Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Created Out Of Thin Air: More Work On The KTM-Powered Power Wheels Jeep
The KTM-powered Power Wheels Jeep project is getting tidied up before it’s considered done. Yeah, it runs, but there are details that need to be addressed before this little monster is ready to...
Rough Start: 1978 Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe – Grandpa’s Grand National
I’ll always advocate an model that isn’t as popular as the typical selections here, mainly because I feel that a lot of good looking machines got overlooked simply because they were a...
The Half-Dead Hornet Road Trip, Part 2: Vacuum-Operated Windshield Wipers?!
The worst “running car, driving home” story I’ve got involved the purchase of my Dodge Mirada back in 2009. For $650, the 318 ran well enough, and the electrical system was...
Aluminum Overcast: The Convair B-36 Peacemaker In Action
Six turnin’, four burnin’. Maybe…depending on whether the carburetor on the 28-cylinder Wasp Major engines had iced up or not. Without a doubt, the B-36 Peacemaker is a jaw-dropping...
This Chevrolet Firenza CanAm Is Violence In A Small Package! Check Out This South African Muscle Car!
The Chevrolet Firenza CanAm is the very angry distant cousin to the Vauxhall Firenza, a handsome enough coupe based on the otherwise homely Vauxhall Viva. Look at it…are you getting an odd hint...
Historical Footage: A 1920s Dodge Brothers Sedan Taking All The Punishment That A Trip To The Oil Well Could Provide
Mud, dirt, arroyos, rocks, sand, hills…you’d be hard-pressed to convince some diesel truck guys to take their pretty bro-dozers off-road, but for this early 1920s Dodge Brothers sedan,...
Random Car Review: The 1981 Mercedes-Benz 500SL, The Teutonic Rally Terror That Could Have Been
Mercedes-Benz had a unique take when it came to auto racing at the beginning of the 1980s: If their vehicle didn’t outright dominate, they didn’t want to play ball. That pride put a...
Dream Sleeper: A Turbocharged, LS-Swapped RWD Converted W-body Monte Carlo!
Peeling paint to the metal, cheap plasticky 1990s interior…no, I understand if you want to have my head examined by a professional for saying that this Monte Carlo would be a dream to own. But...
Rust-Replacement At Home: The Rustoleum Valiant Wagon’s Floor Pans Get Patched And Prepped!
When it appeared that Australia was going to clamp down due to the pandemic, Scotty hustled to get the Rustoleum wagon home just in case that the country went into full lock-down mode. It...
Tank Recovery: Dragging A 1970 Cadillac Sedan de Ville Out Of It’s Muddy Grave!
A 1970 Cadillac is extravagant elegance at the maximum. They are large, they are brash, they are opulent and they have a large presence. Not in the 1970s manner where what you drove espoused your...
Rally-Tested, BangShift-Approved: 1974 Ford Maverick Built To Run
Of all the cars I miss from my past, one that really stands out is the 1973 Mercury Comet that was around during my junior high days. Painted flat black, running trailer wheels and decent rubber, and...
New-Man: 1985 Nissan Skyline Paul Newman Edition – When You Get Your Own Model, You’ve Won
Off the top of my head, I can only think of two vehicles named after people associated with them with certainty: the Mark Donohue-edition AMC Javelin and the Nissan Skyline Paul Newman edition....
Morning Symphony: LS1-Powered Subaru Forester Getting Kicked Off The Track At Powercruise
As I grew up and grew older, as minivans gave way to Explorers, Grand Cherokees and Tahoes, I wondered what the aftermarket landscape would look like when these were old, beat up vehicles and not the...
The “WTF?!” Files: 1999 Isuzu VehiCROSS With A Magnum 360!
In 1993, Isuzu put out a concept vehicle called the VehiCROSS. It was certainly a product of the early 1990s: gratuitous use of body-side cladding in near-black, blobby shapes…in today’s...