Category Archive: Buford - 9C1 Caprice, Project Cars
Buford T Justice 9C1 Update: The Parts From Hotchkis, Cragar, AFCO, and Mickey Thompson
Last week we put Buford T Justice, our project 1987 Caprice 9C1 through the last set of paces on the stock suspension and tires. The car performed as we pretty much thought it would, wallowing some,...
Buford T Justice, Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice Goes Through Final Testing Before the Upgrades Begin!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Take a good long look at this wallowing sad sack. It is the last time you’ll see ol’ Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice in stock form. Because we are...
Buford T Justice Update: It Lives Again Thanks to a Down and Dirty Driveway Thrash and Junkyard Parts
Back in May, as I am sure you remember, Buford T Justice spit the bit during dyno session hi-jinx. The car spit the drive shaft out violently, busted the hell out of the 700R4 transmission, and was...
Project Buford T Justice Update: The Trans Thrash is ON!
If you remember, we put Project Buford T Justice on the dyno a couple weeks ago and fragged the trans and driveshaft in violent fashion. Since then, we recalled a transmission that has been living in...
Project Buford T Justice Will Be Saved For About A 100 Bucks With a 15 Year Old Transmission
By now you know that I blew up my Project Buford T Justice Caprice on the dyno at Performance Auto and Dyno in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Monday. After the car spit the driveshaft at us, broke the...
Project Buford T Justice Hits the Dyno and Goes KABLOOEY! CARNAGE VIDEO INSIDE!
After we ran Buford T Justice at the strip and the 4,000lb tank shocked us with elapsed times in the 15-second range, we were immediately intrigued as to the actual power output of the 185,000 mile...
Project Buford T Justice Hits the Strip with Some Pretty Shocking Results!
(Photos by Dave Nutting/Words by Brian Lohnes) – When we asked BangShift nation to guess the ET that our 1987 Caprice 9C1 called Buford T Justice would run in the quarter mile, the guesses were...
Driveway Tech: Bodywork on Buford T Justice – We Close Our Roof Hole For Fun and (NO) Profit!
Few jobs will give you the self-satisfaction of repairing the outside of your hot rod, project, or racer. Yes, screwing together a fire breathing engine will give you levels of joy that will make you...
Project Buford T Justice: Our Cop Car Cruises Home and Then We Beat on It!
(Photos by Dave Nutting, Gene Stauffer, and Brian Lohnes) – Project Buford T Justice, BangShift’s 1987 9C1 Caprice cop car is back home in Massachusetts safe and sound and we have begun...
Introducing Project Buford T Justice – Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice – The Adventure Begins!
Just like the title says, this is the official introduction for the first real deal project car we have done here at BangShift. I am calling this 1987 9C1 Caprice, “Buford T Justice” in...