Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Kept Precious: Jay Leno Walks Through His Owned-From-New Dodge Viper
In a crowd of Chrysler minivans, Ford Escorts, GM full-size sedans and four-cylinder imports that were starting to get surprisingly good, the Dodge Viper had all of the impact of a Tito Ortiz punch...
Rippin’ Grip: This Beefy Little Ford-Powered Miata Can Get Down On The Strip
The combination of an AC Ace, the Ford Motor Company, and a chili connoisseur from Texas combined to make one of the most fearsome sports cars ever devised, the AC/Shelby Cobra. In small-block form,...
Unhinged: A “Knight Rider” Reboot? Somebody Needs To Be Rebooted.
In 2000, Nicolas Cage became Randal “Memphis” Raines for the reworking of the H.B. Halicki legend “Gone in 60 Seconds”. In 2004, “Starsky and Hutch” got reworked,...
Rough Start: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Sedan – A Bit Of Sage Advice
A few days ago, while driving through town, I spotted a vehicle I would’ve never expected to see still on the road in 2020: a G-body Buick Regal four-door from the mid-1980s. In a sea of...
Ice Cream Cruise 2020: 1320Video Runs The Charity Show For The Kids!
Everybody wants to be charitable for children who need it, right? Even hard-asses who don’t want to say otherwise will help a kid out who sincerely needs it and anybody who doesn’t is a...
178 Miles An Hour Into The Tires – Joel Miller’s Crash At The Twelve Hours of Sebring
The sudden, sickening realization that the brakes are no longer functional is enough to send an icy spike down the spine of even the most veteran driver. Braking force is paramount…if the...
The Challenger Revival, Part 22: I Now (Attempt To) Pronounce You Car And Engine
Ah, finally…the engine is hanging from the hoist, dangling above the chasm of an engine bay, ready to be placed in for the final time. There’s a great deal of satisfaction in that moment....
Keeping It Simple: Thoughts On The Basic Pickup With This 1984 Ford F-250
I’ve been looking at trucks again. Work trucks. Basic, regular cab, long bed trucks. I might as well be hunting for a freaking leprechaun, the winning lottery ticket or my misplaced youth. For...
Unveiled: 2021 Ram 1500 TRX – A Love Letter To The Ford Raptor
Subtle? Not in the least. The unveiling videos are a cross between the introduction of a Bond film and the fever dream of a desert rat. FCA’s pre-introduction video was a mashup of clips from...
Historical Footage: Throwing The 1974 AMC Matador X Around The Track!
The 1974-78 American Motors Matador coupe is a strange thing to us. It’s styling is polarizing, to put it mildly, but only at the nose and tail. In between those two points is a fairly handsome...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Hey, Ice Cream Truck!
It’s mid-August. Wow. I have watermelons in the garden, my blackberry plants are going dormant, and the grasshoppers and mantis are now no longer cute little bugs but are now several inches...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Radical Can You Live With For A Daily?
The moment it appeared in the parking lot at the hangar, my 1987 Dodge Diplomat became a focal point of a barrage of questions. At the time, it wasn’t painted midnight blue and it wasn’t...
Classic YouTube: The Story Of The Proposed NASCAR L-R Sub-Series
Jeff Dunham might have nailed NASCAR’s mantra on the head using his Bubba J puppet: “THEY’RE MAKING A LEFT TURRRRN! THEY’RE MAKING ANOTHER LEFT TURRRRN!” NASCAR racing...
