Look as though they will be attempting to pull out the Corvette Spider from the Sinkhole.
Digging out the Spider
The car was secured with straps attached to the other crane. They attempted to pull it out, but still too much dirt on the car.
Shoveling it off with the huge shovel/backhole.
Stay tuned for more updates.
Tim
Here are your Auto Factoids for the week.
Back in 1863 Mr. Henry Royce was born in Alwalton, England on March 27th.
Mr. Royce
The Royce 10
The Royce 10 was a 10 horse powered car. It was produced at the Trafford Park, Manchester plant in 1904 and sold fro 395 British pounds. You could a variety of ‘power plants’ for this first offering. Those included 15, 20 and 30 hp models. (They were named the Royce 15, Royce 20 and Royce 30.
On March 29, 1980 Audi debuts the first all wheel drive (4 WD) Quattro.
1980 Quattro – Not a bad looking car at that!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
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Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 vs. Porsche 911 Turbo S vs. Nissan GT-R Comparison – Motor Trend.
So let’s see the Camaro got spanked at the drag strip. I get it. It wasn’t designed for straight stretch racing, so what’s the point Motor Trend? Why not take a Prius and run it against the Lotus? Oh….what? The Prius isn’t a race car? Huh…go figure!!
But I will say it wasn’t too shabby on the strip!! The Z/28 ran 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds and the quarter mile in 12.3 seconds at 117.2 mph. But it couldn’t compete with 2.7 to to 60 and 11 second @ 125 MPH (GTR) nor 2.6/10.9@ 123 MPH (911)
The Z28 and some other cars.
If you read further they complained about “racing’ tire peformance…wait for it….in 290 temps. Seriously…read it yourself, it’s right there!!
I autocross my C6 here in beautiful…and HOT Arizona and you have to have meat that sticks (tires). I don’t plan on taking the car up to the mountains and have it hang on to corners in the snow… much less below freezing temps with the tires meant for track duty.
I agree with the conclusion that the Z/28 is “… a race car for the street. It’s got Recaro buckets, Pankl connecting rods, Mahle pistons, Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes (co-developed and shared with the upcoming Z06), and Multimatic dynamic spool valve shocks. But it’s not just a name-brand collection of parts, and the Z/28 is no tuner. It stands as one of absolutely the best track-focused cars in the world.”…..except that last part – I say it was 2nd best next to the Corvette.
While I love the nostalgia that comes to mind when I see this Camaro and the Z/28 badging, I don’t think I’d spend $75K on it. I just jump up to the C7 Corvette Sting Ray and be done with it.
What about you?
Thanks for reading.
Tim
History Cars: 1984 BUGATTI TYPE 105 CONCEPT ~ AUTOKAVLA.
Bugattii 105
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Tim
Dad,
Thank you.
Dad, Husband, Veteran, Car guy.
I learned more from you than you may have realized and I thank you for everything.
Be at peace now and know you are missed but more importantly – loved.
Tim
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Bob Sweet (Dad) July 23, 1933 – March 18, 2014.
They have been holding this Plastic Fantastic car show for 37 years (the oldest and largest Corvette show…ever!!!)
Looks like a blast!!!!!
The proceeds go to support the club charity, the San Diego USO.
Thanks for reading
Tim
Greetings.
I was sorting through the data on the AGCRMR site and took a look at the viewers for today.
It was very cool to see that car lovers from all over the world take time out of their busy day to stop by my blog and read some of the posts. So here’s a SHOUT OUT all the international car junkies that stopped by today.
So a HUGE “THANKS” to registered viewers:
Thanks/Merci – Canada!!
Graças – Portugal!!
Tack – Sweden!!
Merci – France!!
Gracias – Brazil!!
Thanks – England!!
Dzięki – Poland!!
Dank – Germany (where my son some born)!!!
Feel free to post up a note and just say “Hey” or find me on Facebook – Average Guys Car Restoration Mods and Racing (AGCRMR) and send me a few pics of your ride!!!! Doesn’t even have to be your ride (Pls NO JOY RIDING 
!!!)
Question of the Day: Is it a Joy Ride if you don’t smile while you are driving it?
BTW – these are registered viewers, not spam and we NEVER every share names nor personal data.
Regards
Tim
1984 C4
2007 C6
1970 Mustang
Another week gone and March Madness in upon us. Nope you are going to find any brackets here, just your Auto Factoids for the week.
Big day on the 17th of March. That’s when Geneva attendees were treated to the first of what would become world iconic car. The Porsche debuted back in 1949. Volkswagen or not it is still going strong.
1949 Publicity shot
Although Porsche was in production a few year before this debut. Most of the first Porsche’s contained Volkswagen parts, as the Beetle was the first car the Porsche built.
A few years before the Porsche debut (about 115 – 1834) Gottlieb Daimler was born in Germany on the 17th of March.
Two more March birthdays show up on a search. Those are for Rudolf Diesel in Paris in 1858 and Andy Granatelli in Dallas, TX in 1923, whom just passed way on Dec 29, 2013.
RIP
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Tim
Head in to the store for my second time today (happens when you don’t follow the list as close as you as should) and I spotted this iconic car, the one, the only Firebird Trans Am.
I’m not sure why I took the pics like this – maybe balancing the bag of groceries and my Android and an impact.
Clearly this car is a driver and that is perfect in my book. Love the original honeycomb wheels and that hood scoop!!! That 4.9 on the scoop indicates there might be a turbo under that bird sticker!!!!
Should look something like this:
4.9L T/A Pontiac V8
The choices were the 4.9L T/A Pontiac V8, the Chevrolet 5.0L V8 and 1981 the highly desirable 4.9L Turbocharged Pontiac V8.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
So what the C7 is brand new. Let’s just get started with rumors and secret LEAKED image and ‘sightings’ for Gen 8.
Could the C8 Corvette Come out of a Reality Show? | Corvetteforum.
News of a new reality show for aspiring car designers sponsored by Chevrolet got me to thinking – could the next-gen Corvette come out of a reality show?
The new TV series, Motor City Masters, will pit 10 aspiring car designers against one another on truTV testing both their exterior and interior design capabilities.
The 10-episode show, hosted by Brooke Burns, former star of Baywatch and Melrose Place, will be based in Los Angeles with a series finale in Detroit.
Show participants will be judged in areas such as creativity, execution and the forward-thinking in their work. After a series of elimination rounds, the top two designers will face off in front of members of Chevy’s design team.
Check out the link. Could the C8 Corvette Come out of a Reality Show? | Corvetteforum.
The C8?
Thanks for reading.
Tim
