Category Archive: CHEVY, Project Cars
Buford T Justice Hits the Strip Tomorrow – Guess the ET and Win a Shirt!
Apr 27, 2012Brian Lohnes60
Tomorrow is a big day in the history of BangShift’s project Buford T Justice. Our 1987 Caprice 9C1 will be running down the quarter mile asphalt aisle at New England Dragway in Epping, NH for...
Driveway Tech: Bodywork on Buford T Justice – We Close Our Roof Hole For Fun and (NO) Profit!
Apr 16, 2012Brian Lohnes13
Few jobs will give you the self-satisfaction of repairing the outside of your hot rod, project, or racer. Yes, screwing together a fire breathing engine will give you levels of joy that will make you...
Project Update Video: Jason Lewis’s Viper V10 Maverick Project Moves Closer to Completion
Apr 06, 2012Brian Lohnes5
Jason Lewis is a crazy talented video guy and he’s also a hard core hot rodder. A while back, we showed you a unique and very cool project car he was building, which is an old Ford Maverick...
Project Buford T Justice: Our Cop Car Cruises Home and Then We Beat on It!
Mar 26, 2012Brian Lohnes13
(Photos by Dave Nutting, Gene Stauffer, and Brian Lohnes) – Project Buford T Justice, BangShift’s 1987 9C1 Caprice cop car is back home in Massachusetts safe and sound and we have begun...
Introducing Project Buford T Justice – Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice – The Adventure Begins!
Mar 14, 2012Brian Lohnes17
Just like the title says, this is the official introduction for the first real deal project car we have done here at BangShift. I am calling this 1987 9C1 Caprice, “Buford T Justice” in...
Project Update: The Hard Guys Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Gets Bathed in Epic Paint!
Feb 16, 2012Brian Lohnes6
In the last update we ran about The Hard Guys nostalgia Nitro Funny Car, we told you that the body was done being prepped and paint was the next step. We also told you that the paint was guaranteed...
Project Update: The AMX/GTO Project is nearly complete!
Feb 10, 2012Brian Lohnes11
The wild AMX/GTO project is on the home stretch! As a quick refresher, this car is a 1969 AMX body that was placed on the chassis of a wrecked 2007 Pontiac GTO. The GTO was cut and narrowed, the AMX...
Project Car Spotlight: An Abandoned 1940 Ford Gets New Life in a BangShifter’s Home Shop
Feb 07, 2012Brian Lohnes1
When it comes to iconic body styles in the world of hot rodding, the 1940 Ford is one of the great examples. The cars can be made into killer gassers, street rods, Pro Street machines, moonshiner...
Project Update: The East Coast’s Newest Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Nears Completion!
Jan 17, 2012Brian Lohnes7
It has been a while since we last checked in with our friends Dana Hard, Jon Wall, and the rest of the henchmen at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Mass. The guys have been in the process of...
BANGSHIFT PROJECT CAR SPOTLIGHT: AN AMC GREMLIN WITH A ROAD RACING PAST GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
Dec 15, 2011Brian Lohnes3
There may be a law on the books in the great state of Wisconsin that every gearhead must own at least one AMC project during their life. BangShift member Mike is proving that he’s totally...
Project Car Spotlight: The Roots Blown Mod Motor 33 Gets Paint and More
Oct 11, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: The Roots Blown Mod Motor 33 Gets Paint and More
We don’t know where he gets the time, but in the 6 months following our last update Arrowhead has been busy. The Factory Five Racing ’33 has been sanded, rubbed, tweaked, painted and...
UPDATE: First to 250 mph: Aeromotive Mustang Breaks NMCA Speed Record at Indy
Oct 10, 2011Chad Reynolds7
The 250 mph barrier has been broken in NMCA competition, and our boys at Aeromotive were the guys who pulled it off. Breaking the previous speed record by more than 16 mph, they didn’t just...
Update Detroit Speed Project Car: Gordon McGilton’s Too Hot Chevy II
Oct 10, 2011Chad Reynolds1
To see the latest update on the Too Hot Chevy II, click here. At the 2010 Goodguys Show in Charlotte, we were lucky enough to be able to spend some time at the Detroit Speed and Engineering open...
Project Car Update: Progress on the AMX/GTO Project – It Runs!
Sep 30, 2011Brian Lohnes9
The AMX/GTO project that we introduced to the world last winter is the insane combo of a late model GTO and a 1969 AMC AMX. The work is being performed at the home shop of our buddy Scott who lives...





