Category Archive: Project Cars
Project Bottle Rocket: Uncle Tony’s Four-Gear Coronet Is Out Of Hibernation!
Feb 11, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Project Bottle Rocket: Uncle Tony’s Four-Gear Coronet Is Out Of Hibernation!
Over the winter months, I’ve popped down into Tennessee to join Tony DeFeo on his Sunday night Facebook Live Q&A sessions. Oddly enough, for someone who loves to highlight himself as a...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Getting Back To Work After Nearly A Year!
Feb 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
I had such good intentions when I started gutting the original suspension components out of the 1980 Ford Mustang Ghia that we call the Great Pumpkin. I had the spindles, the rear axle, everything...
BangShift Project Files: The 500 Cadillac Fox Body Mustang Project
Feb 05, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
The more I dive into my 1989 Mustang LX, the more I understand why people adore them. Light, simple, very well understood, the Fox Mustang has fans for a reason. Part of what made them so loved is...
Rough Start Fox Body, Part 2: Starting The Scrubbing And The Notorious Heater Core Job
Feb 04, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
The fun part of doing a project car build with a vehicle purchased in early January is the weather. It sucks out loud…you hope and pray for a half-decent day so that you can get some stuff...
BangShift Project Files: This V-10 Powered Fairmont Is One Stuffed Fox!
Feb 02, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
Ford could’ve had so much fun with the 6.8L V-10 if they really wanted to. The 412ci ten-hole unit usually gets relegated to the trucks and vans, and while it made alright power, it...
BangShift Project Files: Re-Working The Hood Of A Plymouth Arrow Properly
Jan 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Ok, here’s a fun question for you: how much butchery did you perform during your early days messing with cars? We’re talking high-school level stuff here, so if you want to raise your...
Rough Start Fox Body, Part 1: Meet Our $600 1989 Mustang LX!
Jan 16, 2020Bryan McTaggart11
From the moment I got hired on to write here at BangShift, I’ve championed the idea of spending the least amount of money to have the maximum amount of fun in the process. The Rough Start...
The Latest Project From Urchfab Has Only Two Wheels. Can This One Be As Much Fun As A 4-Wheeled Monster?
Jan 12, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Latest Project From Urchfab Has Only Two Wheels. Can This One Be As Much Fun As A 4-Wheeled Monster?
I’ve been wanting to put together an old small to medium sized motorcycle for some time. Something like a Honday CB350 or CB550, would be fun as hell to cruise around town on, and I have...
Best of 2019: A 1940 Ford Because If She Ain’t Happy…
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
You know the rest of that saying. “If she ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” We know the sentiment well…it’s why on beautiful sunny days that we saw as perfect...
Project Hay Hauler Update: We Raced It, Broke It, Fixed It, Lowered It, And Yet We Still Can’t Leave It Alone!
Dec 21, 2019Chad Reynolds4
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) It’s been over a year since I last updated you on the progress of my ’67 GMC pickup. I do have to apologize for my lack of updates. A lot has...
The Challenger Revival, Part 7: Patching Up The Perforated Floor
Dec 14, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Challenger Revival, Part 7: Patching Up The Perforated Floor
Work continues on Dylan McCool’s 1973 Dodge Challenger project machine. While it’s been about a month since we’ve last heard from McCool’s garage, it’s also been the...
Satellite Launch, Part 7: Enjoying The Fruits Of All Of That Labor
Dec 06, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Satellite Launch, Part 7: Enjoying The Fruits Of All Of That Labor
I’m genuinely jealous of Kevin and Luke’s summertime adventure. I was getting field updates as they worked. I was sent videos and pictures as things were going on. And with each video...
BangShift Project Files: 1968 Chevrolet C10 Stepside – Daughter’s First Truck
Nov 25, 2019Bryan McTaggart6
The first project car is always something special. I went through a couple of false starts before I got to rip into my 1979 Caprice coupe early in my high-school years and I couldn’t have been...
The Dirty Cougar: Waking Up A Sleeping Cat For Another Season
Nov 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart7
Surprised to see this beauty again? Trust me, you aren’t the only one. The 1987 Mercury Cougar LS that we recovered from an Indiana backyard after a ten-year slumber, coaxed back into life, and...





