Category Archive: eBay Find, OTHER
Ebay Find: This 1973 AMC Matador Is The Perfect Big-Blocked Plain Brown Box
Jul 09, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
We’ve looked at plenty of AMC products here at BangShift, but if there is one model that we don’t pay much attention to, it’s the Matador. Unless you are a die-hard fan of Adam...
Rough Start: This Built 1985 Ford Thunderbird Just Might Be The Best Find Yet
Jul 08, 2015Bryan McTaggart13
The entire point of the Rough Start series was to find the best balance between a maximum budget of $5,000 total for a vehicle and the desirable reasons for owning said vehicle. We’ve seen...
Rough Start: This 1971 Dodge D100 Is In Need Of A New Home
Jul 07, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
There’s just something about an old pickup that’s awesome. Every nick scratch in the paint tells a story of what the truck has seen over the years, from rock chips to the one time the...
Burnout Monday: Our Favorite NASCAR-Engined Mopar From Down Under Hazes Out Brashernats Sydney!
Jul 06, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Burnout Monday: Our Favorite NASCAR-Engined Mopar From Down Under Hazes Out Brashernats Sydney!
Are your ears still ringing from all of the explosions of the Fourth of July? Are you still cleaning up all of the firecracker debris, or looking for the duds that didn’t go off? Maybe you just...
Ebay Find: We’d Take This 1968 Volvo 122 Trar Over Any Subaru
Jul 06, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
Subaru might have the all-wheel-drive station wagon market pretty much cornered anymore, but unless you’ve got a hot Impreza WRX/STi wagon we don’t understand the desire for them. They...
Check Out FCA’s New “Predator” Advertisement For The Hellcat Twins And Viper – Pay Attention, OEMs, This Is How You Sell A Car
Jul 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart10
We’ve lamented over and over about the sorry state of performance car advertising in the past. Simple marketing teaches you that if the customers don’t know what the hell you are selling,...
Ebay Find: Four Harley-Davidson Engines Connected By A Jeep Could Be Yours!
Jul 03, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
There are easier ways to utilize eight cylinders for the single goal of making a Jeep tub haul the mail, but having the visual appeal of four Harley-Davidson Evolution running together through a...
Two Beautiful 1964 Chevrolet Impalas And The Owner Who Restored Them From The Ground Up
Jul 02, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Two Beautiful 1964 Chevrolet Impalas And The Owner Who Restored Them From The Ground Up
When you roam a car show, look at the vehicles not for their beauty, or their power, but instead, next time, look at them and wonder what kind of stories they could tell. Automobiles have been such...
KABOOM! This ‘Cuda’s Transmission Explosion Ventilated Just About Everything In The Car
Jul 02, 2015Bryan McTaggart20
(Photos: Jeff McDowell via Quad City Drag Racers) Yes, that’s a shrapnel hole in the door of this Plymouth ‘Cuda, one of many after the TorqueFlite let go in dramatic fashion. While we...
FCA To Ramp Up Production Of Hellcat V8s To Meet Demand – And Possibly For An Upcoming Jeep?
Jun 30, 2015Bryan McTaggart13
Well, if this isn’t good news, then I just don’t know what is. In an interview with Automotive News, Dodge/SRT CEO Tim Kuniskis admitted that the company is going to ramp up production...
Ebay Find: A Rear-Engined 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – Sorry, Kids, We’re Going To Wally World By Ourselves!
Jun 30, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
The beauty of owning a station wagon lies in the cargo area In the back. It is quite useful for carrying all sorts of cargo: Lumber, groceries, brats who sit in the rearward-facing seats and flip off...
Testing Video: The “Flirtin’ With Disaster” Diesel Drag Dodge Ram Trying Out A New Powerplant
Jun 29, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Diesels should not rev to the mid-5,000 RPM range. It just doesn’t seem right, does it? Well, listen and believe, because “Flirtin’ With Disaster”, the Royalty family’s...
Used Car Lot Refugee: A Stripper Hemi-Powered Ram Shortbed
Jun 29, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
Do you miss the days of a truly stripped-down, no BS vehicle? Crank windows, cloth seats, and the biggest motor you could possibly get? How about tow packages and deep gears? Yeah…most of those...
Highlights From The 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed: Ben Collins’ Run In The Shelby GT350R
Jun 28, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Ford Europe had a field day in Lord March’s driveway at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Among other highlights, including an RS200 and Ken Block’s “Hoonicorn” Mustang whipping...





