Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR
This 1969 Fury Is Cool For All Of The Wrong Reasons
In 1969, the Plymouth Fury did two things very well: It made for a badass cop car alongside it’s Dodge Polara twin, and it was the kind of car Dad bought if he was a Mopar guy and wanted to get...
Ebay Find: 1973 Pontiac GTO, “The Rare One”
Normally this would be the part of the post where I’d make fun of Brian’s choice…but how in the hell, in my right mind, could I possibly make fun of him for choosing Brewster Green...
Chevrolet Issues “Stop Sales” Orders For C7 Corvette
This wasn’t what Chevrolet needed. GM put out two separate “stop sales” orders on C7 Corvettes to fix two issues that popped up. The first one is for an improperly-installed...
Define “Missed Opportunity”: The 1999 Chrysler Howler
The Plymouth Prowler gets a bad rap from the hot rodding community, and other than the knock for using the V6 from the Dodge Intrepid hooked to an automatic, I don’t agree. Plymouth was in the...
Forgotten Concept: 1981 Ford-McLaren Mustang M81
1981, the year that could be considered one of, if not the weakest and lowest year for automotive fun. The GM mid sizes were wheezing forms of their former selves. The F-car twins and the Corvette...
Just In Case You Thought Dodge Had A Shred Of Sanity Left, Now You Can Lease A Hellcat
At just north of sixty grand, the Hellcat is a bargain for it’s power output. But one would think that people would straight-up buy their Charger or Challenger…while sixty large...
Cadillac To Bring Out Hands-and-Feet Free “Super Cruise” System Within Two Years. Are You Ready For The Self-Driving Caddy?
It appears that Cadillac is going to be the first to offer a hands-and-feet-free driving mode for one of it’s vehicles. Announced by General Motors CEO Mary Barra during a keynote speech, the...
Georgia Auto Dealers Association Wants Tesla’s One Store In The State To Lose Their License
Tesla’s “sell directly to the consumer” approach has been grating nerves ever since they started operations. The newest case comes from the state of Georgia, where the one Tesla...
BangShift Exclusive: Check Out Our Tour Of Stacey David’s Rattletrap Productions and Gearz Studio!
It’s not like I ever need a reason to go to a car show, but when our buddy Jeff Lee at Hammerhead IRS suggested that I make an appearance at the Fontanel Car Cruise-In, we were intrigued. When he...
Ebay Find: This 1972 Ford LTD Is Pure Seventies Perfection
It’s become Big Car Week here at BangShift, if purely by accident. First we get a snotty Oldsmobile whipping donuts, then I threw some love to the Mopar crowd with some C-bodies getting rowdy....
The WTF? Files: Somebody Turned A Chevrolet SSR Into A Reptile
It’s hard to like the Chevy SSR. It’s a cynical mashup of a 1950 Chevy pickup, an El Camino, a Corvette, a TrailBlazer, and a Chrysler Sebring convertible: Individually, they were all...
It’s Official: Ford’s Next Hot Mustang Is “GT 350”. Thanks For The Name, But Can You Give Us Another Clue?
When comparing lists of what is/is not known about the Ford Mustang’s performance model that slots above the GT, the list of “known” is almost nil, while the “not known but...
Who Wants An Off-Road-Capable Muscle Car? I Do! Check This Out!
When I owned my 2005 Mustang GT, I learned that VFN Fiberglass made an entire S197 Mustang body. Thoughts ran through my head of planting said body onto a Ranger frame, stuffing a high-revving V8...
This European Ford Granada Is One Of The Most Evil Sleepers We’ve Seen! 1700+ Horsepower!
Of all the things you could call the Ford Granada Mark II, “fast” isn’t a word that comes to mind first. When the hot button is a 160hp V6, things aren’t looking good. When...