Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: It’s Real Life And It’s Freaking Insane
Three months out of the store, I have started to wonder if I’m actually missing some of the camaraderie and shared experiences that only occur through shared suffering. Then I make the...
Hellcat Might Be Severely Underrated And More Mopar Rumors
Before I begin, let me first lead in with a caveat: Most of this is rumor and speculation. However, rumor and speculation have two benefits: it creates discussion and input, and the pressure of...
Off-Roading Greatness: The Upper Damnation Trail In Harlan, Kentucky
Summer is starting to slip away to Fall, and it’s a great time to go out to the woods. But what is there to do in the woods? For starters, there’s off-roading. Temperatures are cooler,...
Australian Burnout Failure: Valiant Effort, Indeed
Australian burnout rules are simple: High revs, lots of smoke, and don’t let up until you or your car is done. Unfortunately for Mike Roycroft, the owner of this Valiant, the car decided it had...
Forgotten Concept: 1970 AMC AMX/3
American Motors never had a really decent budget to work with. Parts were shared, engines were limited, and if the company didn’t make it they sourced it from other manufacturers. But AMC did...
Gallery: Cruisin’ For A Cure “Second Saturdays” Car Show In Downtown Bowling Green
A turn of the century downtown square in the Midwest, a pleasantly cool morning and a great selection of cool cars made this year’s “Second Saturdays” cruise a success. Hosted by...
This 1969 Fury Is Cool For All Of The Wrong Reasons
In 1969, the Plymouth Fury did two things very well: It made for a badass cop car alongside it’s Dodge Polara twin, and it was the kind of car Dad bought if he was a Mopar guy and wanted to get...
Ebay Find: 1973 Pontiac GTO, “The Rare One”
Normally this would be the part of the post where I’d make fun of Brian’s choice…but how in the hell, in my right mind, could I possibly make fun of him for choosing Brewster Green...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: And Boom Goes The Battery!
One of my biggest fears about cars is a battery explosion, and for good reason: lead and acid come together in a plastic container to make electricity and a ton of nitrogen hydrogen (thanks,...
Rough Start: Just In Case You Wanted A Tiny Roadster With ’70s Flair…
Not everyone marches to the same drum. Some like big diesel trucks, some like pimped out vans, some like farm equipment. But let’s suggest, for a second, that your tastes are for the weird....
Caption This: Tony The Tiger Has Been Kidnapped!
You see all sorts of crap strapped to the roof of a car. Lumber, mattresses, Aunt Bethany, whatever. But when my wife sent me this pic of a gigantic stuffed tiger strapped to the roof of a Hyundai...
Someone Put Cadillac Fins On A 1990s Lumina. Grab The Eye Bleach, You’ll Need It
Oh, the horrors…seriously, you have to be one very sick puppy to dream up a concoction like this chimera. What you are looking at (if you haven’t gone blind out of mercy yet) is a 1995...
Watch As This Mudder Explorer Goes For Broke At Michigan Mud Jam!
Mudding requires three things in order to not sink up to the door handles: traction, power, and wheel speed. Put mildly, this monster Explorer Sport has them all. The engine is making some very...
UPDATED: Larry Larson: Fastest Street Car In The World with a 6.16!
Larry Larson’s Chevy S-10 blasted a [email protected] run during the Drag Week Heads Up Competition on Saturday. After testing, tuning, breaking things, and a F-ton of sleepless nights and weekends,...