Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Well Have You Cleaned Up On A Junkyard Deal?
May 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart7
Yesterday I spent the better part of the day cleaning out my shop. There’s a lot of junk that needed to be removed, a lot of material laying around from cutting up the flooring we put into my...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Far Have You Gone To Make Something Work?
May 09, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
I would like to say that I remain calm and collected at all times, that my temper is in check and that I can take a deep breath and walk away from a bitch of a job for a moment, to return with a...
Would You Rather, Big Black Barge Edition: Marauder or Impala SS?
May 05, 2020Bryan McTaggart15
(Lead photo: Flickr/Chuck Jones) They’re both an extinct breed. Both were shrunken from their original forms, but could not get smaller and efficient enough to survive in the end. Both were...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Bad Did You Kill The Engine In Your Daily?
Apr 16, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
There are few noises that will leave a brick in your stomach quite like a repetitive “chirp” noise with a vibration as your engine’s power falls off of a cliff. It only means one...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Quarantine Project?
Apr 02, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
It’s not cabin fever anymore…warm weather and sunny days have opened up my garage and yard to sincere work time, which I plan on taking advantage of. But this quarantine crap is really...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Throwaway Car Do You Wish You Had Picked Up?
Mar 22, 2020Bryan McTaggart12
Alright, no wind up, no over prose…I’m exhausted from having to rip up the second half of the floor of my house and simply put, I need rest before I get back to replacing a ton of...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Would You Build As A Drift Car?
Mar 19, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
A few years ago, while helping Brian and Chad set up for interviews at SEMA, I saw a saying on a leather jacket that I really dug: “SUPPORT VIOLENT DRIVING”. Hell yes…if there is...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Car Fought You The Hardest?
Mar 13, 2020Bryan McTaggart5
My first car was a second-generation Camaro, a 1975 if my memory is as good as I hope it is. My stepfather had asked me what I wanted for a first car and at the time, I didn’t want anything...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Most Underrated Off-Roader Out There?
Mar 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
Being well off the beaten path has it’s rewards. It’s easy to say that you’ll escape out into the woods for a weekend to yourself, but I know maybe five people who I could guarantee...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Go-To Non-V8 Engine Choice?
Mar 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart10
While eight cylinder engines had been around at least twenty-five years prior to it’s introduction, the Ford Flathead V8 was the siren call for anyone who was into these new-fangled self-moving...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Why Not Build For Your Own Needs?
Mar 10, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
When I got out of the Army in 2010, I had a bit of a nest egg set up and I was in the market for what would be my first brand-new, off the showroom floor car. I wanted one that I could say I knew the...
What’s The Worst Carnage You’ve Ever Experienced In Your Hot Rod Or Race Car? Send Us Photos!!!
Mar 08, 2020Chad Reynolds6
When my buddy Brandon Weber sent me this photo yesterday of the inside of the 8.8″ Ford rear axle in his ultra bitchin turbo LS powered Mustang, I cringed. He knew he broke it at the CA...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Longest You’ve Waited To Fix Something?
Mar 08, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
So, it’s probably time to admit that there is something on Angry Grandpa that hasn’t been fixed in years. You might remember that while I was working the PRI Show back in 2017, there was...
If I Gave You $3,500 And A Goal Of Building Something That Will Peg Your Fun Meter, What Do You Build?
Mar 07, 2020Chad Reynolds7
Recently my friend Doug Cook from Motion Raceworks posted this on Facebook. “If you are a racer and want to be reinvigorated about hot rodding more than ever, I highly suggest building a...