Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Watching This Cummins-Powered Ram Folding In The Middle During A Tug-Of-War Is Only The Beginning Of This Video!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but normally, when the damn frame folds up on a truck, that should be game over, end of story, time to take the truck down for repairs (if you are able to). Do not pass...
The 1908 Mors Grand Prix Racer: When The Racing Automobile Was Just Starting, They Were Monsters
It is difficult for me to wrap my head around what people at the turn of the 20th century made of the new, noisy horseless carriages. The automobile was such a leap foward from the horse and buggy...
Ice Cream Wagon: This 1965 Pontiac Tempest Is As Cool As It Gets!
Welcome to summer, readers! The long, hot days of the year are upon us and I, for one, am so grateful they are here. I love the warm temperatures. I love the long evenings. And above all else, I love...
Different Flavors: An Opel Manta A And Some Project Dreaming
Recently, Haley and I took a trip up north to Cincinnati, Ohio to one of our favorite places to grocery shop: Jungle Jim’s International Market. Sadly, there isn’t a Nova-bodied flopper...
24K Magic: Yes, That’s A Gold-Plated DeLorean DMC-12 And It’s Not The Only One!
If nothing else, John Z. DeLorean was ambitious. The ambition that saw him as the youngest head of a GM brand in the early 1970s gave way to the company and car that bore his name. He wanted to take...
HELP: Watch As Calum Lockie Drives A Burning Daytona Coupe To The Fire Truck At The Donington Historic Festival!
Fire is a solid motivator for human activity. When we’re cold, we flock close to it to warm ourselves. When we need to make or destroy, fire plays a part. Fire helps us be the best that we can...
Rough Start: No More Minivan Blues With This Plymouth Voyager Pickup Conversion!
Being born in 1983, the minivan boom and bust is the first automotive styling trend that I’ve seen the beginnings to and the end of in my lifetime. When they appeared right about the same time...
Morning Symphony: Small-Blocks Screaming For A Full Pull On The Dirt
When you think of sled pulls, certain images come to mind: tractors blasting near-volcanic levels of soot and ash out of a smokestack as a diesel engine gets boosted to the moon, old Cummins-powered...
Mental Machine: This Used To Be A Little Kid’s Power Wheels Jeep…Now, It’s Unruly!
We’ve been following the work of the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing Co. for a little bit, ever since the first time we saw what used to be a Power Wheels Ford Mustang ripping powerslides and...
No Muscle, No Matter: This 1973 Ford Mustang Ragtop Does Just Fine Without Breathing Fire
We can re-hash the same old trope about how muscle was nearly dead by 1973, or how the Ford Mustang had become an overweight draft horse form of it’s former self, or how Lee Iacocca was ranting...
Morning Symphony: Have A Listen To A Buick Stage II Turbo Six On The Dyno!
The Buick GNX was not the end-all, be all of the Buick V6 program. It was certainly a hot piece, one that would have it’s own legend, but as for Buick’s six, it was just the beginning of...
Project Bottle Rocket: Gears And Gas For The Lightweight Coronet Drag Car Project!
Work never ceases at Uncle Tony’s Garage. There’s lots going on…whether it’s detailing the Nashville Rash that Tony’s daily-driver Swinger received, taking care of the...
