Category Archive: Apex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Rough Start: Want A Stock Car For The Street? Start With This Rough And Ready Firebird!
One of my favorite cars that I’ve had the privilege of writing up is “The Bus”, Chris DeWeese’s 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport that has been a stock car since 1973. Why...
The “WTF” Files: You Won’t Need Roads With This DeLorean Hovercraft!
In the second installment of the Back to the Future franchise, the time-traveling DeLorean had undergone a few minor changes. No longer was eighty-eight miles an hour an absolute necessity for time...
2018 SEMA Show Cool Car: This 1934 Ford Truck By Jason Graham Hot Rods Knocked Us Dead
There’s plenty of beauty and downright majestic hot rod building on display every year at the SEMA show and the 2018 version of the event was no let down in that regard. Humans have this weird...
A Road-Going UFO: This 1972 Rectrans Discoverer Class A Motorhome Is A Freakshow!
How could the man who was responsible for the Ford Mustang Boss 302, the 1963 Corvette and 1968 Corvette be responsible for one of the strangest motorhomes ever conceived? Larry Shinoda’s body...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What SHOULD The New “Hellephant” Hemi Be Shoved Into?
FCA didn’t just drop the mic when they revealed the “Hellephant” Hemi at SEMA, they grabbed their nuts with one hand and used the other to flip everyone off, too. Seriously, a solid...
Money No Object: A 1990 Dodge Daytona, The Way They Should Have Been
I can’t even hide my frustration on not being able to acquire this car. Legally, I can’t knock over the nearest bank for the funds, I don’t have a car I can sell immediately for the...
Money No Object: “Whiskey Bent”, The Dodge Pickup Of Your Roadtrip Dreams
I’ve known about this truck for a few years. It is a perfect example of finding a vehicle you hate and seeing it built into something that you can only love. I’m no fan of the first or...
Rough Start: Making A Case For A Sweet Dodge Shortbed
On the very short list of vehicles that I regret getting rid of, one that stings pretty hard is a 1984 Dodge D100 pickup truck. I found the little red shortbed parked along an Illinois rural route,...
Meet The “Hellephant”: 426 Cubic Inches, 1000 Horsepower, 950 Ft/Lbs Of Torque!
In Mopar lore, a 426 cubic inch Hemi-headed engine was trouble, pure and simple. It didn’t matter what body it was shoved into…from the absolutely ferocious Hemi Darts and A-body...
Rough Start: The Work Truck Kick Continues With This Low-Buck Chevy Dually!
Yep, I’m still stuck on the idea of a purposeful work truck for BangShift Mid-West. We already have a truck, but that would be the wife’s Silverado SS, and the last time I used it as a...
Strip Cruiser: Las Vegas Is The Only Place Where This Caddy Droptop Needs To Be!
Within a few hours, I’ll be on a plane heading out to Las Vegas in my annual pilgrimage to the SEMA Show. I love Vegas. In short doses, it just enough of the fringe edge of insanity and fun,...
Super-Low Mile And Street-Driven: The House Of Muscle Checks Out Killer Mike’s 1996 Impala SS
It was long, low, and mean….everything that the Chevrolet Caprice was not, unless you were on the business end of some police officers who had an issue with you. It was snorty and had guts for...
A Home-Built RV That Isn’t Scary! This 1942 Chevrolet G506 Army Truck Is Beautiful!
World War II ramped up manufacturing in the United States like nothing else had before. Factories cranked out ships, planes, trains and trucks by the millions in the name of the War Effort. Everyone...
