Although the newer Mustang are awesome, you still can’t be the those of the 60’s and early 70’s, you just can’t!
Check out these fine specimens!!
Nicely restored 289
#IWantOne of these G.T. 350’s
Riding low – Nice custom
#IWantOne of these GT 500 (1967)
GT 500 (1967) Scoope-ville
Original interior – You don’t often see the steering wheel!!!
In case the 1967 GT 500 is a little rough riding, try the new version!
The Fox bodies had a few beauties as well.
Hard to tell from this photo but this was done in matte yellow.
Nice and nicer with NOS
Awesome!!
This car show was primarily put on by the Southern Arizona Mustang Club (SAMC) and although there was a higher percentage of Mustang, a few other Fords showed. Those are coming up.
The Southern Arizona Mustang Club showcases their vehicles from 7-9:00 p.m.. FC Tucson 4th of July Kino Sports Complex, 2500 E. Ajo Way, Tucson 85713. Game starts at 7:30 p.m.. Fireworks start 30 minutes after the game …
“The most wonderful time of the year!!!” No not Christmas – BETTER! It’s car show season!!! From March though Oct here in the southwest is prime car show season.
Normally I start feeding my car show appetite in January, during the car auction month that kicks off with Barrett Jackson in Phoenix, AZ. With my budget these are just fancy car shows, rather than a shopping trip. Then I suffer quietly until March when all the shows start kicking-in. This year I didn’t attend the Barrett Jackson event so I starved until this past weekend when I could attend my first show of the year. That show was Fords on 4th Ave, Tucson, Az.
I’ve attend this show for the past 4 or 5 years, even entering my 1970 Mustang one year. It is always a great time!
This year either with the 50th Anniversary of the Mustang, you’d expect to see a lot of the new cars and you would not have been disappointed. If you follow me on TWITTER (@AGCarRestore) you would have seen live shots. (You may want to follow me on Twitter, this weekend 3/13 I’ll be tweeting from the Good Guy’s show in Scottsdale, AZ.)
… their own price increases over MSRP for limited edition models, but even though the 2015 Ford Mustang has been in dealerships for months now – there are still some dealerships adding massive markups on the special 50th Anniversary Mustang GT.
If you are wondering what’s been happening with Average Guy’s Car Restoration, Mods and Racing.com, all I can say is, “It’s a long story.” Technology is a wonderful thing (I’ve been in the field for 20 years) but when it goes awry, it get can be as hard as regaining control of Formula 1 car in a 200 mph spin!!!!
Needless to say we are back and minus a few pics and a couple of posts (Ford on 4th Ave series and a couple of Auto Factoids (#AutoFactoids) – which I’ll reproduce) things are normal. (Damn, probably shouldn’t have typed that!!)
My apologies to my 13k registered users and those just stopping by for the interruption. Nothing worse the getting 404 errors.
Keep reading my posts and you’ll eventually learn that I love engines. There is something so comforting about an 1940-1970 engine all nicely painted and sitting on a stand!!! Like this 302 from my 1970 Mustang!!
The 302
I could decorate my house with them, of course Mrs. Average Guy’s Car Restoration and Mods would have something to say about that, for sure. I would if I could!! Being so inclined, lead me to wanting to share this article out of Hemmings. Enjoy.
Last weekend’s Rogers Classic Car Museum sale in Las Vegas, Nevada, truly offered something for everyone interested in mostly postwar American automobiles. In addition to the 200-plus cars that crossed the block, the sale featured an affordable array of display engines from American automakers, covering the period from 1949 to 1966. Sold for display purposes only, most engines were incomplete and likely suffering from a variety of mechanical problems, making them potentially unsuitable for use in restorations. Unlike most display engines, none were cut away to show the inner workings of valve trains, or pistons within cylinders, or transmission gear selection. As mechanical sculpture, they were interesting pieces, guaranteed to spark conversation, and ideal centerpieces for a finished garage or rec room.
1954 Mercury 256 CID
Dodge Red Ram Hemi
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The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 posts some impressive performance numbers thanks to its 650-hp, 6.2-liter supercharged V-8. It also posts some impressive BTUs. A byproduct of that flame-breathing engine is heat, and lots of it, generated primarily by combustion, friction, and intake-air compression. These and other factors, such as the low hoodline and pinched frontal openings demanded by stylists and aero engineers, contribute to the complex thermal-management task faced by engineers working on nearly all of this car’s varied subsystems. To assure that the Z06’s maximum performance is attended by minimal risk of failure, GM performed heat-related stress analysis and modeling, as well as conventional hot-weather testing in Arizona. Here’s a look at the maximum operating temperatures of Z06 components:
These are some extreme temp and they will be higher during an Arizona summer
With an MSRP of about $79,000, but with trim levels that’ll take up much closer to $100K, the 2015 Z06 doesn’t mess around with measly six cylinder engines that pretend to be powerful with aid of umpteen turbochargers. It offers a massive, supercharged …
Racing Tires for the Street: Michelin engineered two tire options for the 2015 Z06. The standard Pilot Super Sport ZPs are sized 285/30ZR19 in front and 335/25ZR20 in back. A Z06 with the Z07 performance option gets Pilot Sport Cup 2 ZP tires in the …