Category Archive: BangShift XL, MOPAR, XL Online Find
Blog War: The First Strike Is Delivered By A B-1…This Restomodded 1949 Dodge B-1
Just because the Wagon War wound down doesn’t mean that I agreed to a ceasefire. Watching Lohnes slide the pocket ace that was that L72 Kingswood drag wagon was like pouring jet fuel on a tire...
BangShift Tune Up: “The Best Things” By Filter (1999)
It’s a Monday morning and it’s time to get motivated. Yours truly is either running around the garage trying to get things accomplished on the car while the weather is tolerable, or is...
Just In Case You Forgot, There Is A Third Shelby Mustang: Meet The 2015 Shelby Mustang GT
We’ve been fawning over Ford’s Shelby GT350R version of the new Mustang, and for good reason: it’s a certified badass that seems to answer most, if not all of the complaints that...
This Aussie Charger Is Packing A Turbocharged Hemi-6 That’s Good For Low Nines In The Quarter
Some cars just can’t be a sleeper anymore, and the Australian Valiant Charger is one of them. Chrysler Australia’s main Mopar muscle car, the Charger and it’s 265ci Hemi-6 was a...
Ebay Find: Former Hooker Header Project Car Chevette, Featured In Hot Rod Magazine
It ain’t the Bad Seed Chevette, but it’s a nice runner-up prize. This 1976 Chevrolet Chevette was featured in the November 1982 issue of Hot Rod Magazine as part of an engine-swap...
Ebay Find: This Turbocharged Big-Block Dodge A100 Is The Fine Line Between Sleeper And Insanity
Seeing a Dodge A100 isn’t a common event outside of a car show. If you do, you might see a dead stocker puttering along somewhere in the Southwest, or maybe someone held onto their ’70s...
Would You Rather, The Military Pickup Truck Edition! Will It Be CUCV or M880?
When the restrictions were lifted late last year on the sale of ex-military HMMWVs, we were excited for a moment, only to have our excitement dashed at learning that there was absolutely no possible...
BangShift Project Files: TheSilverBuick’s 1969 Pontiac Firebird
Randal Burns, better known as TheSilverBuick around here, is an engineer to the core. His 455-powered Buick Skylark is a Drag Week veteran that can easily be pressed into daily-driver duty with no...
And Now For Something Completely Different: A Shorty Caprice!
I’d love to get the entire story on why this 1977 Chevrolet Caprice ended up with a good third of the car missing out of the center section. I’m sure it’s a good story. Any car...
NAIAS 2015: Cadillac CTS-V, Ram Rebel, And More Ford GT News
Day two of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is still rife with new vehicles and other interesting bits. Here’s some of the more interesting pieces from Tuesday’s...
A Final Parting Shot For The Wagon War: 1969 Chevrolet Impala 396
I’m grinding my teeth saying that I concede to Brian…it certainly wasn’t for a lack of effort, and I will maintain that the Savoy he posted up was a race car that was chosen simply...
Blog War: One Last Round…The Long-Roof War Has To End
He won’t stop. I don’t know how the hell he does it, but he just won’t stop. I don’t know if he’s paying me back for a Vegas adventure from a few years ago, or if this...
NAIAS 2015: The Other Two Fords In The Limelight, The Shelby GT350R And The New Raptor
Ford’s new GT is the shot across everybody’s bow, a 600+hp turbocharged six-cylinder supercar with LeMans intentions, and looks that will polarize even the most jaded. But that...
Craigslist Find: Is This The Bullitt Charger? For The Money, It Had Better Be
Bullitt‘s place as an iconic film is sealed. Steve McQueen, a green Ford Mustang chasing a black Dodge Charger, San Francisco, and all of those flying hubcaps as the cars race on. It’s...