Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Plumbed And Ready: Building The Hydraulic System For The Screw Tank Project
In my prior line of work regarding helicopters, I was an electrician, a technician, an armament tech, a vehicle maintainer, and just in case all of that wasn’t enough, I was responsible for the...
Money No Object: A Revisit On The Dirt-Tracker AMC With This 1968 AMX?
In 2009, one of the earliest exploits of the fledgling BangShift.com involved a 1968 AMC Javelin that had been built into some kind of dirt-track race machine of some kind that had changed hands a...
The Six-Door Ford Recovery, Part Two: Putting Finnegan’s New Milkshake Maker Back Together!
The damn truck is big enough to make two episodes without any problems along the way, you realize that, don’t you? I’ve seen smaller school buses…and no, not the short bus either,...
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...