Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Inspect This!
Is it over? Is our annual national nightmare of who plays schoolyard sports best over and done with until next year? Nah, not really…baseball season is up next. Whatever. The Super Bowl has...
From Jeeps To Flying Monsters: A History Of Formula Offroad
The combination of a thousand or so horsepower, wide scoop-style tires, and a driver who is hell-bent on telling gravity to go fly a kite make Icelandic Formula Offroad one of our favorite...
Corrosion Reverso: Banishing The Rusty And Crusty Out Of The Front End Of A Fiero
If you’ve worked on a car that’s more than a few years old, chances are good that what’s underneath that pretty skin looks…well, let’s be nice and say...
BangShift Project Files: This V-10 Powered Fairmont Is One Stuffed Fox!
Ford could’ve had so much fun with the 6.8L V-10 if they really wanted to. The 412ci ten-hole unit usually gets relegated to the trucks and vans, and while it made alright power, it...
Period Correct Style And Mag Turbines Too: 1979 Datsun 620 Custom
Mini-trucks are not a late 1980s-early 1990s phenomenon. Mini-trucks have had their fans since they first started rolling on our side of the pond. Toyotas, Datsuns, Mazdas and the American-branded...
Oh Chute: John Zappia’s Parachute-Less Trip Into The Sand At Kiwnana Motorplex!
At the end of World War II, there was a ton of surplus military equipment that could be picked up and be put to good use outside of official military functions. You could buy surplus aircraft...
Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Hole-In-The-Wall Joint You’ve Found On A Road Trip?
When roaming around the highways, byways, state roads and random paths, sooner or later you are going to need two things. One is a bathroom, and the other is food, and if you are a smart traveler,...
Patina Shine Without Clearcoat: How To Use Linseed Oil To Bring Out Some Gleam!
I love Arizona, and I love cars from Arizona. But one thing I don’t love about Arizona is baked paint. Arizona, Colorado, Texas, eastern Washington…great metal, salvageable interiors,...
Classic YouTube: Mini 2WD Pulling Trucks From Boston!
Normally, when it comes to truck pulls, I’m front and center for the 2WD pulling trucks. That’s where you get the screaming V8 running at RPMs that only NASCAR drivers and the ultimate...
Hell Yeah, Brother! Cleetus Went And Got Himself His Own Race Facility! Meet The Freedom Factory!
Love or loathe the Cleetus character, that’s on you. But never, ever accuse the tall, lanky blonde dude that runs the show of not being all-in on automotive and motorsports action. We’ve...
Sleeper Warning: Some Of Europe’s Well-Hidden Ego Killers!
The sleeper: the machine you’d never suspect could wipe the floor with whatever is running alongside it. It shouldn’t launch like a cruise missile on nitrous. It shouldn’t make a...
Rough Start: 1974 Sterling – Hey, You Wanted To Stand Out From The Crowd!
Here’s a common theme for Rough Start cars from the past: Fox body Fords, most any RWD GM, whatever Mopar isn’t rotting from rust or has genuine potential, an AMC that isn’t priced...
If Only It Took This Long: A Time-Lapse Build Of Hoonigan’s 1JZ Nissan
You lied to yourself when you bought your project car, didn’t you? It would be done in a year. It would be done before Spring. It’ll make it to Power Tour. It’ll make it to Rocky...
Exceeding The Limits Of Sketchy: Blowing The Wheel Off Of A Monster S-10
If you have never had the joy of losing a wheel on a moving vehicle, let’s be very clear: it is an event that will open your eyes wide and slam your sphincter shut. I’ve had it happen a...