Category Archive: Craigslist Find, FORD
What In The…?! We Weigh In With Our Opinions On This 1986 Ford Ranger That Has Been Converted Into A Lincoln Pickup!
What does it take to shock the guys behind the keyboard here at BangShift? Find something we have never seen before and would have never, ever thought of, even at our most intoxicated moments, and...
Rough Start: A Jack-Of-All-Trades 1979 Ford Ranchero For Under Budget? Who Needs A Truck?
The 1977-79 Ford Ranchero strike me as the most truck-like of the utes offered for sale in America. Seriously…the 1973-77 GM trucklets were close, but felt more like the Chevelle than the C-10,...
Rough Start: Could You Get Down With A 1974 Dodge Shaggin’ Wagon?
Custom vans predate me by several years. I don’t even pretend to understand the appeal behind them except as a place to do illicit and immoral things to the sounds of rock music or (shudder)...
Rough Start: Throwing The Buyer A Bone With This Built 4.3L Chevy-Powered Celica
Holding five grand and being forced to make do with what you have doesn’t have to suck. Sometimes, a little luck and a lot of patience can work to your advantage. There are plenty of well-worn...
Rough Start: $500 Will Net You A Decent 1991 Jeep Cherokee…If You Can Exorcise A Demonic Car Alarm
We like Jeep XJs around here. They are a good, simple and honest 4×4 SUV that wasn’t about bells and whistles. They are all about utility, function and durability. They won’t win...
Rough Start: Take On Your Own Cheap Truck Challenge With This 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee!
Watching the Cheap Truck Challenge video inspired me: how hard would it be to find a useable 4×4 that is trail capable yet could possibly be used in an everyday manner in line with the ideals of...
Rough Start: This 1988 Isuzu Impulse RS Is Packing A V8 Punch And A Bit Of Body Lightening, But The Price Makes It A Winner!
A thousand dollars does not buy a whole lot of car anymore…it has been decades since it has. But what if I could honestly sell you a restomodded car based on a rare vehicle that you would be...
This 1962 Kellison J6 Panther Is Ultra Rare And Definitely A Conversation Starter
Ever since we featured the Zorro’s Charger 1968 Kellison J6 a few years ago, I’ve been waiting to see another. They are rare as can be, and finding one for sale is even more amazing than...
WOW! Screaming Deal On A 1941 Willy’s Fiberglass Body We’ll Pick Up For You!
Building a Willys isn’t a cheap proposition, but man they are bitchin hot rods. There have been jillions of them built over the years into every kind of hot rod you can imagine, and with rare...
Rough Start: The Cleanest Plymouth Volaré We’ve Seen In A While For $2800, Complete With The Mighty Slant Six!
Ok, “mighty Slant Six” might be a bit of hyperbole, but hear me out. If you’re ballin’ on a budget, the name of the game is durability: it has to last until you are able to...
Craigslist Weirdness: A Mid-Engined “1964 Camero” Project Car… Huh?
So, I’m minding my own business, perusing my usual online haunts, and I see someone post up an ad for a cheap “Camero” that they found on good ol’ Craigslist. Yes, we all know that it’s a...
Ebay Find: This 1987 Chevrolet 1-ton Flatbed Is So Good! Manual, Big-Block And More!
What really caught our eye with this 1987 Chevrolet V30 (yes, that’s correct…C/K became R/V in 1987) wasn’t the fresh paint, nice flatbed conversion, or even the $7,000 price tag...
The Roughest Start Ever: One Part C4 Corvette, One Part Mooney Aircraft, And A Dash Of Dodge. Would You Dare Take It On?
As you know, the Rough Start budget is $5,000 unless I can find a way to argue my way around it. Normally I fudge the number a little for a car that is so close to the mark that a couple hundred...
Some Assembly Required: Would You Be Interested In A Bricklin With C4 Corvette Underpinnings?
You have to hand it to Malcom Bricklin for trying, at least. He introduced the United States market to Subaru and Yugo, and was the predecessor to pretty much the same act that John Z. DeLorean would...