Category Archive: BangShift News, Craigslist Find
This Poor 2002 Blazer Has Been Transformed Into…Something. What Would You Do With It?
It seems like there’s been a lot of strange car creations popping up all over the place for sale lately. I’m not sure if it’s due to the popularity of TV “reality” car...
Cheap Way Into The 10s: A Small-Block 1976 Chevrolet LUV That Is Ready To Go!
I’m going to go out on a limb here, but this might be one of the very few Chevrolet LUV trucks in the Western Washington area that my stepdad didn’t get his hands on. It’s low...
Rough Start: Yes, This Super-Clean 1979 Pontiac LeMans Needs An LS Swap.
We’ve heard just about every possible reason why nobody should ever swap an LS engine into another car ever again. And right now, we don’t care…this grandma-fresh, “Montego...
Rough Start: A Super-Clean 1982 Mercury Zephyr Z-7 That Needs A Second Lease On Life!
Matt Graves’ article about potential first car fodder in today’s market was spot-on. Face facts, folks: twenty years ago was 1996, and the cars you would rather see young guns getting...
Rough Start: This 1983 Olds Cutlass Cruiser Is On It’s Way To Being Really Neat!
One of the strangest vehicles that ever came out of Oldsmobile, in my opinion anyways, was the 1979 Hurst/Olds Cutlass. Priced to the moon (it cost several thousand more than a more powerful and...
Phantom Build: This 1977 AMC Hornet Is As Good Of A Start As You’ll Find, So Tell Us How You Would Build It!
Anyone who has ever built a project car will always have one piece of advice for you: start with the best possible builder of a car that you can. Starting with the cleanest and most complete car you...
Is This “Strange Camaro Week”?! Check Out This 1968 Camaro Custom Build – Front-Flip Hood And A Chopped Roof!
Tony Sestito’s purple-people-eater Camaro/TrailBlazer hybrid from yesterday was just horrifying. The plum-colored paint, the kit bashed appearance, and the questionable V8 under the hood all...
Prepare Your Eye Bleach: Check Out This Camaro Trailblazer Mutt For Sale If You Dare!
Back in high school, I remember doodling away in a math class a 1973-87 Chevy pickup with a Camaro front end grafted onto it. I also remember showing my friends the sketch, and they were all like...
A Double-Ender 12 Cylinder Buick Regal? You Have To See This Thing!
Back when I was in college, I worked at a Chevrolet dealer in Norwood MA in the Parts Department for a few months. During my brief stint running parts there, I saw plenty of strange things both...
What In The…Anybody Need A 454-Powered, Super-Lifted Pontiac Montana?
WHOA. Ok, it’s been a weird week for online finds here at BangShift, we can’t even lie. First, Chad finds that sweet, lifted Ford van. Then I come across that lifted, ready-for-anything...
Rough Start: In Defense Of The Neglected Hand-Me-Down Car, Or How This $500 Ford Thunderbird Could Be A Steal
You see that sad 1986 Ford Thunderbird sitting underneath the tree? This is the end result of handing a car down one too many times. The story is familiar: someone in the family bought the car new,...
Rough Start: Rock The 1980s In Style With This 1984 Dodge Ramcharger!
Ignore the fact that I’m an absolute sucker for a good Dodge Ramcharger for one moment. Ignore the fact that the 318ci small-block in this beast has at least times more bark than bite. Just...
It’s So Big…And Patriotic: This 1974 Chevrolet Impala “Spirit Of America” Edition Is A Surprise Survivor!
The fifth-generation B-body cars are still, to this day, the largest cars ever sold by General Motors. It is honestly kind of staggering just how large these behemoths are…they have at least...
Our Idea Of An All-Around Vehicle: This 454-Powered, Manual Trans Chevrolet K3500 4×4 Is The Perfect Antidote To The Crossover!
The reason why sport-utility vehicles and crossovers have gained so much in popularity over the years is due to the fact that they compress into one vehicle what the buying public wants: storage...