Category Archive: BangShift Projects, Raven Imperial
Project Raven Imperial: WHY WON’T YOU WORK?! Fighting The Fuel Gauge Again…
Remember my first day on the job nearly four years ago, when I said that joining the BangShift crew might be the most questionable automotive decision I’ve ever made? Scratch that. I’ve...
The Limousine: We Get The U.S.S. D’Elegance Back To A Roadworthy State And Assess What’s Next!
Back in January I went in with a couple of people on the mother of all bad ideas, a 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood Formal limousine that had a three-digit price tag and looked like a five-digit trip to the...
Project Raven Imperial: The 360 Rebuild, Part Two – Work Progresses, Grinds To A Halt, Progresses Again…
When I last left the build on Raven’s 360ci LA Mopar, I had gotten the ugly truth about the piston rings I had on hand: they were junk. Piston #1’s top ring had broken in half and just...
Project Raven Imperial: The 360 Rebuild, Part One: Diving Into The Deep End Head-First
I want to say something like, “I rolled up my sleeves and took the challenge head-on” or something similar here, but here’s the truth: up until yesterday, I was staring at a bare...
Raven Imperial: Cleanup And Early Wiring Work, Because Masochism Is Easy
With the 360 sitting at a machine shop waiting in line to get it’s camshaft bearings installed, there was absolutely no reason to not get to work on the other sections of the 1983 Imperial...
Unhinged: There’s Always A First Time For Everything, And You’re About To See A Lot Of “Firsts”…
The tone of voice that came through the phone was absolutely incredulous. “You’re telling me you’ve never rebuilt a carb before?!” Chad couldn’t believe his ears, but...
Project Angry Grandpa: Putting Old Skills To New Uses (Or, How To Love Fixing Wiring Connectors)
The problems for the Angry Grandpa Chrysler started on the last day of the PRI show. As Lohnes and I were getting our cars warmed up in the morning before heading over to the convention center, two...
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...
Help Us Name Our New Square Body Crew Cab Dually Project!
I’ve wanted a Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually since I was a kid. Probably since I was 10 or so, since we’d see them at the races all the time pulling gooseneck trailers and looking bad ass. Of...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Floor Patching, Subframe Connectors, And More!
It’s been six months since we put up any kind of word on the Great Pumpkin, our 1980 Ford Mustang Ghia, and that’s actually a good thing for the most part. The car didn’t die and...
Project Angry Grandpa: The Second Round Of Work At BFNY Performance And Milan
When we last left our in-house project Chrysler action-wise, I had finished up running at ChallengerFest 8 and was pretty content with the performance of the big gold brick. It wasn’t running...
Introducing Project 2 Timer; BANGshift Resurrection Altered Wheelbase Chevy II!
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Zak Hawthorne, Nick Licata & Darr Hawthorne) With recycling in so many parts of our lives, it surely extends into classic cars and repurposing hot rods...
Project Raven Imperial: We Have A Powertrain! Now, If It Will Just Quit Fighting Us…
Finally, after years of issues, our project 1983 Imperial has some good news: there is an engine and transmission waiting to be put into the engine bay! Given the luck the Imperial has had with...
