Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift Projects, BangShift XL, MOPAR, XL Project Trucks
BangShift Power Laggin’ Project Truck Update: Fixing Even More Hackery And Installing Some Accessories!
Cover photo by Rob Hentschel 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...
Out Of Sight, Not Out Of Mind: Going Underneath Vice Grip Garage’s Big-Build Crew-Cab Square-Body
And here you were, thinking that Derek only played around with swamped Cadillacs, rusty Chevelles and a Monza Town Coupe so far gone that it was a miracle the car’s first noise wasn’t...
Rough Start “Tour Of Temptation”: 1969 Ford Falcon Futura
Okay, as of today it’s Rocky Mountain Race Week for your guide to low-buck classified hunting, and I’ve decided to try something a bit different today. From today until I’m back...
Want To Win A Field-Fresh 1957 Chevy Sedan That Does Burnouts? This One Is Being Given Away!
It is damn hard to look at a 1957 Chevrolet and say, “No, I don’t want that.” If you are a GM guy or a classic car nut, you know the appeal. And even if you’re die-hard...
This V8 Pinto Is A Great Example Of Not Needing Huge Power Numbers To Have Fun (VIDEO)
Keep your “kaboom!” jokes to yourself with this particular 1979 Ford Pinto, because this snotty little bastard is proof that you don’t need to be making Hellcat-territory power...
Cleaning Out The Caddy: How Bad Does Vice Grip Garage’s Field-Find DeVille Look Under The Carpets?
Dragging out a 1970 Cadillac sedan from a field in Minnesota where it’d been sinking into the earth under the weight of it’s bulk is a fairly easy concept to understand. Cadillacs from...
The Challenger Revival, Part 18: We Finally Have The Powertrain!
You can rebuild the suspension, you can wet sand the body until the original paint come shining through, you can even completely restore the interior. But all of that is for not if you have no...
Project Phantom, Part 2: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
Note: if you haven’t read the first installment of Joe Grippo’s Project Phantom, check it out by CLICKING HERE. (Words and photos by Joe Grippo) The last installment of Project Phantom...
The Beginning Of The Endtimes: How The Pursuit Special Came To Be
I knew about the Mad Max film franchise when I was little. One of the Nintendo games that my mother had enjoyed was Mad Max (it came out in 1990) and all I could tell you about that game is that it...
Rough Start Fox Body: So Much For The Budget! We’ve Got Plenty Of Parts For Our Forlorn Fox!
I don’t care how good you are at scrapping things together, sooner or later you’re going to have to invest some money into a cheap car project. And that time for investment has come for...
The Challenger Revival, Part 17: Cutting Through The Layers To The Inner Good
To date, most of McCool’s work on his 1973 Dodge Challenger has involved restoration: rust and rot repair, cleaning up the appearances, interior rebuilding, and so on and so forth. We’re...
LuxuryLiner: This 2003 Lincoln Town Car Is Our Idea Of A Luxury Sedan, With Supercharged Cobra Power!
If you’ve flown on an American Airlines flight, you might have noticed the phrase “LuxuryLiner” somewhere on the nose area of the jet. And, if you are anything like me, you were...
The Dirty Cougar: That Cheap AeroCat Has Gained One Hell Of An Attitude Adjustment!
It’s amazing what a couple of months of being stuck at home can do when you have a car that needs work, you have the tools to get some stuff done, and you have a vision. In the case of the...
Classic YouTube: Check Out This 1957 Chrysler Corporation Training Film – Nine-Way Car Battle With Buick, Olds And Cadillac!
This Chrysler Corporation training film might have been showcased as a nine-way vehicle test, but let’s be quite honest: no, it’s not. In the Fifties, the manufacturers were cut-throat...