Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, eBay Find
This Vintage Devin Drag Car Has California History And A Shot At Hitting The Streets – Awesome!
Sep 05, 2019Brian Lohnes3
Now THIS is awesome. You are looking at a vintage Devin sports car body sitting on a shortened, narrowed, and lightened 1956 Chevrolet frame. Currently powered by a hotted up 355ci small block Chevy,...
Money No Object: 1975 Kenworth W900A – Taking It Easy In Retirement
Sep 04, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Money No Object: 1975 Kenworth W900A – Taking It Easy In Retirement
The life of a semi tractor isn’t glorious. It drives hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of miles until the hardware just can’t take another mile, then…well, there’s a...
The Mobile Mansion: This 1983 MCI MC-9 Bus Conversion Is RV Awesomeness!
Aug 31, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
On trips into downtown Colorado Springs, the younger version of myself loved it when my grandfather would wheel his Chrysler E-Class down Weber Street towards the Greyhound bus station, where fleets...
Money No Object: 1971 Pontiac GTO – Simpler Is Better, Right?
Aug 29, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
My dad Robert wasn’t exactly a car guy. He drove trucks for a good portion of his life, had a Jeep kick for a bit, and if you ever asked him about one particular red Ford stepside, he’d...
eBay Find: This 1975 Hurst/Olds Was The Best Selling Model Ever and This May Be The Nicest One Left
Aug 27, 2019Brian Lohnes4
Automotive history is full of surprises, right? Who would have guessed that the 1975 version of the Hurst/Olds was the best selling version of the car that was ever produced?! That’s right, the...
There’s A Legit Can-Am Car For Sale On eBay Right Now – Fuel Injected, Big Block, McLaren Insanity!
Aug 26, 2019Brian Lohnes1
The mere suggestion that someone should buy a restored and race-ready vintage Can-Am car is about the same as suggesting that jumping off a building without a parachute or swimming with sharks is a...
Just Add Driver: This 1989 Pontiac Trans Am GTA Is Sorted Out Properly!
Aug 26, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
A second Pontiac in a row? Yes, and for good reason. Yesterday’s Formula Turbo was a neat look into the dark days at Pontiac and was a beautifully restored example that looked museum-quality....
The Gap Between Two Generations: This 1981 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Formula Is Gorgeous!
Aug 25, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Throughout the 1970s, it was easy to see that there was a civil war going on within the confines of Pontiac. On one hand you had people who advocated for cars like the Bonneville, the Catalina, and...
The Caddy That Kicks Ass Is On The Market! Nitrous SBC, And Plenty Of Fluffy Comfort Too!
Aug 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart8
A couple of years ago I met Arthur Petry and his 1983 Cadillac Coupe deVille, a car that I dubbed “The Caddy that Kicks Ass”. My first note was that I was seeing a super-clean box Caddy...
eBay: This 1967 Pontiac LeMans Station Wagon Is A Well-Cubed Cruiser
Aug 21, 2019Brian Lohnes7
We all have an opinion on what makes a good cruiser, right? A car that is comfortable, makes the right noises, can carry a load of people on a trip, and has enough power to make the tires turn into...
Money No Object: 1987 Buick Regal Turbo-T – Hide In Plain Sight
Aug 21, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
You know the look: black paint, black trim, black bumpers, and the badges on the front fenders that told you what you already knew about this Buick: “Grand National”. In GM’s 1980s...
Wake The Neighbors: The Blower Whine From This 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Is Glorious!
Aug 18, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
During my teenage years in Colorado Springs (around the year 2000), I lived in a neighborhood filled with old people. Like, I’m seventeen, they’re mainly in their seventies kind of...
Pacemaker Delivery: This 1977 AMC Pacer Wagon Is…Actually Really, Really Good!
Aug 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart7
I am not a fan of the AMC Pacer. I’m just not. I love the Hornet. I can tolerate the Gremlin in small doses. I prefer the Javelin and the Spirit, the AMX and the Matador Coupe, but the Pacer?...
This 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby FP350S Is A Road Racing Monster Still In The Plastic Wrapping
Aug 12, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on This 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby FP350S Is A Road Racing Monster Still In The Plastic Wrapping
Having driven the road going version of this car, the 2017 Shelby GT350R, I can tell you from experience that the actual race-only version has to be an animal beyond your ability to conceptualize....