Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Rough Start: 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna S-3
When Haley and I pulled up to the house where I would meet the Charger, I found myself immediately in a predicament: parked next to the big red Mopar was a blue Chevelle Laguna, just as nice. OOOF....
Old Gray Mare, Part Two: The Rattiest Musclecar Hits The Highway
If there ever was a face for an underdog, man, does this Mustang II Cobra have it. Covered in lichen, mold, rust, and the thick layer of hatred for the Blue Oval’s effort to keep the Mustang...
Has A Kick To It, Doesn’t It? Hoonigan’s Donk Is A Monster
BangShift has always been about everything that has an engine. Brian’s tractor fetish, McTaggart’s love of malaise sleds, Chad’s drag racing habits, off-roading, aviation,...
Eat This, Nader: Waking Up A Dusty Corvair And Bringing It Out Into The Light
The Corvair, one of the precious few times a GM product did not truly deserve the skewering that it got in the press. The story is familiar enough to most, so here’s the short take: GM builds a...
Unhinged: The Final Project Car? I Believe I Have Found It
You have to hand it to my wife, Haley. She not only knew what she was signing up for when she decided that I was worth marrying, but she was on board fully. She knew I flocked to beaters. She still...
Old Gray Mare: Can This Cobra II Be Brought Back To Life? Should It Be Brought Back To Life?
It’s a funny thing, that whole circularity deal. Earlier tonight, I woke up the Great Pumpkin Mustang’s wheezing 4.2L V8 and drove it into town for it’s quarterly fuel-up and...
Money No Object: The 9,000 RPM Vauxhall Chevette, With Honda S2000 Power
Over the years, Chad has loved to take the piss out of me and my weird car choices. Fair enough…I do like a lot of oddball, left-field cars that leaves most people scratching their heads and...
Morning Symphony: The Wildest Of The Tire-Frying Burnouts From Cleetus And Cars Indy!
Ever since I first saw the footage of George Separovich’s Holden Monaro HK screaming it’s methanol-drunk heads off on the skidpad at Motorvation 2004, I’ve been in lust with the...
Project Phantom, Part IV: Our 1969 Mustang Goes Under The Knife
(Words and Photos: Joe Grippo) It’s been a few months since the last installment of Project Phantom, my wife Stacey’s 1969 Mustang GT. The Mustang, which had been parked near the New Jersey shore...
Money No Object: 1973 American Motors Matador – True Driver Quality!
It’s strange to think that $5,000 doesn’t get you far in the car game anymore. Seriously, have you tried to find a good ride for under five grand that has soul, or something to excite you, that...
Classic YouTube: 1970 AMC Gremlin Commercial – I’ll Take “This Never Happened” For $1,000, Alex!
Derided or admired, the American Motors Gremlin was just one of many clever moves made in the 1970s by AMC’s soul, designer Dick Teague. The man hampered with a shoestring budget could throw...
U.S.S. Good Times: This Lincoln Town Car Is Perfect Proof That Anything Can Be Badass
Without question, the high point of my vehicle ownership has been the 1987 Dodge Diplomat known as “Warhammer”. A 360 powered, four-speed equipped beast of a car that, in it’s short...
The Junkyard Digs LeMans Build Is Alive And It Is PISSED! Watch This Thing Get Down And Party!
I’ve often ribbed Kevin for the rusty, flappy Ford trucks that he’s drawn to like a moth. For a guy who has made his living out of reviving old, dead cars, he sure is stuck on 1970s era...
