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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find

Money No Object: This 1972 Pontiac LeMans Convertible Has Us Dreaming Of Warmer Days

If you are one of the people who clamor for the first snowfall of the year, I single-handedly blame you for the current situation outside of my front door. It is a misty, gray, muddy mess at...

This Little 1970 Datsun U521 Crew Cab Truck Is Rare, Weird, and Kind Of Awesome

As we speed toward our 30,000th blog item here at BangShift there are some things that continue to surprise us. Firstly is seeing a car or a type of car that we have never seen before or never knew...

Want To Build The Coolest Small Block Ford You Can? Buy This Gurney-Weslake Top End Package – Vintage Power!

We know, we know. Modern heads make more power. Modern heads move more air. Modern heads have decades and decades of development behind them. All thats fine but there ain’t a modern head that...

Bullnose Brute: This 1985 Ford F-350 Hasn’t Seen Hard Use Yet!

The itch for a truck has been striking again. Normally I can ignore it and it goes away after a while, but every now and then I look to see what’s out there on the market. My truck preferences...

This 1948 Willys Jeep CJ-2A Is An Awesome And Accurate Look At The post War Jeeps America Fell In Love With

After serving dutifully in every role that the military asked it to serve, the Jeep came home a war hero just like the soldiers that operated them in all the varied theaters of WWII. The pluggy...

eBay Gold: Someone Is Selling A 1970 Vintage 426 Hemi Short Block Still In The Original Crate!

When we talk about barn finds, it is always cars but these days we need to start considering parts and components as well because of stuff like this. You are looking at a 1970 vintage 426 Hemi short...

What The What?! Someone Put A Backhoe On An Airport Tug And Made The Coolest Thing Ever

There are some ideas that humanity may just not be ready for yet. Some things that our species may struggle to embrace as a whole but as the unstoppable march of time carries on, they will be looked...

The Woodsman: This 1972 ex-Forest Service Dodge Power Wagon Is An Awesome Workhorse

For the most part, Lohnes and I can see eye-to-eye on trucks, with a couple of minor indiscretions. He likes older rigs, me not so much. He likes the geared-down, lumbering tractor-like styles of...

Stacked: This Algon Fuel Injection Set Up For A Boss 429 Ford Is Radical!

As we have all had it drilled into our heads at this point in history, the Ford Boss 429 was not the greatest street engine ever built. Its massive ports and racing bred lineage meant that the street...

Wow! There Is A Legit 1969 ZL-1 Aluminum Big Block 427 Chevy For Sale On Ebay Right Now

There are certain things that still have an aura about them from the muscle car era, more than a half century after they first appeared. In terms of righteous Chevrolet performance engines, the...

Best of 2018: A 1983 Ford Thunderbird That Flies Far Under The Radar – 460, Five-Speed, 4.10s!

First impressions are key. Within the first seven seconds of meeting someone, they’ve already made their mind up about you, regardless of whether or not you have opened up your mouth far enough...

Best of 2018: This Chevrolet Lumina Z34 Has The One Major Problem Fixed!

(There’s no time like the present to RWD swap every FWD machine! -ed.) I never thought the Chevrolet Lumina looked bad as a two-door, especially as the Z34. Sloping, aero-ish nose? Spoiler and...

MORE: eBay Find

Dear Santa, Please Bring Us This Pro Street 1978 GMC Shortbed!

Alright, Nick, let’s get a few things straight between us. Pretty much every year we ask only a few things from you, and every year your rotund bearded Artic-dwelling ass ignores us on every...

Full Weight: A 1973 Dodge Polara That Isn’t A Cop Special…But Should Run Like One!

It’s very strange to think that a car as…*ahem*…husky as a 1973 Dodge Polara would be anything more than demolition derby fodder to a BangShifter. Yank the good engine out, stuff...