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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Monday Shopper

Pro Personal Luxury: This 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J Creates Envy

The “personal luxury coupe” that became prevalent in the 1970s sought to do two things. One, it was a way to extend out the price range of an intermediate coupe by allowing an...

Exclusive LIVE Tour of Hot Rod Hoarder Headquarters! Check Out This Epic Collection Of Fun

If you are a regular here at BANGshift.com then you know that our friend Tommy Lee Byrd is The Hot Rod Hoarder and he makes some really fun videos and has some great adventures. We love his eye for...

Wanna See Some Cool New Wrecking Yard Finds? Check Out This New Inventory! 1956 Buick Special! Solid car, Nice Chrome!

Nobody’s Show is back at it with more wrecking yard gold, this time in the form of a 1956 Buick Special and boy is this a cool GM tri-five. These cars were super sexy and had all kinds of cool...

The Sequel: Dragging A Derelict 1958 Plymouth Back To The Land Of The Living

We’ve seen this movie before. Boy finds used, abused and pretty much abandoned 1958 Plymouth wasting away. Boy decides that the Plymouth is one of the most beautiful things he’s seen,...

Knight Rider Semi Trailer FOUND After 36 Years! Can It Be Saved? This Is The Trailer That Hauled KITT!

When you take two Knight Rider nerds, which I say with no negativity whatsoever, and give them the internet they are going to find all kinds of cool Knight Rider stuff. And they have done so by...

I Now Pronounce You Bronco And Cadillac: Junkyard Digs’ First Trar Revival!

Both Chad and I don’t have the greatest relationships with 1980s era Cadillacs. The short, sweet story? We both understand that for all the fluff and gingerbread, Cadillacs were one part...

Iron Trap’s 1934 Ford Coupe “Beautiful” Has A New Engine And Is Ready To Drive!!

Video 1 Description: In the last update on “Beautiful” we found out the 59ab we had planned on putting in as a replacement had a cracked block. The engine appeared to be totally rebuilt...

Will This Pontiac GTO RUN AND DRIVE After 40 YEARS? (Buried in Garage)

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has been working hard on cars and trucks of all kinds this year, but this one here is pretty special for a variety of reasons. First off, it’s a 1967 GTO that has...

The Abandoned $500 Chevy Nova: FIRST WASH in 24 Years – INSANE Transformation + BURNOUTS!

In the last video we saw Tommy getting this thing running with surprisingly little work. Now it’s running better and better and it gets a bath like none you have ever seen. It is a miracle...

Car Feature Video: Adrian Diaz’s ’56 Chevy From LS Fest West In Las Vegas

It’s not pretty, which is why it’s so beautiful! Adrian’s ’56 was a huge hit at LS Fest West in Las Vegas where people were digging the look, the big burnouts, and all that...

The Abandoned $500 Chevy Nova: Will it RUN and DRIVE After 24 Years Parked?

In the last video we saw Tommy giving us a tour of this machine and get it out of the spot it had been sitting in for 24 years. Now he’s going to try and see if it even runs. When Tommy goes...

Barn Find Cleanup! All Original 1980 Pinto Station Wagon! 69,000 miles with original Sales Receipt!

Last week we ran video of this awesome little Pinto wagon that had been parked and left to sit for years. It was saved, and a real cleanup was planned. With only 69,000 original miles on it this...

The Iron Trap Garage Sweet Heart Roadster’s LAST Major Rust Repair (Fingers Crossed)

If you have been following Iron Trap’s Sweet Heart Roadster project then you know that this thing is cool as hell but has needed some pretty serious metal work in order to bring it back to...

Abandoned Chevy Nova Rescued After 24 Years! Is It Worth Saving?

When Tommy goes hunting for hot rod projects, you always know that something cool is going to follow him home. In this case he wasn’t hunting as much as he was taking advantage of a great deal...