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Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift Projects, CHEVY, CHEVY, Project Cars

The “Budget Bel Air” Build: How Cheap Can We Build A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air For Cruising Fun?

The first step with any build is simple: determine what you want to build! If you’re a real Gearhead, that list is hundred’s if not thousand’s of cars long. Even within a specific...

TIJUANA TO TACOMA! Will This BIG BLOCK Square Body RUN AND DRIVE After 20 Years? Derek Sure Hopes So! Part 1/3

Family road trips are what cars used to be about. In the days of our favorite cars and trucks, Americans did road trip family vacations. People don’t do that much anymore. But that’s...

1962 Chevrolet Milk Truck! This Bad Boy Has Been Abandoned For 50 Years! Will It Run For Mortske With A Little Love And Attention?

There is something cool about old milk and delivery trucks. For decades, Divco was the top manufacturer of delivery trucks and they are incredibly cool now when hot rodded. In the 1960s, Chevrolet...

Tony Angelo Gets After It With Paint and Body RESURRECTION on his Dad’s DREAM Car: The 1968 Camaro Convertible Project

I’m a Camaro convertible guy. Or at least a first-gen Camaro convertible guy. I own a 1969 Camaro convertible and my dad has a 1968 Camaro, so when I talked to Tony Angelo last year about his...

LS Swapped S-10. CHEAP CAM SHAFT. How much power can it make?? Cam, X pipe, And More!

Who would have thought that the 5.3 LS would become so popular that you would eventually be able to buy hundreds of different camshafts for them, or that some of them would be so cheap that just...

FOUND: This 1962 Chevrolet Corvette Has Been Stuck Behind A Fence In A Yard In Florida For Over 14 Years!

Dennis Collins is back at it, going after collectible cars and trucks all over the country. This time he’s got a lead on a Corvette that has been sitting in Florida for well over a decade....

THE GREAT CAR TRADE EXPERIMENT PART 1: FINNEGAN SWAPPED A RUSTY EL CAMINO FOR A CADDY ON BAGS. WANT IT?

We’ve all heard stories from friends or acquaintances who have traded cars and trucks forever and ended up with something far cooler than they started with. I know I’ve always wanted to...

Tony Built a $1000 Turbo Kit for His 6 Cylinder Shop Rig and it RULES! Making This 1983 GMC Squarebody Cooler Yet!

Tony Angelo does some fun stuff, there is no doubt. One thing I love about him is that he not only builds the hot rod and racing style stuff, but also goes for the oddballs, like the 6 cylinder...

FINNEGAN BOUGHT A 1960 EL CAMINO THAT HASN’T RUN SINCE 1998! CAN HE DRIVE IT HOME, OR WILL HE FAIL MISERABLY?

Finnegan is trying to channel his inner Derek Bieri on this one, as he picks up a 1960 El Camino and has the balls to try and drive it home after sitting for almost 30 years. This isn’t exactly...

$2500 Big Block GM Crew Cab Score! Mortske Is Building A Budget Tow Rig! This GMT800 Needs Some Love, But It’s Worth It!

Mortske is always grabbing interesting projects, and he is good about sharing what it takes to get them into good shape and this one is no different. This is a steal for sure, because at $2500 this...

Karl Fisher And His Friends Are Cutting The Roof Off A 1970 Impala To Give It A Hollywood Top

What’s a Hollywood Top? Watch the video below and you’ll find out, as Karl and his buddies cut the roof off of his brother Benny’s Impala. If it seems a bit extreme to cut the roof...

Massive Rust Repair: New Body Panels Can Save This Ride – 20 Year Body Tech Tips and Tricks for Square Body Chevy Patch Panels.

It’s never been easier to build a car or truck than it is today and in large part that is due to the insane number of replacement body parts that are available for popular classic cars and...

RebelDryver’s Garage New Project ’76 El Camino’s First Road Trip! And, They Find A Bunch of Cool Cars!

When Liggett got his new project El Camino, to use as a winter vehicle while working on his old beater truck, he seemed to think he’d be able to leave it alone. We knew better. He did all the...

Dylan McCool With A Chevrolet? Wait, What? Will Get This V8 1957 Chevy To RUN and DRIVE After 40 plus Years?

Does he even know how to work on a Chevrolet? I kid of course, because Dylan does like stuff that didn’t come from Mopar, but he really does have more of them than anything else. He’s...