Category Archive: BangShift News, eBay Find
eBay Find: Kooky Kustom 1961 Corvair
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Kooky Kustom 1961 Corvair
Talk about bizarro world! This 1961 Corvair was put through the full kustom treatment in the late 1960s or early 1970s and then stored. It’s a time capsule to a world we’re not sure we...
eBay Find: Kenny Bernstein’s 1987 Buick Batmobile LeSabre Funny Car Body
Mar 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Kenny Bernstein’s 1987 Buick Batmobile LeSabre Funny Car Body
This could be the drag racing barn find of the decade. The infamous 1987 Buick LeSabre Funny Car body used by Kenny Bernstein but designed and perfected by Dale Armstrong was located in a storage...
eBay Find: A Wooden 1950’s Sports Car
Mar 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Wooden 1950’s Sports Car
We were stopped dead in our tracks when we laid eyes on their weirdly amazing car. It is a completely wooden sports car, powered by an odd-ball motorcycle engine, and sitting on a Citroen suspension...
eBay Find: The Barris Tastee Freez T
Mar 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: The Barris Tastee Freez T
We were tipped off to another interesting tidbit that has come up for sale on eBay, the George Barris Kustoms built Tastee Freez T-bucket. If you’re wondering what the hell a Tastee Freez is,...
eBay Find: Way Over the Top Trepanier-Built 1963 Corvette
Mar 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Way Over the Top Trepanier-Built 1963 Corvette
We stumbled upon this crazy 1963 Corvette for sale on eBay and just had to share it. Sporting an all-aluminum 513ci Keith Black Hemi, force fed by a Littlefield 14-71 blower, and wearing the biggest...
eBay Find: Jimmy Cagney’s 1934 Auburn Cabriolet
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Jimmy Cagney’s 1934 Auburn Cabriolet
We’re not that big into luxury cars that pre-date WWII, but when we got tipped off to the eBay listing for Jimmy Cagney’s 1934 Auburn Cabriolet, powered by a Lycoming built V-12, we had...
Ebay Find: The $200,000 1985 Camaro IROC
Feb 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Ebay Find: The $200,000 1985 Camaro IROC
We didn’t screw up on the dollar amount in the title. This is a 1985 IROC Z28 sporting a TPI 305, an automatic transmission, 747 miles, and the signatures of nearly 100 actors, musicians, and...
EBay Find: Killer 1973 Checker Aerobus 8-Door Limo
Feb 08, 2010Brian Lohnes1
Over the last year or so, we’ve not only been introduced to the coolness that is an airport limo, we’ve also begun to really dig them. We got tipped off to this totally neato 1973 Checker...
eBay Find: Yet Another WTF-amino
Feb 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Yet Another WTF-amino
Just in case you thought we were going all straight and narrow on you with our wall to wall coverage of the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show, we’re kicking things off today with this most...
eBay Find: Uber Rare Smokey Ram Intake Manifold
Jan 27, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Uber Rare Smokey Ram Intake Manifold
We probably should be callous to this stuff by now, but we’re not. We shouldn’t be shocked, or even mildly surprised when unicorn-esque speed parts show up on eBay, but we turn into giddy...
eBay Find: 1968 Biscayne Packing Factory 427 Power
Jan 25, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: 1968 Biscayne Packing Factory 427 Power
If you’re a fan of fullsize ’60s performance cars, the big-block Chevy Biscayne has to occupy a spot in your personal hot rod hall of fame. For their era, they were awesome sleepers....
eBay Find: Neat 1964 Buick Wildcat
Jan 18, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Neat 1964 Buick Wildcat
We’ve got kind of a weird fascination with Buick Wildcats that began when we were kids. There was a guy with a beautiful ’65 who lived by our local ice cream stand for many years. It was...
eBay Find: The Cleanest 1971 Chevy Caprice on Earth
Jan 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: The Cleanest 1971 Chevy Caprice on Earth
Every now and again a car will hit the web that appears to have been in a time warp. This amazing 1971 Caprice coupe is one of those cars. It literally appears to have rolled off the lot yesterday....
eBay Auction for Boyd Coddington’s Last Project Car Ends Today
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Auction for Boyd Coddington’s Last Project Car Ends Today
On New Years Eve we reported that the French Connection, the last car to come from the shop of Boyd Coddington, was being sold on eBay. That auction ends today, and we know you’ll be watching....