Video: Edelbrock’s 8th Annual Revved Up 4 Kids Car Show – RodAuthority.com

Video: Edelbrock’s 8th Annual Revved Up 4 Kids Car Show – RodAuthority.com.

Some great cars at the Edelbrock Kids Car show (which kids – big kids?  both!!!)

I love his Malibu!!!  Under appreciated when they came out and still today they are more often thought of as the lesser brother the the Chevelle.

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Cragger and the like.  Great looking car.

Wrecked – 1964 Ford Falcon

1964 Ford Falcon.

I love the ’50s-’60s stations wagons.

1964 Ford Falcon

But there are other, equally cool cars that you might take a fancy too and want to restore.  Finding stuff can be a problem.  My new feature “Wrecked” might help you out with finding those parts.

I’m doing this in conjunction with listing on www.PartingOut.Com  they pull together a lot of cars and many are southwestern cars, that means less debilitating rest on the parts you need.  And that’s where I found this very near complete parts car.

The 1964 Falcon came in 2 door coupe, 4 door coupe with names almost as long as the wheel base, like Ford Falcon Futura Sprint (yeah…that’s model) and the wagon.

The wagons were the work horses of the suburbs. They got the families to and from ball games and camping trips and the grocery store.  1964 was the first year the Falcon wagons were their own series.

They featured either a 6 cylinder or a V8 for power.  Two 6 cylinder, the Falcon Six-Cylinder and the Falcon/Fairlane Six-Cylinder, 85hp and 100hp respectively were available.   The V8 mustard up 164 hp, which was pretty respectable for a light wagon.

The Falcon wagon came as a 6 passenger hauler with 3 models, the Standard, Deluxe and the Squire.  These were mostly all 4 doors (not counting  the tailgate) but there were few with a very desirable 2 door wagon.  I’m a sucker for 2 door wagons and I give it a collectable rating of “very”.  Why?  Well not only do you have a ‘first’ year model but you have a low production car as only 6,034 of two doors were produced.

As you can see used parts are available and they are easy to restore and two doors lend themselves easily to modification for – additional forward thrust.  And  you can do stuff like this:

Slightly hot rodded

Slightly hot rodded

Easy to add more breathing capacity.

Easy to add more breathing capacity.

Custom 2 Door.  Very Nice!!

Custom 2 Door. Very Nice!!

Have I convinced you yet?  If so check out this and more parts cars at www.PartingOut.com

PartingOut.com

PartingOut.com

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

Todd Carlson’s Awesome 2011 Mustang Runs 9′s And Knocks Down 23MPG – StangTV.com

This what a sleeper is suppose to look like…but WOW!!!

Todd Carlson’s Awesome 2011 Mustang Runs 9′s And Knocks Down 23MPG – StangTV.com.

The 2011+ Mustang platform has already proven itself to be a hell of a performer, both on the street and at the track. Livernois Motorsports customer Todd Carlson has one of the cleanest examples we’ve seen to date, outfitted with a number of upgrades including a Livernois Motorsports engine and 2.9L Whipple supercharger. The best part? Todd drives this car every chance he gets, except for in the rain.

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Awesome car!!!
Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

Strong Rumor: 2015 Mustang IRS Confirmed With Photos – StangTV.com

Strong Rumor: 2015 Mustang IRS Confirmed With Photos – StangTV.com.

Keep in mind while you are reading this that the C7 Corvette was a huge draw for anyone that had an idea, notion  or had a dream about the new design.  This won’t be as exciting

There is no doubt that for us the 2015 Mustang will be the hottest story of the next year. Rumors abound, and speculation (even by us) is mostly what we have to go on. We’ve brought you plenty of leaked secrets, artist renderings, and our own opinions and wish lists about what the next generation Mustang should be. This week we can add a little more to that growing pile, none of which will be completely confirmed until the Blue Oval decides that we’re worthy of knowing, and let’s the new horse out of the barn.

 

Thanks for reading

Tim

 

American Muscle In Albury – crcooperphotography

I really need to plan a trip down-under.  I love these guys!!!

← The Reverend Horton Heat-Billboards Australia American Muscle In Albury Posted on June 4, 2013 by crcooperphotography A few weeks back A few American Car Clubs joined forces and bombed on Albury’s QE2 Square.

via American Muscle In Albury | crcooperphotography.

 Muscle Down-Under

Thanks for reading

Tim

Road Tripping – Cars – Lowell, Az – Part II

Ok…a little bit ago I started this article (http://wp.me/p2YxYx-1A1) and I just found it again and realized that I’ve never finished it – sorry    🙁    .

So here we go with more info on the cool little town that spans only about 5 blocks.

As the story goes this was set up by a fellow who was one of the organizers of the mega motorcycle event ever.  Sturgis!!!

You can tell that by some of the items on display in the store window displays.  He has a working custom bike shop there but it wasn’t open when we were there.  Check these bikes out:

Yes, Indian Motor cycles

Yes, Indian Motor cycles

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And Harley (this is the sign outside the working cycle shop)

But those are just signs.  How about these?!?!?!?!!

This Indian racer has been well restored.

This Indian racer has been well restored.

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Great paint on this beauty.

This BMW is next on the list for restoration.

This BMW is next on the list for restoration.

And I had to show you this one:

Indian wall sign restored

Indian wall sign restored

Notice the missing  "R"

Notice the missing “R”

More coming up on Lowell. (No seriously….I will finish it up!!)

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

 

 

Wrecked – 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air-Part.

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air

But there are other, equally cool cars that you might take a fancy too and want to restore.  Finding stuff can be a problem.  My new feature “Wrecked” might help you out with finding those parts.

I’m doing this in conjunction with listing on PartingOut.Com  they pull together a lot of cars and many are southwestern cars, that means less debilitating rest on the parts you need.  And that’s where I found this very near completed parts car.

So before the ’57 Chevy craze there was the 1956 Chevy’s (really?….yes!!). No glitz of big fins and gobs of super shiny chrome there were the still cool Chevy’s.  The 1956 Bel Air was the one of the cool cars.

Chevy can in a several flavors, plain (One Fifty – 1500A), chocolate (Two Ten – 2100 B) and refined mocha mint (Bel Air – 2400C) – which include the very cool Nomad.  With over 600,000 Bel Airs produced that year, (approximately  1.5 million produced over all) you are still bound to find some good used parts.  (Who came up with the numbering systems – One Fifty – 1500A?)

They all came with station wagon variations but only the Bel Air came in a drop top (only about 41K of those made).

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There were only  two engines (six cylinder and eight).  The six was iron displacing 235.5 cubic inches with overhead valves, a bore and stroke of 3 – 9/16″ x 3-15/16″,  hydraulic lifters and four main bearing, producing 104 hp. All this goodness topped with Rochester one barrel on the automatic Powerglide Model 700200 or a Carter one barrel model 2101S and the standard shift, Rochester one barrel model 7007181.

The V8 was iron as well, displacing 265 cubic inches.  The bore and stroke of 3.75″x3″ and compression ratio of 8.0:1 helped to produce  162 hp w/the standard or Touch-down transmission (topped with  Rochester two barrel – model 7009909 ) or 170 hp with the PowerGlide transmission topped with a Carter two barrel model 2286s.

Normally I’ll stop there but there some cool power train options. Check these out:

– a four barrel Super Turbo-Fire V8 with 205hp and compression of 9.25:1 and any choice of transmission

– a 225 hp dual 4 bl carbs set up on the same engine block

The two door station wagon were call Handyman.

The taillight 0n the left hand side was in fact the fuel door.

1956 Chevy.  No glitz but very cool.

1956 Chevy. No glitz but very cool.

 

Thanks for reading and drop a note if you own 1956 Chevy.

Tim