Hennessey HPE700 708 horsepower @ 6,300 RPM Twin Turbo C7 Corvette doing a burnout at Lonestar Motorsports Park in Sealy, Texas.
Awesome!!!!
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Tim
Remember the Detroit Electric SP:01? Announced in 2013, it followed a well-thumbed recipe and promised to be an esoteric entrant in the eco-friendly sports car class.
SP:01
Well, it’s back and in production form ahead of official sales in 2015. And it’s a bit different to before, adopting a new fastback body which lends it bold new rear styling as well as better handling, thanks to its new rear wing and diffuser combination.
As a result, it looks helpfully different to an Elise or a Tesla Roadster, with a hint of the wonderfully hardcore original Exige about it now. Good job, given it’s set to cost around £80,000, a figure quickly approaching BMW i8 money.
Under the skin, a 282bhp electric motor drives the rear wheels. With a hot hatch-like weight of 1175kg, it’s enough to hustle the SP:01 to 155mph via a 3.7sec 0-60mph time.
via The world’s fastest electric car? – BBC Top Gear.
Would you consider an electric sports car like this?
By the way, if you thought this looked like a Lotus…you’d be correct, they used the base platform (frame, etc.). Lots of heated comments on this item, some say it’s not the fastest electric car!! Join in, let me know what you think!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
The long and twisted tale of the so-called VH1 MAX
, after sitting for nearly twenty-five years in a series of New York parking garages, has finally come to a close. According to a report in the New York Times, the thirty-six-car collection, which began as a grand prize in a television contest before finding its way into the hands of psychedelic graphic designer Peter Max, was recently purchased by a group of investors with the intent of returning the cars to their pre-infamy status.
via Peter Max Corvette Collection – Ultimate Barn Find? – Road & Track.
DAMN!!!
That’s an amazing find!!!!
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Tim
One of the coolest and hottest collecting trends and car show interest is the old shop truck. Old, beaten up vehicle (truck, car, van) with faded paint and your shop ad on the door or elsewhere. The industry is even creating replicas for sale or as a theme for the restoration of old trucks and vans (cars too!!!), giving it a patina and faded lettering.
I once purchased my wife’s family’s parts car for their towing and auto service business….it was a VW Rabbit diesel!!!! It was stained and knocked around (one could actually get a small engine and transmission in that thing) and I drove it until the wheels fell off somewhere around the Lake Elsinore or Parris, CA (can’t remember which).
So we want to see your shop truck or parts car/truck/van or whatever you use to shlep parts around!!!! You can drop us a pic on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AGCarRestoration) or a link to the photo in a comment to this post….or…..find me on Twitter @AGCarRestore.
In return you’ll get free advertising (that can’t hurt) with a link to your site and the image of your shop truck right here on Average Guys’ Car Restoration Mods Racing.com on our sidebar (right side of the page) and your parts getter will be on our Facebook page header.
So let’s see what you’ve got.
Want to just email them to us? Sure use AGCRestoration@cox.net to me directly timsweete@cox.net.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Of course I can’t show you all the cars but here are a few that caught my eye.
This was a very nicely done ’72 Karmann Ghia
I’d vote this one “BEST INTERIOR” it was so well done!!!!
Maybe my favorite Mustang at this show.
Engine compartment was fantastic
I loved this Stang with its “come as you are” attitude.
Paint job is priceless.
Can’t beat an original 289 HP engine.
The sign says “Please Touch”
British cars were well represented with these two well maintained specimens.
This is a well restored and maintained Spitfire 1500.
Check out all that wood!!!
Sharp little car.
This TR6 was a highlight.
More wood!!!!
I’ve always said that sometime there’s even a mini-car show in the parking lot of any car show. Often folks will drive their classic to a car show, thinking theirs is good enough to enter (Dude, just check out the Mustang above!!!) so they keep it out side. So don’t forget to looking around after you park, you might even find a good deal. Check these two:
This Firebird was there and parked outside.
Needs some work but….!!!
Here’s the number.
You can’t see it from this shot but it a Covair Wagon
Thanks for reading. Coming up the main attraction for this car show – 1911 Pierce Arrow Touring Car!!
Tim
One of my readers stopped by my Facebook page for Average Guy’s Car Restoration, Mods and Racing and dropped me a note about his 1971 Mustang Mach 1 he is restoring.
He wrote: “Guys – been lurking here and can’t get enough. I’m restoring a 1971 Mustang Mach 1 which I just made a video of – would be great if everyone could hit “LOVE IT” on the video link: http://bet.votigo.com/fbcontests/showentry/Ford-Contest-1/137096”
Here is the video he posted. Lot of work went into this car.
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Tim
I could spend all day taking pictures of every car at any car show I attend, but that’s crazy (or so I’ve been told…whatever!!!). So here are some highlights.
Some Corvettes:
C3 and C4 arriving…there was only 1 C4 in the field!!!
One of the beautiful 60’s vettes – this one a 1967
One of the beautiful 60’s vettes – this one a 1967
One of the beautiful 60’s vettes – this one a 1967
Got to love those PIPES!!!!
StingRay
There were multiple row of corvettes, here’s just one.
Oh..and there was this other …Sting Ray
Oh..and there was this other …Sting Ray
More coming up.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
This weekend I attended the 8th Annual Tucson Classic Car Show put on by the Rotary Club of Tucson. I’ve attend the last 5 of these shows, twice as a participant (once with my ’84 Vette and ’70 Mustang and then once again with just the Mustang) and it has never disappointed and it’s on GRASS!!! Yes!!! No hot sticky black top parking lot or weed ridden field, but an actual grassy sports field, it’s fantastic!!!!
This year was no different and in fact it exceeded the past two years by the number of cars, value of cars and in two other aspects. This year the show was opened up to motorcycles (way cool!!) and toss in the display of one of the rarest early and privately owned cars that hasn’t been seen in public in many years (more on that in next post).
The cars were outstanding as always and covered just about any era, from the 1911 to 2014 Corvette Sting Ray (classic from day one). I’ll show a few of those in the a later post.
For this post I want to extol the motorcycle corral, it was small – but awesome!
I love getting to a car show early – before all the exhibitors arrive. Getting my car set up and then watching the other participants bring their cars in. It’s a great what to select the ‘gotta see first’ cars. I didn’t make it that early to this year’s event, but was early enough to see the a few of the motorcycles show up and there were some fantastic bikes. It’s a treat to see someone ride up in one of the first Indian motorcycles or a Royal Enfield…yes….they were ridden in!!!
One of the oldest Indians I’ve every seen running!!!
Very Cool Bike!!!
There were some other great bikes there, like the Triumph and Norton.
Norton Commando 750 – Awesome bike!!!
1976 BMW – Norton in the background
Another great looking Indian
Classic Indian – love the fenders.
So my goal is to get my 1966 Bridgestone Dual Twin ready for next year!! Fingers Crossed!!!!
Thanks for reading more coming up on the 8th Annual Tucson Classic Car Show!!!
Tim
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles opened on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, and the price was relatively stable.
Shares opened at $8.98 when the bell rang at 9:30 a.m. ET and after bouncing around, shares are trading at $8.96 at midday. Four million shares had traded. Fiat Chrysler trades under the symbol FCA.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
via Fiat Chrysler Automobiles opens trading on NYSE.
Last time Chrysler sold stock on the Exchange was 1998.
To buy or not to buy? That is the question.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
If you’ve viewed the links below you’ll know that there are a few glitches that you need to be aware of with the some of the C6 Corvettes and most you can live with….at least for a while.
One of those is the fuel gauge issue mentioned in this posting C6 07 Corvette – Fuel Gauge/Low Fuel/Service Fuel System http://wp.me/p2YxYx-I4 . So here’s the rest of the story.
The gauge issue started out as an intermittent annoyance, which only occurred when I filled the tank(s). As you can see in the above posting and subsequent postings/comments that there was a common ‘solution’ for the problem. Most owners believed that the use of Techron gas additive would clear that up. But I’m betting most of them discovered that it wasn’t a dirty sensor, but a defective on. I tried the Techron solution for months and it never seemed to clear up. Eventually the gauge failed to work at all, except every now and then it would kick up and hang at a position on the gauge for a few miles and then drop back to the empty position.
Recently (within the last month) it began to work in the opposite direction, steadily showing some sort of fuel level, but inaccurate.
Here are the offending pieces – (there a long back story on how I got the old parts and I’ll share that in the past part of this post).
Fuel Pump
Fuel Pump with pressure fuel line fitting
Bottom with sensor connection
Fuel pump – Top
Fuel filter
Bottom
Fuel Pressure fitting. You need the release tool to disconnect
Sensor and float
sensor
Sensor
The sensor run about $150 depending on where you find them and the fuel pump it’s self from $499 – $600.
More of the store coming up.
Stay Tuned!!!!
Tim
Also see Livin’ with the Glitches – 07 Corvette
http://wp.me/p2YxYx-tG
C6 07 Corvette – Fuel Gauge/Low Fuel/Service Fuel System
http://wp.me/p2YxYx-I4
