Category Archive: Angry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift Projects, FORD, Project Cars, Raven Imperial
The 2017 Summary From BS Mid-West: Where Do Our Project Cars Stand?
It’s about time to start taking stock in what we’ve managed to accomplish this year with the project cars in the stable here in Kentucky. This year has been…well, I guess you could...
Unhinged: Junkyard Finds On An Otherwise Unsuccessful Day At The Yard
Of all of the cars that inhabit BangShift Mid-West, it was the two “daily drivers” that got me to haul my butt back down to the LKQ yard in Nashville yesterday in the pouring rain....
A History Note: Wally Parks’ Hot-Rodded WWII Jeep, “Sigue Na”
Prior to being the man whose name became tied to statues won by the hardest of the hard-charging drag racers in the world, prior to his titular role as the founder of the NHRA, and prior to leading...
The Skid Factory: The Toyota-Swapped Ford Fairlane Is Up, Running, And Blowing The Tires Off (As Well As The Tailshaft…)
If you missed our initial introduction to the YouTube series called The Skid Factory, let us bring you up to speed: it’s a Mighty Car Mods spin-off that skips out on the Japanese cars and the...
Rough Start: This 1972 Ford Gran Torino Four-Door Is Cheap Fun Beater Material – Can You Rebuild A Carb For A $1,000 Car?
The cogs are turning on this one, readers. A 1972 Ford Gran Torino for $1,000. Yeah, it’s a crew cab…so what. It’s a one-year-only body that has the open grille, the thin bumpers,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Sentimental Do You Get When It’s Time To Let The Ride Go?
Without actually counting, I believe I’ve moved around 50 cars in and out of my life since I got my first car when I was twelve. To varying degrees, I miss just about all of them…minus...
The Amtrak Train Derailment: What Went Wrong On The First Journey Of The New High-Speed Rail System?
(Lead photo: KOMO-TV Seattle) At 7:33 in the morning on Monday, December 18th 2017, the Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed off of the Point Defiance Bypass on it’s inaugural run on the...
But Will It Haul The Christmas Tree Home? This Ford Station Wagon Romps!
We like fast wagons. We like fast Fords. We can appreciate anybody who can take one of Ford’s fullsize Panther platform cars and make it move out like Ford never considered. But a wood-paneled...
Would You Rather, The Trucks of Mecum Edition! Which Old Hauler Suits You Best?
The Mecum auction that will go down in Kissimmee, Florida is STACKED with good choices. Seriously. You can buy Dick Landy’s A/FX Coronet. You can buy a Motion GT Corvette. You can buy a 1994...
This 1973 Chevrolet El Camino 4×4 Will Handle The Winter Weather In Fine Form
One of the best and worst cars I’ve got in my record is a 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle that came to me via my stepfather and his family, who had owned the car for quite some time before he did. I...
Morning Symphony: This Basic-Looking Subaru Impreza Revs Like A Sport Bike!
The Subaru EJ series engine is a potent little four-pot. Anybody who has ever toyed with a worked up WRX or STI knows this. The engines can make great power but they do not make great noise. Even the...
Ripping Gears In Georgia: The Street Nite Stick Shift Class At The Last Event Of The Year
This late in the season, you’d think that guys would have their racecars down for repairs, freshening up or would at least be so busy with the holiday season that they wouldn’t be focused...
Rough Start: Blowing The Budget On A Mexican Ramcharger
In the United States market, the Dodge Ramcharger was killed off at the end of 1993 and…that’s it. The focus was on the introduction of the new-for-1994 Dodge Ram, and it had been deemed...
PRI 2017: Hammerhead Performance Engines Has Hemi Head Options For Your Small Block Ford and LS Engine
When it comes to hardcore parts and innovations for making horsepower, cylinder heads are really where it is at. Advances in materials, advances in engineering, and advances in machining capability...