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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, OTHER

Question Of The Day: Do You Honestly Care If A New Hypercar Is Unveiled?

When the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 burst onto the scene in 2005, the car cemented it’s place in history as a technological masterpiece capable of things that even ten years prior were deemed...

Auction Update: The Burt Reynolds “Bandit” Trans Am Sells For $450,000!

If you know of a more expensive second-generation GM F-body, show us, because this is the highest price that we’re aware of yet for one. Julien’s Auctions was in charge of selling off...

Ebay Find: Another Beautiful Ambassador For Your Consideration

A little while ago, in one of our “Would You Rather?” games, we presented two AMC Ambassador coupes for your consideration. One had a cool beater vibe, the other was a show car that had...

Motivated Seller With Motivated Sleeper: This S-10 Is Packing An LS And A Six-Speed

In order to properly sell the “sleeper” vibe, the vehicle has to be able to fly far under the radar of anyone looking. There can’t be any giveaway to what’s going on with the...

Minnesota State Trooper Pulls Over Deathtrap Pinto, Takes Pictures. Roadkill, Eat Your Heart Out.

(Editor’s note: As we continue to creep towards New Year’s Day, it is fun to look back over 2014 and see the blog items that really got people’s attention. This was one of them, a...

Ebay Find: This Custom International Has An Oldsmobile Heart And A Look That Was Last Seen In 1992

If I have typed “International” into the search bar on eBay, I’m looking for one of two items. Either I’m searching for the next truck I’m going to torment Lohnes with,...

Ford Confirms Formation of “Ford Performance” and Upcoming Focus RS

Details of Ford’s plans have started to appear a good month early of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and even the tiny confirmations are certainly hinting towards an...

Question Of The Day: Could The 1964 Barracuda Have Outdone The Mustang If Plymouth Hid It’s Origins Better?

The Ford Mustang gets the credit for creating the pony car market, but it wasn’t the first car to take the compact car and try to sell it to younger people. That distinction goes to the...

Random Car Review: Pontiac Firebird “Type K” Concepts

GM wasted no time getting to work on the second-generation F-car, with preliminary sketches and mockups taking place even as the first generation cars were going on sale. Both Camaro and Firebird...

Christmas Caroling, BangShift-Style: Fun In The Snow With A Big-Block Buick To Bing Crosby’s “Winter Wonderland”!

When we were kids, snow was the best thing ever. It meant that school was possibly delayed or, if the odds favored us, closed. It meant that sledding and snowball fights were options, and it meant...

Rough Start: A 4.6 Thunderbird Begging For The Rude-And-Crude Treatment

Fresh off of my quick trip to Kansas this last weekend, I figured I’d troll through the Craigslist to see what is out there for sale. There are all sorts of cars and trucks for sale along I-70,...

Question Of The Day: What Hot Ford Would You Like To See From The 2015 North American International Auto Show?

When it comes to playing poker, Ford sucks at keeping a straight face, and if you were at the table playing with them, right now is about the time you might want to make very sure your cards are...

Random Car Review: The LaForza…It’s Part Ford, Part Italian, And More Practical Than A Pantera

It’s not everyday that I look at a picture of a car I find on the internet and sincerely have no clue as to what I’m looking at. I might have trouble with pre-1950 cars, but that’s...

Another Barris Bomb on Ebay: The 1972 “Bugazzi”, The Lincoln Mark IV That Found Huggy Bear’s Wardrobe

Oh, my dear sweet lord. For the last couple of days it seems that my luck has been in finding some of George Barris’s most frightening creations. First it was the “Travolta Fever”...

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