Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Call It Ingénue: Get A Walk-Around Of The Buick-Powered Buick GS Funny Car!
Jun 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
Nostalgia Funny Cars are wonderful things. One look at today’s aerodynamic, bar-of-soap shapes will have you looking at cars like the USA-1 Camaro or the Super Nova and wondering just what the...
Figure It Out: This 1969 Beaumont Is The Special Way To Speak A-body!
Jun 11, 2019Bryan McTaggart6
My trip into the eastern side of Canada didn’t radically open my eyes to the country north of the United States. Neither did my forays into British Columbia years ago when I used to visit...
Rough Start: Roadmaster, Indeed…With This Six-Speed Buick Wagon, You Will Be!
Jun 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
It’s pretty strange how much of a cult following the last variation of the Buick Roadmaster wagons have gained. Why is that? What is it about a big B-body wagon slathered in woodgrain material...
Party Barge: Who Built A Bright Orange, Six Door, Big-Block Pontiac Parisienne?!
Jun 05, 2019Bryan McTaggart4
The fun I had with the Cadillac Limo last year was…well, it was an experience, for sure. I checked off a box on my automotive bucket list, I got to experience that 1980s Cadillac feeling that...
Money No Object: A Killer Crew Cab Cutlass, With 455 Power!
Jun 04, 2019Bryan McTaggart8
I love it whenever I hear the opinions of those who still believe that anything cool in the automotive world died at the end of 1972. I used to roll my eyes and huff something about nursing homes,...
Plenty Capable: The Buick With The Handicap Plate Has Something For You!
May 29, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
For a few years, I ran a hustle that involved a 2001 Buick Regal GS. The car surprised the hell out of me when I first test-drove it. And if it surprised me, naturally, it would surprise the holy...
Get The Check Ready: This 1987 Pontiac Trans Am GTA Rocks!
May 25, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
There are actually quite a few killer looking cars from the 1980s. IROC-Z, the 1982 Mustang GT, the later Dodge Daytonas, the very last of the Pontiac Fieros, G-bodies…maybe I’m on a...
Money No Object: BATTLEGOAT! This 1965 Pontiac GTO Is Too Damn Good!
May 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Money No Object: BATTLEGOAT! This 1965 Pontiac GTO Is Too Damn Good!
Ever since I met Chris DeWeese and the 1964 Chevelle SS known as “The Bus”, old stock cars from the 1960s and 1970s have been on my radar. I’ve narrowly avoided a couple of Dodge...
eBay Find: A 1977 Oldsmobile 442 That Was Trying To Keep The Muscle Spirit Alive
May 18, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
After two years of holding the crown of being the best-selling car in the United States, the Oldsmobile Cutlass and it’s many different trim forms had to settle for second place. The downsized...
Phoenix Rusting: Junkyard Digs Wakes Up His Dream Machine Firebird!
May 10, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
When Kevin from Junkyard Digs said that he had located his dream machine, a 1973 Pontiac Firebird, I naturally raised an eyebrow. The dude had been on a buying spree since his return from deployment,...
Rough Start: The Boat-Tail Bomber! A Buick Riviera That Could Either Get It’s Old Engine Back, Or…
May 07, 2019Bryan McTaggart7
Ahhh, dammit, my weakness: cars that look like race car extras from any Dukes of Hazzard episode! Inappropriate vehicles give the semi-stock car look encourages violent driving in my book. It’s...
Halfway There: This 1987 Oldsmobile 442 Can Polish Up Into A Beast!
Apr 18, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Halfway There: This 1987 Oldsmobile 442 Can Polish Up Into A Beast!
I’m in Vegas for the Spring Fling Million event. I’m in the American Southwest…that means it’s time to look through the classifieds and see what is out there and available....
Rough Start: This 1987 Pontiac Fiero GT V8 Is A No-Brainer!
Mar 26, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
I love it when I find a Rough Start car that is so close to done that all I can do is to shout, “BUY IT NOW” as loud as I can. Let’s face facts…not every Rough Start find is a...
Rough Start: Will Your Spirit Feel Free In This 1975 Buick Century Indy Pace Car?
Mar 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart11
Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve always found the special editions that popped up around the 1976 American Bicentennial to be a little bit too over the top. Way too much red, white and blue...






