Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Get Lost: Riding Across The Okanagan Desert On A Yamaha TW200
I am not a social creature by nature. Rather, it’s a forced reality that I interact with other people. It’s a skill that I have had to learn over the years, one that did not come...
Morning Symphony: Ice Challenge 2020 At Livigno
The weather outside of the office window: oddly warm for western Kentucky, gray, windy, soggy and disgusting. The ground sounds saturated even before you step foot into the yard. Lawns are still...
Rough Start Fox Body, Part 1: Meet Our $600 1989 Mustang LX!
From the moment I got hired on to write here at BangShift, I’ve championed the idea of spending the least amount of money to have the maximum amount of fun in the process. The Rough Start...
1978 Oldsmobile Starfire Mirage – This Should Not Exist, But It Does
“Starfire Mirage”. If I hadn’t been looking directly at the nose of an H-body Oldsmobile, I would’ve suspected that I was about to see the newest cartoon character from one of...
The Mental Side Of Racing! Funny, Crazy Or Cringy Moments From 2019
The world of motorsports can be a crazy thing. Everybody always wants to see the consummate professional, the maverick with the attitude, the wild, aggressive driving styles that we know and love. It...
Greatest Show on Wheels! This Support Crew Chevy Is Perfect For Lohnes!
One of my favorite games here at BangShift, one that I’ve enjoyed for years, is to try to torment the two owners (you know, my bosses) with temptations from the Internet, that have FOR SALE as...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Concept Car Was A Missed Opportunity?
Do you remember the 1999 Pontiac GTO? Probably not. I spent twenty years trying to erase that image out of my head…when it debuted, so did an irrational hatred of it within my soul. Not that...
2020 Lebanon DragFest Gallery: Cold Outside? Drag Racing Machines Will Warm Your Heart!
(Words: Joe Grippo) When racing season ends, SEMA and PRI are over, and all that remain of the holidays are gift cards and credit card bills, what’s a drag racer to do? Two real options…tear the...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Mean Man” By W.A.S.P. (1989)
No joke, hearing this song just before I wrote this piece was my introduction to W.A.S.P. And that’s a miracle, seeing how I managed to get through my teenage years without hearing a rock song...
Same Recipe, With More Insanity: 100 Horsepower Four Wheel Drive Power Wheels Jeep!
I probably should’ve asked just how many winter project these guys had lined up when I chatted with them at SEMA, because right now, they’ve done…lemme see here…at least twice...
Classic YouTube: Fox-Body Donuts For Days
I read somewhere recently that the Fox Body Mustang is the hot rod of Generation X. Hm…let’s see here. Generation X: born between 1960 and ending somewhere between 1977 and 1984. The MTV...
Rough Start: 1961 Studebaker Lark – Try Something Vintage
AMC is known for being “All Makes Combined”, but after looking at this 1961 Studebaker Lark, I’m not so sure that AMC deserved all of that credit. Look at this thing…I see...
Pressure Cooker: Will A Steam-Powered Lada Samara Work Or Not?
What would I want next to me if I was in Russia at any point in time during the winter? A fire. I’m a pansy in the cold…wilting, shivering, absolutely unhappy with the overall situation....
