Category Archive: BangShift News, eBay Find
eBay Find: A Cool Straight Axle 1964 Plymouth Valiant
Normally when thoughts drift to the genre of straight axle drag cars, we’re talking Willys, Henry Js, and ’55-’57 Chevrolets. Not this time though. We were tipped off to a very cool...
eBay Find: The Caresto T6 R – The Swedish-built 2004 Hot Rod of Year
In 2004, for the first time in history, a foreign built hot rod won the coveted Hot Rod of the Year award. That car, the Swedish fabricated Caresto T6 R is now for sale on eBay. The car was certainly...
eBay Find: A 5hp Oldsmobile for More Than $33,000
Yesterday we told you about a Camaro on RacingJunk that was selling for $100k and came with three super powerful engines. Today we’re spinning the dial in the other direction and inviting you...
eBay Find: A Bitchin’ Ex-Mopar Factory Drag Car Hauler!
We here at BangShift HQ are fully in love with old race car haulers, especially those of the factory variety. Reader Chris Crowley tipped us off to this absolutely killer 1974 Dodge factory drag car...
eBay Find: A Ford F-2/4/650 on a Military Frame and 52-inch tires that packs big diesel power
Nervous about our debt ceiling? Fearing that the end of the world is coming in 2012? Worried that zombies are going to attack your town and escape will be futile? We’ve got the answer and in...
eBay Find: A Big Block Ford Powered AC That Isn’t a Cobra and Is Kind of Ugly
We like learning stuff, so when we found a listing for a 1968 AC Frua on eBay, we had to investigate simply because we had never heard about these cars before and since they had a 428ci BBF in the...
eBay Find: A Super Cool and Ultra Rare Frenzel Supercharger
Early speed parts rule. That’s a fact. Back in the late 1940s and early 1950s industrious machine shop owners across the country could make and market parts of their own design. One such...
eBay Find: A Hella Cool Custom Pedal Car (Sans Pedals)
We were tipped off to the eBay auction of a totally neat, custom built pedal car by reader Chris Crowley. He’s got good taste, because we want to own this little racer! The car was built to...
eBay Find: A 1977 Chevy Monza in IMSA Garb
The Chevy Monza lived a relatively short life when it comes to automotive models. Produced from 1975 to 1980, the little Monza was positioned as a sporty alternative to the Vega. The car was supposed...
eBay Find: A Blown Hemi Powered ’57 Chevy Gasser
We’re getting excited to see the old school gassers at the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, so excited in fact, we decided to go day dreaming on eBay to find a nose bleedin’,...
Ebay Find and Video: The Citroen HY. Maybe France’s most significant automotive contribution.
We know that we sometimes march to the beat of a different drummer around here, and that we dig vans. So it should be no surprise that we dig this Citroen HY Van and want it badly. Sure it makes...
eBay Find: The Titanium Basis for the Biggest and Coolest LSR Belly Tanker Ever!
While it wouldn’t be the most aerodynamic object to start with, this 15ft tall (or long) titanium tank would certainly be one of the coolest and most expensive pieces to start an LSR project...
eBay Find: MSD Puts Their Totally Bad Ass ProCharged CTS-V Up on eBay!
Our pals at MSD are currently cruising with the rest of the crazed gearheads on the 2011 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour, and they are doing it in their kick ass 2005 Cadillac CTS-V. This will be the...
eBay Find: The Coolest 1931 Chevy on Planet Earth
We know that there’s no such thing as, “the perfect hot rod” because cars are such subjective devices. That being said, this 1931 Chevy coupe, with its straight axle, blown Pontiac...