Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, FORD, HISTORIC, Videos
Historical Footage: Have You Ever Wondered What Would Happen If You Crashed A 1970s-era Fiesta Into A Lightpole?
The Ford Fiesta is an interesting small car. We got it in the United States for three years (1978-1980) as one of the many knee-jerk reactions to the 1970s gas crises and quickly realized that it...
Morning Symphony: 1960 Plymouth with Gen III Hemi Power And Attitude
Normally, I’d like to have some context to go here. Something about the build, something about the owner, anything about the car. Really…I’ve got nothing. I found this by accident...
Defiantly Angry, Yet Pleasantly Refined: Jay Leno Checks Out A Super-Clean 1979 Trans Am
1979 was the last year for the Pontiac mill. The civil war within the Excitement Division was about to take a turn for the ugly…the gearheads who had held onto hope until the very last second...
Money No Object: 1971 Plymouth GTX Hemi, Triple Black
There was a running joke regarding my father’s sense of fashion: black or white shirt, blue jeans. Robert was colorblind, and he knew that for 90% of the time, that’s all he needed to...
Money No Object: 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta…Shelby?!
The DeTomaso Mangusta is a car whose backstory is about as clear as mud. Few things are solid: there was some deal between Alejandro DeTomaso and Carroll Shelby that went south (hence the name, which...
Sleeper Video: Watch A 720hp GT-R and 650hp ZR-1 Get Taken On By A Cobalt SS
The Chevrolet Cobalt SS is what the Shelby GLHS was in the 1980s: an extremely capable and extremely underrated front-driver that, in the right hands, will serve embarrassment up on a silver platter...
The Fear You Crave: Regular Car Reviews Takes On A 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda
Since when did a car need to be a security blanket in order to be enjoyed? We can appreciate a nice cruiser as much as the next guy. Button-tufted leather couches, a ride supple enough to keep the...
Rough Start: 1987 Lincoln Continental, Also Known As The Four-Door Fox You Don’t Want To Remember
When Channing Ivey sent me the link to this…thing…I had to have a come-to-Jesus moment with myself. I had forgotten these things existed. I didn’t want to think about them to begin...
Classic YouTube: Another Candidate For The Ultimate Camper Truck – This Tractor-Tired 6×6 Ford!
There are days where the whole “bigger is better” mantra starts grating on the nerves. When you are behind the wheel of a 23-year-old Chevy Tahoe, you should not feel like you are in a...
This G-body Pontiac Bonneville Runs 10.79 In Full Street-Legal Trim – Power And 1980’s Luxury!
Australian gearheads have been yelling it at us for years: just because it has four doors doesn’t mean that it can’t haul ass and be cool. What could be more fun than hooning your car?...
Best Of 2014: Living History- Listen To The Darracq V8 Fire Up And Run!
Of all of the strange car names that we’ve paid attention to over the years here at BangShift, Darracq might sound the oddest, but they were the real deal. Darracq was a French car manufacturer...
Random Car Review: The 1980 Chevrolet “Push Me, Pull Me” Citation X-11
Things must’ve looked absolutely horrifying inside GM in late 1979 if the engineers had to resort to using a Chevrolet Citation X-11 hatchback for prototype development for the Chevrolet...
Rough Start: 1995 Jaguar XJS Convertible – Slip Into Something British For A Moment
Without everybody shouting at once, how many of you took one look at the 1995 Jaguar drop-top that is currently being featured as our latest $5,000, cash-in-hand classifieds find and immediately and...
