Perfection?

This is one of the best photos I have ever seen, purely because of how much epic win is contained.  It's good to see cars with properly sized wheels, lowered correctly, and painted correctly, instead of cars on 25 inch or bigger "dub" rims.

F1 through the years

Here is a very interesting look at formula one cars, and the progression.  Its pretty interesting to watch. Just click on the link!

Evolution of the F1 car

Lucynell a part of the family for 15 years

This is Lucynell, she is a 1963 Oldsmobile F-85 station wagon, which has a list of body modifications which could probably fill a book. The picture shown though, is 10 years old though, so you would be thinking that by now she would be painted, gleaming, and perfect.  Wrong!  She has felt neglect, and even when my family tried to work on her in the past, thing's didn't go as planned, and finally the oil pump failed on the buick 215 in her, and I ended up buying her.  

This is her now, and although she might look worn due to time, she is in the process of new life.  The front brakes have been converted to disks, a new buick 215 is in the process of having all the good performance parts put on it, and the engine bay is being cleaned up and repainted.  

As you can see from this picture, there is still a fair amount of engine bay work to do, but its easy to see that a lot of work has already been put in, and to be honest, its getting close to being done. 

The mild 215, Edelebrock 4 barrel intake with 390cfm double pumper, aftermarket distributor, and spark plugs are all that have been done so far.

Scarebird disk brake conversion in place, and working well now. So for now, this is where she sits, but by the middle of August hopefully she will be painted and looking good again, with a panned rear bumper, and some other body modifications that will begin soon.

the bell boy

Traditional comedy at its best.  Although its the only majorly car related part of the film, The Bell Boy, it is such a great movie.  Its well worth the watch!

Old beauty

This car, commissioned in 1937 for the Paris Autoshow by Louis Delage, has to be one of the best looking cars ever designed.  With its curvy lines, and graceful appearance, it is easy to see why it is so well kept today!

Big Red

Probably the most well known Camaro in history, Big Red, is still at it, and with records everywhere, its obvious to see why its so famous.  It's hard to believe that in 1993 the car was hitting 230 miles per hour, when today the most expensive of supercar's only reach 280 miles per hour.  

No Prep!

Warning, some vulgar language in this video.  The racing though, priceless!  In fact, some of the best driving I have ever seen.  No prep races are becoming more popular, and this is why, although it seems very dangerous to risk everything like that, it makes it really exciting.  It's like a wild west gun show!

Jay Leno's Garage

Although its a new channel on youtube, Jay Leno's Garage is well worth watching.  Quality camera work, good story's, and best of all, he actually drives the cars!

A Fiat did what?!?!?

This thing is legitimately insane!  10 seconds in a fiat 500!  A micro car with a vw engine that runs in the mid to low 10s, if I was offered the chance to drive this, I would take it in a heartbeat!

Long Live Mercury

Its good to see that after Mercury becoming another one of the "orphan" companies, that people still use the cars, and modify them well.  This Cougar is a prime example of that, fast, loud, and best of all, truly Mercury!

Words of wisdom!

What this guy says, is so right in my opinion about cars.  Its a 4 minute video, where he talks about his car, tells its story, and then tells his views about cars.  I couldn't have said it any better myself, props to this guy!

Car sounds

Usually I would post a car picture or a great video involving cars, but today its a person trying to be a car in a sense.  This guy has talent, its amazing comparing his replication to the real cars.  Just compare the rotary noise to the actual car in the 2nd video.

Prius owner rage quits!

Ignorance at its best, is probably the best way to describe this video.  It's truly shocking about how inconsiderate people can truly be to other motorists.  For no reason at all, this irate Prius owner decides to go and pick and annoy this family with a diesel.  Makes prius owners and environmentalists look really good ey?

Marty Robbins:Musician, Actor, and Stock Car driver!

Hell on Wheels, a movie well worth watching.  Its from 1967, and happens to feature Country music legend Marty Robbins.  Besides his day job of singing Country, Robbins raced stock cars.  It makes for a better acting experience in my opinion since what makes for the best acting role in regards to a stock car driver?  Somebody who actually has raced in the USAC, Nascar, and other various stock car circuits.  Its well worth watching, even though some of the acting is cheesy, but there is a lot of good racing action.  

When racing was simple

In today's racing world, everyone seems to use way too much technology.  Months are spent perfecting aerodynamics, computer models made to test suspensions, computer programs made to run the engines if needed, and on and on.  Take a look back 40 years ago, and it was a completely different field.  Teams were not 20 members strong, and they did not have giant big rigs to carry a single car or two around.  They didn't travel in motor homes, and the parts they used, were not all billet.  When funny cars were a real production car that was chopped apart, and rebuilt to go faster with altered wheelbase, instead of a space ship with wheels.  It was a time when you didn't see the same few models every pass, a time when passion was obvious.  It was an amateur sport, but it was better, corporations were not running everything, and the big three were helping out.  Long live the original spirit of drag racing!

Chop it!!

Although I do not agree with the looks of most of the cars that are built by this show, it is well worth watching, and actually very inspiring.  Taking nothing but cars that are worn out, and are almost ready for the scrap heap, this team in England turns them into concept cars, in only a matter of weeks.  The techniques, and how they attack the builds are amazing.  

A sad day for the car community

Its always sad when somebody dies.  Well today, one of my hero's, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins died.  He was 81 years old.  He started racing in the late 1950s, and in 1963 he won little eliminator at the Nationals in a A/FX Chevy II.  In 1964 and 1965 He raced in A/FX and eventually Super Stock Eliminator with his Black Arrow Dodges.  Due to Chrysler officials not wanting to meet his terms in 1966, Jenkins went back to Chevy's, and the rest is history.  Racing Camaros, Vegas, Monzas, and a ton of other well built cars.  His last full season was in 1975, and in 1976 he only raced the first event of the season and then handed driving duties over to Larry Lombardo, who won the season.  After 1983 the Grump' retired from being a team owner, but was still involved in helping teams throughout the years after his retirement.  He will be greatly missed!

sunday drive

This is what happens when you follow your friends 1959 Rambler through a nice industrial section.  You get some great photos, and on a nice day, its like a flashback to the 1960s.  

And now, for something completely different!

There are a lot of odd things that you see in the automotive world, but for me, this one has to take the cake!  Starting in 1979 Honda started putting oval piston engines in their bikes.  Making 150hp with these weird pistons, it wasn't exactly exactly slow on power, but it wasn't very competitive. It won only once well in competition, which would explain its short life span.

 

Take a look at the comparison of the oval block to the regular piston block!

The rotating assembly of the motor.  So crazy

Got dome??

The bike that the motor was used in

Emissions!

I think that all hot rodders and car enthusiasts hate emissions.  It makes your car heavier, slower, and it limits how much you can modify it.  Well California might be changing the laws a bit, so that cars that are from 1981 or older, will not have to comply with emissions. Currently the law is all cars that are 1975 or older do not have to comply with emissions, but either way its still not fair to the car crowd.  streetlegaltv.com reported on the article, and hopefully on March 27th, all cars 1981 or older will be allowed to be emissions free!