Car Engine Faster: October 2009

Comparison between 60's compacts, and '08 compacts

Beware of cops hiding around corners... don't roll through this stop sign at the Southbound 805 exit at Adams Ave

Hard to see the cop car in front of the Ford truck, isn't it... but he is nice enough to walk out and wave over people who roll through thte stop sign, and give them a 300 dollar ticket for not coming to a full stop Not easy to see him, and he parked liked that very deliberately. Well done officer Here he is writing a ticket for the silver SUV in front Here comes back up just rolling past on the

Here's a new way to do self guided tours of a few cities... San Diego, San Fran, Miami, Barcelona, and Lisbon

A bit pricey to me, 1st hour $49, 2nd hour $39, Each additional hour $29 But a pretty cool way to zip around the city and enjoy the perfect San Diego weather, a Time Magazine "Invention of the Year", and the typical GPS guided tour is an hour and a half: http://www.gocartours.com/sandiego/sandiego-tours-downtown.html

Great use of old car parts

Good license plate

Nissan Pao, right hand drive, and very cute for a newer car

try a 70 mpg at 40mph! 1000cc motor, 51 Hp. http://clunkbucket.com/nissan-pao-in-socal/ for a article and galleryClosely realted to another cute little Nissan, the Figaro: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/nissan-figaro-cute-little-thing-rare.html

Chevrolet Camaro SS Hendrick Motorsports 25th Anniversary Eaton TVS Supercharger The limited edition

Hendrick Motorsports 25th Anniversary Chevrolet Camaro SS

Camaros seem to be a favorite inspiration at the SEMA Show. Already, we’ve made a note to view the Camaro variations from Hurst, Lingenfelter, and Yenko.
Another one comes from Hendrick Motorsports, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Hendrick will be rolling out 25 of these fully loaded SS Camaros, with each having a price tag of $76,181.
Hendrick Motorsports, a NASCAR racing organization has commissioned Callaway Cars to develop and build a limited edition run of Hendrick Motorsports 25th Anniversary 2010 Camaro SS vehicles. The 25th anniversary Camaro will include a host of engine, body and interior modifications.
Under the hood power hasbeen increased from 426 to 582 by way of Callaway's Eaton TVS series supercharger, high-flow air filtration system, low-restriction exhaust system and engine tune.

Hendrick Motorsports 25th Anniversary Chevrolet Camaro SS

Will come with 582 bhp and do the 0 to 60 mph sprint in 3.9 seconds. The additional horses coming by way of an Eaton TVS supercharger along
with some engine management tuning as well as a new air filter and sport exhaust system.The suspension has also been upgraded with Callaway coil springs,shock absorbers and anti-roll bars. Keeping the power firmly mounted to the road is a set of new Callaway wheels.The suspension has also been upgraded with Callaway coil springs, shock absorbers and anti-roll bars.

Hendrick Motorsports 25th Anniversary Chevrolet Camaro SS

Keeping the power firmly mounted to the road is a set of new Callaway wheels.This very exclusive Hendrick Motorsports vehicle is pricey but there are bound to be enthusiasts willing to part with their cash for this collector’s item.

If you’re interested, these cars can be purchased through Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet in San Diego, Calif. or at one of three Hendrick Chevrolet dealerships.
The limited edition model will be tagged inside and out with 25th Anniversary badges for the silver Camaro SS. The 25 cars will be made available for sale after the SEMA show through Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet of San Diego, California and three Hendrick Chevrolet dealerships in North Carolina, Georgia and Kansas.

Chevrolet Captiva

Chevrolet Captiva

Chevrolet Captiva Wallpaper

Chevrolet Captiva Photo

Chevrolet Captiva Picture

Chevrolet Captiva Wallpapers-Photos

Chevrolet Captiva Images

Fisker Karma S Luxury Car Pictures

Fisker Karma S

Wow, how the Atomic Punk was built.. Find the trunk of a Savoy, make a bubble, section a bumper..!

Via: http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.htmlYou've got to get over to Scooter's and enjoy it!

Scooter McRad's blog, you've got to look it over, besides posting great stuff, he's almost finished with a hemi powered rat rod

http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009/06/model-progress.html for a post on his hot rod take a look through http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com

Great car photography

Above is a slightly different angle from the same photographer and via: http://fuckyeahcarculture.tumblr.com http://www.automotive-photography.net/index.phpFound via http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/

Get ready before the snow falls, make a snow motor from an old tractor or Model T

above: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229248&showall=1 One of these is at the Heidrick Agriculture Museum and History Center / 1962 Hays Lane / Woodland, California 95776Images from http://www.personal.psu.edu/jtr16/trips.htmWatch the video if this in deep snow, and staying on top like it can levitate or somethinghttp://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/2009/10/

John A McCurdy, Silver Dart, 1909, Nova Scotia

Imagine that you are in 1909, and taking this out for its maiden voyage... hoping all the nuts and bolts are tight, and that nothing was forgotten in the final assembly.It was flown off the ice of Baddeck Bay Nova Scotia, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada. The aircraft was piloted by one of its designers, John McCurdy, and built by the Aerial Experiment

The Peter Mullin auto museum, not open yet, but soon

Celebrating the art deco movement, the French Curves Collection exemplifies the zenith of the French automobile, including beautifully styled and amazingly engineered French-built cars covering several decades: Bugattis, Delages, Delahayes, Hispano Suizas, Talbot-Lagos and Voisins, many have won awards at concours d'elegance, and a number of the race cars have been past winners of historic races

Great tribute website to recommend

This is the rare XK-SS Jaguar that (I didn't know) Von Dutch made a glove box door for, because the open box was always spilling it's contents, and Steve was fed up with thathttp://irishrichhomage.blogspot.com/ is a bike builders other website about the influential people from his formative years... like Von Dutch, Ed Roth, Steve McQueen, Robert Williams, and others that all are very interesting

Mercedes Benz C63

Mercedes Benz C63

Mercedes Benz C63-Wallpaper

Mercedes Benz C63-Wallpaper

Mercedes Benz C63 Picture

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X FQ-400

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X FQ-400

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X FQ-400

Mitsubishi Compact Crossover

Mitsubishi Compact Crossover-Sketch

Mitsubishi Outlander

Mitsubishi Outlander-Dashboard

Mitsubishi Compact Crossover

Chevrolet Equinox 2010

Bitchin art from Motorcycle Art blogspot

Above, by Krazy Dotty Now that is cool, making pinstiping 3DVia: http://motorcycleart.blogspot.com/

Photos of Steve McQueen from MC Art Webzine

For the full text from this article see: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/snwvlly/bikes/steve.htm This is a Meyers Lynx (yes, like the Meyers company that made the Manx dune buggy)Via: http://motorcycleart.blogspot.com/

Photos of Ed Roth were found in Life archives by MC Art Webzine

I'd never heard of Ed's bike... he called it "oink!" I love that Via:http://motorcycleart.blogspot.com/

More Roth advertising!

I found another fan of Roth! See more at http://motorcycleart.blogspot.com/

I recently learned that my granddad had a GT350... and this is the only photo of it I know about

After my granddad it belonged to my Uncle Kirk (pictured)Thanks to my cousins Caitlin, Becky, and Bruce for collectively making it possible for me to post this photo!From my Uncle "one of the first 500 gT350s actually. He also knew Carrol Shelby somehow and paid 4280 dollars for it if my memory is correct. When he died it went to your Uncle Kirk (in the photo) who had it when he died. My dad had