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Got Burn-Outs?

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These Mustang drivers having some tread shredding fun!!!

http://youtu.be/yNi_GooEb_o

Kids – Please leave this for us immature adults!!!!

 

Thanks for reading

Tim

 

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Auto Racing Rules – The Good Old Days

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Now any professional auto racing event has rules, upon rules, upon restrictions, upon more rules.  NASCAR, NHRA, even local Test & Tunes.

But there was a time when race was simple.

Here’s what that should be!!!

1. Limited to vehicles with 3 or more running wheels

2.  Must derive all their motive power from within themselves

3.  No vehicles shall be admitted to competition which depend any way on muscular exertion, except for purpose of guidance.

4.  Each Vehicle must be able to carry ‘comfortably’ at least two persons throughout the race.

5.  Judges will eliminate any vehicle (TECH CHECK) deemed to be unsafe to operate

6.  Judges will bar any entry they felt was not of “practical utility”.

(Rules 4 and 6 would eliminate nearly all of  what we call race cars today.)

Also in consideration was the practical nature of the machine, its cost, its economy, and it’s general appearance and design, in addition to the speed.  They even tested fuel consumption and efficiency of every car.

These were the rules for the 1895 Paris-Rouen and Paris – Bordeaux races.

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Tim

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This Day in History: Jun 13, 1895: First auto race held from Paris …

In 1895, a committee of journalists and automotive pioneers, including Levassor and Armand Peugeot, France’s leading manufacturer of bicycles, spearheaded the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race in order to capitalize on public …
How The Car Racing Sport Began – Urban Adventure Racing

The June 1895 Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race of 1,178 kilometers is what other historians consider as the first car racing event. There were 92 drivers who ran the race. Emile Levassor, who drove a Panhard 1205cc car, finished first with a time of …

Auto Factoids for the Week of Jan 12, 2014 – Ford, Dodge, Caddy

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Here is your Auto Factoids for this week.

Jan 13 – Ford figured how to build car bodies with plastic and patented the process in 1942.

Jan 14  – Ford kills the Edsel division by merging it with Lincoln Mercury in 1958.  Although the Edsel division didn’t produce cars until 1958  Ford actually started R&D in 1955, code name ‘E-car’.   They produced full-size models Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger, as well as stations wagons the Bermuda, the Villager, and the Roundup.  Only 118,287 Edsels were built (only 2,846 in 1960) and 7,440 produced in Ontario, Canada. It was voted one of the 50 worse cars.  I  still want one, prefer a two door or a wagon.  Got one you want to get rid of?  Drop me a note.

Nice 2 Door Wagon

Nice 4 Door Wagon

OH!! Tell me you don't like an Edsel in the 'vert configuration???!!!

OH!! Tell me you don’t like an Edsel in the ‘vert configuration???!!!

2 Door Ranger!!!!

2 Door Ranger!!!!

 

Jan 16 – A.J. Foyt was born in 1935.

Jan 16 – Chrysler debuted the Omni (Dodge) and Horizon (Plymouth) in 1977.  The Omni would later have the distinctions of being treated to a Carol Shelby maker over 9 years later (1986).

1987 Shelby GLHS - nice looking car!!!

1987 Shelby GLHS – nice looking car!!!

 

Jan 17  – Caddy shows the worlds it’s first car – where else?  Madison Square Garden – 1903.

1903 Cadillac

1903 Cadillac

Jan 17 – 1956 Ford Motor Company allows the public to buy stock.

 

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Tim

 

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1971 Jensen Interceptor Mark II

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I would own one of these.  Maybe I can find a junker somewhere, get it cheap and rebuild it!!!    So tell me – would you consider this a muscle car?  If not what would you do to turn it into a hot rod?

I first saw one of these in person at a local grocery store. It was nicely restored and sounded great!!!

I first saw one of these in person at a local grocery store. It was nicely restored and sounded great!!!

6.3 L, 383 ci, V-8 and 727 TorqueFlite trans. completely gone through and rebuilt at 75K miles. 4wheel disc brakes (upgraded master cylinder) and the original Holley 4-barrel carb recently rebuilt, as well. Not “show car” perfect, but an excellent driver. Small leaks at p/s rack and 1 rear caliper. a/c blows, but not cold. Current odo 89,500 miles (15K since rebuild). Runs strong, sounds sweet, looks FAR more valuable than the sale price.

via Hemmings Find of the Day – 1971 Jensen Interceptor Mark II | Hemmings Daily.

 

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Tim

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Jensen Interceptor

The Jensen Interceptor is a sporting GT -class car that was hand-built at the Kelvin Way Factory, West Bromwich near Birmingham in the …
Jensen Interceptor (1950)

The first generation of Jensen Interceptor was the second car to be made by Jensen Motors after World War II and was produced from 1950 to …

Car News 1/8/2014 – BMW, Tesla, Evo

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Doing some quick reading and ran across some interesting car news.

First up is BMW.
– Tossing out the natural aspirated engine the new BMW M3 will be getting a twin turbo charged six cylinder. (Oh I bet you could get over the UNnatural aspirated deal, when you find out it’s kicking out 425 hp and putting down 406 foot lbs of torque!!!….Yeah I thought so!!!)

425 HP...'nough said!!

425 HP…’nough said!!

– Add this to the BMW line up the Long 7 – code name “G11” – it’ll have an extra long wheelbase.

0 to 100 km/h in just 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 350 km/h. Read more at: http://www.wemotor.com/blog/2011/10/bmw-7-series-long-version-with-720bhp/

0 to 100 km/h in just 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 350 km/h.
Read more at: http://www.wemotor.com/blog/2011/10/bmw-7-series-long-version-with-720bhp/

 

Tesla’s burning rubber or Tesla sedans are HOT!!

– While there could be other possibilities, a Southern Ca fire department ruled that a garage fire was started by an over heated charging system for Tesla’s Model S.

 

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GSR for 2014

– 291 hp and 300 ft lbs of torque from the turbo-fi-ed 2 liter.

– 0-60 in 5.8 seconds

2014 Mits Evo

2014 Mits Evo

 

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Tim

All My Car Parts

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One man and his Mustang – ’66 Restoration Project | A Classic Mustang Coupe 289ci v8 restoration

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Ran across this blog the other day. Some nice work on this beautiful ’66.

One man and his Mustang – ’66 Restoration Project | A Classic Mustang Coupe 289ci v8 restoration.

 

Before

Before

Check it out and leave him a note.

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Tim

 

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Ford Windsor engine

Although all of the 1962 through 1964 221-289 engines used a five-bolt bell housing, the block mount pads varied in length between the 221 …

 

 

Stag Owners Club | Tales of classic car ownership and the wonderful Triumph Stag motorcar

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I recently just posted an article on the Triumph Stag. I got a comment form the author of the site below. I think you’ll like so I’m passing it on.

In The Garage | Stag Owners Club.

Triumph Stag Power Plant.

Triumph Stag Power Plant.

Stag Owners Club | Tales of classic car ownership and the wonderful Triumph Stag motorcar.

In The Garage | Stag Owners Club.

Give them a visit.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

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[VIDEO] Chevrolet Introduces the 2015 Corvette’s Performance Data Recorder at CES

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[VIDEO] Chevrolet Introduces the 2015 Corvette’s Performance Data Recorder at CES.

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Tim

 

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Corvette Chief Engineer Says 2015 Z06 Could Be the Last of the Breed

While GM’s description of the upcoming Corvette Z06 is music to any car enthusiast’s ears, things are less spectacular on the marketing side. Tadge Juechter, the Chief Engineer of the Corvette, admitted that the 2015 Corvette Z06 may be the last one ever.
An Exclusive Inside Look At The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06

What you see here in illustrations is the 2015 Corvette Z06. What’s that, you say this can’t be the Z06? It sure is, according to the chief engineer as well as a number of other people familiar with the project. GM so doesn’t want you to see this. Last …

Triumph TR6’s Big Brother – The Stag!!!

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I was driving home a few days ago and a car caught my eye (when doesn’t that happened?).  I didn’t recognize it until I was able to pull up along side it.  Even then I had to read the name plate.  It looked like a TR6 (never really called them “Triumph”) but longer.    It was in fact the “Stag” which is a model I wasn’t  familiar with.

The car started out as an experiment with the base design of the 1963 Triumph.  It was suppose to give the Mercedes SL a run for it’s money when it went into production in 1970 – 1977.

 

Snapped the pic on my way home from work.

Snapped the pic on my way home from work.

I like the lines and this one seemed pretty much original.  You got to love that that “suspended in air” tail pipe.

It sported a 3.0 V8 and that was it’s down fall.  It was horribly unreliable.  Everything from the water pump to cylinder issues right down to the Aluminum heads not matching up well with the iron block. But this are all fixable this day in age, but the  all lead to the Stag making the top 50 worse cars ever.

Got a Stag?  Drop me a note.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

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Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality. All 3 Comments. Sam Loo on Jan 02, 2014 at 7:27 pm. Another car …
On the road with Noddy

Meanwhile, waiting patiently beside Noddy is Judith’s Triumph Stag V8. “She’s looking tired after 25 years, that’s a 2014 project and 2015, and it’s the Targa and Tasmania, and the odd rally or two,” he said. Tweed Daily News. Topics: bradford, cars …