Category Archive: FORD, RACING & ACTION, TRUCKS, Videos
Big Boss: Chuckles Garage’s “Old Smokey” Ford Beds In Hoonigan’s New Burn Yard
Mar 17, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Big Boss: Chuckles Garage’s “Old Smokey” Ford Beds In Hoonigan’s New Burn Yard
So, Hoonigan got a new place where they can enjoy all of the automotive hijinks and delinquent acts they can tolerate without pissing off the neighbors. Irwindale Speedway gave them a plot to set up...
The Ripper: This NASCAR/Dodge R5P7 Engine Needs To Be Re-Homed!
Mar 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
In case any of you were wondering what happened with the Raven Imperial since the last update I put out, don’t worry…you haven’t missed anything. Between the holidays, losing the...
Unhinged: This 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Is Giving Me Bad, Bad Ideas
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart7
One of the biggest misconceptions I deal with when it comes to readers, friends, and the like is that I’m all-Mopar. Yeah, I’ve owned a pretty sizable roster of Chrysler products so far...
Skin Grafting: Replacing A Rotted Trunk Floor In Two Steps: Cut Out Bad, Weld In Good
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
If there is one thing that bothers me about living in the Midwest, it’s rust. Remember, my roots are further west than Kentucky…Colorado has plenty of good metal to work with, Arizona has...
Tojan Horse: Take A Ride In The One Pontiac Tojan That Had Sincere Supercar Power!
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
The Pontiac Tojan is one of those cars that you hear about, see, and immediately write off as a kit car…especially if you see one with the rear spoiler that looks to have been stolen off of a...
Another One Bites The Dust: The Auction Corvette’s Second Mill Simply Stops Playing!
Mar 14, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
The Auction Corvette that Cleetus has been messing with this year has been a fun watch for us…he has been trying to keep this C6 together ever since he first saw it in person. How has that...
Rough Start: Could This 1978 Chevrolet Monza Spyder Live Up To The Race-Car Hype?
Mar 14, 2019Bryan McTaggart6
How do you take the Chevrolet Vega, a car universally panned for being one of GM’s best ideas, executed so poorly that it almost defies belief, and rebuild from the ashes? The Monza. More or...
Then Vs. Now: Putting The Very First Cummins Ram Against The Latest
Mar 14, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
I’ll be the first in line to say that trucks of the last two decades are both leaps and bounds over their older forms, and yet somehow are worse in many, many regards. We certainly are not...
Money No Object: This 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado Just Oozes Class!
Mar 14, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
I am an absolute sucker for the first generation of the GM E-body platform. Ideally, I prefer a 1967 Buick Riviera (only RWD E-body, first year for the 430ci V8 and disc brakes up front) but I...
Re-Engineered Or Just Overbuilt? The “Evolution” Charger Gets A Once-Over With Leno!
Mar 13, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Here’s a conundrum: at what point is a car “overbuilt”? When do you step back and realize that while you won the battle, you lost the war? It’s a question that has been asked...
Rough Start: V8, Stick Shift And Four-Wheel-Drive Make This Audi A Possible Screamer!
Mar 12, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Rough Start: V8, Stick Shift And Four-Wheel-Drive Make This Audi A Possible Screamer!
It’s easy to write off most German cars as overblown luxury barges that, if cheap enough, are worrisome enough to avoid at all costs. Certainly, I’ve seen many GIs in my day who...
The “WTF?” Files: Is This 2005 Jeep Wrangler X The Best Jeep Ever?
Mar 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart6
Cale Smith gets the award for the farthest my eyebrows have raised in the “WTF” face motion to date from me. And they did it all with one 2005 Jeep Wrangler X. Not the Jeep...
Money No Object: The 1971 Plymouth Rapid Transit System Road Runner
Mar 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart11
Building a car for sale is difficult, make no mistake. Between engineers, stylists, and the corporate structure, bringing a car to market is a long, drawn-out pain in the backside most of the time....
Clench Hard: This 1,000-plus Horsepower Four-Banger Thunderbird Gets Loose At The Top End!
Mar 05, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
Every now and then, when I’m looking for one thing, I end up finding another that’s even better. Today is one such case…after some discussions over what should be powering a...





