Category Archive: OTHER, Project Cars
Project Car Revival: Will Emily And Aaron Be Able To Bring This One Back To Life?
Almost every car junkie has got some old ride sitting around that has been forgotten, is waiting its turn to be built or what have you, and some of those are complete cars that could be brought back...
Project Binky Update: Reassembly Is Well Underway! When Will It Make Its First Drive?
Well, it is moving forward. Not under its own power, but it is moving forward and we are so excited. The electronics, mechanicals, and more are all going in or getting ready to go in because this...
Edd China’s Workshop Diaries: His Custom Mini May Look Like An Orange, But It Handles Like A Lemon!
I’ve seen photos of his Outspan Orange before but had no idea what was really going on underneath this thing or how it came to be. It turns out these were promotional vehicles used to get people in...
Only Two Days In And The 5-Window Essex Coupe Build Has The Windows And Top Going Together Already!
Most of the time that I watch Halfass Kustoms on YouTube I find myself wishing I go things done as rapidly as he does. This dude is a machine and just moves forward with projects at a blinding pace...
That Odd Bark: The Blown V6 Holden Berlina Barks To Life For The First Time!
We were moments away from sending Scotty at Street Machine a message inquiring as to the whereabouts of the Holden Berlina that he had started to build into a supercharged V6-powered sweeper. To...
BangShift Project Files: Meet The Wedge, A Rolling…(psst…what is it again?!)
Six years ago, this car first hit the BangShift forums as a curiousity, a freak show that Joe Haber had seen roaming around Arizona, a car that nobody knew the backstory to, a car that nobody knew...
BangShift Project Files: MAX II 6×6 Amphibious ATV….EV?!
You saw these things advertised in the backs of magazines like Popular Science: the Max ATV, a six-wheeled amphibious device that looked like a bathtub with ambition. Argo, Recreative...
Crazy Taxi: An Update On The Turbo 4200-Swapped Checker Marathon
The guys behind Fuel Injection Sucks have been dormant for a few weeks, and not for the reason you would expect. Yeah, being in the Northeast during the pandemic isn’t ideal, for sure, but the...
BangShift Project Files: Chevron Classic – Building A Lotus 7 Kit Car For The Kid To Drive
In 1957, Colin Chapman’s ultimate form of his “simplify and add lightness” program, the Seven, started production. It worked in many different levels. It was fuel-efficient, capable...
Pre-Blown: Street Machine’s “Project Supermang” Berlina Gets It’s Baseline Run
I’ve been waiting for Scotty’s latest project to hit YouTube. The car is a Holden Berlina of the VN generation, which, at best, is the Australian form of the Buick Regal…the W-body...
A Brit Abroad: Rescuing A 1976 Triumph TR7 Out Of It’s 34-Year Parking Spot
Kevin and I talk quite a bit about the cars of Iowa. Namely, that most of what he runs into in his search for video content leads him to pickup trucks with flappy bedsides, Chrysler products that are...
The Family Ferrari: This 1987 Lancia Thema 8.32 Is A Sports Sedan With Ferrari V8 Power!
Picture this: it’s 1987, you’re a person of means, you’re car shopping, and you have a serious hankerin’ for something Italian. While your heart says Ferrari 308 GTS, the...
Antique Awesomeness: This 1920 Ahrens-Fox Fire Truck Is Super Cool And Super Rare!
A few years ago, BangShift made a field trip to the Bare Cove Fire Museum in Hingham MA, which houses a myriad of antique fire-fighting apparatus, ranging from early human powered pumps to trucks...
BangShift Project Files: Make It Quick, Make It Safe…Follow Along As This 1990 Volvo Gets V8 Swapped!
Deep within the BangShift Forums you will find all manner of vehicles that readers are building. Land-speed racers, drag monsters, road course warriors, in-depth and highly detailed work and the...