Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Trying Too Hard: 1966 American Motors Ambassador DPL, With Muscle Looks It Didn’t Deserve
In 1966, American Motors was only barely beginning to take any kind of note about what was going on at their competitors’s showrooms. The Marlin fastback was about the only offering from a...
Not The Pace Car! Watch The Wildest Way To Take Out An Innocent Mustang We’ve Ever Seen!
It’s the most quotable line from “Days of Thunder”. When Cole comes in for a pit under caution, Harry informs him to go out and hit the pace car. Why? “Because you’ve...
Rough Start: Take Chad’s Advice And Go With This V8-Swapped Toyota Corolla!
If you peruse other stories on BangShift today, you will note that Chad put up a piece that basically asked one question: If he handed you $3,500 and told you to get to work on building a car that is...
Repaving The Track: Drifting At The Freedom Factory With Pros!
Cleetus and crew are making progress on bringing the Freedom Factory track to life. Considering that it’s only been a couple of months since they made the announcement and started work, it...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Sell A Car In Today’s Age?
Car advertisements of late make me feel ill to my stomach, readers. I won’t even lie, I almost miss the “Real People” ads from GM. Between Ford’s conviction that you need...
Trick Horse: Keeping A Ford Pinto As A Daily Driver With The Power Of Holley Sniper EFI!
I conjured up the idea of “Pro Commuter” a couple of years ago and far as I can tell, I’m the only one who cares anything about the concept. But the idea itself seems to have some...
Sing For Your S#%t Box: Improving Then Killing The Barra-Swapped Miata
By all accounts, a Barra-swapped Mazda Miata running strong turbochargers should easily be more than enough for anybody to enjoy. Would you like a good, easy 300 horsepower at the wheels of the...
Antique Airbrushing: Watch As This 1920s Era Paint Sprayer Undergoes A Full Restoration!
Painting…now there’s something I should be doing more of. One of my first large-scale products involved painting an early 1980s Mercury Capri and over the years I’ve done occasional...
Field Day: Russian Tractor Racing, The Cure For Farm-Boy Boredom!
Remember field day in grade school? In my time, it meant that as soon as a warm-ish day that wouldn’t have rain was possible in the Spring, the teachers would prepare for a half-day of fun and...
In Memoriam: Rosalind P. Walter, The Original “Rosie The Riveter”
The iconic image of Rosie the Riveter, the working woman who was in the factories supporting the war effort of World War II while the men were off to the fight, has been an inspiration for women ever...
Rough Start: 1978 Ford Fairmont Box Top – It’s Done, Just Buy The Damn Thing!
Five thousand dollars all-in doesn’t stretch as far as many of us would like it to. Things add up. Tires, for example, will take a humongous bite out of that budget if you have to throw down...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did You Last Teach Yourself A New Driving Technique?
Nobody was home. Our nearest neighbor wasn’t home. Even my pain-in-the-ass tattletale of a brother wasn’t home yet. And the yard was pretty much loose turned dirt with a bit of moisture...
Speedy Delivery: A Jeep DJ-5 That’s Been Hybridized With A Grand Cherokee
One of the happiest memories I have is being a little kid, running outside to greet the mailman. At the time, I was living with m grandparents, who were getting on in years and were finally starting...
