Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, Craigslist Find, XL Online Find
Buy Four Suzuki Samurais That Come With Two Or Three Titles…Cheap! Seems Legit
Thanks to my main many in Tucson Alan Reinhart for the tip on this most interesting Craigslist ad. For starters, when have you ever seen four freaking Suzuki Samurai trucks for sale? For second...
Craigslist Find: This 1986 Contempo Cantara Is Just Weird Enough To Be Interesting…Or Is It?
(By Tom Lohnes) – I usually write about new cars coming out and them being groundbreaking in performance and technology. This one however, is not new or groundbreaking in any way at all....
Rough Start: 1978 Ford Pinto V8 – Just A Fun Little Riot Of A Car
Ford vehicles from the 1970s take a bit of a bad rap. The big cars were barges, the little cars were deathtraps, the Mustang was an aberration, the mid-sizers had all the fun of a bowl of Shredded...
Rough Start: Now That Everybody Is Quarantined, How About Reviving This 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass?
I don’t know when this “rough week” that’s been going on is going to end. I’ve seen stripped shelves. I’ve seen stores that are ghost towns. I’ve even been...
Cheap N’ Ugly: This 1978 Olds Starfire Has A Factory V8, Little To No Rot, and Project Potential!
I am not a gambler. Never really have been into throwing money at a table or a slot machine. Just not my thing. Now, with cars? Different program. There are few sure bets out there in any realm at...
Party On: 1980 Dodge B250 Six-Wheel Conversion – Bring A Friend! Bring Several!
It is actually pretty difficult to explain how this 1980 Dodge B250 is a product of it’s time, considering that the entire build pre-dates your humble author by years. Vans are a strange...
Officer Modification: 1974 Plymouth Fury Ex-Cop With A Stroker Big-Block!
For decades, a Chrysler-built cop car was something to fear. Talk about Mopar’s sins all you want, but the moment “440 powered cruiser” comes out of somebody’s mouth,...
Rough Start: Take Chad’s Advice And Go With This V8-Swapped Toyota Corolla!
If you peruse other stories on BangShift today, you will note that Chad put up a piece that basically asked one question: If he handed you $3,500 and told you to get to work on building a car that is...
The Warm One: This 1975 Pontiac Ventura SJ Sprint Was About As Good As It Got In 1975 – Neat Car, Strong Money
We often talk about the “performance” cars of the 1970s and kind of mock them for what they were. The thing is that some of them were actually pretty decent cars and while they were not...
Rough Start: 1978 Ford Fairmont Box Top – It’s Done, Just Buy The Damn Thing!
Five thousand dollars all-in doesn’t stretch as far as many of us would like it to. Things add up. Tires, for example, will take a humongous bite out of that budget if you have to throw down...
Money No Object: 1988 Ford Thunderbird – Ready For Battle
Spring is here. Wanna know how I know? The tornadoes that just tip-toed past BangShift Mid-West were the big hint. And yes, in case you are wondering, I haven’t slept well. We’re okay...
Street Tough: This 1977 Monza Is Pretty Clean, 400hp Worth Of Mean, And There’s A Muncie 4-Speed Between The Seats!
Now this? This is fun. Before the era when everyone had a 2,000hp street race car, guys had stuff like this! The 1977 Monza you see here is a really cool little car that while not perfect is pretty...
Rough Start: 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – Welcome To The Wayback Machine
Full disclosure: it’s been a long day of driving today, so I’m not about to even guess what time period this 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo’s build dates to. My money says that...
Rough Start: 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Type LT – Stop Scaring The Kids
For the most part, if a younger individual were to ask me where to start looking for their first project car, I’d start at about 1993 and work my way newer from there. Parts are available, you...