Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
The Charger, Part 8: Fixing Gauges Once And For All With Classic Instruments
In our last update on my Charger, I had just dragged my heat-soaked hind end from a 1,500-plus mile roadtrip to the Chrysler Carlisle Nats and back home again, with not one hint of trouble from our...
Unhinged: Hey, MoParty Crybabies – Stay Home Next Year, OK?
(Lead photo: Justin “Corndog” Cornette) This past weekend was the fourth-annual Holley MoParty. In case you aren’t familiar with the program, Holley takes the show formula that they...
Carlisle Chrysler Nationals 2023: Hot, Hot, and Seriously Hot!
Ask anyone who was at Carlisle this year for the Chrysler Nationals, and they’ll use one word: hot. We aren’t talking “yes, it’s summer” hot. We’re not talking...
Carlisle Chrysler Nationals 2023: The Mopar Faithful Return To The Fairgrounds In Droves
The fairgrounds at Carlisle have hosted automotive get-togethers for what seems like forever. 80-something acres of show field with marked-off parking means that you can pack in the crowds. And with...
Unhinged: The Charger’s First Major Roadtrip And The Chryslers At Carlisle Experience
In between BangShift Mid-West to the Carlisle Fairgrounds sits 685 miles of open highway. In any modern car, that’s a cakewalk. If you were driving, say, a 1993 Dodge Daytona IROC, you’d...
The Charger, Part 7: The Carlisle Crunch And Death By A Thousand Bushings
It’s been one year since the last update on my ’76 Dodge Charger. And I couldn’t be happier about that, because it means one thing: it lives. Compared to the fun I had with the...
Unhinged: An Unhealthy Fixation On An AMC Concord Sedan
In the world of automotive packaging, where style, performance, and utility are supposed to meet in the middle to create something consumers will buy, American Motors was an oddball. They started out...
Grand Pile: Pole Barn Garage Does Their Best To Make This ’76 Grand Prix Roadworthy!
There is no doubt that there is a stark difference in styling trends between the Musclecar Era and the Brougham Epoch that followed. 1960s cars were straight, crisp, purposeful. Early 1970s cars...
Green Giant: Dylan McCool and McTaggart Revive A Crusty Cordoba!
First and foremost: neither Dylan McCool nor myself plan on keeping this car alive. In fact, as I was driving down to his house to meet this Deep Sherwood Green tank, I was having flashbacks to a car...
Retrospect: Craig Breedlove’s Infamous 1964 Crash At Bonneville – No Steering, No Chutes!
We are saddened to report that Craig Breedlove, one of the most famous names in land-speed racing and a man whose name will forever be synonymous with Bonneville, has passed at the age of 86. ...
Unhinged: Are There ANY New Cars Worth Looking At In 2023? Let’s Find Out!
Forget getting preachy or writing some kind of prose…this is a straightforward question that deserves a straightforward answer. What new 2023 model year vehicle would be worth actually buying...
Another 3/30 Celebration: The Dodge 330, Ma Mopar’s Plain-Jane Sucker Punch!
Elsewhere today, you will find that Brian has put up his engine tribute for 3/30, which features units from Oldsmobile, DeSoto and the Ford 5.4L unit of late. Good selections, for sure, but 3/30...
Uncle WTF: Pole Barn Garage Polishes A Mercury-Shaped Turd
Full disclosure: This 1977 Mercury Marquis is doomed to be a parts donor. The 460 will wind up in a Torino along with a few other choice parts and the rest…who knows. I’m not sure how...
Ruby Red Mist: The Only Completed, Road-Legal TVR Speed 12 Is Going Up For Auction
Why, oh why, would we bother showcasing a supercar going up for auction that is probably going to sell for seven figures? It wasn’t owned by someone of note, so it isn’t like Ken...