Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
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...
Monster Vs. Mayhem: Hoonigan’s ’55 Chevy Against A Legit Monster Truck At The Drag Strip
Any and every time I see a monster truck on something that isn’t dirt or a pile of crap car that’s half-flat already, it looks…wrong, somehow. It shouldn’t, but seriously, any...
Morning Symphony: Test And Tune Trepidation
It’s five days until Beech Bend opens for business. Five days until the first test-and-tune. The first drag racing coverage I shoot in what will be another wild year of action, another round of...
Cleaning Up The Desert With BFGoodrich And The Mint 400 – And You Can Enter To Win A Free Set Of Tires!
I might not be a natural child thereof, but out of all the variations of Earth I’ve seen to date, the American Southwest is the one that feels the most like home. Huge skies, Joshua trees and...
Classic YouTube: Chuck “Malibu” Aaron Flying The Red Bull MBB Bo 105 Stunt Helicopter – No Heli Should Be Able To Do These Stunts!
What you will see here is so far out of the normal for a helicopter and helicopter pilot that it is almost beyond belief. The pilot is Chuck Aaron, call sign “Malibu”, and he is one of...
Throwing Good Towards Bad: Stuffing A Barra Six Into A 1976 Ford Granada
Oh, look…it’s the car I love to hate. If you’ve never seen me write about one of these before, I’ll make it plain: the 1970s Ford Granada, Mercury Monarch and Lincoln...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Keep A Tally On The Cost Of Your Project?
When I first started building the 1981 Dodge Mirada I scored for $650 in the fall of 2009, I decided to keep a running total of the money I spent on the car. I didn’t have any reason to…I...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Missing Porsches For Club Money
Another week down, another week closer to warmer weather and more action. We can’t wait…in fact, we haven’t! Chad has been out at the ECTA Invitational at Spaceport America...
Mini Truck On Mags: 1973 Chevrolet LUV With Small-Block Swap
I can hear several of you making that noise right now, the one that informs the wallet that trouble is afoot, the one that informs the significant other that a surprise purchase might be happening...
The Challenger Revival, Part 11: Getting It’s Feet Back On The Ground
Is there anything worse than a car that isn’t sitting on all four tires? I’d say yes. Then again, that’s coming from the guy who left his wife’s first car up on jackstands for...