Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Cobra Benz: This 1973 Mercedes-Benz 450SL Is Now A 429 Cobra Jet-Powered Drophead!
Besides the air of superiority that the cachet of the Three-Pointed Star is supposed to bestow onto the buyer, what are the good things about a Mercedes-Benz? Good build quality, surprising...
Anytime, Baby: This Holden Commodore Ute Will Run Anything…Just Not Into A Car Wash.
There’s always some discussion on what makes a real-deal sleeper. We can admit that pretty much anything older that the 1980s doesn’t count because someone has been tweaking on it if...
DeMuro Vs. A 1977 Cadillac Eldorado – Age Before Beauty Or Yield To Tonnage?
I don’t know Doug DeMuro. Never met the guy. I’ve only seen his writings and his YouTube content. The only facts I know about him is that he’s just a few years younger than me,...
Nearly Legal: The Toyota Celica GT-Four That’s Best Remembered For The Perfect WRC Cheat!
1990s Japanese sports cars are undoubtedly the better offerings that came from that corner of the world. The Japanese manufacturers understood turbocharging and how to make “276...
Bird Of Prey: This Ford Falcon Is Taking No Prisoners – That Launch Is Deadly!
It takes some big brass ones to challenge every small block on the property. Every Fox body Mustang, every small-block Camaro, and the random and odd Mopar (or, because we know it exists,...
Pontiac’s First Ute: This Factory Prototype Pontiac “El Catalina” Concept Is All Class!
Pontiac wanted a coupe utility, that much is for certain. In fact, there were at least three attempts between 1959 and 2008 that had Pontiac actively involved in a concept car/truck combo: this very...
Rough Start: Here’s A Neat Commuter Build, A 1983 Mercury Marquis Longroof With A Turbo 2.3 And A Five-Speed Swap!
You say “Marquis”, I say “Zephyr wagon with a nose job”. Neither one of us is really wrong…the station wagon form of the Fox Body didn’t really do much from...
Project Raven Imperial: WHY WON’T YOU WORK?! Fighting The Fuel Gauge Again…
Remember my first day on the job nearly four years ago, when I said that joining the BangShift crew might be the most questionable automotive decision I’ve ever made? Scratch that. I’ve...
Morning Symphony: Alcohol Injected, Supercharged Rat-Powered ’56 Chevy Goodness!
Here is your song. The strong, chopping idle. The slight whine of the blower. All you’re missing is the smell of the exhaust and that pulsing hitting your chest like the finger of an angry...
Fly Like A Brick: Watch The “Bad Company” Monster Truck Do Some Low-Level Flying!
I don’t follow monster trucks like I did when I was a kid. I grew up on the TNN showcases: rows of cars ready to be flattened and two machines going heads-up against one another in a race that...
Spinning Out? Rumors Of NASCAR Being Sold Off Are Starting To Fly…
You know that racing series that uses silhouette cars, for the most part races counter-clockwise in circles and is best remembered for big time crashes and the glory days when the cars were straight...
Toyota Is Aiming To Kill The Camry’s “Vanilla” Reputation By Flogging Three Of Them On One Lap Of America!
Ever since my grade-school days, the Toyota Camry has been the bastion of the mid-size sedan: it was as reliable as an anvil, as inoffensive as a baby bunny, and as plain-jane and boring as a vanilla...
Ramble On: Watch As This Rambler Hornet Throws Down On The Skidpad!
When sold in Australia, the Rambler Hornet was more or less a luxury option. Think about that for a second: American Motors’ compact car, in sedan form, packing only inline-six power, was a...
