Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
GM Truck Cluster Repair! We Give The Gauges Of A 2006 Silverado SS A Work-Over!
Jul 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
The text from my wife didn’t fill me with hope. “My oil pressure is bouncing from zero to 40 and it started dinging, so I’m coming back to swap vehicles.” Fantastic…not...
Why Safety Matters: Watch As Ken Block And Alex Gelsomino Extract From A Burning Escort Cosworth RS
Jul 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
We constantly harp on being safe and being prepared if you are wanting to get behind the wheel and go do anything. From just something simple like putting on a seatbelt to making sure your race car...
Can El Mirage’s Future Be Sealed? A Bill To Permanently Designate It As A National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Is Being Considered!
Jul 22, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Can El Mirage’s Future Be Sealed? A Bill To Permanently Designate It As A National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Is Being Considered!
Everybody knows about Bonneville. The Salt Flats are one of the most riveting geographical features on the North American continent, and at night might be one of the most surreal places I’ve...
Michael Manley Has Been Appointed CEO Of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles After Sergio Marchionne Falls Ill
Jul 22, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Michael Manley Has Been Appointed CEO Of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles After Sergio Marchionne Falls Ill
Word is coming out that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has named Mike Manley the Chief Executive Officer after Sergio Marchionne, the man who managed to salvage both Fiat and Chrysler from the brink of...
Extravagant Spending: A Georgia Sheriff Is In Trouble For Purchasing A Hellcat Charger As A Work Vehicle
Jul 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart7
I can almost hear Sheriff Buford T. Justice himself patting themselves on the back as he stared at the all-black monster sitting in the parking lot wearing plates. “Got yer ass now, you...
Classic YouTube: LARC-LX vs. NSU Behind The Lane Motor Museum
Jul 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Sixty-two and a half feet long, twenty-six and a half feet wide, standing at a staggering nineteen feet, six inches tall and weighing in at an ungodly one hundred tons even, it’s the LARC-LX,...
Fox-Body Fuzz: Nothing Like A Fairmont With A Lightbar Against You At The Strip!
Jul 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Fox-Body Fuzz: Nothing Like A Fairmont With A Lightbar Against You At The Strip!
The Ford Motor Company has enjoyed a long and illustrious partnership with many a police force not only in the United States but around the world. Models like the LTD, Crown Victoria, Mustang SSP,...
Money No Object: A Restomodded Bus Conversion?! This 1965 Silver Eagle Is Awesome!
Jul 20, 2018Bryan McTaggart6
Restomod…LS-swapped musclecars, hot rods with 350ci V8s in place of flathead six cylinders, an old Mustang with a Coyote swap. Take old, update with new, and have classic looks and modern...
Aero-Whooped: This 1979 Caprice Stomps A Camaro At The Streetwhipsz Mega Show
Jul 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Aero-Whooped: This 1979 Caprice Stomps A Camaro At The Streetwhipsz Mega Show
You’ve heard of seller’s remorse, right? I’ve got builder’s remorse. It’s when I look back on the cars I’ve owned or passed up on that I could’ve made into...
Found The Fuse! This Pontiac Tempest Throws A Temper Tantrum And Breaks Heavily!
Jul 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
In racing, you need to have a “fuse”. That is the part of the power pathway between the engine and the tires that is going to give up first when the insane amount of forces being exerted...
Rough Start: Searching Kenosha For A Clean AMC Netted This 1972 Hornet SST!
Jul 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
As much as I try to stay out of Rust Belt areas doing the Rough Start searches, I couldn’t help this one. Kenosha, Wisconsin is the former home of American Motors, the central location for just...
Project Raven Imperial: It’s Time To Feed The Raven!
Jul 19, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Project Raven Imperial: It’s Time To Feed The Raven!
The sun was shining, the weather was clear, and I was on a mission: the 1983 Imperial was going to get it’s 367ci small-block Chrysler engine shoved into the bay come hell or high water. Yeah,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best “That’s Not Appropriate” Car You’ve Seen On The Track?
Jul 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart6
I started autocrossing out at Bremerton Raceway in 2010. I had worked a race back in 1998 as a cone-shagger, a volunteer detail for the NJROTC unit I was attached to in high school, and what it...
Caption This: Write The Craigslist Ad For This Farm-Fresh GMC!
Jul 18, 2018Bryan McTaggart5
Last month, Chad shared a moment he had while poking around a yard. He found a derelict Chevrolet truck that was pretty much done, that was being saved from the crusher more-or-less just because....