Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
It’s Just Cylinder Six, Nothing More – Watch As This Malibu Wagon Kills ‘Em All Wounded!
There are many tired, hackneyed cliches about never giving up in the face of defeat. And they exist for a reason: You aren’t defeated until you either give up or can’t physically move...
This Twin-Turbocharged Camaro Goes For The Moon At Memphis – Driver Ok, Car Ok, Firesuit Might Need A Wash!
Gauging the horizon to determine how your vehicle is traveling is for cars…no, wait. That’s wrong. That is correct for airplanes….cars are supposed to be level, not acting like they...
You Couldn’t Stand Out Any More If You Tried: Carfection Takes The New ECTO-1 Through London!
The only way that this could be topped is if the original 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ECTO-1 had appeared instead. Seeing a 1984 Cadillac of any kind, much less a former hearse that is now liveried...
Scrapple, Your Guide For The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Gassy Explorers, Shocking Volkswagens and More!
I thought this was summer? In the last three days, BangShift Mid-West HQ has received at least five inches of rain, quite possibly more, and at the rate we are going, I might start filling the...
Quick Review: 2016 Chevrolet Sonic RS Turbo – An Exercise In Masochism Or Is There Something To Like?
Full disclosure: I had no intention of driving this car when I was heading out to Campbell Chevrolet. None. At no point prior to arriving and parking at the dealership did I think, “You know...
This 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ Has Full Interior, Pontiac Power And Enough Grunt To Run Hard!
One thing that I like to do at the drag races I shoot is to find the car that nobody would have ever expected to end up in the staging lanes, because it’s usually one of the more interesting...
Random Car Review: The 1979 Ford Mustang Daytona
Automakers, on occasion, are known to preview an upcoming model with a semi-prototype teaser. Usually, 90% or so of the vehicle is ready to go, but there’s just enough show car or prototype...
Jay Leno Checks Out Two Hertz Shelby GT350Hs, One New, One Old. We Don’t Know Which One We’d Take First…
It was the best worst idea anybody ever had. Take about a thousand Shelby Mustangs…you know, one of those really hopped-up ones some Texas chicken farmer whipped up and set loose on racetracks...
Check Out This Footage From The 2016 Croatia Trophy – Slogging Through The Endurance Test!
Ever have someone crow on and on about going off-road, only to find out that all they did was drive down a dirt road? I’m sorry, but there is a lot more to off-roading than leaving the safety...
Question Of The Day: What Late Model Car Do You Think Will Make The Next Great Hot Rod?
Until I found this 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis on eBay, I wouldn’t have even bothered with this question. After all, late-model cars (for the sake of this discussion, anything newer than...
Rough Start: This 1983 Olds Cutlass Cruiser Is On It’s Way To Being Really Neat!
One of the strangest vehicles that ever came out of Oldsmobile, in my opinion anyways, was the 1979 Hurst/Olds Cutlass. Priced to the moon (it cost several thousand more than a more powerful and...
Outlaw Street Car Association’s Revenge At Beech Bend – Eighth Mile War In Kentucky!
From the moment the staging lanes were open at Beech Bend Raceway, the cars poured in, waiting for their crack at the Christmas Tree. This wasn’t a surprise…there was cash on the line....
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Box Store Return Policy, Found Elsewhere.
Comedian Rodney Carrington once said of a very well-known “box store” that tends to be rather sue-happy, “…they’ll take anything back. You could go back one year later:...
