Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Rock Bouncing In Texas: Flying Free In Rough Hill Country
Texas is massive. You could fit ten European countries within the borders. You could have snow near the Oklahoma panhandle, tropical weather down near South Padre Island, and around Killeen, you can...
Radical Overkill: Ryan Anderson Rules The Hoonigan Burnyard With His Monster Truck
We’ve shown you enough videos from Hoonigan’s burnyard at Irwindale Speedway that you probably know what’s there. Old RVs painted black, tons of shipping containers, a couple of...
Copart Cadavers: 1969 Hurst/Olds – It Doesn’t Belong Here
There’s no mistaking what you are looking at, layers of dust be damned. The twin mailbox scoops, the gold stripes from the fenders to the quarter windows, the rear spoiler you could use as a...
Classic YouTube: Jeep Wagoneer versus Chevrolet Impala Chase In “Shoot To Kill”
I have a problem with a lot of movie police chases. More often than not, the vehicles used are very predictable. Ever since the Bullitt chase scene, it works something like this: The good guy drives...
Porsche Quick: When Was The Last Time You Saw A 911 Pull The Wheels?
Normally, here is where I would have to put that plastic smile on my face and make nice about the Porsche 911 lineup, lineage and capability. I know they are capable cars. I know that they are...
Dearborn Heavy Cruiser: Comparing Wagons And SUVs With A 1974 Ford Country Sedan
In many ways, I personally equate what is going on in the world of SUVs right now to what the world of station wagons went through in the 1960s and 1970s. They had their uses and their neat tricks...
This Guy Might Be The Happiest Person Ever After His Track-Prepped Honda S2000’s Wheel Failed!
Racing a car adds stress to every single component on the vehicle. Doesn’t matter what type of racing, doesn’t matter what kind of car. If you race it, you will find weaknesses and you...
A True Hybrid: Get A Closer Look At The 2JZ-Powered S550 Mustang!
I’m a sucker for a good “save the car” story, you all know this. Normally, I look for the the car that has been left alone for years, that nobody wanted to do anything with, that...
Angry Cavallino: Ferrari 360 Modena Rally Car…This Wins Outright!
Ferrari…rally racing. Ferrari…shiny red cars, exclusivity, factory-driven vetting. Rally racing…over the hills and through the woods making a ton of noise as you go. The two almost...
The Farm Truck Car Wash: Always Start A Project By Scrubbing Your Junk!
The first proper step for any vehicle project…hell, for any project, period, vehicle-related or not…should be a cleaning and organization period. You don’t start anything that is...
Rough Start: 1984 Ford Thunderbird – Just Spice It Up A Bit!
I do not understand, for the life of me, why AeroBird-era Ford Thunderbirds aren’t more popular than they are. All of the ingredients are there. Rear-drive with a V8 option? Check. A racing...
The Rough Start Fox Body, Part 3: More HVAC Work And New Parts Start Appearing!
When we last updated the Rough Start Fox 1989 Ford Mustang LX, I’d decided to take on the repair of the HVAC unit single-handedly. That’s not a small feat…in fact, from everything...
Finned Drums FTW: 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix – Tasty Bubbletop!
It’s actually kind of difficult to see this 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix as a car the size of a Chevrolet Impala. It looks tauter, smaller, more nimble. But it’s true…the...
Six For Six: Building A Buick V6 Street Screamer Out Of Grandpa’s Car
From mid-2005 to mid-2009, the main driver in my fleet was a 2001 Buick Regal GS Joseph Abboud Edition. How did I end up with a PGA rental special? When gasoline went from $1.29 a gallon to over...