Category Archive: MOPAR, Project Cars
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Valiant’s Face Gets Chopped Off And Cage Building Continues
Feb 11, 2014Brian Lohnes5
Project Violent Valiant is soldiering along at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle these days despite the crushing forces of winter trying to freeze half of the country to death. Kevin Tully is keeping warm by...
Project Violent Valiant Update: Fuel System Components From II Much Fabrication And Aeromotive Enter The Picture
Jan 31, 2014Brian Lohnes5
Project Violent Valiant is coming right along. Kevin Tully has really been burning the candle at both ends at his shop, Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois. We’ve seen the car start as a...
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Floor Comes Out And The Cage Starts Going In
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes15
With the holiday season behind us and arctic temps settling in around Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois, work has resumed at a feverish pace on Project Violent Valiant. In this update we’re...
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Rear End Get Mounted, Cool Suspension Stuff Galore!
Dec 06, 2013Brian Lohnes14
(Photos by Bob Chiluk + Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle) – In our last Project Violent Valiant update we showed you the Moser rear end that was going into the car along with the Hot Rod Chassis and...
Violent Valiant Update: The Rear Axle Is Built – Welding And Sweet Fabrication On Display!
Nov 26, 2013Brian Lohnes7
(Photos by Bob Chiluk, Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle) – It has been a bit of a stretch since we last updated you on Project Violent Valiant, the corner burning, asphalt melting Chrysler powered...
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Little Car Gets Blown Apart, Stripped, and Dipped – Cool Parts Start Arriving!
Oct 31, 2013Brian Lohnes4
Listen, we told you that there would be no moss growing under the Project Violent Valiant stone and we weren’t kidding. After introducing you to the victim starting point of the project last...
Project Violent Valiant: Here’s The Timid Little Car Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle Is Starting With!
Oct 23, 2013Brian Lohnes12
Every project starts somewhere. We wanted to make this first update on the awesome Violent Valiant being built by Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle about the little Plymouth that’s to be transformed...
Project Violent Valiant: A Mopar Powered Pro Touring Ass Kicker That Is Anything But Nice!
Oct 14, 2013Brian Lohnes20
We’re proud to announce that BangShift will be teaming up with the talented guys at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Addison, Illinois to bring your the full blow by blow account of the build of...
Project Car Introduction: American Powertrain’s Project “Magnum 44” 1966 Dodge Coronet Convertible
Aug 02, 2012Brian Lohnes2
This is the first installment in what will be a hella cool build from the boys at American Powertrain. Gray Fredrick, who is the CEO of American Powertrain scooped up a 1966 Dodge Coronet off of eBay...
Project Car Spotlight: An Odd-Ball Mopar Project That We Love
Jul 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: An Odd-Ball Mopar Project That We Love
If you are a regular reader of BangShift.com you know that we really love dirty, hands-on projects. Bonus points are usually awarded if said project involves an off-beat, under loved, out of the norm...
Project Car: Complete Buildup Photos of the First F.A.S.T. Mopar in the 10s
Jan 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car: Complete Buildup Photos of the First F.A.S.T. Mopar in the 10s
Regular readers got to know BangShift.com member Joel Nystrum several weeks ago when we had a video of him powershifting his 30,000-mile original Hemi GTX on an 11-second pass. That was one 1967...