Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
If You’re Looking For An Oil Pan For Your Project, Moroso Performance Products Had New Models On Display At SEMA 2016!
SEMA may be full of flashy rides, loud music and booth babes, but the real reason for the show even existing in the first place was to bring the automotive aftermarket together to showcase new parts...
Unhinged: The Blur Of The Last Month (or, Where The Hell Did The Last Three Weeks Go?)
For what feels like the first time in a month, I’m at home working at my desk. I’ve only been home for about four hours now…and I’m still kind of weirded out that I’m...
One Cadillac, Two Engines, And “Fear And Loathing” Clothes. This Episode Of Dirt Every Day Can Only End Well…
When they sold new in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cadillac Eldorados were the pinnacle of “you made it” automobiles. Between an Eldorado and an Lincoln Continental Mark coupe, these...
This 1975 Ford Falcon XB Is Finished, In The States And Ready To Find A New Home!
Not going to make a Mad Max reference. Not going to re-hash the story of the pilot I knew who drove an XB Fairmont to work every day. Not even going to put out how important this car was to Ford...
Take A Closer Look At One Of The Wilder Cars At SEMA 2016: The “Durty 30” Model A Roadster!
I don’t know if it’s a bad thing or not that I have become a bit jaded to the vehicles that appear at SEMA shows. Not that they all aren’t cool or unique in their own individual...
Running With The Big Boys: This Nasty All-Wheel-Drive DSM Comes Out Swinging!
Seeing a hopped up Mitsubishi Eclipse/Eagle Talon/Plymouth Laser usually elicits snickering and snide comments about “danger to manifold” and breaking welds and other snipes that come...
MSHS Season Finale At ATCO Dragway Gallery – Points On The Line And Negative DAs Bring Out The Racers!
You want to make a drag racer happy? Inform them that the density altitude is deep into negative territory and watch them light up. Like -1,162 ft. at high noon good. To say that the racers of the...
Mr. Lewis’ Wild Ride: This Challenger Goes Lane-To-Lane And Manages To Miss Both Walls!
(Video courtesy of Justin Skudder) There’s one thing we all have learned after years of dragstrip time: If things seem to be going smoothly, just wait…something will happen shortly that...
What Happens When You Take A Road Racer And Put Him In The Dirt? Check Out This Episode Of The Racing Line!
One of the highlights from SEMA this year was that I got to meet Randy Pobst in person. Not only have we been covering his “The Racing Line” series of informative videos since they...
Project Angry Grandpa: The Final Race At ATCO – Did Grandpa Redeem Himself?
Let’s not sugarcoat how things were after the last Angry Grandpa update: after parts-bombing our Chrysler 300C with a healthy amount of go-fast goodies, the first trip out to the track proved...
Money No Object: This 1970.5 Ford Falcon 429 4-speed Was Ford’s Secret Monster!
As we are to understand it, for 1970, Ford was going to go through a large shift in their car department: the Falcon as it was known was going to be replaced by the Ford Maverick, and the Torino was...
SEMA 2016: Mike Garrett’s “Project Yankee” 1975 Dodge Dart Sport
I make no bones about it: I’m an automotive fan-boy in certain regards. SEMA is an outlet for the guy who used to sit at the computer for hours on forums, if for one reason only: I’m...
Question Of The Day: How Would You Build This 36,000 mile 1979 Oldsmobile 88?
I might come across as a bit of a heretic for this one, but I never quite got used to seeing the 442 nameplate on a car the size of the GM G-body platform. Don’t get me wrong, they are cool in...
