Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Would You Rather, The Seventies Edition! Which Land Barge Would You Choose?
There’s a lot to not like about the Seventies as a car guy. Most of the performance cars got killed off entirely. The Camaro lost the Z28 option for “Rally Sport”, GM code for...
Professional-Level Sleeper: Alfa Romeo 164 ProCar V10-All The Fun Of An F1 Engine In A Sedan!
We dig sleepers here at BangShift. But what constitutes a great sleeper? The ability to blend in and the ability to pull off the ruse with little to no hint of what is actually going on. Depending on...
John Wayne’s 1975 Pontiac Grand Safari Wagon, Customized By Barris, Going To Auction!
Movie fans and car fans alike will be jamming their way to the front of the stage for the Mecum Auction in Monterey, California in August for their chance to bid on this 1975 Pontiac Safari, owned by...
How Bad Does The Ad Have To Be To Be Called “World’s Worst”? Watch This Toyota Ad And See For Yourself!
Advertising automobiles is a finicky business. Get it wrong and the company takes a huge hit. Get it right and you can sell a turd without polishing it first. Anyone who was paying any attention to...
Rough Start: Just What You Need In Montana: A Cop Car!
Montana: All the dry climate benefits of the desert, but the lack of searing heat makes for really great project hunting. As an added bonus, you get to go to Montana: drop-dead gorgeous scenery and...
Will Jaguar’s “Virtual Windshield” Help Or Hinder Your Daily Commute?
Heads-up displays have been in cars for a while now, at least since 1988 when Oldsmobile started putting them into Cutlass Supremes. (And I bet you thought the Corvette was the first car to have it.)...
BangShift-Approved Music Video: Five Finger Death Punch “House Of The Rising Sun”
Five Finger Death Punch have been making waves in rock music for seven years now, with a ballsy, fast-paced heavy rock that caught on from the start. They formed from the ashes of W.A.S.P, Motograter...
Rough Start: Mining For Gold In Nevada, And Struck This Big-Block C20
Whenever I look for a Rough Start car in the American Southwest, it’s basically a cop-out. I know I’ll find good stuff there, it’s just a matter of whether I find what I’m...
Why Hasn’t This Idea Caught On? RWD V8 Chrysler LH Platforms-Make That Intrepid Haul!
The Chrysler LH platform was exactly what the company needed in the early 1990’s: Something that wasn’t a K-car that had looks, some performance and lots of value. Over the course of...
Hellcat Is Certified at 10.80 In The Quarter-Mile By NHRA (Video Included)
We’re running out of ways to describe the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that don’t start with the letter “F”. With 707hp and 650 ft/lb of torque, there was no doubt this thing...
Rough Start: Stupidly Cheap Fun In…New Hampshire? What? Read On…
Staying in the Northeast, I decided to make a short hop over to New Hampshire to see what is available on that little strip of a state. I have nothing against New Hampshire at all, I’m just...
Today Is National Collector Car Appreciation Day! What Will You Do To Celebrate?
Yes, it’s true: gearheads actually have a national holiday! July 11th is set aside as National Collector Car Appreciation Day, a day where time is taken to recognize the contributions that the...
See How A Determined Cartoonist Got The CEO Of Tesla Motors To Donate A Million Dollars For The Creation Of A Tesla Museum
To celebrate the 158th birthday of Nikola Tesla, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, donated $1 million dollars toward the creation of a Nikola Tesla Museum at Wardenclyffe, Long Island, New York,...
Top 11: Join BangShift In Celebrating Dodge’s 100th Anniversary!
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the automobile manufacturer that Horace and John Dodge built up from the sale of their bicycle business. On November 14, 1914, the first Dodge vehicle rolled off...