May 2012

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Cycle Magazine Secret Racer 1967

This project was a Daytona 200 project of Gordon Jennings of Cycle Magazine and a special short stroke Harley KH engine by Jerry Branch. In those days you apparently could cut a connecting rod and have it welded together again.
Jennings, inspired by a 250 Aermacchi Sprint frame, designed the smallest structure he could fit the new smaller motor into and the bike was assembled. The fibreglass gas and aluminum oil tanks were also handmade. How did they do? The article ends as they are loading up for the drive to Florida...

Spring Fling 2012 photos that show what it looks like in general

Spring Fling, annual Mopar car show in Van Nuys, usually March or April

The new Challengers have a big car club that shows up every year and did a great color swatch job this year

It's about the only place to see old vans

Unusual forgotten Mopars like this Mirada

or find 1950's and 60's cars with transplanted hemis like this Belvedere

You won't see old Dodge trucks in many places outside a Moapr car show

Bring cold drinks, because it's usually in the 80's and humid. There are plenty of vendors charging the usual 3 to 4 dollars a coke, 2 or 3 dollars a bottle of water.

Aston Martin from "Goldfinger" the Bond movie

You know that more than one car are used during a movie, right? One for close ups, one for camera mount hardware, one for glamour shots and press photos, and a couple for stunts.

Well, one of the DB5 was stolen from an airplane hanger in 1997, and hasn't turned up yet

Petty's 1971 Road Runner was at Spring Fling

the white house appearance that is referred to on the above call board is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/nixon-had-race-cars-over-to-white-house.html

Nuevo trailer de The Bourne Legacy Trailer

Un nuevo trailer de The Bourne Legacy ha sido revelado.

The Bourne Legacy es la cuarta entrada en la serie de películas del mismo nombre de Bourne, que se basa en las novelas de Jason Bourne de Robert Ludlum y Eric Van Lustbader.

Matt Damon, protagonista de las tres primeras películas, no volverá para esta película. Damon no ha descartado la posibilidad de protagonizar las películas en el futuro, siempre y cuando Paul Greengrass, quien dirigió las dos últimas películas,lo mencione.

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Sinópsis:

La historia se reanuda después de la conclusión de The Bourne Ultimatum, como un nuevo elenco de personajes lidian con las consecuencias de las acciones de Jason.

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BMW M Club Drivers Crash Into Each Other on Moscow Streets

A pleasurable drive on the city streets of Moscow, Russia, turned into a nightmare for several members of a local BMW M Club this past Saturday, after a number of cars crashed into each other.

Video footage from one of the cars involved in the accident as well as from another, unrelated vehicle discovered online (3rd clip, skip to 1:06), shows that the pileup occurred when the driver of a blue E34 M5 sedan turned on his blinker and veered towards the right lane at the same time that a mustard-colored E46 M3 Coupe was coming from behind.

As a result, the driver of the M3 lost control and smashed into the BMW with the camera (reportedly the blue E90 M3 sedan), which was then rear-ended by a 1-Series M Coupe.

CR Finds that Fuel Efficient Versions of Focus, Cruze and Civic May Not be Worth the Extra Cash

When is it worth paying extra money for a more fuel-efficient version of the same model? The answer to that question depends on the price of gas, how much more fuel-efficient is said car and how long it will take to recoup the added cost.

Consumer Reports (CR) set out to see if buyers would benefit in the long run by choosing the fuel-economy variants of the Ford Focus, Chevrolet Cruze and Honda Civic. While each of these models returns better mileage than their standard counterparts, they also cost between $500 and $800 more.

The following calculations were based on driving 12,000 miles (~19,300 kilometers) annually with an average gas price of $4 per gallon (€0.85/lt).

Starting with the Ford Focus, CR found that the $495 SFE (Super Fuel Economy) package, which adds flush hubcaps, a rear spoiler, and low rolling resistance tires, provides a 3-mpg improvement in overall and city fuel economy, to 31 and 21mpg, respectively.

Scoop: 2013 Ford Fiesta Sedan will get the Aston Martin Grille Treatment, Plus 1.0-liter Turbo

Having already afforded us a peak at the hatchback version of the upcoming 2013 Ford Fiesta through these shots, our spies have now caught up with a prototype of the sedan model while engineers were testing it on the roads around the Nürburgring.

There's too much cladding on both ends of the Fiesta sedan to be absolutely sure, but it appears that Ford will apply the same Aston Martin grille treatment on the facelifted model as it did on the new Fusion.

The Hindenburg in Happier Times

Unusual Tools: Sutton Drill Index

You almost never encounter Australian-made tools over here. So, in a "coals to Newcastle" scenario, this had to come from Down Under in somebody's suitcase.

The Sutton Tool & Gauge Manufacturing Co. was founded by William Sutton in 1917 in Castlemaine, Victoria Australia. It has remained a family business. In 1960, they decided on the use of the “ground from solid” approach to making twist drills, in which the drill is ground from a solid, heat-treated high speed steel blank. The drill was marketed as the “Silver Bullet.” In 2001, they purchased Patience & Nicholson (P&N), another old Australian drill-making firm. I've got several P&N drill bits in my shop.

If you're going to use such tools, you also need to be conversant with the proper lingo. So, courtesy of the 1979 Grolier's New Book of Knowledge, I offer the following table below. It may be outdated, but I don't need any nong or ear basher to grizzle about it.

Russia's TopCar Makes a...Lemon out of the Porsche Cayenne SUV

Naming a car a "Lemon" may not be such a bad thing in Russia, but in English-speaking countries, the term is commonly used to describe a new vehicle that is found to be defective…

Nevertheless, that's the name Russian tuning firm TopCar chose for its latest project based on the new Porsche Cayenne SUV.

Volkswagen Builds 100,000th North American Passat at Chattanooga Plant

Only nine months after the North American Passat went on sale in the U.S., Volkswagen is celebrating its first important milestone with the production of the 100,000th car at its new $1 billion Chattanooga factory. Read more »

Amazingly, Everyone Made it Out Alive in this Accident

For obvious reasons, standing on the side on the road for chitchat is never a good idea. There are plenty of other places to park your car in safety if for whatever reason you need to stop.

Luckily, these men who were all dressed up for a wedding, came out unscathed when a speeding car from the opposite side of the road crashed into one of the parked vehicles. Watch the video after the break.

Retrobuilt will Turn Your Fifth Generation Ford Mustang into a 1969 Shelby GT500 Lookalike

With its sights set on those who aren't satisfied with Ford's retro-modern take of the original pony car yet still want all the advantages that come with a new car, Missouri-based Retrobuilt is expanding its range of 1969 Shelby Mustangs with the addition of a convertible model.

As with Retrobuilt's existing 1969 Shelby GT 500CS Fastback and Mustang GT Fastback models, the 1969 Shelby GT500CS Convertible can be based on any open-top, fifth-generation Ford Mustang (S-197) built from 2005 and onwards.

The conversion package replaces all body panels sans the doors with fiberglass parts, and adds new headlamps and taillights, chrome trim, vinyl striping and a Shelby wheel and tire combo to mimic the looks of the original 1969 model.

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Close Call for Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport During Hill Climb

What’s the point of owning a 1,001PS (987hp) supercar like the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport if you can't actually have some fun in it?

Of course, having fun and crashing a $1.7 million exotic are two very different things, but fortunately for this overenthusiastic Veyron Grand Sport driver, a mishap at last weekend's Prescott hill climb did not end in tears.

Video follows right below the break.

SpeedART Tunes Into the New Porsche Boxster with Styling and Performance Upgrades

German tuning firm SpeedART wasted no time in prepping a new line of accessories for the third generation of the Porsche Boxster only about a month after it arrived in European dealerships and a couple of months before it goes on sale in North America and other parts of the world.

Due to launch this summer, SpeedART's SP81-R package for the new Boxster bundles an assortment of styling accessories with various performance parts.

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Vintage Motorcycle and Rider inkwell. Via: Vintage and Modern

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U Spy: 2013 Porsche Cayman and Panamera Facelift Snagged on Film

Quiet a day for future Porsche models as Carscoop reader Toldi sent in three videos showing two lightly camouflaged prototypes of the facelifted Panamera sports sedan and the all-new Cayman coupe.

We'll begin with the updated Panamera that receives a mid-life makeover for the 2013 model year. As evidenced by the cleverly placed disguise, both ends of Porsche's second best-seller after the Cayenne SUV will be redesigned to offer the Panamera a fresher look that's more in line with the new 911.

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New 2013 VW Beetle Fender Edition Revealed, Hits Stores this Fall

After the positive reaction it received at last year's Frankfurt International Auto Show, Volkswagen decided to build a production version of the Beetle Fender Edition Concept , which will make its world premiere at the Auto Mobil International show in Leipzig, Germany, on June 2.

The 2013 VW Beetle Fender Edition will go on sale in certain markets around the world including Europe and the U.S. from this fall, with pricing to be announced at a later date.

2013 Lexus ES Fuel Economy and Performance Figures, Hybrid Returns up to 40mpg [76 Photos]

We are still waiting for Lexus to price the new ES sedan, but today, the Japanese automaker released EPA estimated fuel-economy ratings and performance figures for both the 2013 ES 350 and ES 300h.

The new ES 350 is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine rated at 268 horsepower at 6,200 rpm and 248 lb.-ft. of peak torque at 4,700, linked to a six-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels.

According to Lexus, the mid-size saloon completes the 0-60mph (96km/h) sprint in 7.1 seconds and the quarter mile in 15.1 seconds, and tops out at 130mph (209km/h – electronically limited). It returns an EPA estimated 21 mpg city, 31 mpg highway and 24 mpg combined.

By comparison, the outgoing 2012 ES 350 does 0-60mph in 7.0 seconds, the quarter mile in 15.2 seconds and achieves 19mpg city, 27mpg highway and 22 mpg combined, meaning that the new model is equally fast but more fuel efficient.

VÄTH Tunes…Factory Tuned Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series Edition to 746-Horses

Last summer, Mercedes-Benz launched a Black Series Edition of its C63 AMG Coupe featuring a more hardcore chassis setup and an uprated 6.2-liter V8 producing 510hp (517PS) to target those that were not impressed by the 451hp (457PS) "standard" model.

As it seems, VÄTH was not impressed with Mercedes-Benz's proposal either as the aftermarket tuner has developed a new performance package for the C63 AMG Coupe Black Series Edition called V63 Supercharged.

Woman Endangers the Lives of Men as She Refuses to Get out of Her Car on a Flooded Road

It's completely understandable that people want to save their belongings during a natural disaster, but sometimes, it's just better to let go when your life is in danger.

A woman, reportedly in the port city of Barranquilla in northern Colombia, was filmed trying to save her Mazda 626 during a severe flood. Instead of getting out of harm's way, she refused to abandon her car.

BMW Details and Puts a Price on UK Market M3 and M5 M Performance Editions

Following a teaser video that previewed the M Performance Editions of the M3 Coupe and M5 Sedan posted earlier this month, BMW has now released detailed information and pricing for its limited run models that were created exclusively for the UK market.

Only thirty examples of each model will be available with on-the-road pricing set at £74,080 (US$115,500) for the M3 M Performance Edition and £95,140 (US$148,400) for the M5 M Performance Edition. Both cars are on sale now.

Acura Promotes 2013 ILX Compact Sedan in New Equal Parts Ads

Here's a sneak preview of Acura's new TV spots for the 2013 ILX compact sedan before they air on TV and cinemas across the country on June 4.

The Japanese automaker's marketing campaign is named "Equal Parts" and it targets the so-called Gen Y Audience, also known as the Millennial Generation or Millennials, which includes those in their 20s and 30s.

Ferrari to Auction Off Rare Products Including 599XX Evo to Raise Funds for Earthquake Relief

Ferrari is expressing its solidarity with families of the victims of the earthquakes that hit northern Italy this month by organizing an international on-line auction through its www.ferraristore.com website.

The Maranello-based sports carmaker will offer several rare items with all proceeds going to the people that were most affected by the catastrophe.

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