Category Archive: Craigslist Find
Money No Object: A Revisit On The Dirt-Tracker AMC With This 1968 AMX?
In 2009, one of the earliest exploits of the fledgling BangShift.com involved a 1968 AMC Javelin that had been built into some kind of dirt-track race machine of some kind that had changed hands a...
Wagonmaster: This 1963 Plymouth Savoy Wagon Has A 440, A 4-Speed, and Our Heart
This is not “dare to be different”, this is not, “why be normal”, this is just straight up bad ass. You are looking at a 1963 Plymouth Savoy station wagon with a 440ci big...
Rough Start: 1984 Ford Thunderbird – Just Spice It Up A Bit!
I do not understand, for the life of me, why AeroBird-era Ford Thunderbirds aren’t more popular than they are. All of the ingredients are there. Rear-drive with a V8 option? Check. A racing...
Mini Truck On Mags: 1973 Chevrolet LUV With Small-Block Swap
I can hear several of you making that noise right now, the one that informs the wallet that trouble is afoot, the one that informs the significant other that a surprise purchase might be happening...
Like Big Trucks And Cannot Lie? This 1947 Diamond T Is Your Project-In-Waiting!
I don’t quite know what Lohnes was thinking about when he put up the Rambo clip yesterday. It’s a neat section of a film I haven’t seen since I was a little kid and it’s one...
Rough Start: 1977 Dodge D100 – That Classic Bug Deflector Makes It!
How many of you remember when trucks looked just about exactly like this? The off-color camper shell with the big side glass. The handle behind the door. The single step. The stock wheels and tires...
Standing Tall: This 1956 Olds 88 Straight Axle Gasser Tribute Is A Wonderful Car Priced To Sell Quick
You can own this thing for less than $20,000 and to us, that sounds like one hell of a deal, especially when you check out the paint job and then look at all the work that’s been done to the...
Unhinged: Hunting For Beaters On Australian Marketplace Sites
So…I didn’t know that you could shop for Australian markets on Facebook Marketplace. Like I needed another way to dive down the rabbit hole of online car shopping, right? But I did, and...
Rough Start: 1997 Subaru Legacy GT – Manual-Trans Rally Daily
When it comes to Subaru, the first vehicle I think of isn’t a WRX, or an STi, or even the 555 rally cars of the late 1990s. Those are all good, don’t get me wrong. Subarus were the first...
BangShift Question Of The Day: You Get Your Hands On A 1974 Capri…What Do You Do With It?
On one hand, I’ve been fascinated with what the world over knows as the Ford Capri, the car that was a captive import for Lincoln-Mercury dealerships for the 1970s. They’re smaller, a...
Rough Start: 1926 Ford Model T Roadster With A Rotary…What?
Buckley, Washington is an interesting little place that’s nestled right at the edge of the Cascades in Western Washington. Some of my stepfather’s family lived around the area, and the...
Salt In The Wound: This 1988 Chevy Monte Carlo SS Hurts McT’s Soul!
Currently, it seems that everybody I know and their mother has made a pilgrimage to South Georgia Motorsports Park to be present for Lights Out 11. Chad and Lyle and Team Bigun are all present to get...
Rough Start: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice – Something Seems A Touch Off
We kick GM quite often for missing the mark or some vehicles, or their habit of getting a product right just to summarily execute the model when things are finally going good. From the last Pontiac...
Rough Start: In The Mood For Some Gambling? This 1985 Renault Alliance Drop-Top Can Go Get Bashed!
In 2009, Car and Driver came right out and said it: One of their choices for their top-10 best cars for 1983 was not a solid choice. It was a solid something alright, the kind you encounter about two...