Category Archive: BangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Story Update: John Wayne’s 1975 Pontiac Wagon Sells For
As we reported a month ago, the 1975 Pontiac Grand Safari wagon that was owned by John Wayne was headed to Mecum Auction’s Monterey event. The 455-powered 9-passenger wagon was customized by...
The Forgotten Aero Warrior: Ford Torino King Cobra
In 1969, NASCAR was experiencing rapid growth, and all of the credit could be focused on one person: Richard Petty. Petty had left Plymouth to drive for Ford that year after Chrysler suits told him...
Chevy Mailbu Trike: Somebody Grafted A Chevy Malibu To The Back Of A Motorcycle Frame And We Have Photos
Someone once looked at a 1997-2003 Chevy Malibu and said, “You know, that thing would be awesome as a propulsion unit for my motorcycle!” That person actually followed through with the...
2015 Dodge Charger Hellcat Revealed: Four doors And Faster Than The Hellcat Challenger!
Dodge Charger Hellcat. A 707hp family sedan. Nobody ever thought they would be able to say that. Twenty years ago, 260hp was enough to raise eyes and loosen wallets for a fast four-door. It’s...
Dodge Releases 2015 Charger Pursuit, Because Cops Need A Racecar Too
Well, look on the bright side: There’s no mistaking those headlights. Cops get an upgraded Charger Pursuit for 2015, complete with all of the little tweaks that police officers have been...
Car Feature: Bob Johnson’s ’55 Chevy – The 202mph Shoebox!
(Editor’s note: This car feature on one of our favorite cars we have ever seen on the salt, Bob Johnson’s incredible 1955 Chevy. After this story was written Bob ended up running 202 in...
Bonneville Feature: Mark Warrick’s Flathead Powered, Soncy Road Speed Shop Special, Belly Tank XF/ Fuel Lakester
(Editor’s note: This feature ran back in 2012 and we thought that we’d kick it up here again because the car is flipping awesome and the zero hour when we’ll be living among this...
Ebay Find: A Turbine-Powered T-Bucket-Insanity Taken To A New Level, And Yes, It’s For Sale!
It takes quite a bit for us to stop what we’re doing and just stare at a picture of a car, more so when the car is a Ford T-bucket. This one did it. A Ford T-bucket powered by a Boeing 502...
Reader’s Ride Spotlight: Joe Haber’s 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury, “Project Tetanus”
Most of us have a kind of love-hate relationship with the project vehicle. There is the beginning, where everything is perfect and wonderful, and as time passes on, flaws start to make themselves...
Hellcat, Now In Screaming Passengers Edition-Charger Will Get Mopar’s Newest Mountain Motor!
This was speculated ever since the Hellcat rumors started spreading around, but now that the SAE paperwork for a Hellcat Charger was discovered, it’s confirmed. Charger mules with the nose...
How Insane Do You Have To Be To Convert A Ferrari Into A Ute?
Ferrari owners are…well, kind of fickle about their cars. They tend to be fastidious about the care and maintenance of their vehicles, even if it’s a full-on race car. They would never...
Hot Wheels Commissioned A Real-Life Darth Vader Car, Star Wars Fans Start Breathing Heavily
“Lord Vader, Your Car Is Ready”. It’s a tagline that originally appeared for the 1987 Buick GNX, and has since applied to anything black, sinister and fast. But for the 2014 Comic...
The Zingers inspired a generation of car geeks, and we talked to the guy who built them
There was a time when custom car culture was as mainstream as professional sports. Back in the 1960s, custom car shows were huge events that hundreds of thousands of people saw over the course...
The 1980 Chevy Malibu M-80: Proof That Performance Wasn’t Dead, Just On An Iron Lung
1980 could be considered the low point in the American automotive arena. Horsepower figures were at their lowest, most of the big blocks were dead, with the remaining ones hiding in heavy-duty trucks...