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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

Blue-Blood Ramp Truck: Jay Leno Shows Off His Replica 1950 Mercedes-Benz “Rennabteilung” Race Car Hauler

It’s a strange-looking beast, isn’t it? In the early 1950s, Mercedes-Benz’s preferred method for keeping their race cars running was to bring the cars back to Germany for work...

This G-body Monte Carlo Is A Nitrous-Fed Monster That ls Barely Controlled!

It’s a nice problem to have when you spend the night at the track trying to tune down the combination you’re running to make the most out of what you’ve got, isn’t it?...

Movie Night at Finnegan’s! Check Out Some Of His Old Drag-Boat Racing Footage!

It’s no secret that Mike Finnegan’s first love is drag boat racing, and it runs deep…it has to, for someone who was living in Southern California and racing on the water in Arizona....

Un-Pimp Ze Auto! MCM Tears Down Their Rice-Tastic Mitsubishi Lancer!

Ever look at a car and wonder just how much crap was attached, bolted-on, fitted, glued, or taped on? Well, Mighty Car Mods is about to show you just how much gingerbread you can actually add on to a...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Good To Be Me” by Uncle Kracker (2010)

For this Tune-Up, I’m reaching back a few years to a favorite of mine. This video is the reason why I want a T-top Cutlass alone. Why? Mellow beat, mellow lyrics, and a reminder on why just...

Let It All Hang Out: The Top Ten Burnouts From the Blown Class At Gazzanats!

I’m a basic human, what can I say? Some days all I want is a loud, screaming engine in full use, two burning tires out back, and enough fuel to keep the fun going until the tires are gone. Hey,...

It’s Certainly Patriotic: This 1976 Chevrolet K-10 Scottsdale Bonanza “Spirit of ’76” Edition Is Anything But Subtle!

Chalk up another special edition vehicle that I’d never heard of. It wasn’t uncommon to find special edition cars that celebrated America’s bicentennial in the...

Morning Symphony: An Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Running Laps Before LeMans At Monza!

In less than three weeks, the Circuit de la Sarthe will become an echoing melody as sixty racers take to the tarmac to run the 24 Hours of LeMans. Among the Porsches, Audis, Ligers and other...

Best Overtake Ever? This Go-Kart Racer Leapfrogs His Competition At A Race In Canada!

There are some things you never, ever want to see in the middle of a go-kart race: an animal on the track you weren’t expecting. A solid, non-moving object, like a racer that spun out. A banana...

Rough Start: Someone Had Big Plans For This 1978 Chevrolet Malibu At One Point!

Clean, isn’t it? You’d suspect we found a bone-stock, 69,000 mile 1978 Chevrolet Malibu with the F41 suspension and ran with it, and normally, you’d be right: finding one of the...

Money Spent In All Of The Right Places: This 2JZ-Powered Datsun 260Z Is Loud, Fast And Capable, But Pretty It Ain’t!

If you are a purist hot rodder, then the basic premise of whatever you build should follow one mantra: speed first. How do you do that properly? Start with something that was thrown away or left for...

The Ultimate Camper? This 1994 Oshkosh M1070 HET Expandable Van Just Might Be It!

If you haven’t been paying attention around here, there has been a kind of competition between Brian and Chad over what constitutes the best recreational vehicle. We’ve seen it all, from...

Just A Slight Misjudgement: Watch As Brandon Smith Rolls His Polaris RZR XP 1000 Eight Times Down Donkey Punch Hill!

When you see the trees pointing straight down as you look straight ahead, it means only one thing: you’ve screwed up big-time and this is probably going to hurt. Brandon Smith got lucky and got...

Rough Start: This 1978 Dodge D-100 Was The Hot Ticket In 1978, And Would Make A Great First Build!

The scene was bleak for performance cars in 1978. Cars were choked out with smog laws, low compression and catalytic converters. Former heavy hitters, like the Pontiac Trans Am, Chevrolet Camaro Z28...