Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Morning Symphony: NASCAR On The Strip With This R5P7-Powered Dart!
Ever since I first heard a Chevrolet 327 cross the 8,000 RPM threshold as a kid, I’ve been in love with high-revving V8s. I’ve always equated the blunt power of a good mill with violence,...
Treasure Hunting: Walking In The Woods For A Super-Stock Dodge
At a party held sometime in 1961, a Chrysler executive heard Chevrolet head honcho Ed Cole chatter on about Chevrolet’s new upcoming small car and straight-up panicked. Chrysler’s lineup...
Rough Start Fox Body Quick Update: A Follow-Up On The Small-Block’s Internals
This isn’t so much another part of the Rough Start Fox Body Mustang’s build as it is a follow-up. Since the best case of action for anybody is to keep their backsides at home and away...
Random Car Review: The 1973 Ford Pinto Pangra – The Hot Pinto Before The Pinto Caught Fire
Picture it: the year is 1972. The muscle car is pretty much dead, buried by the insurance companies with the EPA dancing on the grave like a gleeful demon. Catalytic converters are coming, as are...
Micro Machine Melee: Ripping Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Toys At A Circle Track
Being up front about this being a sponsorship video should not hurt here. If the folks behind the PUBG Mobile game want to throw some money towards Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s budget for new and...
Money No Object: 1961 Pontiac Ventura – With Modified Pontiac Power, Too!
Of the many things that Semon E. “Bunkie” Knudsen did right, his crowing achievement has to be his work in turning Pontiac around from a staid, conservative brand that clung a bit too...
Unhinged: My Most Insane SuperBeater Mirada Burnout Had Nothing To Do With Tire Smoke
If you think that I’m above some rule-bending when I’m behind the wheel, well…sorry to disappoint, but my “Resident Delinquent” title isn’t something I made up on...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: The Shut-In Special!
NASCAR has switched over to video game racing and re-runs for the time being, all of the manufacturers have closed shop until things calm down, and I’m sitting in the office, somewhere between...
Historic Footage: “Wild Bunch” Racing In The U.S. In The Late 1980s
ANDRA Top Doorslammer racing in Australia rules. You guys love it for the same reason we love it: you know what kind of car you are looking at, you know it’s got horsepower by the thousands,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Throwaway Car Do You Wish You Had Picked Up?
Alright, no wind up, no over prose…I’m exhausted from having to rip up the second half of the floor of my house and simply put, I need rest before I get back to replacing a ton of...
Bug-Out To Nowhere For The Next Couple Of Weeks In This 1977 Dodge Maxiwagon!
It’s called the Hoh Rainforest. It’s located on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, it’s located within Olympic National Park, and it’s one of the more remote locations...
Rough Start: 1972 Mercury Comet – Go Ahead And Revive This!
It only makes sense that if I’m going to drive somewhere to drag a car home that doesn’t belong to me, I should probably hit the local classifieds and see what would be available, right?...
That’s Different: Bradley GT 4×4, Courtesy Of Toyota Running Gear
Bradley GTs are a strange beast to me. Like just about every other VW-turned-sports-car kit I’ve seen, they have the looks, but they have the disappointment of the VW air-cooled out back and...
Fighting Adversity With A Flying Potato: Zack Wright’s Chase For The Eights In His Taurus SHO
Adversity is the trial by fire that will test you to your core. Either you push past whatever is working against you and become greater than you were before, or you back down, slink away and admit...