Monday, January 7, 2008

last of a dying breed, taken out by plastic camshaft teeth

This 69 Coronet is still wearing it's dealership trim ring, from a dealership that was the local performance outlet. Burger Dodge used to be the spot to buy the R/T's, the 440 6 packs, the hemi's and so on. In the Burger Dodge dealership floor they still have the 440 6 pack Challenger the Carl Burger owned, and the 25th Viper that was assembled. (pics after this link) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/07/berger-dodge-has-these-in-display.html#links


it caught my eye as I was driving along, and I stopped to see what was getting worked on, and maybe try to get ahold of the owner to see if they want to be a part of a group photo of 69 Coronets, R/Ts, Superbees, and 6 pack Bees.


Not many teeth left, why they used plastic? Maybe for noise suppression.... but I still think time has shown that plastic engine parts couldn't last.
318, power steering, no power brakes, only one winshild wiper arm, no wiper blades, bench seat, automatic trans. I'm surprised that it stayed on the road so long, 39 years with out major damage or parts breakage... they were built to last!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

World Rally Championship video of spins, jumps, wrecks, and racing

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/949077/lots_car_and_some_crash_but_good/

Robbie Madison sets record for motorbike long jump in Vegas at New Years Eve

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1012913/robbie_madison_breaks_record_motorcycle_jump_322_ft_7_inches/

Leadsled 65 Jag MK 10, owned by shoemaker John Fluevog






The Jaguar MK 10 that Sigurd Fluevog bought back in 1965 with his son along, was a rusted-out hulk, ready for the scrapyard. But the father and son decided to make a crusier out of it ... very cool. They went to RX Autoworks in north Vancouver, which does Pebble Beach Concours winning stuff.


They lowered the roof four inches, lengthened the front about three inches, changed the wheel well shape, lengthened the headlights two inches, changed the tail lights.
It’s got more modern Jaguar steering, air conditioning, a Lt1 Corvette engine, air suspension and a croc-skin interior.

Libyan dictator's #2 son, busted by German police for too loud exhaust










He had his Ferrari impounded by police in Munich for producing too much noise: nearly 110.5 dBa, twelve and a half decibels over the 98 dBa limit.






http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/libyan-dictator-s-son-has-noisy-ferrari-impounded-by-german-fuzz/ via


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/02/wgaddafi102.xml