Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Car Features
Check Out This Factory Pontiac LeMans Ute! Why Weren’t These More Popular In The States?
(Photo courtesy of Hemmings Motor News and LeadedGasClassics.com) I’ve got a soft spot for utes. El Caminos, Rancheros, even the Rampage/Scamp twins…I like the idea of a car-based ute...
2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Feature Car: 1967 Dodge D100 Gasser
I enjoy finding vehicles that turn Lohnes into a drooling idiot. It’s a fun game that we here at BangShift have been playing for a few years now on the forums. The recipe is simple: Find a...
2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Feature Car: 1970 Mustang Grande 351
Every car has a story. Some live fast, die young and end up resting in a field somewhere. Some live basic lives that aren’t real notable, and some, like Rick Pierce’s ’70 Mustang, shine years...
History: Steve McQueen’s dunebuggy in The Thomas Crown Affair
We’ve mentioned The Thomas Crown Affair in a few other posts here. Let’s just say this: There is no other movie that ever made me want a dune buggy more. McQueen’s dune buggy was no...
Colleen’s Dream: A Big Block 1971 Chevelle Who’s Arrest Me Red Paint Isn’t The Only Thing That Grabs You
The first time I laid eyes on Robb Mcintosh’s Big Block 1971 Chevelle, I knew we had to shoot a feature on it. The paint is insanely straight and bright, the stance is mint, but the thing that...
Zorro’s Charger – A Patina’d 1960s Gasser That Goes 10s and Takes Our Breath Away
(Since we’ll be live broadcasting the 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion from Bowling Green next week, we decided to run some of the coolest car features we shot at the race over the...
Feature: A Cummins Powered, Laid Out, Custom, 1957 Chevy 2-Ton Shop Truck
(Here’s another of our favorite features that we dug up from previous coverage of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. This truck is one of our all-time “wish list” trucks.)...
Jeff Howe’s Laid Out 1965 Chevelle Got Him Through School, Got Him The Girl, And Now Just Kicks Ass
Jeff Howe’s 1965 Chevelle represents the perfect hot rodder story. Dad is into Corvairs, Jeff helps work on them from the time he’s 7, and the rest is history. In 1995 Jeff buys the...
BangShift Road Test: 2014 Bentley Flying Spur W12
The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur W12 arrived at my door the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, on the mistaken assumption that I’d been invited to the Kim-Kanye nuptials. Sadly, all I...
This 1987 Chevy El Camino up for sale on Hemmings.com holds a deep, dark secret
I want a 1978 to 1987 El Camino like a raccoon wants my garbage can, so I’m constantly combing the classifieds, the List of Craig, eBay and Hemmings for one that’s not gonna bust my bank...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: John Schinella
When you hear about GM design staff, it’s always the man in charge that everybody talks about: Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Irv Rybicki, Chuck Jordan, Wayne Cherry, and now Ed Welburn. But under...
Four-door Fursday: Five of the coolest four-doors ever
In yesterday’s Craigslist Bait-N-Switch of the Week, I mentioned that the Skylark in question had two doors two many. A few of our Facebook fans took issue with the lack of respect for sedans...
Deep in the bowels of the New York International Auto Show is the coolest display of former cop cars you’ll ever see
As Lohnes mentioned yesterday, I was stationed at the New York International Auto Show, which opens to the public this morning. There’s always lots of new stuff to look at, but my favorite...
Wait until you get a look at this 1954 Pontiac “Tribute” Car. Awesome? YES!
At my old job, I got an email from this guy, who said he was working on building a tribute to the Pontiacs of the late 1940s and early 1950s. For reference, here’s what one of those cars looks...