Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Grid Kids, Bubble Cars and More Diesel Bad News
Looking outside the office window, I keep thinking I was supposed to build a giant boat to live in for a few months. It is to raining what using a firehose to water the roses is. At least the office...
Money No Object: How To Make A 1974 Chevrolet Camaro Look Absolutely Perfect
The original, the first, the car that my entire love of everything automotive roots down to: the 1974-77 Chevrolet Camaro. If there was any question as to the origins of my questionable taste in...
Lawnmower Mudding?! It’s A Real Thing…Who Needs A Lifted Truck When A Riding Tractor Can Do The Job?
As I type this, the area that BangShift Mid-West is situated in is currently under flood watches. I’m grateful that it’s not snow, but instead we are forecasted to receive as much as...
Morning Symphony: DTW Touring Cars From The 1990s-2000s On Hillclimbs
Touring cars are primarily a European phenomenon. The Aussie Supercars were too far removed from the road car they represented and the one time there was a touring car series in the States, the only...
Classic YouTube: Making Noise In A Five-Speed Crown Victoria
Be absolutely frank with yourself right now: just how much car do you really need to have fun? We all would love to have a crack at driving a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. That’s probably not in...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Since “Continuation Models” Seem To Be Popular, Which Cars Should The Factories Re-Issue First?
The real reason why someone would spend tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars restoring a car from nearly nothing to better than new is because the factory doesn’t make the car anymore....
Four Doors Work! All The Proof You Need Is In The “Honk If Parts Fall Off” Chevelle And It’s Drag Week Performance!
The black-and-blue four-door 1967 Chevelle known as “Honk If Parts Fall Off” is as far from a sleeper as you can get. It’s a cool car, don’t get us wrong…It’s been...
Rough Start: Would This Lifted Lincoln Limo Be Worth The Experience?
After tooling around with the dirt-cheap Caddy limo for a couple of weeks, I have to admit, there is something about driving a freakshow of a car that is just a riot. The way people look at you on...
Question Of The Day: What Car Would You Send Into Space?
There is now a human-made vehicle in space that is in an elliptical orbit around the sun. And it’s in the shape of a first-generation Tesla Roadster. It’s not the Moon landing or a...
This 1968 Chevrolet Stepside Is A Screamer Hiding In Plain Sight! Would You Change Anything About This One?
It would be nice to have a fully done-up ride, wouldn’t it? Shiny paint, perfect chrome, fat tires and the engine making biblical levels of power…yeah, that’s the dream, but in...
Unhinged: There’s Always A First Time For Everything, And You’re About To See A Lot Of “Firsts”…
The tone of voice that came through the phone was absolutely incredulous. “You’re telling me you’ve never rebuilt a carb before?!” Chad couldn’t believe his ears, but...
Genuinely Shocking: World Rallycross Will Go All Electric Starting In 2020!
Watching World Rallycross racing in person is excitement with a soundtrack: little violent turbocharged, four-wheel-drive monsters on a course filled with tight corners, a joker lap layout and at...
This Supercharged Big-Block Suburban Is The Tow Vehicle You Deserve! Check Out This 1990s Throwback!
Sport trucks…which were mostly Chevy and GMC C/K trucks in monochromatic paint jobs wearing billet aluminum wheels slammed low to terra firma, looking sharp. You couldn’t get away from...
