Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Phantom Build: This 1977 AMC Hornet Is As Good Of A Start As You’ll Find, So Tell Us How You Would Build It!
Anyone who has ever built a project car will always have one piece of advice for you: start with the best possible builder of a car that you can. Starting with the cleanest and most complete car you...
More High-Powered Street Machines From Sweden – Check Out The Action From The Birka Cup!
The machines that prowl the motorways of Sweden are legendary, and the scenario behind races like the Birka Cup show why no-prep racing and street racing have the following that they do. Birka Cup is...
eBay Find: A 1988 Ford Falcon XF Ute That Is A Long, Long Ways Away From Home!
Ever since the day I saw the 1975 Ford Fairmont that a pilot I worked with pull into the hangar parking lot, I’ve dreamed of bringing in something Australian to drive. I knew it was...
This 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 Sedan Is A Great Take On A Dirty Moonshine Car! Check This Thing Out!
It’s visually rough, partially cooked, plenty rusty and it is freaking awesome. I don’t care that it’s a four-door, that most of the car is “young secretary” blue, or...
Turbo Small-Block Versus Blown Alcohol Big-Block – These Pro Mod Novas Are Both Brutal!
If this does nothing for you, then you are on the wrong site, period. The guys from 1320Video were at the All-Out Call-Out race in New Mexico recently and got treated to a Pro Mod battle involving...
Morning Symphony: Footage From The 2016 World Stratos Meeting – Celebrating The Legend!
It’s the little Italian wedge that could. Packing 2.4 liters of Ferrari Dino V6 that could possibly make better noise than a passionate Italian themselves, weighing in at just about a ton (a...
Long-Roofed, Patina’d, Wedge-Powered, Gear-Banging Goodness: This 1965 Plymouth Belvedere Wagon Rules!
To be fair, Chad saw it first and could not shut up about it, and rightfully so: he told me that I had to hunt down this rough-looking Mopar wagon running in Nostalgia Super Stock at Indy....
Radical Overkill Is The Best Kind: Watch As Dirt Every Day Turns This Ford Crew Cab Into A Monster!
Rockcrawling is usually the territory of small, nimble rigs that have great suspension articulation, gearing for days, and enough suspension flex to make a Baja racer jealous. they don’t...
Is This “Strange Camaro Week”?! Check Out This 1968 Camaro Custom Build – Front-Flip Hood And A Chopped Roof!
Tony Sestito’s purple-people-eater Camaro/TrailBlazer hybrid from yesterday was just horrifying. The plum-colored paint, the kit bashed appearance, and the questionable V8 under the hood all...
Watch As Friends And Fellow Racers Pay Tribute To One Of Their Own At Shakespeare County Raceway
You often hear and see racers talk about people they know at the track as “a family”. We do it all the time here as well, but what does that mean to you? Are you just used to seeing...
Unhinged: Why Losing Top Gear USA Royally Sucks.
I read Rutledge Wood’s post on Facebook yesterday as my wife and I were out shopping for electrical equipment for our garage, and immediately my stomach turned sour. As Brian told you guys...
First Look: The “Ice Cars” From The Upcoming “Fast 8” Film – What Are They Doing, Racing In The Arctic?
(All photos: via Facebook/Fast & Furious) We knew that Universal Studios was going to push on with the “Fast and Furious” franchise after the death of Paul Walker. We know that the...
Think Six-Cylinder Mustangs Are Worthless? This Pressurized, Barra Six-Powered Ford Mustang Might Change Your Mind!
It’s the golden rule of Mustang ownership: if it has a six-cylinder under the hood, just keep on walking, that’s not the one you want. Doesn’t really matter the year, doesn’t...
