Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Warp Zone: Finnegan’s Twin-Turbo Jet Boat Hits The Water!
Mike Finnegan came to fame as the co-host of Roadkill, but among the man’s many different facets of interest, the one that is the strangest in my eyes is that the dude drag races boats. This...
Unhinged: It’s My Toy And I’ll Play With It As I See Fit
When I finally got my Dodge Diplomat out of the paint booth, the 360 in fine tune and the four-speed shifting nice and slick, I couldn’t have been more proud of a machine. How did I celebrate?...
Money No Object: 1969 Baldwin-Motion Phase III GT Corvette
Corvette tuner names…go. Let’s see…you have Callaway and the RPO B2K and SuperNatural machines. You have Mallet and the wild late-model rides. And…well, for anything else,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Why Not Build For Your Own Needs?
When I got out of the Army in 2010, I had a bit of a nest egg set up and I was in the market for what would be my first brand-new, off the showroom floor car. I wanted one that I could say I knew the...
Suzuki Cappuccino: Because Your Miata Is Just A Bit Too Big
To date, the smallest vehicle that I’ve ever managed to fit my gigantic frame into is a Lotus Elise. That is a teeny, tiny little machine. I barely wedged myself into the seat and I hurt myself...
Morning Symphony: The PDL Mustang II At Ruapuna Raceway
Stop squinting your eyes at the nose of the red/yellow machine as it roars by and trust us, it’s supposed to be a Ford Mustang II hatchback. If you look back at IMSA race cars of the 1970s,...
Never Too Old: These Grandmothers Go For A Fun Ride In A Lamborghini!
As long as there is a breath left in your body, you should strive to enjoy everything that life has to offer. That’s just a fundamental truth, but you hear it all the time about how someone is...
Morning Symphony: A 428 Ford Cobra Going Through The Gears At Byron
When it comes to the sound of musclecars, you can tell one noise from the other pretty easily once you’re used to the sounds. You know that AMC mills tend to be snottier on the rise up. You...
Officer Modification: 1974 Plymouth Fury Ex-Cop With A Stroker Big-Block!
For decades, a Chrysler-built cop car was something to fear. Talk about Mopar’s sins all you want, but the moment “440 powered cruiser” comes out of somebody’s mouth,...
BangShift Project Files: We Check In On The Turbo Lincoln Mark VII Build!
The three of us have our deals. Chad’s got a list of projects that he works on quietly and brings out when he feels like it. I’ve got my home for wayward, dirt-cheap, “might run...
The 100 Horsepower Power Wheels Jeep: Shock Tuning And More Frame Structure Fabrication
We want this Jeep to run so badly. We want to see this little four-wheel-drive testament to engineering gone insane to be functional, to drift corners with one front wheel hiked in the air while...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: That Looks Like Bad Luck To Us!
Have you had a productive week? I hope so. BangShift Mid-West is under repairs, which means that yours truly has been swinging a sledgehammer at a concrete slab that was my front porch for two days...
The Foie Gras Method: Force-Feeding A Lada Oil Until Bad Thing Happen
I wouldn’t begin to guess how many of you have tried foie gras, which is the fattened liver of a goose or a duck. To fatten the liver, the feathered beast undergoes a process known as gavage....
