Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Project Cars, Tech Stories
Engine Project Update: Tearing Down the 1960s Pontiac OHC Six
When we heard that our OG BangShift pal Randal was looking for an old Pontiac overhead cam six engine we got excited because we knew he’d find one and start a neat project. Our instincts were...
Project Car Update: Stage1Scott’s Sublime ’67 Fairlane Sedan Gets the Mighty FE Engine Installed
BangShifter “stage1scott” has been building his killer Sublime 1967 Ford Fairlane Sedan for the past 22 months and is getting really close to big smokey burnouts. Scott started with...
Project Car Spotlight: A Clean 1967 Camaro Goes From Mild to Wild With Blown LS Power
BangShift member c6matt may have set the speed standard for documenting the build of his killer 1967 Camaro. Within the span of a few hours after joining up he had the whole life story of his Camaro...
Goliath Video Update: 2010 Edition
We acquired Goliath, our now familiar 1966 C50 truck in November of 2009. In December, we posted an introductory video of the truck and took you along for a little ride. That was when the motor was...
BangShift Project Spotlight: A Serious V6 Firebird Build
The mere mention of a 2000 Pontiac Firebird conjures immediate thoughts of LS-series engines. In the case of BangShift member WarShrike, it doesn’t. Instead of going down the well worn path of...
Cool Project: How to Build a Modern AMX in Your Home Garage
While wrenching on Goliath recently, a dude pulled up in a minto Lucerne blue Trans-Am and asked if we had any trim pieces on the Javelin in our backyard. We invited him back to take a look, but that...
Project Goliath Update and a Peek Behind the Scenes!
Things have been moving along on the mechanical side with our big, lovable truck Goliath. The 1966 C50 has reached the end stages of work on the mechanical side and we’ll soon turn our guns on...
Project Car Spotlight: Bringing a 1967 Olds 442 Back to Life
“Hemi Joel” Nystrom is no stranger to the pages of BangShift.com. We shared his story of building a F.A.S.T Hemi GTX for drag race warfare, we showed you video of him drag racing, yes,...
Project Car Spotlight: A Killer Stripper 1967 Chevelle 300
One of the neatest project cars in the BangShift.com universe is the 1967 Chevelle 300 of forum member 67pete300. The car is ultra clean, straight, and nice. We dig it more for what it isn’t...
Video and Photo Updates: Cherry Bomb’s Disturbing the Peace 1968 Camaro
Click here to jump down to the most recent update, with photos! ABOUT THE “DISTURBING THE PEACE” CAMARO BangShift.com sponsor Cherry Bomb Mufflers is building a cool 1968 Camaro....
Project Goliath Update: We Install All Six of Our New Firestones!
After picking our freshly refurbished wheels and newly mounted Firestone tires from the tire shop, we hot footed to the airport for SEMA 2010. Having not installed them before we left on the trip,...
Cool Project Thread: Tearing Down an Air Cooled Stroker VW Motor
BangShift member Stiney has a bunch of cool stuff lurking in his barn, including a Fox-bodied Mustang with a 500ci Cadillac engine in it. His real affliction though, seems to be VWs of the air-cooled...
Project Goliath Update: Piddly Projects, Plodding Progress
It has been too long since we brought you any information on progress with our 1966 C50 called Goliath. The main reason is that there hasn’t been too much sexy stuff happening. We’re at...
Project Car Spotlight: Joe Grippo’s 1970 Mustang
After highlighting Scott Liggett’s cool 1970 Caprice project yesterday, we needed to swap coasts and show the hot rod of our other major photo contributor, Pennsylvanian Joe Grippo. Joe is one...