Category Archive: Apex Online Find, BangShift APEX, CHEVY, Racing Junk Find
Racing Junk Find: A Former IMSA IROC Camaro Racer That Needs To Become An Autocross Warrior
By 1985, it was becoming apparent that there was a pulse, no matter how weak it was, coming from Detroit. After about a decade of slab-sided, softly sprung sedans that inspired exactly nobody,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Got A Second Shot With Your First Car, What Would You Do Differently?
You know how people will say, “never get rid of your first car, you will always regret it?” Well…I’ve had the fortune…or misfortune, rather…of living through that...
The Simple Recipe: This 1968 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 Is Effortlessly Cool
Most of the cars I’m aimlessly in love with require every last trick in the book to have some kind of cool factor associated with. That, or an unlimited budget and nobody looking to make sure...
Rough Start: A Ratty Muscle 1979 Mustang Indy Pace Car
Today’s Rough Start find is more of a selfish move than anything, but here me out because this is a pretty good budget build recipe that could be duplicated in most any market in the United...
Would You Rather: Datsun S30 Z-Car – Do You Like Yours Original Or Extra Spicy?
The Nissan S30 chassis, which is familiar to most people as the Nissan/Datsun 240Z, was a home run for the company when it went on sale in 1970. Small, light, nimble, powerful, and easily accessible,...
Grand LS Swap: This 1977 Pontiac Grand LeMans Wagon Is Ready To Rip
An older GM station wagon and the undeniable power potential of the LS engine. Argue with me all you care to about how it’s sacrilegious or how it’s otherwise some kind of affront to...
Racing Junk Find: You’ve Never Craved A 440ci Chrysler Big Block Powered Pulling Freightliner?
Big rig pulling trucks are awesome in whatever form they show up in, seriously. Whether they are worked, long-nose big rigs with huge diesel engines or machines like this with a stubby design and of...
Dream Big: This 1979 Dodge Aspen Looks Like A Stock-Class Legend!
Not every street-legal dragstrip warrior is a ten-second monster that intimidates sport-utilities everywhere it goes. Some play a different numbers game, where dead-nuts consistency and easy...
Money No Object: Two Fox-Body Specials In One Convertible – A 1985 Ford Mustang Twister II Predator G.T. 302!
Okay, four-eye Fox fans, have we got a doozy for you today. The bottom end of the Fox-body market is the dirt-cheap Craigslist find that can be scored for under a grand and built into something...
Ever Wanted The True In-Depth Details Of The Hoonicorn? Check Out This Go-Through Of Ken Block’s Monster Here!
Back in 2014, Ken Block put out the Gymkhana 7 video and introduced the world to the Hoonicorn, a twin-turbocharged, all-wheel-drive 1965 Mustang-shaped mental patient.The goal of the car was to...
Stop! It’s Already Dead: This Ford Ranger Takes A Brutal Beating At A Tough Truck Course!
Nothing lasts forever. Nothing. It doesn’t matter how well you try to preserve something, eventually time and age will have their way with the materials and soon it will return to the Earth...
Pro Commuter Perfection? Is This 1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88 On The Right Track?
There are days where I almost wish I had never typed the words “Pro Commuter”. I’m not kidding. It’s one thing for me to want a cool daily driver that gets solid MPG and...
Rough Start: Where Did All Of The Second-Gen Camaros Like This Go?
Second-generation Chevrolet Camaros have finally eclipsed their reputations as the ultimate redneck hot rod and have started skyrocketing in value. We aren’t talking just the 1970-73 models,...
