Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, Videos
Morning Symphony: The Highland Park Hummingbird In The Wintertime
Dec 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: The Highland Park Hummingbird In The Wintertime
FCA has done well in the horsepower war. They have a range that goes from sensible to seriously insane, have a lineup that includes a two-door, four-door, and an SUV wagon with 707 horsepower, trucks...
Goodbye Camaro, Hello EV Development: Al Oppenheimer Joins GM’s EV Program
Dec 09, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Ever since 2007, the name Al Oppenheimer has been synonymous with Camaro. He’s been the driving force behind everything, from bringing the concept car to the dealership floor, to bringing out...
Take Up Falconry: This 1967 Ford Falcon Looks Like A Rowdy Good Time
Dec 08, 2018Bryan McTaggart6
Everybody’s in Indianapolis for the PRI Show and I’m…not. I love the PRI Show, but after last year’s fun involving the Angry Grandpa Chrysler, a failed oil pressure sensor,...
Requiem For A Beater: A Tribute Video For The “Rotstang”
Dec 08, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Requiem For A Beater: A Tribute Video For The “Rotstang”
You know that it’s about time to let a car go when the rust is so bad that the door won’t close when you are sitting in the seat. But in some cases, it can be very hard to admit that...
A Moment Of Zen: An Untouched Barn Find, And It’s First Wash
Dec 07, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
They might still be out there, but locating that one-in-a-million untouched barn find that isn’t reduced to paper-thin metal and a useful VIN tag is getting rarer by the day for the kinds of...
Polishing A Silver Nugget: This Ford EXP Goes From Grungy To Gleaming!
Dec 07, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
I won’t lie…I was seriously looking at this Ford EXP on Craigslist for the last week and a half. If you are shocked by that news, then hello, welcome to McTaggart’s World of Weird...
Rough Start: Sleepy Brown – This 1979 Buick LeSabre Is The Perfect Hustle Car
Dec 07, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
A Buick LeSabre of similar vintage to the 1979 coupe that we found while surfing for Rough Start finds is one of our top picks for a true sleeper. That car, a blue mirror-image on nitrous, is known...
Rough Start: Longroof Fans, Here’s Your Chance! A 1967 Chevy Impala 396!
Dec 06, 2018Bryan McTaggart9
A couple of years ago, me and Lohnes got into a mud-throwing contest over longroofs. We went back and forth over them for a couple of weeks and dredged up everything from big-block, wood paneled...
Money No Object: 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra R With Sincere Racing Pedigree
Dec 05, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
The fun thing about getting older as a car freak is that you get to see whether or not your suspicions on which cars would be great and which cars won’t be was an accurate guess or the ultimate...
Classic YouTube: The 1978 Ford LTD II, Sold By Ron Burgundy Himself
Dec 05, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
In the beginning, there was Fairlane. Fairlane begat Torino, Torino begat Elite, and Elite begat LTD II. Ford’s midsizer packed on the pounds almost in time with Elvis himself as the 1970s...
This ProCharged, Manual-Swapped Chrysler 300C’s Hillclimb Story Is Too Cool!
Dec 04, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This ProCharged, Manual-Swapped Chrysler 300C’s Hillclimb Story Is Too Cool!
First off, I’m happy that I get to add another manual-swapped Chrysler to the list in my head. This car joins the V-10-swapped drift machine in the U.K., and both of the Chryslers that...
Monday Shopper: This 1973 Ford Gran Torino Brougham Is The Right Car For The Right Ford Enthusiast
Dec 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
In the many cars that came through the yard when I was a kid, only a few really jumped out at me as being “good”. One of them was a gold 1972 Ford Gran Torino, the one with the formal...
Hitting The Lottery: What Would You Do If You Found A Treasure Trove Of Trucks?
Dec 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
We’ve all dreamed of that mythical barn find at some point or another, where you find some building that hasn’t had a visitor since the day disco music died that was hiding the kind of...
Rough Start: A Pontiac Fiero That Is Still A Pontiac Fiero!
Dec 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart7
Fierce. Proud. Intimidating. Vicious. Those are some of the ways that the Italian word “fiero” can be used. But the car that Pontiac debuted for the 1984 model year didn’t exactly...





