Category Archive: BangShift Projects, McTaggart's '76 Charger, MOPAR, Project Cars
The Charger: Lock And Load The Parts Cannon For Maximum Effect
I made the conscious decision to not treat this 1976 Charger the same as every other project car that I’ve owned over the past three decades. Any change from the way the car was when I first...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Prepping Our Junkyard Magnum 360 For Swap Day!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
The Charger: New Shoes, New Attitude, And The First Trip Onto The Strip
It’s pushing close to the one-year anniversary of the day I decided that a 1976 Dodge Charger was going to become my long-term project car, and judging by the relative lack of posts about the...
FINNEGAN’S FIRST DRIVE: THE TURBO 2JZ-SWAPPED CHARGER IS FIRE!!!! THEY DID IT.
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger is arguably the scariest car that he and Newbern have in the fleet of fun. It is cool as hell, but it certainly isn’t easy to drive, comfortable, or reliable....
Finnegan’s Garage: FINALLY FIXING THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST 2JZ-SWAPPED DODGE CHARGER!!!
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger is arguably the scariest car that he and Newbern have in the fleet of fun. It is cool as hell, but it certainly isn’t easy to drive, comfortable, or...
Unhinged: Reviving A Fury Sport, Part 2 – Remove “Simple” From The Vocabulary
Ed. note: This is your language warning. I’m going to have fun with this series. Click here if you missed the first chapter in this series! We had the Plymouth dragged to my house. We had...
Are You Poor But Want A Classic Car? The Hot Rod Hoarder Says This Is The PERFECT Entry-Level Classic Car that ANYONE Can Afford
I’ve collected several old cars over the years and while they never all run at the same time, I do enjoy having them. But it is not at all unusual for people to ask me how they can get into the...
Unhinged: Reviving A Fury Sport, Part 1 – Acquiring Another Land Barge Mopar
Ed. note: this is your language warning. I’m going to have fun with this series. In 2009, Brian Lohnes dubbed me “The Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes” after he started...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Let’s Go Engine Shopping At The Local Junkyard!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Is It Scrap Or Salvage For Our Broken Chrysler 318 V8?
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Checking In After Our MSD Atomic EFI 2 Swap!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Wrapping Up The Install Of Our MSD Atomic EFI 2 System!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Updating Our Ignition With Holley HyperSpark Components!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
