Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, Craigslist Find, XL Online Find
Original Owner Time Capsule: This Is One Of The Cleanest Early Dodge Ramchargers We’ve Seen In Ages!
One vehicle that is a rare treat to see on public roads these days is the Dodge Ramcharger. Even though they were less popular than the GM and Ford competition, they were solid rigs that could handle...
Rough Start: A 350/T-5 Equipped First-Gen Mazda RX-7 That Needs Another Rear End!
Hardcore fans of the Mazda RX-7 take a severe issue with the rotary engine being removed for any kind of engine, let alone a V8. Pulling the rotary is sacrilegious, they say. It removes the ultimate...
We Think Owning This House With A 23,000 Square Foot Garage Would Be Pretty Cool
Okay, it’s in New Jersey which I have to admit is NOT on my top 48 states to live in, but man 23,000 square feet of shop space would sure rule all! You read that right, 23,000. Not 2,300 which...
Rough Start: A Four-Speed Chevy Malibu With The F41 Suspension Under Budget – Someone Needs To Jump On This One!
1979 wasn’t a banner year for cars. Truth be told, buying new was probably the worst idea you could have had. But if you didn’t buy a lot car and worked over the options list like a pro,...
This Bagged 1970 Caprice Wagon Will Get You All The Attention At Cruise Night
Station wagons are cool, and while not everyone is like us and wants to fill their driveway with them, for some reason everyone loves looking at them. There is something nostalgic about them for some...
Rough Start: The Cleanest Dodge Aspen We’ve Seen Yet! Who Kept This Thing This Nice?
Dodge Aspens don’t have a great reputation…you readers make fun of them, Chad makes fun of me for liking them, and SURPRISE!…I don’t much care for them either. Yeah, they are...
Overkill? Nah…This Supercharged, V8-Swapped Mazda Miata Is Just Perfect!
If you hop into this Miata and immediately go for a clutch-dumping launch, then we wish for mercy upon your soul when you end up wherever you end up. A four-banger Miata is a fun little go-kart of a...
Rough Start: This 1984 Mercury Cougar Looks Ready To Party For The Right Price Tag!
The “aero” makeover for the Fox-body Mercury Cougar couldn’t come quick enough. Between 1980 and 1982, the Cougar nameplate was applied to three different forms: the base Cougar was...
Rough Start: A 1989 Chevrolet C1500 Is Always A Good Choice!
Chevrolet knew their audience when they started marketing their sport trucks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The GMT400 trucks were the hot thing to have for years, and came with a lineup of V8s...
This 1991 Ford Mustang Is Brilliant! Do You Need A Rally-Style Fox Body In Your Life?
A recurring idea that I can’t let go of goes a little like this: you can get a cheap Fox Mustang shell if you look for longer than three minutes. For every built one there is at least three...
Rough Start: Hate How All Newer Cars Look The Same? A 1962 Dodge Lancer 770 Stands Out!
Today’s adventure in the parking lot of the local supermarket confirmed what pretty much all of you know: every car looks more and more like each other. Black full-size SUV. Silver mid-size...
Rough Start: What Is Better Than A Convertible? How About A Lifted Four-Wheel-Drive Mazda Miata?
With warmer weather come warm weather trends. We’re just barely starting to see springtime weather here in Kentucky and already the collector cars are out roaming the streets. There’s...
Rough Start: A 1972 Dodge Coronet That Hasn’t Been Converted Into A Cop Car Then Crashed
“Lead me not into temptation, I can find the way myself.” Yep, that’s exactly what’s going through my head as I write these words. The Rough Start series is basically my...
Just A Good Old Car: This 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Needs Nothing But To Be Driven Often And Far
My grandfather Ken, the man for whom Angry Grandpa is meant to represent, wasn’t a big fan of vehicular modification…provided, of course, that you ignored his own Chrysler’s stacks...