Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, Craigslist Find, FORD, OTHER
Would You Rather: California Craigslist Scores – Do You Go For Small Japanese Two-Door Or Gigantic American Wagon?
Shopping for decent metal to work with is always best done in the American Southwest. The air is dry, the salt content is low, and the metal is nice and preserved. Add in a car culture that tends to...
Rare Find: Would You Be Interested In Buying A 1962 Corvette Fuelie Drag Racer?
I don’t know what it is, but 1956-62 Corvettes just make for badass drag cars. In my viewpoint, they do a better job than any other generation of Corvette at properly conveying a dragstrip...
Money No Object: 1973 Ford Torino IMSA – The Loud American That Was Meant To Take On LeMans
At first blush, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you are actually looking at a NASCAR racer from back in the day. There, you aren’t exactly wrong. This looks like a 1973 Ford Torino...
Reminiscing At Length: Looking At A 1976 Cadillac Eldorado In A Different View
It is amazing to think that in the 1970s, having a two-door coupe as long as a Chevrolet Suburban was not only a good idea, but a great way to tell everybody who saw you driving down the road one...
Squarebody Shopping: This 1977 Chevrolet C10 Is Over-The-Top And Well Done
We love our square-body GM trucks around here. How can you not? General Motors might have made some serious false steps along the way, like killing the Fiero when it got good, killing the F-body when...
Rough Start: Here’s How You Go Over The Budget Properly: Big Block Blazer!
It isn’t everyday I choose to bypass the budget part of the Rough Start series. Five thousand dollars should be plenty of coin to find and fix up something that will, at the very least, make...
Properly Done: This 1988 Ford Escort RS Turbo Is How A Quick Small Car Should Be
In the UK, they had the RWD Ford Escort that we all know from rally footage…you know, small little four-banger screamers that could toss their hips out faster than Shakira on a good night with...
Rough Start: The Beast In The Baby Blue Box – 5.0 Fairmont For Sale!
For all of four months, we had a baby-blue Ford Fairmont sedan pretty much like the one you see here doing family duty. That car…SUCKED. Sorry, no way around the facts, that car sucked out...
Pro Commuter: This 1980 AMC Spirit AMX Just Needs A Few Minor Touches To Be Great
Pro Commuter, the idea of mine that says that the daily driver does not have to openly suck out loud, is still a thing in my head. At least today’s flare-up has some merit instead of being some...
Money No Object: A 1960 Plymouth Fury That’s Been Done To The Nines
Last year I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a finned Mopar for the first time. Sadly, the 1960 Chrysler Newport was well beyond my scope or ability…the engine was locked,...
How Would You Build It: 1977 Dodge Ramcharger SE
I love picking your brains on build ideas, readers. I’m stuck in my ways…I see a certain vehicle, I have a build plan ready to go. Maybe two if I’ve thought about it. But that...
Rough Start: Another Chance At The Slope-Nosed Laguna NASCAR Clone
Good mid-1970s A-bodies aren’t going to be cheap much longer. Granted, the market has been slow to pick up on the Colonnade-era cars, but mark my words, the second that California bumps their...
Money No Object: 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Greenbriar – Super Sports Wagon, Yes. Antarctic Blue? Close Enough.
You remember the scene from National Lampoon’s Vacation, don’t you? Clark and Rusty Griswold on the dealership lot, trying to figure out where Clark’s “Antartic Blue Super...
