Category Archive: BangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
In Memoriam: Jack “Doc” Watson, Hurst’s “Shifty Doctor” And Helping Hand With The Hurst Hairy Olds Program
In the rush of the summer season, we were remiss about noting the passing of one of the biggest names to fall under Hurst’s umbrella of important figures; a man who influenced a generation of...
Joe Rogan Tosses The Keys To His Pure Vision-built 1965 Corvette Restomod To Jay Leno – Supercharger Whine For Days!
Joe Rogan…host of Fear Factor, UFC commentator, comic, martial artist, and apparently a car nut. Who knew? Rogan is the owner of this beautiful 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray roadster, and...
Rough Start: This 1965 Corvair Monza Is Too Sweet For Words! And It’s Under Budget!
I’ve never paid much attention to Corvairs until a few years ago. I couldn’t tell you why, but they never did appeal to me. But something changed once I figured out the difference between...
Burnout Mondays: The “Trophy LTD” Crown Victoria Prerunner Hazes Them Off
John Baker’s 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria prerunner is the kind of wrong that is oh, so right in our eyes. The GM-powered Ford was converted into full desert-runner form after Baker had pretty...
If You Actually Create A “Free Candy” Van, Expect To Wind Up On The Evening News!
I won’t lie: within my group of friends, a mix of gearheads, military folk and like-minded delinquents, the “free candy” van has been a staple of jokes for years. You know exactly...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, More New Car Rumors, In The Hits And Misses Departments!
The kitchen was flooded with news about cars, new and forthcoming! It’s taken us a minute to sort out what was good and what was okay, and we took the rest, along with some seaweed (it’s...
This Aussie Falcon Isn’t Just Frying The Tires…It’s A Drifter, Taking On The Imports!
Drift cars are a motley mix of late model muscle cars, Nissans, RX-7s and anything else light, powerful, and normally rear-driven, but it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Sam...
Want Functional Hood Scoops In Your Late-Model Challenger? It Just Takes Two Parts And About Ten Minutes Of Your Time!
(Photos: Speedy’s Garage) The 2008-up Dodge Challenger has been an awesome ride since it was unleashed. With good looks, great engine options and excellent performance out of the box,...
Sinkhole Be Gone: The National Corvette Museum’s Skydome Will Reopen September 3rd!
A year and a half has gone by since the floor opened up underneath the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome, allowing eight of the Museum’s most prized Corvettes to drop into the karst...
Ebay Find: This “1971 ‘Cuda” Conversion Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up To Be, And Leaves Us With More Questions Than Answers
Have you seen where a company takes a late-model car and changes up the sheet metal to make it look like a classic? We have…C5 Corvettes into C1 and C2s, 2005-up Mustangs into 1969-70 Mustangs...
The FCA Rumor Mill: We Take A Look At The News That Is Flying Around The Internet
Within the last 24 hours, the Internet exploded with all of the rumors it could possibly handle regarding FCA’s future lineup, all of which are coming from a dealer conference in Las Vegas....
Classic YouTube: It’s Big, It’s Brown, And It Hauls! It’s A 700-horse Caprice Wagon!
If you want to see one car that Brian, Chad and I would all agree on, this slightly ragged-looking 1980s Chevy Caprice wagon would be a great choice. For Chad, it’s a Chevy wagon. For Brian,...
Ebay Find: A 158-mile Old 1982 Oldsmoble Omega – The Car Has Pretty Much Sat For 33 Years And The Plastics STILL Fell Apart!
I’ve said it before on these pages and I’ll say it again: the front-wheel-drive Oldsmobile Omega just might be the most pointless vehicle ever produced. Born as one of the RWD X-car four...
It’s Official: UK Buyers Want The 5.0 Mustang! Here’s How The Sales Broke Down…
The amount of speculation on how the United Kingdom would take to fully legal, imported Ford Mustangs was immediate grounds for speculation. Some said that they simply wouldn’t move like Ford...