Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
BACONSHIFT: American Powertrain’s Holiday Sale Is On! Great Deals And Free Bacon…It’s That Easy! Extended To JANUARY 10TH!
Manual transmissions and bacon…is it any wonder why we like the folks at American Powertrain so much? Sure, you’re probably hard at work cramming bread crumbs up the south end of a...
We’ll Take It All: 1983 Chevrolet Camaro, Trailer, and Gear Too?
Are the holiday sales finally over? Can I quit hearing about the chances of scoring a great deal every time I turn on the TV or the radio? Every holiday, I get shopping burnout. Sales here, there and...
Like A Rat In A Cage: Finnegan Starts Tubing Up His C10 Project!
By raising your hands, how many of y’all have that long-term project that just doesn’t seem to ever get done? If you raised your hand…go ahead and facepalm yourself, this is the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Have You Had Specialty Driver Training?
Today’s Question of the Day is a bit skewed, so read this before you immediately go for a tale of Driver’s Ed. We’ve all endured some form of early driver’s training. You...
Rough Start: 1987 Shelby Charger GLHS – To Daily Or Not To Daily…
Whether they are genuinely coming into their own, are getting overdue respect simply because of nostalgic feelings for cars from the past or are only gaining positive vibes due to those who...
Built Ford Tough: This 1974 Ford Galaxie Has Seen Tornados and A Lot Of Downtime!
If there is one weather phenomenon that scares me more than anything else, it’s a tornado. You have time to run from a hurricane. You can prepare for a blizzard or flood conditions. What the...
Great Start: Going Sky-High During Testing At A Mustang And Mopar Get-Together!
The first few days of January are usually reserved for the post-holiday hangover and the first week back to work, which usually brings it’s own form of hangover to the party, the one where you...
Money No Object: 1977 Buick Century – Less Can Be More
Mecum Auctions’ Kissimmee 2020 event is currently underway, and right now the biggest question from their show is a doozy: “How much do you think the Bullitt Mustang will go for?”...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Worst You’ve Ever Gotten Stuck?
You know the sensation: momentum has stopped, RPM is building, and the machine isn’t going anywhere anytime soon…except to China, the way the tires are digging in. Been there? Done that?...
Long Roof Life: 1966 Pontiac Catalina – Turn-Key Cool, Ready For Spring Thaw!
While a good portion of you are hammering away in your shops, heaters on, wrenches flying, some of you might be looking at the quick way out of project car hell. Can’t blame you, making the...
Classic YouTube: Motorcycle Ice Racing At Potter Lake
Riding my three-wheelers in the snow was one thing…that was a good time all-around. Riding my dirt bikes in the snow? Yeah…no. The smaller 50cc and 70cc bikes were fine enough, and...
The Great Escape: Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s Run From Japan Is One For The Movies
Just you wait…there will be a movie about this story within ten years’ time. Probably sooner, because no Hollywood hack could’ve dreamed up half of what actually went down. On...
Morning Symphony: Summernats 33 Dyno Runs – Big Power Through The Hubs!
Summernats 33 is wrapping up in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Over the course of a weekend that has seen the wildfires blanketing the area in smoke and in the middle of a heat wave that is pushing into...
The Master List: Larry Chen’s Top 100 Photos Of 2019
I’ll call myself out. When it comes to photography, I’m a hack who uses his knowledge of how vehicles operate and how drivers should work to get good photographs. I admire those who are...