Category Archive: CHEVY, ROAD TRIPS
UltraVan Adventures: One Man’s Roadtrip Adventure To Rescue One Whacky Machine
Jesse Lamond is a nut job. We know because we have talked to him on the phone and he’s into all the stuff we dig. Of course it’s not his fault, we’ve also talked to his parents and...
BangShift Sponsors Can’t Resist The Mullet! Holley and Dynatech Sign On As Sponsors For Wally’s World GTO
If you missed the introduction to the Wally’s World GTO Project that is going on at Indy Hot Rods for our buddy Wally Olczak, it’s okay. You can CLICK HERE to read the entire story, and...
Project Car Spotlight: Squirrel’s SMAV 1957 Suburban Goes From Blah To Beautiful In Weeks. An Inspirational Tale.
What’s an SMAV you ask? Well it’s the nickname BangShift Contributor Scott Liggett gave to Jim’s 1957 Suburban project. What does it mean? Soccer Mom Assault Vehicle. With 454 cubic...
Introducing The Wally’s World GTO: Dreams Becoming A Reality. Mullets, Muscle Cars, And More.
Wally Olczak is one of those dudes in the automotive aftermarket that you may not actually know, but you know everything he’s done. We’ll cover some of that later, but the truth is this...
Project Buford T Justice Update: We Finally Give Our 1987 9C1 Caprice A Cheapo Nose Job!
Finally, our long national nightmare is over and we solved it for a shade more than $60! So I finally caved and fixed the missing bumper filler situation on the nose of the BangShift project Buford T...
Project Buford T Justice Our 1987 9C1 Caprice Hits The SCCA Autocross – Photos And Video!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – I spend lots of time telling you to get out there and do stuff with your car. Whether it be the drags, cruising, the road course, or autocrossing, I’m...
Project Buford T Justice: Our Caprice 9C1 Gets The Shaft! A Dynotech Drive Shaft That Is!
(Photos by Dynotech Engineering and the Author) – At its base, hot rodding has always been about trying stuff, breaking stuff, fixing stuff, and getting better, faster, and stronger along the...
Buford T Justice Update: We Install A First Gen Chevelle Flowmaster Kit On Our 9C1 Caprice!
Well I celebrated Buford’s one year anniversary in fine style last week by finally getting back to wrenching on the car. The weather has broken, Spring is here, and I found both of my kids when...
Project Update: The Chicken Coupe – Body Is Off The Frame, Trans Is Mocked In, Progress Is Made, Diablo Sandwiches Are Consumed
(Words and photos by Matt Graves) – Sorry for the long dry spell on the Chicken Coupe update. I can’t let Brian steal the spot light this week with his half-assed Buford T Justice update...
Project Buford T Justice Update: Where Has Our 9C1 Caprice Been Hiding?
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – So it has been a while since you’ve seen anything with respect to our much beloved project Buford T Justice Caprice. What the Hell, right? We can assure you...
The Smallest Project We’ve Ever Covered: Here’s The Mini-Max – A Scale Model With A Twist
Readers of BangShift know the name Mike Casella from his awesome work at Then and Now Automotive in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Mike is the guy who makes stuff from scratch and saves unobtanium parts...
Buford T Justice Update: A Very Frustrating Day On The Dyno And How We’re Planning To Fix It
So first, I’ll lead with an apology. This update was supposed to run last week but a blizzard and a bunch of other stuff jumped up and caused the delay. With the amount of email, text, forum,...
Buford T Justice Update: A TCI 700R4 And Breakaway Torque Converter Get Our 9C1 Caprice Shifty!
Last week I installed the cylinder heads, COMP lifters, rockers, pushrods,and LS lifter guides into Buford’s small block mill. While all that was nice, we still had a massive problem on our...
Buford T Justice Update: Headers, Cheap LS Technology, New Valvetrain Parts, More Compression, Fun!
Our weekly Buford updates continue! When last we left you, Dana Hard and Jon Wall at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts had just finished working on the 083 cylinder heads for the...