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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

The “WTF?” Files: It’s A Monte Carlo! It’s A Boat! …wait a minute…

A wide swath of BangShift readership are into older American cars, so I’ll ask the question: ever catch hell from someone because they perceive your car as a boat? Whether you own a big-body...

Power Figures For The Mighty Car Mods’ RB-swapped Fairlady Z! What Does A “Mild” Build Mean?

Yeah, I’m totally enamored with the the whole build of the Mighty Car Mods’ Fairlady Z. The Z-car is a shapely little sports car, and my one experience with a turbocharged RB26 engine in...

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Want To Play In The Mud Properly? BFGoodrich Introduces The Mud-Terrain T/A KM3!

When BFGoodrich brings out a new off-road tire, the first thing they do even before they go public with it is they torture-test them. In the case of the new Mud-Terrain T/A KM3, that torture test...

The Ferrari Modulo Lives…And Drives! Check Out It’s Baby Steps Here!

It’s been about four years since Jim Glickenhaus managed to convince someone at Ferrari to sell him the 1970 512S Modulo concept car. Based on a 512S Can-Am chassis, the Modulo was pure wedge...

Who Wants To Pay $699 For A Digital License Plate That’s Really An Overrated Kindle?

Deep within the confines of the shop at BangShift Mid-West is two stacks of old license plates, mostly from vehicles of my past. Each one is annotated with the vehicle or vehicles that it was...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Stories Involving Random Flying Objects On The Road?

I can count myself lucky that in over two decades of driving, I’ve only had a very minor handful of “close calls”, enough that I can remember every last one. I’ve been ran off...

The Big FCA Meeting Went Down…Here’s Where The Company Stands And Where They Are Going!

Yesterday was the big day, the day that FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne laid out his last bit of future forecasting before he steps down after his fourteen-year tenure at the helm. The man has been at...

Morning Symphony: Climbing The Moffat Route With A Freight Train

I don’t care who you are, what age you are, what you are into or anything else…if you don’t get excited when you get to be anywhere even close to trains, have your head checked....

Stripped And Ripped: This Mitsubishi Mirage Is An AWD Terror!

Remember the Mitsubishi Mirage from the early 1990s? Sold as the Dodge/Plymouth/Mitsubishi Colt pretty much everywhere else in the world and rooted as the first form of the Mitsubishi Lancer...

Step Head-First Into Racing With This Back-Halved 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle!

Putting together your first race car is going to be one very solid shock to your wallet, before the first bolt is turned, before the first pass is ever made. Starting from scratch does provide you...

Yeah, He Clenched: Kyle From 1320Video Hops Into Two Psychotic Skylines!

What does it take to leave Kyle from 1320Video so impressed (or scared) that half of his remaining vocabulary after a ride along involves expletives? Remember, folks, this is a dude who got to where...

Friday’s Reason To Go Home And Drink: The End Of The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon

The serious legends of power from the 1960s and 1970s were lauded for being monstrous. Torque on demand. Horsepower for days. Enough tire-melting good times that even today big money trades over...

Ancient YouTube: Film Footage Of The 1929 Monaco Grand Prix!

It’s amazing to think that we are going to be seeing the century mark for many, MANY automotive firsts. The automobile might have been around for many years prior, but the 1910s-1920s saw the...

Beginner’s Luck? This Is Only The Second Run For This Drifting Buick Regal Ever!

Drifting always seems to bring out the same kinds of cars…Nissan S-platforms held together with zip-ties, rivets and hope, a whole legion of LS-swapped BMWs, Mazda RX-7s with V8s, 2JZ Toyotas,...