Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, Craigslist Find, XL Online Find
Vintage Truck Project Perfection: This 1946 Federal Truck Is All There And Begging For A Restoration
In a never ending bid to cause me personal harm through an automotive purchase, my pal Alan Reinhart threatened to buy this awesome 1946 Federal Truck. I’ll give the guy credit, he has good...
Rough Start: 1974 Ford Thunderbird – Needs More Blower Through The Hood.
The profile of the machine cuts like a knife as it sits on a dark, cold and rainy Detroit night. In the few faint glimpses of light, the red paint flashes on an otherwise equally cold and dark...
Rough Start: Getting Lucky With A 1974 Chevelle In Vegas!
Do I gamble when I go to Las Vegas? Not since the night I drank so much Everclear that I barely remember getting hit by a taxicab. I’m not much of a gambling man to begin with…I get...
This 1928 Ford Model A Hot Rod Is A Tradition Driver With Tons Of Detail You Could Drive Every Day
People often think we hot rodders are crazy for driving a 1960s car daily, or cross country. But a car built in the 1950s, 1940s, or even 1930s in incomprehensible to most people. But what if I told...
The “WTF?!” Files: 1983 Toyota Celica GT, With About Four Times The Engine Inside!
You really can’t knock Toyota for copying American musclecars of the day. They were selling and Japanese manufacturers were looking for any kind of inroad into the American market. Datsun went...
Long Strange Car: Do You Need A Tandem Axle 1990 Lincoln In Your Life?
We dig the Lincoln Mark VII around here. It’s our idea of a personal luxury coupe: take a popular performance platform (in this case, the Fox chassis), add some legroom, some extra niceties,...
Big Body Alert: 1992 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon – The Stormtrooper Mover
When Chevrolet redesigned the Caprice for 1991, it could be argued that they really missed the mark. Compared to the taut, trim and boxy 1991 car, the 1992 car looked like a flabby potato. At least,...
Factory Freak or Fanciful Fraud? Did This 1973 International Travelall Really Come With A 3-53 Detroit Diesel And A 5-Speed?
Make no mistake about it, we think that this truck is 100% bad ass. We’re also not throwing rocks at the seller for advertising the rig as he is. We’re guessing that he was told the same...
LaSalle Speedway, Founded In 1947, Is For Sale. Buy This Place And Fulfill Your Dream Of Owning A Race Track
When Brian Jortner sends me listings for race tracks for sale, it always makes me curious as to what cool place he’s got listed now. Well this week it is something truly special as LaSalle...
Rough Start: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird – The Perfect Car To Get In Trouble With
My mother had a very keen awareness of just what kind of hooligan I was going to become the moment I got my driver’s license. She knew. From childhood, she had seen everything…the Mustang...
Rough Start: 1979 Chevrolet C70 Flatbed – Rule The Gigantic Truck Roost
Diesel this, diesel that. Monster lifted Jeep, Mega Cab Ram with the 10-inch exhaust pipe. Ford F-450 daily driver and so on, and so forth…the whole big truck thing hurts my head. Some days I...
This 1977 Chevrolet Vega GT Is Clean And Cool As Is, But Imagine If You…
Vegas are cool. When Chevrolet came out with them and the Monza, along with several other little GM variants, it didn’t take long for folks to realize that the little packages made for awesome...
Rough Start: 1977 Ford F-150 – Hot Rodding By Hank Hill
When the only nit-pick item I can find is a roll pan out back that doesn’t look that bad, I really have nothing to offer. This 1977 Ford F-150 is a find and a half at four thousand dollars. The...
The Last Of The Line: This 1961 DeSoto Is Too Cool!
In 1955, DeSoto had their best year ever. On November 18, 1960, a telegram came down from Chrysler HQ: “Chrysler Corporation is discontinuing production of the 1961 DeSoto.” Twelve days...