Pleasanton, CA - The Goodguys Racing Pro Mod ’69 Camaro driven by Marc Meadors is hitting the road this month with high hopes and big dreams. The first stop on the team’s inner mountain west mini tour will be at Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho this weekend for the 39th annual Pepsi Nightfire Nationals. Idaho’s premier racing event runs Thursday, August 12th through Sunday, August 15th. Meadors will take the Tim McAmis-built bright silver ’69 Camaro into battle in the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod class, taking on the likes of Brett Williamson, Jay Diedrich, Rod Pearce, Rod Burbage, Dennis Radford and many other Pro Mod hitters.
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Stiffen up the chassis for much improved handling in your convertible 1st Gen F-body with a Driveshaft Tunnel Brace from BMR Fabrication. Manufactured from 1/8” CNC laser cut and CNC formed steel, this driveshaft tunnel brace replaces the OE stamped unit with a much stronger version.
The BMR Driveshaft Tunnel Brace (DTB003) features a gusseted design that bolts to the original mounting holes yet provides an additional 2” of exhaust clearance without sacrificing ground clearance. No welding is necessary. Provided with new grade 8 mounting hardware. Installation time is only 30 minutes. Available in black hammertone or red powdercoat.
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Celebrated the 10th Anniversary With Three Nights of Auction Excitement and Three World Records
Monterey, CA (Aug 17, 2010) -- With its traditional “rolling preview,” the online webcast, and interactive auction experience the Monterey 2010 event was once again held at the downtown Monterey Marriott Hotel August 12-14, 2010. Russo and Steele Collector Automobiles celebrated its 10th Anniversary by kicking off its 3 nights of auction with a cocktail reception that left the Marriott Hotel bursting at the seams.
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Published on 08-23-2010 01:18 PM
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The first production Mustang rolled off the assembly line in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964, and was introduced to the public at the New York World’s Fair on April 17, 1964, then via all three American television networks on April 19 and in a final big splash, made an appearance in the James Bond film Goldfinger in September of 1964. The multi-faceted marketing thrust combined with popular appeal for such a car resulted one of the most successful product launches in automotive history.
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Published on 08-23-2010 01:01 PM
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Plymouth Success and the Model Q
By: Margery Krevsky
Walter P. Chrysler founded Plymouth Motor Corporation in 1928. The first car was the Model Q, which sold as a 1929 model. The Model Q was built in the Highland Park Plant, which Chrysler received from the purchase of the Dodge Brothers earlier that year. This Plymouth model was designed to be an entry level automobile competing primarily with Ford and Chevrolet. Plymouth’s were actually priced a little higher than the competition, but they offered more standard features such as internal expanding hydraulic brakes along with a 4 horsepower 4 cylinder engine. The bodies were also mounted on rubber mounts to create a smoother ride. The competition did not provide these features. Sold exclusively through Chrysler dealerships at first in 1930 they became available to Dodge and Desoto dealers too in the following years. The sales motto of the day was “If you can get someone in the car they will buy it” alluding to the almost vibration free ride.
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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