Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Hang Around Inside The Cockpit During Some Crosswind Landings – It’s Not As Easy As It Looks
Crosswind landings are one of the more tricky aspects of flying. In small winds they are easily manageable, with a little bit of “crabbing” they are a piece of cake. In heavier winds,...
This Box Truck Hung Over The Side Of Interstate 93 In Boston For A Few Hours
With Route 66 the one possible exception, we shouldn’t be reporting on one particular Interstate route twice in three months, but Interstate 93 in Boston is proving to be the exception to the...
This BMW M1 GT2 Race Car Has A Soundtrack From The Heavens
The BMW M1 is what happened when BMW got mad at the winning ways of Porsche, went partying with the Italians, then woke up with one hell of a hangover and a half-assed idea that they decided to...
Rough Start: This 1997 Camaro Z28 Is Clean And Taken Care Of, And It’s A Manual!
Sorting through the tons and tons of used car deals out there is a crapshoot. Do you go for original and pay later to modify the car or do you roll the dice on a previous project? If you have any...
Question Of The Day: How Many Versions Of The Dodge Challenger Are There?
The name of a car can make or break it, and Dodge struck gold when they thought up “Challenger”. The name is tough…you picture the up-and-coming, ready to knock the current champion...
This e85-Converted Hellcat Laid Down 753 HP and 670 Ft/Lbs of Torque At The Wheels!
You’d think 700-plus horsepower would be more than enough for most people. You’d think so, but if that number is stock, it’s safe to assume that someone, somewhere will try to eek...
NASCAR Racers Are Now Getting Digital Dashboards In The Cars
(Photos: twitter.com/@jamiemcmurray) It’s true, NASCAR is making a slow adaptation to a digital dash setup for the race cars. Driver Jaime McMurray tweeted out a couple of pictures of the...
This Rear-Drive SJ Cherokee Is Getting A Turbocharged Modern Hemi And Six Speed – We Can’t Wait To See The Finished Product!
When you look at one of the full-sized Jeep SJ-platform SUVs, what do you think of first: mud truck, rock crawler, farm implement, prairie decoration or overstuffed yuppie wagon? The SJ, much like...
This 1967 Sterling Is Seriously Off Of The Beaten Path, But Is It Cool Or Just Too Weird?
Interesting, isn’t it? Lifting canopy roof, side pipes, a look that at some angles looks stunning and other angles absolutely comical. The forward third makes me think of what a Kellison J6...
EVENT GALLERY: ChallengerFest6’s Race Day – Lots Of Thundering Elephants And Screaming Hellcats!
The Friday night parking lot car show for ChallengerFest 6 was a nice and relaxing afternoon and evening filled with barbecue and camaraderie. Saturday’s racing at Beech Bend Raceway was really...
Is It The Perfect Villain, Or Does The Opening Line Sum Up Regular Car Review’s Take On The Prius?
I’ll warn you from the start: Watch this video only with headphones on if anybody else is nearby. Mr. Regular, of Regular Car Reviews fame, is blunt and outspoken when he isn’t in his...
Caption This: A V6-powered Chrysler Against A Charger Hellcat? How Is That A Fair Fight?
David, meet Goliath. In the right lane is a Chrysler 300. It’s a silver beauty with a V6 and the new eight-speed TorqueFlite transmission, and is dead stock. The air conditioning is cold, there...
Too Cool! This Remote Controlled OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Is A Highly-Detailed Machine – All That’s Missing Are Miniature Rockets To Shoot!
Out of all of the aircraft I’ve ever had the privilege of working on, around or near, the one that is close to my heart is the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. I spent about nine of my best years as a...
