Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
You Missed A Turn! Van Crashes Into An Apartment Building
The Abbotsford, British Columbia RCMP had an interesting call in the early morning hours of July 18th. A Ford Windstar had missed a turn at an intersection and plowed straight through two apartments...
Take A Ride In The Mustang EcoBoost On A Hot Lap-This Thing Sounds Serious
The Mustang EcoBoost is an intriguing beast, because it marks the first time since the storied SVO Mustang of the 1980s that Ford is honestly giving a performance four-cylinder a shot in their iconic...
2015 Chevrolet SS Gets Six-Speed Manual And The Good Suspension Bits From Corvette-Now If They Could Just Call It “Impala”!
The Chevrolet SS is a great sedan, but it’s been missing a few things. The lack of a manual transmission was the most obvious item, with a lack of a proper name coming up in second place. It...
Watch Two Modified Drivers Turn A Race Into A Two-Car Demolition Derby-Even The Police Get Involved!
From Bowman-Grey Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we bring to you this title fight in the Modifieds division. Tim Brown, in the #83 car, and Burt Myers,in the #1 car have a history of bad...
Vintage Video: Watch a 1969 Ford LTD 429 Get Hammered On The Test Course!
We never get tired of watching the old Car and Track road tests. While watching our favorite muscle cars getting worked on the course with Bud Lindemann narrating never gets old, it’s always...
Watch And Listen To The Only Original Ferrari 330 P4 On The Track Courtesy Of Petrolicious-Automotove Aural Nirvana!
The Ferrari 330 P4 was Enzo’s retaliation for the Ford GT40’s as the two companies battled at LeMans. A low, sleek V12-powered open-roofed beauty, only four cars were built, and only...
Ebay Find: The 1988 Buick Reatta PPG Pace Car
The Buick Reatta was an Eighties oddball, even by GM’s standards. Essentially it is a shrunken version of the Buick Riviera that was built by hand between 1989 and 1991. Originally planned to...
Unhinged: Dirt, Noise, And Fire, All In The Same Package
Technically, my trip to the NTPA truck pull in Chapel Hill, Tennessee this weekend was my second truck pull, however it is the first one I’ve been to where I’ve actually seen the...
The 1980 Chevy Malibu M-80: Proof That Performance Wasn’t Dead, Just On An Iron Lung
1980 could be considered the low point in the American automotive arena. Horsepower figures were at their lowest, most of the big blocks were dead, with the remaining ones hiding in heavy-duty trucks...
Ebay Find: The Cheap Way To A RWD GM Sedan: A Used Caprice PPV
When the Pontiac G8 died with the brand, it left behind a following that had just formed. The G8 had a V8, six speed and four doors and was very popular. The last time GM had nailed that line was the...
Friday Reason To Go Home Early And Drink: The Smart Car Is Getting Another Season
We’re sure you are reading this and wondering, “What could possibly make you guys want to get loaded after all the good news this week?” Indeed, the Mustang, Camaro, and Challenger have never...
The Ballad of Bobbo, Part 2: Big Blocks And Burnouts For Blocks
(If you haven’t read Part 1 of The Ballad of Bobbo, I suggest you catch up with the craziness! You can read it here.) At some point in 2005, Bobby had gotten his hands on a 440ci big...
Ebay Find: A Real-Life Car From Grand Theft Auto Can Be Yours!
I’ll happily admit that ever since playing Grand Theft Auto III in the early 2000’s that I’m addicted to the game series. Don’t go judging me based upon that. Ever...
Rough Start: Finding A Sea-Green Grand Prix In The Middle Of Iowa
Welcome to Ames, located dead-set in the middle of Iowa. If there’s anything there besides cornfields, I’ve yet to learn about it. And located in the middle of Ames is this gem of a 1977...