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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

Question Of The Day: What’s The Most Disgusting Thing You’ve Ever Cleaned Out Of A Car?

Recognize that 1961 Chrysler in the picture? A couple of weeks ago that car was sleeping peacefully in a thicket of trees, exactly where it had been parked since 1977. It’s not sleeping...

Shop Tease: This 2016 Mustang Might Be The Most Evil Hustler We’ve Met Yet

The message from KingSpeed Race and Repair was loud and clear: if we wanted to see something really cool, we were to head to a quiet little shop just outside of the northern edge of Bowling Green,...

Another Work Truck Win: This 1979 Chevrolet K30 3+3 Is GM Heaven

Ben Small, you are an absolutely evil man. Someone has been paying attention to our focus on work trucks this week, and especially to Chad’s weakness for all things General Motors, and his...

Reader Information Request: Do You Know Any Details About The “Turn Me Loose” Opel AA/FC?

Readers, every time I’ve asked for your help in providing me with information, you’ve come through. So once again, I’m asking for your help in locating some information for me that...

Rough Start: Doubt It Sucks Nitro, But This 1987 Lincoln Mark VII Mad Max Clone Could Be The Duck’s Guts!

I understand the appeal of wanting to build your own V8 Interceptor. Cloning a movie car that you love is understandable, but locating a suitable Aussie Falcon to start with is like finding...

Classic YouTube: Flight Trials Of The RAH-66 Comanche, The Wonder Helicopter That Never Got A Chance

The RAH-66 Comanche helicopter was the first thing I remember being completely excited about once I joined the Army. I grew up with the Airwolf theme music playing often in my house (my father loved...

Money No Object: This Clean 1989 Dodge Ram D350 Cummins Is A Dream Truck

Shoving a diesel engine into a pickup truck and putting it onto the market wasn’t anything new in 1989. Both Ford and GM were selling diesel units, and Chrysler had even done it themselves in...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Long Do You Give The Internal Combustion Engine To Live?

First it was just France, but recently the United Kingdom has come out and agreed that the internal combustion engine, the heartbeat for just about every vehicle on the road today, has an expiration...

Car Craft Summer Nationals 2017: Racing Under The Lights In Kentucky At The Midnight Drags!

After long days filled with free runs on the track, cars filling the show circuit, and shirts filling with sweat, the event that everybody seemed ready to watch go down at the 2017 Car Craft Summer...

Pure Seventies: This 1977 Ford LTD II Needs A Monster Motor Stat!

The move from performance to luxury in the Seventies was an interesting way of glossing over the fact that every V8 produced in the decade had been seriously neutered by the EPA and that none of the...

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The Caddy That Kicks Ass: This 1983 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Looks Mint And Runs Like None Other!

Of all of the things I talked about with Arthur, the owner of this standout 1983 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, the one thing I forgot was to ask was how to spell his last name. I’m going to claim...

Rough Start: The Two-For-One Sale! A 1977 Camaro and a 1953 Bel Air Within Budget!

Whoa. I’m having flashbacks to my first car, and I’m not kidding in the least. Washington State tags, check. Manual-trans shovelnose second-generation Camaro, check. That funky shade of...

Epic Fail: This Capri’s Hood Calls It A Day In The Middle Of A Run!

The ultimate bad day scenario for anyone, anywhere, is when the hood flies up at speed, completely blocking the forward view. Been there, done that, and I hope I never see that scene again so shall I...

The “WTF?” Files: We’ve Never Felt Sorrier For A Chevrolet Citation Than We Do For This One

When GM made the X-body a front-driver for 1980, there was a large amount of hope placed upon it. This was the car that the General hoped to stem the tide of imported vehicles with, the fresh for the...

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