Category Archive: Angry Grandpa Chrysler, Apex Event Coverage, BangShift APEX, Project Cars
Project Angry Grandpa: We Take Our 300C To The NCM Motorsports Park For Some Exercise!
(Track photos of the car courtesy of JRP Photos) Testing a two-ton RWD car on a racetrack on a cold morning in late January sounds like the dumbest idea in the world. Tires won’t be up to...
Rough Start: On The Hunt For A V8 Chevy Monza, And We Find…Two.
The Chevrolet Monza…originally designed to be GM’s first rotary-powered car, the Monza (and it’s H-body siblings) essentially were a glossing-over of the very maligned Vega with a...
Ebay Find: Anyone Want A Super-Huge Super Duty?
Say you have eight thousand dollars and a thing for huge trucks. What do you do? Sure, there’s tons of big pickup trucks on Craigslist, but that just isn’t big enough. Well, allow me to...
BangShift Project Files: Making a 1962 Falcon Into A Hard-Charger On A $5,000 Budget
It takes effort to look at a rough car and convince yourself that you can make the diamond in the rough shine through, but usually most project cars don’t start with having to move a skull out...
Blog War: No Hard Work Required With This Caddy-Powered 1953 Chevrolet Flatbed
Brian took a safe swing today with the Ford wrecker. Does it tick all of the right check marks? Of course, and it’s in decent shape to boot. While I struggle to understand how someone who...
Rough Start: Got A Rally Itch? How About A Toyota Celica All-Trac?
The Toyota Celica All-Trac was the hidden gem in the Celica lineup. A 190hp all-wheel-drive version of the GT-S, the car was a rally rocket before the term existed. However, the Celica All-Trac tends...
Embracing Utter Madness While Building An Oldsmobile 5.7 Diesel For LeMons – Our Kind Of Engine Build!
There is no being frank about it: the Oldsmobile 5.7L diesel V8 was a turd from the word “go”. If the damn thing worked right, you could expect to accelerate just a tenth or two faster...
NAIAS 2015: Ladies And Gentlemen, Meet The 2016 Ford GT
When the rumor mill started whispering something about a revived Ford GT, we were a touch skeptical. The GT40 is an icon the world over, a testament to just how far Henry Ford II would go to show...
BangShift Project Files: A 1966 Chevrolet Bel Air Wagon That Is As Good As Gold
“Shelty” is the owner of this 1966 Bel Air six-passenger wagon, a second car that he has been playing with for a little bit. It’s not a $5000 Challenge car, but with a goal of being...
This S2000-powered 1966 Sunbeam Minx Project Is Awesome And Homebuilt!
When Dennis Rannebeck warned us that digging into this project thread from 67-72ChevyTrucks.com would potentially be a late-night read, he knew what he he was saying. I, however, shrugged off his...
BangShift Project Files: “Project Neglect” Mustang…The Story Of This Fox’s Return To Glory Is A Must-Read!
We love a good “brought back from the dead” story here, and when the project is a Fox Mustang notchback that has been sitting for twelve years being returned to daily duty with some...
BangShift Project Files: Hemi Joel’s 1932 Plymouth Is An Exercise In Having It All In One Package
“Hemi Joel” Nystrom is one of BangShift’s more well-heeled forum members. That’s not a dig at him either, as he is a through-and-through gearhead: as far as I am aware of, he...
Project Angry Grandpa: Our 300C Gets A New Fuel Tank – If You Have A Late-Model Hemi Mopar, You Might Want To Check This Out
At first I thought I managed to miss a shift with a manu-matic. Leaving a gas station a week ago, I had our project 300C in the “shift-it-youself” mode with the traction control off, ready to go...
