Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
The “WTF?!” Files: 1993 Geo Metro Dually Truck Conversion In Full Trolling Mode!
Do any of you remember the 1993 Chevrolet Highlander concept truck? It was a preview of the upcoming 1994 Chevrolet S-10, with a bunch of the cues that made it to the ZR2 off-roading package, painted...
Money No Object: 1969 Ford Torino Cobra 428 SCJ
If it wasn’t bright red and it wasn’t wearing a couple of little badges and the giveaway hoodscoop, this would be a basic-model Ford Torino, complete with body-colored wheels and...
Every Story Has Two Sides, And Carfection Found The Other Side To The DeLorean Motor Company Story – From The People Who Supported John Z.’s Dream
The story of John Z. DeLorean has been told time and time again, and that’s just here on BangShift. There is no doubt that the man was gifted when it came to his vision of what a car should...
Big Shoes For Big Bud: The Big Bud 16V-747 Gets It’s First New Shoes Since 1977
This isn’t just a big tractor…it’s been the biggest tractor in the world since 1977. It weighs in at up to 68 tons in normal working trim. That’s about the same weight as an...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Stell-what now?!
It’s been a minute since we’ve looked at the pile of news feed items in the corner of the desk and pawed through them, hasn’t it? I guess that means that 2020 isn’t a complete...
Rough Start Fox Mustang: Radiator, Fan, And Some Electrical Tidbits
Oooh, would you look at that…there’s an engine sitting in the bay of the Rough Start Fox! It is a hollow victory as there is no transmission, no way to fire the engine off at the moment,...
Money No Object: 1986 Chevrolet El Camino Choo-Choo Super Sport
The small truck. The sport truck. The muscle truck. The coupe utility. The Chevrolet El Camino might not have been the first… The owner goes to an Australian Ford… But it made an impact in the...
Classic YouTube: Mustang Vs. Camaro, 1994, Courtesy Of Motorweek!
Welcome to my “dammit, I’m getting old” moment, right here. In 1994 I was eleven years old, one year away from the rot-box Camaro that would be my first car, and happily tooling...
2020 Southeastern Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals: Bring Out Your Bowties!
Whoops…I almost forgot that there was another gallery of trucks that I shot while roaming the Wilson County Fairgrounds for the Southeastern Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals! Call me crazy from the...
Rough Start: Add An Extra Grand To The Budget For This Ballsy Dakota R/T!
Whenever I go daydream project hunting in areas of the Pacific Northwest, I try to keep an eye out for vehicles that I might have known. A Chevelle here, a Cutlass there, or maybe something that I...
Rack Repair: Fixing A Valiant Wagon’s Front Subframe Rail’s Damage
Happiness this year is found in the garage, ain’t it? Yeah…this is where you learn if you are a car builder or just would rather watch one on television. I’m finding that I’m...
Flying Free: The First Icelandic Formula Offroad Event Of 2020!
When the pandemic started to become a real issue for us here in America, the joke was that cabin fever was about to get a reality check. What was a few weeks of staying at home when you’d...
Rough Start: 1980 Ford Fairmont Futura – Light And Rowdy Street Beater
The Ford Fairmont Futura (and it’s twin, the Mercury Zephyr Z-7), are love-it or hate-it cars. From the doors forward, it’s Fairmont. But from the doors back, you are looking at what was...
Raising Hell In The Fields: Midwest Farm Field Road Cash Days!
Can you count how many drag tracks are dead and done for 2020? You would think that the news would be calming down on that front, but no. Events getting cancelled or “postponed”, tracks...