Category Archive: BangShift News, MOPAR, TRUCKS
The Winning Horse Takes The Roses, But The Winning Trainer Gets This Kentucky Derby Edition Ram 2500!
In a couple of days, one of Kentucky’s biggest contributions to society will take place at Churchill Downs in Louisville. On May 6, twenty horses will take to the one-and-a-quarter mile track...
Money No Object: A 1953 Willys Wagon Is A Restomod Dream!
There are tons of vehicles that are up for auction that owners view as done and ready to be taken on with no issue whatsoever. More often than not, you had best do your homework and have a backup...
Freak Show: This 1996 Mitsubishi Delica Van Has Been Ford-Swapped And Frame-Swapped!
I just heard a collective, “WTF is that thing, McTaggart?!” That, friends, is a Mitsubishi Delica van. While Mitsubishi did sell a van in the 1980s in the U.S. market, this generation...
Rough Start: Your Best Shot For A Nice Old Truck Is This 1985 Ford F-150!
The inspiration for today’s Rough Start find comes straight from the weather around BangShift Mid-West. Thanks to all of those April showers that will bring May’s flowers (read:...
This 1976 Chevrolet LUV Is A Small-Block Swap Candidate If We’ve Ever Seen One!
Is it fair to say that the Chevrolet LUV pickup truck is an endangered species? The Americanized Isuzu Faster has all but disappeared from the radar screen. Every time we see one of these little...
The Crown Hick Is Finished! Hot Rod Garage’s Frame-Swapped Ford F-100 Is A Riot!
The “Crown Hick” project that the fellas at Hot Rod Garage have been working on for a bit is finished up, and it’s a beauty. Using the frame of a Panther platform car to underpin a...
Rough Start: Would You Go All-In For A Dodge Flatbed With A Camper?
Old camper rigs are one of the stranger things we dig here at the offices, the more obscure the better. I wish I could better explain the “why” behind that…I get wanting one of...
A Full-Race Jeep Comanche? Engine Be Damned, Yes Please!
Who looks at a Jeep Comanche and sees a drag truck? Who does that? A rockcrawler, a mudder, a pre-runner, a Baja race clone…anything seems to be a better fit for Jeep’s midsize pickup,...
Rough Start: A Unibody Ford Pickup On Slot Mags…Tasty!
Ah, Las Vegas. Dry air, desert…car hunting paradise if there ever was one. From lots filled with project car material to the cable television fodder, the love of the car is alive and well here....
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh-“Worthy News! This Week: Charity Done Right and More!
1. EcoBusted.(Photo: Ford) Need another set of headlights to memorize as you tear up the Interstate, late as usual? Here you go: Ford has unveiled Special Service Vehicle variations of the F-150 and...
Hellcat The Third: Meet The 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
While FCA hasn’t dragged out the introduction of the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk as long as the Challenger SRT Demon, make no mistake that the hot-rod Grand Cherokee has been a long time...
Chevrolet Tahoe And Suburban RST: When The Family Wagon Needs To Haul Ass
(Photos: General Motors) The Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban are the go-to full-size SUVs in the market right now. Look left and right when you are out and about, and I’ll all but promise you that...
The 2017 Easter Jeep Safari Concepts Have Been Unveiled! Check Them Out Here!
Jeep has pulled the covers off of the fleet of concepts and special one-off builds that they will be bringing to the 2017 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. With the event kicking off on April 8th,...
