Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Best of 2019: Floating On The Water In An Amphibious Volvo Wagon
I want it to be known right now: as I type this, it’s the middle of the night and I can see the waves of every flooded spot in my front yard from the office window. The heavy rains that were...
Best of 2019: Rust Avengers Part 3 – The Pontiac Engine Built In A Hotel Room!
It’s a shame that I only got one day to spend with the YouTube collective now known as the Rust Avengers, because the next day I started getting texts and photos sent to me of one of the best...
Best of 2019: This 1/6 Scale 1961 Dodge R/C Build Is Jaw-Dropping!
It’s been a bit since I’ve built a model car of any kind. The last one I put together, a 1980 Plymouth Road Runner, came out ten times better than any I built as a kid, due to my improved...
Best of 2019: 2018 Mercedes-AMG S63 – Beyond Indulgence
Sampling all that life has to offer should be a goal of every man, woman and child, right? Works well for food, works well for music, travel and literature, so theoretically it should work for the...
Best of 2019: This Free-Fall Lifeboat Launch Turns Into The Vomit Comet In One Quick Motion!
About this time last year, I rode a full-size ship for the first time when we went on a cruise on Royal Caribbean up the Northeast Atlantic. I wasn’t sure what to expect…the last time I...
Best of 2019: The Buzzin’ Half-Dozen – Six-Cylinder Opalas Cutting Loose In Brazil
There are two ways to view the Chevrolet 250ci inline-six. There’s the way that most people I know see them: the base-model engine of many a GM product, solid and robust, but about as exciting...
Best of 2019: A 1978 Plymouth Fury A38 With A Modified 440 Under The Hood
Before any one of you makes the comment, yes, I’d donate body parts to science for this car. Unhesitatingly. What is a 1978 Fury’s draw for me? Why is the prototypical 1970s blah-mobile...
Merry Christmas from BangShift.com – We Hope Everyone Has A Great Day!
A Merry Christmas to you, BangShifters! We hope that you are enjoying the magic that this day brings, whether young or old. Regardless of whether it’s presents, family time, or the time away...
Best of 2019: FoxKart – How An Ohio-Rotted 1986 Mustang Convertible Got A Second Lease On Life!
The first words that came out of my mouth once I exited the car were as straightforward as it gets: “How the hell do you have a car like this in a neighborhood that has to have the HOA from...
Best of 2019: This 1981 Mercury Cougar Keeps The Sleeper Vibe Going!
A quick question for you, readers: which was worse, the Ford LTD II-based Cougar or the square-Fox version that was built from 1980-82? If you are asking me, I’m going to go with the Fox...
Best of 2019: The Union Pacific #4014 Big Boy and #844 Steam Locomotives In Action
I don’t know of any little kid that isn’t fascinated by trains. Whether it was listening to the freight trains of the Illinois Central line rip past the backyard of my stepmother’s...
Best of 2019: A Boeing 787 Hit 801 MPH Ground Speed Flying To London!
Pretty much every airliner made develops nicknames for any variety of reasons. The all too common Boeing 737? It’s known as FLUF…”fat little ugly” and you can figure the rest...
Best of 2019: The Ford SVT Thunderbird Proposals – When Ford Decided Give The ‘Bird The Bird
In the mid-1990s, a horsepower war was firing off that consumers couldn’t quite access. Yes, there was the usual Mustang vs. Camaro/Firebird deal that was heating up, but those cars were still...
