Category Archive: BangShift News, FORD, OTHER
Ford And Renault Tease Up Their Surprises For The 24 Hours of Lemans
(Lead photo: John Dagys) This year’s 24 Hours of LeMans is going to be interesting before a wheel turns in anger, and you can thank Ford and Renault for the news. Both manufacturers have been...
It’s Built, It’s Bad, And It’s On Ebay: A Nine-Second 1971 Pinto With Teeth
Silly me for thinking that a pinto was a patterned horse. In this case, this 1971 Ford Pinto is really a little monster, ready to take on all comers with a mouth filled with pointy teeth and an...
Random Car Review: The 1971-74 Dodge Serra Boulevard 3700 GT
The legendary Chrysler Slant Six…that leaning tower of power that appeared in just about everything Chrysler made between 1960 and the early 1990s was known for durability and economy, but...
Build It Yourself: The 2015 Mopar Kit For The Dodge Charger – Only 50 Will Be Created!
For the last few years, Mopar has put out a special edition of a car, complete with stripes and bits from the Mopar Performance catalog. The Challenger got Mopar-ized twice, and the Charger, 300C and...
This 1953 Pontiac RV Would Make A Great Vacation Vehicle For When You Want To Just Get Away
Sometimes you just want to pack up a bag and take off for a week to somewhere quiet and peaceful, away from work, away from the daily grind. The less you have to drag around, the better, and instead...
Question Of The Day: The Problems With Mixed Messages…
There is a difference between a smartassed bumper sticker that is obviously trying to be cute and clever, and making a literal statement with your vehicle. I don’t mind a bumper sticker, but...
It Came From eBay: A Six-Wheeled 1968 Cadillac With A Rumble Seat – Miss Cruella DeVille, Your New Car Is Here
A six-wheeled 1968 Cadillac that takes the word “custom” to new and frankly frightening heights, painted “you better f-ing look at me” red, with sixteen exhaust tubes running...
Back From The Dead And More Deadly Than Ever: TVR Has Returned, And Some Big Names Are Behind The Resurrection
It’s the age-old story that tends to plague the older British sports car marques: a succession of fairly capable British cars, lack of money, ownership changes, and it usually ends up with the...
Unhinged: Sergio Marchionne Is Trying To Consolidate Automotive Industry Together, And It’s Going To Bite Someone Hard
It’s hard to speak of the time that Sergio Marchionne has spent working with the shattered remains of what was Chrysler in anything other than a positive light. After the divorce from...
The WTF? Files: This Furry Fiat 500 Takes The “Cute Car” Thing Too Far
Some days, the jokes come too easily. This morning, it involves a Fiat 500 that somebody decided to cover in Teddy Ruxpin fur in Argentina. The Fiat itself is already the butt of “cute...
Watching This 1990s Buick LeSabre Get Thrown Around Off-Road Makes Us Wonder If Grandma Regrets Loaning Out Her Car
It started out with an innocent question: “Can I borrow the car?” Since you knew that your parents wouldn’t fall for that line of crap, you went to your grandparents. You said that...
Ford Shelby GT350’s 5.2L V8: 526 Horsepower, 429 Pounds Of Torque, And An 8,250 RPM Redline – Meet The Screamer
(Photos: Ford) We’ve been waiting to hear the official numbers for Ford’s Shelby GT350, mostly because the speculation of what the 5.2L flat-plane crank V8 would put out was all over the...
Rough Start: “Make Your Own Crop Duster” With This 1970 For Sale!
It’s official: Roadkill has hit a high point with popularity, and this Craigslist ad for a green 1970 Plymouth Duster in Washington State is one of the first we’ve seen that is bent on...
Would You Pay $1.1 Million For A 2003 Volkswagen Beetle?
Is the Volkswagen Beetle…yes, the Type 1, Bug, whatever your pet nickname for it…is it iconic? Absolutely. The shape has been around for what seems like forever and it takes sincere...