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Auto Factoids for the Week of September 9, 2012

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Here are you Auto Factoids for the week.

Sept. 9, 1935 –  Studebaker ships its first order of cars (163) exports  to New York via the Pennsylvanian RR, final destination?   London, England.

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Sept 10, 1942 – Gas rationing began to help the war effort.

Three year and three days later, Sept. 13, 1945 Pontiac started making cars again after WWII.

1945 Pontiac Silver Streaks

Then on Sept 14, 1899, Henry H. Bliss was the first individual to be killed in a car accident.  He stepped from street car (trolley) and was struck by an electric taxi and died of his injuries the next morning.

September 15, 1881 in Milan, Italy, Ettore Bugatti was born.

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2003
1908 Bugatti Runabout

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Tim

Wide-Body – The Pike Challenger

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I wanted to share this link because I was surprised at what Tom Pike does to some of the cars he modifies.  We are talking 6-8 inches to a Challenger!!!!

http://tommypikecustoms.com/

Here are some highlights:

First that do it all in metal – no fiberglass

– they cut the front fenders and quarter panels from the top body line down and remove the factory sheet metal

– they add patch panels with thousands of welds

– they re-attach the factory fuel door and add a longer filler neck

– for this particular car they shaved the door handles and blacked out the turn signals and side markers

To this car they added 10 1/2″ wide tires in the front and 13″ wide tires in the rear!!  They also lowered the car with Hotchkis suspension with coilover shocks.

It’s beautiful:

Tommy Pike’s Customs

WOW!!!

Oh… and the wheel are custom-made by MHT Luxury Alloys.  The wheels are 3 piece and took 3 months to create.

WOW.

Thanks for reading

Tim