Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Copart Cadaver: 2010 Dodge Charger – Time For A Ute Conversion!
When it hit the market in 2006, the Dodge Charger proved to be two things at once. It was the answer to the prayers of the V8, RWD Mopar faithful, the police who sorely missed the Diplomat and the...
Step 3, Repair: Street Machine Gets To Work On Fixing Their 1JZ-Powered Volvo
Plenty of people love a good Volvo. I’m one of them…I can appreciate a good 240-series brick, it’s the first car I ever did a worthy burnout in, the first car that taught me the...
The Dancing Farmers: Dancing JCB Tractors On Display In Wales
As busy of a man that Brian Lohnes usually is, I have to wonder what he’s going through during this whole shutdown deal. He’s working, of course…besides here, he’s been...
Morning Symphony: 1320Video’s One Hour Street Race Compilation
We know…it’s illegal, it’s dangerous, it has no place in society, got it. We also know that it happens, that it’s created some racers who have crossed over into the more legal...
BangShift Tune-Up: “You Sound Like You’re Sick” by The Ramones (1981)
I’m pretty sure that families that recently adopted puppies are going to be dismayed to learn that their canine friends will only answer to Coronavirus or COVID by the time this part of our...
Money No Object: 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon with Macho Package
By 1979, any potential remnant of high-performance cars actually swinging with high performance was done. The year prior, the menaching 440-powered Chrysler cop cars had finished up their final year....
Old Haunting: 1982 Dodge Mirada Nostalgia Pro Stocker – Add Motor And Go
I saw my first Dodge Mirada in a Colorado Springs junkyard in late 2000. I raided the turbine wheels off of the bronze machine, a car that might have been loved at one point but had since been put...
Dissection Time: The Mechanical Fuel Pump – Anvil-Simple In Detail!
It’s taken a couple of days and more cleaner than I’ve ever used in my lifetime on only half an engine, but it appears that the “melted ice cream” sludge that coated...
Classic YouTube: Bob Mayer Versus The 1978 Mercury Zephyr
The aspirations were high for the platform that debuted in 1978 as the Fox chassis. Originally meant to be a “world car” design that would replace the American Ford Falcon and Pinto, the...
Misery 2: Mighty Car Mods’ Toyota MR2 Is Proving To Be A Rusty Nightmare
As much as anybody could bitch about any car they are actively turning wrenches on, some cars are more of a nightmare than others, aren’t they? Third-gen F-bodies and their spark plugs,...
Quarantine Project Corner: Make Your Own BBS RS Wheel Out Of A Steel Wheel?
How’s your extended cabin fever going? Hopefully you haven’t eaten all of the snacks yet, and that you are doing a proper job of rationing the toilet paper you may have been hoarding....
This Vintage AMC TV Spot For The AMX Shows That Even American Motors Wasn’t Past Calling Out Others
“The Ugly American”. You’ve no doubt heard the phrase, which describes the obnoxious, loud and frankly rude behavior stereotypes that a lot of foreign countries have about American...
Happy Birthday Indeed: Cleetus Gives An Associate A Burnout Car For His Birthday!
Overall in my working career, I’ve gotten luck of the draw when it comes to bosses. I’ve only had two that I’ve ever had any real issues with, and there hasn’t been any that...
Rough Start: 1975 Pontiac Astre – Not The Prettiest But It Makes A Case For Itself!
If you’re only willing to throw down five bills for your project or your fun car, you either walk into the room making concessions or you will walk out disappointed. It’s like that...