Category Archive: BangShift News, MOPAR
Is It A New Model Or What? Chrysler Is Teasing An Upcoming “880”, But We Don’t Know What It Could Be…Do You Have Any Ideas?
FCA, and in particular Chrysler, is in a weird state right now. They have the 300 series, but won’t sell the SRT model here. They have the 200 series sedan, but that’s pretty vanilla for...
The “WTF?” Files: Man Tries To Time-Travel With A Dodge Challenger, Takes Out Businesses Instead
(Photos: WEAR-3, Florida) In the Back To The Future franchise, Doc Brown and Marty McFly use a DeLorean DMC-12 on steroids to travel through time. In the movie, it looked awesome and sounded...
Call To Action: Does Anyone Know Whose Camaro and Trailer This Is?
Thieves suck, period. This year we’ve heard lots about someone’s car being stolen, or someone’s shop being broken into, and honestly it turns our stomach. We know how much time,...
Dyno Video: This AMC Spirit Is Kicking Out 433 Horsepower At The Wheels – Bet It’s A Lot Of Fun On The Street!
When you review the history of American Motors, it becomes apparent that making it to 1987 was actually nothing short of a miracle. After reaching their height about 1971 or so, AMC took a steady...
2015 Year In Review: We Take A Look At Our Two In-House Mopar Projects And The Progress…And Lack Thereof…We Have Made!
The sun is setting on 2015, and what a year it has been. From the moment the weather hinted at warming up…and the second Lohnes finally dug himself out of ass-deep snow…we have been...
Ever Want A Street Legal Concept Car? Now’s Your Chance: The 1987 Chevrolet Feretta Is Up For Sale On eBay!
In 2009, when the company was at rock bottom, General Motors basically held a fire sale of cars they had been holding onto in a quick bid for some cash, and one of the bargains of the bidding process...
Question Of The Day: Was The AMC Pacer Best Used As A Truck?
American Motors’ reputation pretty much is consigned into history by their…well, quirky 1970s designs. We know that they made some awesome muscle cars, like the Javelin, AMX and...
Unhinged: The Wrongness Of Censoring Chevrolet’s Super Sport Models In The Forza Video Games
I caved. I recently retired my trusty Xbox 360 and the only two games I played on it, Grand Theft Auto Five and Forza 4 for a newcomer, an Xbox One and…drumroll, please…Grand Theft Auto...
Sleeper Alert: This Jeep Cherokee Project Is Hiding A Turbocharged Secret!
(Photos courtesy of Dustin Foust and Ryan Hogan) –A few days ago, I was having a conversation with one of my buddies, and he told me about a crazy Turbo Jeep Cherokee 4.7 stroker I6 project he...
Ebay Find: Beauty And The Beast For An AMC Fan – Two 1972 AMC Matador Coupes, One Perfect, The Other…Well…
Taking the different path can have some excellent benefits. AMC Matadors aren’t on most anyone’s radar, unless they have AMC leanings, but a two-door large-displacement coupe from the...
BangShift Project Files: A Unicorn And One Of The Most Popular Trucks Of All Time, Rolled Into One In This 1985 Chevrolet C-10!
Between 1973 and 1987 (1991 if heavy-duty trucks are your thing), General Motors cranked out millions of pickup trucks. Whether you like them or not, you have to hand it to GM for finding a winning...
Ebay Find: A 1974 AMC Javelin That Has Survived The Decades As A Clean Cruiser
Too often we tend to get hung up on high performance, top speed, ultimate handling, the pinnacle of perfection. We strive for the ultimate thing on four wheels. Is that a good thing? Unless you have...
The 1941 Tatra T87, A Car Way Ahead Of It’s Time – Rear-Engined, Air Cooled V8 And Aerodynamic!
If you get a chance to go to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, you will find that among the numerous interesting cars that fill the building are a collection of Tatra...
BangShift Project Files: It Started As A $500 Disco Vette, Now It’s A Rat-Powered Stomper…All Under $5,000!
Our $5,000 Project Challenge has provided us with some bad-ass low-buck pieces that we envy, but this late-C3 Corvette owned by Forum member “fatguyzinc” is one that we’d love to be...