Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
This 1/5th Scale Dodge Challenger R/C Is A Little Demon With A Ton Of Details And The Ability To Do Burnouts!
Tell me this isn’t cool…go on, I dare you. YouTuber “Hemistorm RC” is one of the many remote-controlled vehicle fans out there in the world, and his works are top-notch. With...
Historical Footage: Follow The Build Of A 1955 Plymouth Belvedere With “Wishes On Wheels”
Automotive assembly lines have pretty much been the same ever since Ransom E. Olds filed the patent in 1901 and Henry Ford powered it with conveyor belts twelve years later. Pieces and parts are...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Quarantine Project?
It’s not cabin fever anymore…warm weather and sunny days have opened up my garage and yard to sincere work time, which I plan on taking advantage of. But this quarantine crap is really...
The Brightening, Part 1: Getting A 1980 Chevy Big 10 Auction Ready
When I get rid of a car, it happens in one of three manners. For the newer vehicles, usually it gets traded in for another newer vehicle. For older vehicles, usually I name a price and it sells as it...
What Does It Take To Rebuild The Infamous Cannonball Run Ambulance? Here’s The Story From The Man Who Did!
What would pass as typical highway/interstate speeds today was bona-fide illegal during the heyday of the Cannonball Run. Not the movie, the stealth race that spanned coast-to-coast. Devised as a...
Bargain-Basement Fun: Cheap Beaters Can Be A Blast If You Don’t Worry About Being Pretty!
In 2009, I bought a beater. I paid $650 for a 1981 Dodge Mirada that, upon first sight, just about everybody I knew disliked in some way. It was old, ugly, cheap. The interior was 1980 Chrysler...
Rough Start: 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Wrong Year, But Give It A Chance!
Generally, the 1974-77 Camaro is the wrong year. Unless you have the misfortune of finding one of the Iron Duke-powered third-gens, a shovelnosed second-gen Camaro is the low point. Weak power...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: A Top 11 Of Worksite April Fools’ Pranks
Welcome to April Fools’ Day, the one day a year where every comedian in the shop or store sacks up and decides to test the limits of the phrase, “…it’s just a prank,...
Morning Symphony: Outlaw 4×4 Pulling Trucks Screaming At The 2019 Southern Showdown
Which came first, the pulling tractor or the pulling truck? I personally am not sure. Either way, you know that it all started with a couple of hayseed farm boys who might have had what Vice Grip...
The LeManster, Part Two: Going From A Flooded Hulk To A Real Car!
When Kevin told me that he was actually committed to bringing the well-flooded Pontiac LeMans back to life, I’ll admit that I was skeptical. This car has been sitting next to a creek that liked...
Construction Fun: Cleetus Gets The Concrete Burnout Pad Poured At The Freedom Factory!
Cleetus has been busy getting the Freedom Factory track ready for the fun he intends to have this year. He’s done electrical work, he’s done plenty of ground work, he’s been busy...
Big-Boy Opulence: 1958 Continental Mark III – Luxury Beyond Scale!
The 1956-57 Continental Mark II is an absolutely gorgeous machine. Have you ever seen one in person? Back when Ford was pushing Continental as their super-luxury division (think the way Imperial...
The Barra/Granada Swap: A Quick Update About The Progress On This Malaise Restomod
Just because the engine dropped into place like it was designed to be there doesn’t mean that a green-top Ford Barra Six is going to settle into the engine bay of a 1970s Ford Granada easily,...
