Category Archive: Craigslist Find, XL Online Find
Rough Start: 1987 Dodge Ramcharger, Ready to Rock
For my next Rough Start choice, I moved into my old stomping grounds and searched the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington State. Prices up here are really decent, and as long as you check closely for...
Rough Start: This Screaming Chicken Is Looking For It’s New Home
The next Rough Start find takes me to my hometown, Colorado Springs, Colorado. From the mountains to the prairie, from Fountain to North Academy, this city is teeming with great sheetmetal. The warm...
Rough Start: Would You Take a Chance On This Lincoln Mark VII?
(Rough Start is a new feature here at BangShift. With this, McTaggart will scout a random Craigslist area for a car that can be bought and driven for $2,500 [under “by owner” only], and be made...
Craigslist Find: 1969 Plymouth …trailer?
Ever see the remains of a truck bed converted to a trailer? Not the rusty, well-used bed that’s serving it’s purpose long after the whole truck stopped functioning, but the clean pickup...
Craigslist Catastrophes: The horror you witness on a rainy Friday
It’s raining cats and dogs this morning, so instead of goofing around outside, I’m power-surfing through Craigslist. For all the cool cars and great deals out there, you sure have to wade...
Craigslist Find: Super-cool, one-year-only 1969 Pontiac Custom S
There will doubtlessly be debate about whether a 1969 Pontiac A-body in brown is worth $18k, but set that aside for a moment and consider this car: The Custom S replaced the 1968 Pontiac Tempest...
Craigslist Find: Someone Decided To Turn A 1970 Chevelle Wagon Into A Weirdo Jeep Surrey Themed Disaster – Good Call
When Powermaster’s Brady Basner tipped me off to this rolling disaster area I immediately defaulted in my brain to blaming George Barris, Doesn’t this seem like something he would have...
Someone Melded the Front And Rear Of A 1942 Packard Onto A 1976 Lincoln Town Car
In what has to be the single greatest case of “Why would you do that?” in automotive history, someone has actually grafted parts and pieces from a 1942 Packard onto the front and rear of...
This 1987 Chevy El Camino up for sale on Hemmings.com holds a deep, dark secret
I want a 1978 to 1987 El Camino like a raccoon wants my garbage can, so I’m constantly combing the classifieds, the List of Craig, eBay and Hemmings for one that’s not gonna bust my bank...
CL Find: This 1973 Satellite May Have Actually Been Customized In Outer Space
Custom cars are among the most individual genres of hot rodding. Cars that are heavily customized by their owners are little built for no one else but that one person’s taste. Sometimes there...
Craigslist Bait-N-Switch of the Week: 1972 Buick Skylark, 73,000 miles, $5,000!
I’ll admit it: I’m wacky for Buick stuff. I’ve owned five in the last dozen years, including my current 1996 Roadmaster Wagon, and a cool ’68 Riviera I sold a few years back....
Project alert: Check out this awesome scooter-powered, three-wheeler go-kart
A few weeks ago, we ran a story on Number 20, a Vespa-powered quarter midget from the suburbs not far from New York City. Same deal here: this car is scooter-powered, street legal and located in...
The Worst 1955 Chevy Ever Built Is For Sale On Craigslist – This One Hurts
BangShift reader Mike Kenworthy sent in this tip and when I am able to get a night’s sleep again after washing the image of this car out of them with steel wool and hydrochloric acid, I will...
Cleveland Man Posts Craigslist Ad Looking For Someone To Drive Him Around In “Way Way Back” Of Station Wagon
Funny CriagsList ads come in all different shapes and sizes. There are the long rambling ones overselling a lame car. There are the long rambling ones that are trying too hard to be clever and just...