos: forebodiesonly.com) Mopar guys are all about numbers. VIN numbers, build codes, engine displacements, broadcast sheets, concours judging points for originality, amount built, amount...
This Brand New, Supercharged Mustang Hits The Wall HARD At Thunder Valley’s Armageddon No-Prep Race!
If you choose to participate in no-prep drag racing, you are taking all of the risk of running on the dragstrip into your own hands. There isn’t any surface preparation to save your ass if you...
NHTSA Sets Sights On Ford Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis Headlight Switches
The NHTSA, still fresh from a public dressing-down by a Federal auditor earlier this year, has now turned their focus to Ford and an issue that has been investigated before: 2003-05 Ford Crown...
Random Car Review: The GM Futurliner – Showcasing The World Of Tomorrow, Twelve Tons At A Time
Imagine you are a farmer at the beginning of the 1940s. You’re working a stretch of field near a road. You are used to Model T Fords, and have seen cars like the Ford V8 and even that new...
Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The “Hustlin’ Hillbilly” 1946 Chevrolet And The 1929 Ford Model A Phantom Build!
Missed the first installment? CLICK HERE to see the 1955 Ford Fairlane street freak! The Fairlane might be the newest ride at the shop, but it isn’t the only ride. There are currently nine cars...
Crashing His Dodge Viper At The Nurburgring Was Just The Start Of This Guy’s Bad Day
Touristenfahrten days at the Nurburgring Nordschliefe offer drivers a shot at the infamous Green Hell itself. There are plenty of rules in place to keep every would-be racer well-behaved and sorted,...
Streetside Find: A 304-Powered AMC Hornet X Sportabout That Is Unbelievably Nice
The AMC Hornet for the most part bucked the trend of “damn, that’s weird” styling that AMC had become known for. It was a decent little car, and with the factory V8 it could move...
Aussie Goodness: A Street Driven Twin-Turbo Ford Falcon XR6 Running 9.35 In The Quarter
The more we see of these seriously boosted Ford Barra-powered Falcons, the more jealous we start to get. Their 4.0L six is an inline that in max stock form, punched out 416 horsepower and 417 ft/lbs...
Could This 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera GT Be Made To Haul The Mail? We Think So.
GM’s A-body front drivers were excellent sellers, decent all around automobiles, and more boring than hanging around with Grandma on weekends when you were a kid. The Oldsmobile version, the...