Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Another One Done: Chevrolet Announces The End Of Camaro In 2024
It’s not like we didn’t see it coming, but yesterday Chevrolet made it official: the Camaro will be sunset at the end of the 2024 model year. The reasons are well known: GM is leaning...
Unveiled: 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 – The Challenger’s Last Salvo Is A Monster
If Tim Kuniskis and Dodge are to be believed, what you are looking at is the final, bellowing ICE-powered musclecar that is raging against the dying of the light. What do you need to know? That the...
Money No Object: This 1966 Dodge/International Combination Rules All!
I am not the truck guy around here, yet I want this thing in a bad, bad way. Chad will probably see the potential and be on board. But what I’m hoping for is that Lohnes sees this 1966 Dodge...
$500 Vintage Snowmobile Endurance Challenge…Or, Frozen (Bum) Rush!
I’ve driven fast cars and brutal trucks. I’ve flown helicopters and airplanes. I’ve crashed off of dirt bikes more times than I’d like to admit and even ran myself over with a...
Investment Grade? Own The Fast 4 Imperial Today!
Do you know what vetted movie cars go for nowadays? Between the fact that most movie cars get beat on worse than a rental Charger that had the “walk-away” insurance purchased, movie...
In Memoriam: Dallas Jones, Owner Of Beech Bend Raceway
We are saddened to report that Dallas Jones, the longtime owner and manager of Beech Bend Raceway Park, has passed on. He was 82 years old. On many a weekend throughout the year, we find ourselves...
Rough Start: This 1974 El Camino Just Needs Some Paint And Polishing
Finding Rough Start candidate vehicles is still a difficult task. How do you find a vehicle that is used, more or less running and driving, that is interesting and can be cool with little to no work...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Regrets Of The Next Morning
Frank Sinatra once said, “Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says, ‘Love your enemy’.” I can get behind that. Prior to my questionable decision to serve the...
Shabby Sporty: Junkyard Digs and Pole Barn Garage Team Up To Bring This Rusty Chevrolet Back From The Dead
The 1973-1991 GM “squarebody” trucks are one of the best options for project vehicle out there right now. With tens of millions of them made throughout the long production cycle, many...
The Dodge Grain Truck: Out From The Cold And Back To Life
The life of a grain truck isn’t an easy one. They are a workhorse from the word “go”. When they are being used, they are beast of burden, and when they are not, they sit silently....
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Hey, Buddy, Can You Hear Me Now?
There’s no time like the rush, is there? You don’t have to have worked the parts counter to understand what that’s all about. Picture being the poor sap making burgers at lunchtime,...
Unhinged: The Impact That Ken Block Had
In the nine years that I’ve had here at BangShift, I’ve done my very best to not become too jaded to the car community at large. I’ve also put effort into removing the concept of...
4.10 Gears, Rain, And A 450-Mile Drive…Vice Grip Garage Brings Home A Wild Chevelle
As much as I’m sure it pained Derek to do, retiring the Independence Chevelle from competition was the right thing to do. The patriotic A-body put on plenty of good shows, but being very...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Patience? Yeah, That’s On Backorder, Too
I thought I was retired. I thought that I was going to soak up the peace and quiet, piddle around in my garage, tend to my garden, and spare the rest of my life from the curse of the parts store...