Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
How To Learn To Love The Cobra II (And Easily Ignore The Rust In The Process)
We know, we know…the Mustang II is the bastard child of the namesake. Or is it? Well, let’s leave that overinflated electric thing out of the picture for a moment and concentrate on a car...
Reader Information Request: Does Anybody Have Any Information On The 1980 Dodge Magnum Mirada Show Car?
Readers, every single time I’ve come to you asking for information, you have always responded with knowledge, insight, and facts that even Google can’t figure out. Every single time, you...
Morning Symphony: Ryan Tuerck’s Shrieking Judd V10-powered Toyota Supra
When I first saw this video pop up in my YouTube feed, I only saw one word I needed to know: JUDD. Ever since I first learned what a Judd engine sounded like (which was the 14,000 RPM BMW 1-Series...
Mopar Mania: Walk Through The Mopars5150 Auction In Georgia!
Ever since I left the western half of the United States to move out to Kentucky, I’ve been vocal about not only the condition of project car material out here, but the absolutely decrepit...
Who Needs The New Maverick When This 1980 Pinto Ute Is Just As Good?
There hasn’t been a lot in the way of new vehicles that has prodded my interest in the last couple of years. If I like it, it’s overpriced. If it’s affordable, it sucks and I...
Unhinged: Arcade Manual Transmissions For EVs? Gee, Thanks, Toyota.
It’s 2022, and frankly, things are looking grim. There’s plenty of places to look, but let’s go with the manual transmission today. In the USDM market, the list of cars you can...
Money No Object: This 1972 Buick Electra Is A Bitchin’ Battlecruiser!
Show me an off-the-wall car built with the attitude that it properly deserves, and I’ll drool like Pavlov’s dog when the dinner bell starts to ring. You should know what that means: find...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” by Meat Loaf (1977)
One of Michael Aday’s most notable traits was not his singing range, nor his acting range. No, it would be his social anxiety. He had no idea what to do with himself in a social setting, felt...
Wicked Wedge: The Legend Of The Cannonball Run Lamborghini Contact
It’s 1988. I’m five years old, looking for something to watch from the catalog of VHS tapes in the downstairs living room, since it’s a rainy Saturday in Colorado Springs and most...
Unhinged: Airflow, The Very Faint Pulse From Chrysler
For years now, we’ve had Chrysler on Death Watch. No, not just me…in 2009, even Brian Lohnes, eternal optimist that he is, was wondering if the brand was done. It’s been difficult...
Historical Footage: The Joie Chitwood Thrill Show at Beech Bend Raceway In The 1960s
Beech Bend Raceway is one of our home tracks. Brian grew up in the Northeast, Chad has California and Texas under his belt, and raced at plenty of tracks out West long before I moved to Kentucky, but...
Money No Object: A Menacing Pro Street 1978 Dodge Magnum
Chrysler’s B-body intermediates started life as the be-all, d0-all platform for the company. About the only thing that wasn’t put on the 1962-1979 chassis was a truck-based vehicle....
History Class: The First Decade Of Pro Modified Racers
Pro Modified…door cars that are absolutely ballistic machines that are running numbers that far eclipse anything any real production car can or should be able to do. Today, we see them as...
Money No Object: 1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351
Within the half-century plus timeframe in which the Ford Mustang has been produced, there have been a lot of hits. The original was akin to Babe Ruth’s “called shot”, one that shut...