I kid you not…this is one of the most enjoyable car shows. You get to park your classic, muscle, racer, import or special purpose vehicle on the grass (yeah…lots of it) – no nasty dirt or melting tar parking areas. Grab that blanket out your trunk and spread out under a tree and enjoy!!!!
Oh….did I mention that for $5.00 you get into the show and you get a change to win this!!!!!
Go to Tucson Classics Car Show and get a ticket!!!!
I’ll be here.
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Tim
Tazio Nuvolari’s last racer, a 1950 Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder Sport, head | Hemmings Daily.
Magnificent car.
Love vintage racers!!!
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Tim
Buying a New 1963 Corvair at the Lambrecht Chevrolet Auction.
I watched the event on History Channel – more thoughts on that later. I didn’t actually see this particular Corvair, but I thought, wow that is a lot for this car.
$40k Corvair. I wonder what the largest sum every paid for a Corvair?
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Tim
I really perked up when I ran across a web site that offered repair details on the Ford Falcon. So I called up the URL and saw Ford Falcon 2002-2005 repair manual and that’s got to be a mix up at the programmers desks. There aren’t any 2002, 03, 04 or 05 Falcons…come on!!! Well it just goes to show that we Americans (or maybe it’s just me) are a bit U.S. centric when it comes to cars. Then I Googled and realized that the folks ‘down-under’ do some cool stuff and Ford is a big part of that. Yeah..they are still using the Ford Falcon moniker.
But don’t expect to see that boxy little car that we stuff V8’s in and cram headers between the around the suspension, nope that’s gone. But you will find a couple of surprises.
Looks pretty pedestrian, doesn’t it? What if I told you it had….
Barra straight-six 4.0-litre DOHC VCT (turbo)
OR….
Barra 220 producing 300 hp and 348 lb·ft or Boss 260 producing 350 hp and 370 lb·ft or Boss 290 producing producing 390 hp and 380 lb·ft.
NOT BAD!!!!
Or maybe you’d like a UTE – a WHAT? Well a Ranchero of sorts:
Including the first US models the Ford Falcon is now in it’s 7th Generation. Which includes and not so great looking new model (not even gonna show ya a pic) but this will impress you – The 5.0-litre ‘modular V8’ engine is currently the Ford Performance Vehicles’ V8 engine of two varieties, one rated at 422 hp and 402 lb·ft of torque (“Boss 315”) and the other at 449 hp and 420 lb·ft of torque (“Boss 335″).
Ok Ford – Down – Under….let’s see something retro!!!! Come on you can beat Chevy to the punch by creating something Felcon- Ranchero-ish before they bring out the El Camino!!! (I’m going to blog about Chevy later and use the line in reverse)”
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Tim
THIS CAR MATTERS: 1911 Franklin Model D.
Be sure to check out http://www.historicvehicle.org. If you are a member consider joining.
And if you end up in the Tucson area, be sure to added the Franklin Auto Museum
1405 East Kleindale Road
Tucson, AZ 85719
(Entrance is on Vine Ave.)
(520)326-8038
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Tim
Auto Factoids are back!!!! Lets just get started.
Happy Birthday (Sept. 8, 1903) Preston Tucker – nice cars!!!
On Sept 9th 1935 Studebaker put the first car on a Pennsylvania RR rail car headed to NYC but the final destination was London. (Actually there were 163 cars in that shipment.)
These are what were shipped
Studebakers on the ship headed for London
On September 13, 1945 Pontiac began producing cars again after WWII. Well sort of. From 1946 to 1948, all Pontiac models were essentially 1942 models with minor changes – like interior and bright-work. The next “all new” Pontiac was the 1949 model.
Looks a like the the ’42 model you say? Yup.
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Tim
Every now and then it’s not about cars, racing or banging on car fenders. But it’s always about Words.
Although this is a bit about cars, because this popped into my head when I was reading the book “A Most Unique Machine” by George S. May. Any excellent read if you like the history part of this passion of ours – cars.
In the book they grab excerpts of real period accounts and news articles about the dawn of the auto industry in the United States – which was mid morning to the rest of the world – as we were behind many European countries.
These excerpts came from a time when words stood lone. Words like ‘marvelous’, ‘wonderful’ and ‘unique’. The use of these words meant some thing back then. They were reserved words, used to emphasize important events or objects. The word ‘unique’ really meant something special. Here’s an example from the Detroit Journal: ‘when in motion, the connecting rods fly like lightning, and the machine is capable of running seven or eight miles an hours…a most unique machine.’
This excerpts is a description of Charles King’s evening joy ride in his gas powered horseless carriage in March of 1896. Of his version of the car he said…”I am convinced they (horseless carriages) will in time supersede the horse.”
Back then words such as ‘fly like lightning’ or even words like ‘capable’ and ‘unique’ were as good as it got. If someone called you ‘capable’ that was high praise as was ‘unique’ and if you supersede someone or something it meant you were the best. In today “drama – filled, I need attention writing these are lame words.
Can you image describing the winning top-fueled drag car – fast as lightning? Certainly not (hell no) it would be friggin’ fast.
Words meaning have been muted by adjectives and adverbs.
Ok on to my next audacious, awesome filled, friggin’ outstanding article.
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Tim
I love hood ornaments. The big heavy chrome or chrome on pot-metal ones, that let you know that the car behind it was something special.
Now days if your car is lucky to have one, your hood ornament will be a cheap chrome coated plastic with a flexible base. But I’m betting, if you walk around to the front of your car and look at it straight on, you will fine a 2D plastic logo belonging fixed as part of your grille.
But the older ones helped identify the car and gave you an indication of what the engineers had as an inspiration for the building rest of the car.
I have a few. Started as a photo project my son started. Check them out, I have them for no other reason than I liked them.
Check them out.
I don’t have a favorite, well maybe the Chevy ornaments.
Got a couple laying around on or off a car? Drop me a note.
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Tim
Three Chevrolets stolen from Monterey auctions | Hemmings Daily.
Maybe we can find this cars before they’re chopped up.
Beware of where your parts come from.
These are the cars:
1957-Chevrolet-Bel-Air
1961-Chevrolet-Impala
61-Impala-SS
Unrestored Shelby Cobra 260 sells for $2.07 million | Hemmings Daily.
That is just a LOT of dough, I know it’s a Shelby and unrestored but that seems a bit high too me.
Let me know what you think, is it worth over 2 million dollars?
1962 260 survivor
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Tim
