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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

Roadkill! It’s A Camaro Versus Mustang Battle To The Death On The Dirt Track! SN-95 V6 Against Clapped Out 305 RS!

To whomever handles Roadkill’s hate mail department: you had better start lobbying for a pay raise, because your job is about to suck badly. The Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro have some of...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: No More Jag Wagons, Ferrari Land USA, And Volkswagen’s Punishment!

Raise your hands if you’ve been in the middle of spring cleaning! Don’t know why you raised your hands…but hey, at least you have been doing your part in tidying up the house and...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Electric Worry” by Clutch (2007)

The weekend is here, finally. There are projects to get done, places to go travel to, and tires that need to be punished. We know it’s been a long week, so let’s start things off right...

Rough Start: This 1971 Ford Torino 500 Station Wagon Is An Emerald In The Desert!

I love hunting for old iron in the deserts of Arizona. For the rust-averse like myself, it’s a paradise. The sheetmetal is anywhere from pristine to paint-roasted and the chances are good that...

Can An Evening Orchid 1966 Corvair Corsa Be Badass? It Can When It’s A Kelmark-Converted Big-Block!

Some colors just don’t work for some people…and GM’s Evening Orchid color is that color for me. I know of at least one person who will vehemently disagree with me until the end of...

From A Road Course Racer, To An LSR Screamer, And Now A 9-Second Warhead, This 2009 Dodge Challenger Does It All!

When the Dodge Challenger returned for the 2008 model year, Mopar fans who wanted two doors and rear-wheel drive were lined up around the block salivating, and Sam Uthman was right in line with them....

Jay Leno Shows You What Is Being Worked On In His Shop: A Hemi-Powered Cunningham, A Porsche Restoration, And More!

Jay Leno is a car guy, through and through, there is no doubt about it, and he has the money to do whatever the hell he wants to do. But the reason we like what he does is that he didn’t...

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This Turbocharged Barra Six-Powered Ford Cortina Rules! Wheels-Up High With Turbo-Six Power!

It might look like a lightly shrunken Mercury Montego wearing Valiant Charger headlights, but the Ford Cortina had nothing to do with a midsize Ford…it was just meant to look like one. Offered...

Bring On The Apocalypse! This Dodge Ram Cummins/Sno-Cat Combination Is Awesome!

It is very, very difficult to look at this 2005 Dodge Ram and not immediately have images of it running over every possible thing on Creation while blasting “Ride of the Valkyries” out of...

When Mustangs Attack! Will Leaving A Car Meet In A Hot-Rodded ‘Stang Cause Mayhem And Property Damage? Cleetus Tests Out The Theory!

If you haven’t been on the internet in the last couple of weeks, you’ve been missing a meme war against the Ford Mustang of epic proportions. If you are a Mustang owner, chances are very...

Rough Start: This 1971 GMC Sprint Would Make An Excellent First Car…Truck…Whatever!

Finding a reason to not plonk down the $5,000 you have for a project car on this 1971 GMC Sprint is going to be difficult. You don’t have to make the decision between a car or a truck. You...

This Jeep SRT-8 Is Monsterous! Watch It Hang Tires At Cecil County Dragway!

The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8s are the family haulers to end all family haulers. Hemi power, all-wheel drive and all of the attitude you could possibly want out of a muscle car fitted into an SUV...

This PowerStroke-powered 1964 Cadillac DeVille Is An Interesting Find From Norway!

Cadillac referred to their cars as being “in a realm all it’s own” in their 1960’s advertising, and it was true: GM’s top-tier brand still had the swagger and style that...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Sad Saga Of The Chevrolet HHR’s Baby Moon Hubcaps

Sometimes, the customer’s refusal to do any kind of research of any type can and will bite them hard in the ass, and the result becomes comedy gold for us (and you, readers.) I want you to...

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