Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
The Charger: New Shoes, New Attitude, And The First Trip Onto The Strip
It’s pushing close to the one-year anniversary of the day I decided that a 1976 Dodge Charger was going to become my long-term project car, and judging by the relative lack of posts about the...
Classic YouTube: Sheriff J.W. Higgins And The Dodges Of 1970-1971
The role of the over-confident, over-powerful and often over-fed Southern sheriff isn’t just a bit of fun. They exist. Even in the modern age of radar, satellite, and the best in radio...
Joke’s Over: Holley Puts Their Sky-Ram Intake Manifold To The Test At Westech!
Holley’s line of intake manifolds for the LS engine series have been proven performers for years. The company has a whole range of them, from pancake-flat so they can hide under the hood of a...
Rough Start: No, “Mangusta” Does Not Mean “Italian Mustang”. But It’ll Behave Like One!
Today is one of those days where the Rough Start rulebook is getting launched out of the window and instead we’re going to play loose and fast with our criteria. Normally we’d be looking...
Yeehaw By Fire: Cleetus Takes On Super Stadium Truck Racing And Damn Near Wins!
Some things just aren’t a good idea. Petting a gator that’s growing is a good example. Gas station sushi with no time stamp…yep, that’s a bad idea. Going to anywhere Robby...
Chattanooga Cruise-In 2022: Our Last Batch Of Photos From The Show!
How much more can I harp on the fact that the 2022 Chattanooga Cruise-In was an outright success? If you haven’t seen Tommy Lee Byrd’s video of the event, then just take my word for it:...
Junkyard Find: The 1973 Ford Thunderbird From “The Crow” Has Been Located!
It couldn’t have been more than a week to the day I’m writing this that I was discussing movie cars with a friend, and I brought up one of my favorite on-screen film machines: the 1973...
Unhinged: Reviving A Fury Sport, Part 2 – Remove “Simple” From The Vocabulary
Ed. note: This is your language warning. I’m going to have fun with this series. Click here if you missed the first chapter in this series! We had the Plymouth dragged to my house. We had...
Farmer Digs: Reviving An Old Farmall Tractor To Plant Some Corn
The image is pure Americana: in an expansive field, a farmer rides a tractor as they prepare the soil for planting in Spring. You can tell the tractor by the color: the greens of John Deeres and...
Chattanooga Cruise-In 2022: More Photo Coverage From Camp Jordan!
As I write this, I’ve watched Spring dive right back into hiding so that Winter could lash out once more, hopefully for the final time. That cute little cold spell that is moving through my...
Chattanooga Cruise-In 2022: Apple Blossoms And Boulevard Cruisers
After two years of not doing much in the way of car shows, returning to the Chattanooga Cruise-In was like taking a refresher course in how to do my job. It’s been a minute since I’ve...
Rough Start: Trolling Just About Everyone With A 1978 Dodge Challenger
Shortly after moving to Washington State in 1993, my grandfather insisted that I try to get my FCC license so that I could work on getting HAM radio certified. Considering that I had made many...
Chattanooga Cruise-In 2022: Springtime Joy Has Returned To The South!
The last time we were able to enjoy the Chattanooga Cruise-In was 2019, the first year that the event was held at Camp Jordan Park instead of the streets around Coker Tire. Why the change? Because...
Rough Start: Making A Bird Of Prey Out Of A Thunderbird
Call me a downer, but I believe we are seeing the end of the Second Musclecar Era. It was a good run, and as gearheads we should feel blessed that we have so much to choose from for builds. Look at...