Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, Racing Junk Find
Road And Track: This 1978 Dodge Aspen R/T Is An Engine Away From Being Your Street-Strip Terror!
Jan 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
I’ve owned two J-bodies and five M-bodies, but I’ve never owned a Dodge Aspen or a Plymouth Volaré, the F-body of the Mopar FMJ group. There’s really no difference besides...
Classic YouTube: Car And Track’s Review Of A 1971 Chevrolet Camaro 350 Rally Sport!
Jan 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
After slamming together the first-generation Camaro, GM knew that a quick update was going to be needed if the Camaro had a prayer against the Ford Mustang. For 1970, that prayer was answered. The...
Busted Knuckle Put Out Their Year-In-Review For Rockbouncer Driver Wes Kean And His Supercharged Rig!
Jan 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
We often overlook the drivers of rockbouncers, mainly because we’re focused on the rigs themselves, the altitude they gain, the crashes, and the sheer violence of the whole spectacle....
Go Ahead, Call The Cops: This 1979 Buick Station Wagon Trar Is Ugly And Awesome!
Jan 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
It’s a rolling middle finger. That’s all this 1979 Buick Electra station wagon trar is, a rolling middle finger. It’s not like a nice wagon was turned into a trar…we’d...
The Path Less Traveled: Check Out This Dodge Omni GLH That Has Been Done To The Nines!
Jan 26, 2018Bryan McTaggart10
The wrong car to build…I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard that a thousand times. Funny, though…every time I see someone who has built the “wrong” car, the finished...
Take A Walk Through The Hoonigan Shop And Check Out What’s Just Sitting Around!
Jan 26, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Sometimes, you have to stop and take stock of what’s going on in the garage. In my garage, there’s three engines, two transmissions, an engine hoist that is eating up a metric ton of...
Rough Start: Will This Minty Pinto Be The Cheap-Car Start Of Something Good?
Jan 26, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
Even by BangShift standards, a Doublemint-green Ford Pinto station wagon is pushing things just a little bit. We can give the Pinto all the crap in the world about exploding gas tanks and lawsuits...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are You Ready For Chinese Cars?
Jan 26, 2018Bryan McTaggart15
For a few years now, the question of whether or not Chinese cars would ever be sold in America was nearly laughable…there was no way. No manufacturer had the inroads, and nobody would want to...
The LA Run: Listen To This 416ci Small Block Mopar Work Over The Dyno!
Jan 26, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
The small-block Chevrolet is so commonplace that even though it makes great power and can be built dirt-cheap, people are just about sick of seeing them. Small-block Fords can absolutely romp, as...
Is This Thing A Hot Rod? The Seller Of This Isuzu Rodeo Certainly Thinks So, But Why?
Jan 25, 2018Tony Sestito10
The term “Hot Rod” has been used for over half a century now to describe basically any vehicle that has been modified in a manner that boosts its performance. Typically, the term is...
Morning Symphony: The Sights And Sounds Of The 2018 Monte Carlo Rally
Jan 25, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Since 1911, the Monte Carlo Rally has been one of the top-tier premier rally races on the WRC calendar. It’s also the first, bringing the WRC teams through the unpredictable hills and dales of...
Be Ready For Anything With This 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air Trar – Just Fix The Brakes First!
Jan 25, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
Trars…we are fascinated by them here. Some versions more than others, admittedly, but on the grand scheme of things, we tend to appreciate a car that has been repurposed into a four-wheel-drive...
Unhinged: Wait…Why Does My Car Need To Respond To My Emotions, Again?
Jan 25, 2018Bryan McTaggart8
At what point does adding technology to the automobile become stupid? I’m sure most of you will have the knee-jerk “it already has” response, and I don’t blame you for that,...
Wait, That Worked?! The CEO Of Lotus Just Got Lucky Over A Big Speeding Ticket Because He “Needed To Test Drive New Models”
Jan 25, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
Nothing, but nothing, beats that moment when you get the flashing reds and blues in your rearview mirror and you know, deep in your heart, that the uniforms have you dead to rights. You sit in the...






