Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Regular Car Reviews Checks Out The Toyota Previa, The Automotive Rolling Russet
You would think that Lee Iacocca would’ve just snorted in a huff and moved on. In 1990, Chrysler had not only flipped death the bird, but had come back stronger than ever thanks to an idea that...
BangShift Tune-Up: “4 AM (Adam K & Soha Mix)” by Kaskade (2007)
Most of my Tune-Up offerings are usually rock music based. It’s what I was raised on and it’s what most of my music library is composed of. But there is a strong secondary favorite,...
Birth Year Car Battle Slapfight: 1983 Lancia 037 Rally, Because Poster Car, Not Poseur Car
I should’ve seen Lohnes’ pick for this battle going the way it did. The Lamborghini Countach? Don’t church it up by calling out the LP400S…90% of the kids who sold enough in...
The First Project: This 1979 Chevrolet Caprice Was The First Car That I Helped Fix And Got To Drive
When it comes to photos of vehicles I have owned, the catalog starts properly in 2001. That’s not to say that photos of my cars from previous years didn’t exist or that I didn’t...
Unhinged Retrospective: We Put The “Competitive” Into “Fun and Competitive” At The BFGoodrich Pit Crew Challenge During SEMA 2015!
In all of this downtime, I couldn’t help but look back on some of the fun times I’ve had over the years, and this one was one of the best. BFGoodrich offered me a shot to have a little...
Classic YouTube: The 1977 Dodge Ramcharger Promotional Video – The Bright Spot In Chrysler’s Dark Days!
Chrysler in 1977 was a mess. At least, the car side of the house was…the mid-size models got the same names as the full-size models, the big cars weren’t selling because the buying public...
BangShift Project Files: Chevron Classic – Building A Lotus 7 Kit Car For The Kid To Drive
In 1957, Colin Chapman’s ultimate form of his “simplify and add lightness” program, the Seven, started production. It worked in many different levels. It was fuel-efficient, capable...
Hornet Next: Scoring Two Of American Motors’ Compacts For A Superfan!
Ever car freak has their kink. Lohnes loves big old trucks, emphasis on old. I’ve got my weird Mopar thing, Chad’s a Camaro guy, and so on and so forth. Well, Jacob Davis…he’s...
Big Green One: This 1973 Dodge Coronet Is Dream-Worthy
Okay, let’s call it right now: if there’s another Mopar in my future, it’s going to look like a 1970s B-body sedan. Between this car, Uncle Tony’s “Bottle Rocket”...
Comfort And Speed: 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII Is Hiding Nitrous And A Six-Speed
What was the car you aspired to own as a kid? Did you want a poster car, like a Ferrari or a Porsche? Were your eyes already set on the classics of the day? Did you want the closest thing to a...
The 100 Horsepower Power Wheels Kart Jeep Lives! First Start Footage Here!
Ever wonder how much horsepower a real Power Wheels car makes? On a dyno, somewhere about 1/1oth of a horsepower on the strongest power mode. That’s enough to keep two cute tots cruising around...
Pre-Blown: Street Machine’s “Project Supermang” Berlina Gets It’s Baseline Run
I’ve been waiting for Scotty’s latest project to hit YouTube. The car is a Holden Berlina of the VN generation, which, at best, is the Australian form of the Buick Regal…the W-body...
The Challenger Revival, Part 14: Making The Interior A Pleasant Place To Live!
So far, Dylan McCool’s Challenger has seen suspension work at both ends, structural repairs from sitting since right about the time Ronald Regan was starting to get comfortable living in the...
