Category Archive: Monday Shopper, MOPAR
Money No Object: The “Jet-X” 1971 Plymouth GTX
At the beginning of BangShift.com, one of the earliest stories I can remember reading involved this very car. In the Mopar world, Gary and Pam Beineke had made a name for themselves by building the...
Unveiled: 2021 Ford Bronco and Bronco Sport
They’ve finally appeared, after years of the faithful praying and begging, after years of seeing the Jeep Wrangler do well, years after putting the original horse down in the name of a more...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Hope For The 2021 Ford Bronco?
Today’s the day that Ford is set to unveil everything that they have been working on that has the name “Bronco” attached to it. Which, last we checked, was three items: a two-door...
The “WTF?!” Files: 1976 Ford F-100 Custom, With Oldsmobile 455 Heartbeat!
The Ford F-series has been America’s best selling full-size pickup for what feels like for-freaking-ever. Why is that? Because every generation of F-series brought enough to the table to be an...
Classic YouTube: EVOC Training For The California Highway Patrol – 9C1 Caprices, B4C Camaro and SSP Mustangs!
The only way to become proficient at something is to do it until you master it. Doesn’t matter if it’s learning to play a musical instrument or shooting a machine gun, do it enough times...
Random Car Review: 1978 Chevrolet Malibu Classic “Black Sterling” Concept
Towards the end of the 1970s, GM saw the writing on the wall: cars had finally reached peak mass and needed to be shrunken if the company was going to have any hope in Hell of making profits in the...
American Ute Fixation: 2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Adrenalin, With Coyote and Six-Speed
It’s a bit of a toss-up to know where the American SUV craze started. Was it the XJ Cherokee, with it’s boxy shape and it’s proven four-wheel-drive system that was smaller and...
Hi-Ho, Land Yacht, Away: A 1973 Chrysler Newport For Old Time’s Sake
If you’ve read my past writings that involve a Chrysler Newport, you’ll know about the history of one 1973 model that is pretty much my indoctrination into the adrenaline high of...
Hemi Kid: Darla Kimak’s 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8
In 2017, I took part in the only parade I’ve ever taken a part in. Once it became clear that the weather was not going to cooperate with the racing schedule at Milan Dragway, the entirety of...
Should’ve Stuck Around: 1968 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible – Making Economy Look Good
Could GM have kept the Chevrolet Corvair around successfully past 1969 if they tried? It’s an easy punchline when discussing anything involving the General: they make a new model, beta-test it...
Classic YouTube: Selling Mopar’s Pocket Rocket With The Help Of Junior – The 1984 Dodge Omni GLH
“Dodge Omni has always been a good old buddy…a nice little guy.” Yeah, sure, believe what you will. Dodge’s Omni had a few things going for it…small, front-wheel-drive,...
The Garage Find Dream: Dusting Off A 1969 Chevelle That’s Been Squirreled Away
We had one as a family car. We traded a 1950 Chevy truck that had been hot-rodded up for it. The truck was a ripper, a four-speed screamer, but it had issues…the least of which were the plywood...
When Base Means Brilliant: 1969 Oldsmobile F85 W31, In Chevrolet Rally Green!
Welcome to the land of Hindsight. It’s March, 1969. You’ve just graduated high school, have a track into school, and in a surprise you never saw coming, your old man has agreed that since...
Unveiled: 2021 Dodge SRT Durango Hellcat, Charger Redeye, and Challenger Super Stock
First, we got the Hellcat twins. 707 horsepower in 2015 was a bomb blast to the automotive world. Prior to that, Ford had blessed the Shelby GT500 with 662 horsepower and FCA looked to be circling...