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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

Just In Case You Forgot, There Is A Third Shelby Mustang: Meet The 2015 Shelby Mustang GT

We’ve been fawning over Ford’s Shelby GT350R version of the new Mustang, and for good reason: it’s a certified badass that seems to answer most, if not all of the complaints that...

Question Of The Day: What Is The Hardest Automotive Part To Find?

You wouldn’t want to be around BangShift Mid-West right now. Since Project Raven, my 1983 Imperial, is down for engine and transmission work, I figured that now would be the time to get some...

Sleeper Video: This Ford F-150 Looks Prepared, But How Fast Is It, Really?

Let’s check the boxes on what this Ford F-150 is not: It’s not a Lightning. It’s not loud, it’s not tubbed out, and it’s not spraying nitrous (that we can see, at...

Unhinged: What “Good Old Days”? Here’s The Breakdown From the 2015 NAIAS…These Are The Good Old Days!

I could see the hate mail flying before I started typing…it’s sacrilege to say that anything besides the 1964-1972 “Musclecar Era” is worth mentioning when it comes to the...

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Rough Start: Got A Rally Itch? How About A Toyota Celica All-Trac?

The Toyota Celica All-Trac was the hidden gem in the Celica lineup. A 190hp all-wheel-drive version of the GT-S, the car was a rally rocket before the term existed. However, the Celica All-Trac tends...

This Aussie Charger Is Packing A Turbocharged Hemi-6 That’s Good For Low Nines In The Quarter

Some cars just can’t be a sleeper anymore, and the Australian Valiant Charger is one of them. Chrysler Australia’s main Mopar muscle car, the Charger and it’s 265ci Hemi-6 was a...

Ebay Find: Former Hooker Header Project Car Chevette, Featured In Hot Rod Magazine

It ain’t the Bad Seed Chevette, but it’s a nice runner-up prize. This 1976 Chevrolet Chevette was featured in the November 1982 issue of Hot Rod Magazine as part of an engine-swap...

Embracing Utter Madness While Building An Oldsmobile 5.7 Diesel For LeMons – Our Kind Of Engine Build!

There is no being frank about it: the Oldsmobile 5.7L diesel V8 was a turd from the word “go”. If the damn thing worked right, you could expect to accelerate just a tenth or two faster...

NAIAS 2015: We’ve Shown You The Best, Now Here Are Six Of The Rest

Any new car is worthy of press, but let’s face it: we here at BangShift are a picky lot. Just because a car is new doesn’t mean it is worthy of being placed here, right? Well…yes...

Nurburgring Has Lost The 2015 German Grand Prix To Hockenheimring

This is a bit of an eye-opener. After Capricorn took over the operations of the Nurburgring, it seemed that the infamous track’s problems were finally starting to be taken care of. However, it...

Hot Rod Hoarder: The Koepke Collection Is Going To Auction – From Early Fords Through Late ’70s Exotics, It’s Here!

(All photos courtesy Yvette VanDerBrink) The latest in a recent string of collection auctions isn’t just a random collection of vehicles that were left to fend for themselves. No, instead this...

Ebay Find: This Turbocharged Big-Block Dodge A100 Is The Fine Line Between Sleeper And Insanity

Seeing a Dodge A100 isn’t a common event outside of a car show. If you do, you might see a dead stocker puttering along somewhere in the Southwest, or maybe someone held onto their ’70s...

Would You Rather, The Military Pickup Truck Edition! Will It Be CUCV or M880?

When the restrictions were lifted late last year on the sale of ex-military HMMWVs, we were excited for a moment, only to have our excitement dashed at learning that there was absolutely no possible...

Historical Film: The 1969 U.S. Nationals At Indy…Nearly An Hour Of Footage From The Nats!

Woody Jordan sent us the link to the entire “Tournament of Champions” film on YouTube, and if there ever was anything that made me wish I was doing this gig in 1969, this is it. You have...