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November 6, 2009
Interview with the Builder of our "Guess the JDM Minivan" Minivan
By Jim Brennan
UDMan
Thanks to all the participants in the “Guess the JDM Minivan” posting here on CarDomain. We do have a winner, and its noname666, who happened to guess it almost when the posting went live. So much for the experts here at SEMA! Continue reading after the jump!
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November 5, 2009
Classic Design Concepts Claims First 2010 Mustang Shaker Hoodscoop
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
…Yeah, they’ve also got a Challenger widebody kit that extends the front fenders 3″ on either side, and parts that’ll dress up your plain-jane C6 Corvette as either a Z06 or a ZR1. And can you name any other booth at SEMA that has a new Camaro, Mustang, Challenger, and Corvette? Talk about covering all your bases. More pics below the jump!
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Brian Fox at SEMA
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
I caught up with Brian over at the Lexus booth. Wow, that green BASF paint really pops in the sun. More pics and a short video of Brian talking about his Lexus IF C build after the jump!
Vibe Audio RX-8 Screams For Attention
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
This RX-8 in the Vibe Audio booth sure did a lot of flashing and blinking and thumping and carrying on, so it was kind of a letdown to find that all of its features were just for show. Like, those bubbling mineral-oil-filled amps? No functional purpose whatsoever. The rotating-ball sub in the trunk? Nothing but a gimmick. Nothing too impressive under the hood in terms of mods, just a lot of dress-up and neon. I guess that’s often how it is with sound-stage cars. Oh well, at least it put on a show–go below the jump to see the video.
Fireball SEMA Day 2! Celebrites!
By Fireball Tim
Movie Car Design Master
Whew, are my dogs a smokin!’ Pretty sure I’ve walked about 200 miles today, and fended off 200,000 elbows. (Been using my Starbucks cups as defense. Work pretty dang good.) Although the cars were cool, the celebrities showed up in full force! My buddy, MAD MIKE from “Pimp My Ride,” Superstar DAN WOODS from “Chop, Cut, Rebuild,” SuperModel Extraordinaire GENEVIEVE CHAPPELL and TunerSmokin’Hottie CORISSA FURR were struttin’ their gorgeousness.
BEST NEW PRODUCT? LifeTime Oil Filter! They guys really have an awesome product. Never want to buy another filter? Then this is the one for you. Awesome Billet construction and test proven. It gets the Fireball Award!
Rat Rods, my Official Fireball Charger, a bitchin’ Hot Rod from PRO COMP CUSTOMS, super cool bikes, a cool STONEHENGE SERIES Jeep, awesome unique wheels from KURV… and me? I got to hang with my buddy Alan on Car&Driver Radio.
What’s in store for DAY 3? I’m puttin’ on my battle gear and getting ready for North Hall Antics. We’re filming and an episode for “World of Cars” will be up in a week or so. Make sure you subscribe! Rest assured, insanity will ensue manana…
Jay Leno's 1929 Bentley Speed Six
By John Coyle
Deputy Editor
As far a comedy goes, I’m more of a Conan fan, but you can’t be a gearhead and not love Jay Leno. Because he actually drives his cars, this 1929 Bentley Speed Six isn’t totally stock. The motor has been bored from six to eight liters, the carbs have been upgraded, it’s got a Gear Vendors overdrive, and his body guys—you know, the ones that only work for him?—fabricated the fenders over the front wheels. I’m kind of fascinated with iron this ancient, and I was super pumped to see that there are safety inspection stickers from Silverstone all over the cockpit. Looks like this baby last ran hot laps back in 2000, but it’s probably ferried Leno to the NBC studios in Hollywood a bunch of times since then. More pics after the jump.
Clean, Mean, LS7-Powered Trans Am
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
With all the 2010 Camaro-to-Firebird conversions floating around the show, how come it hasn’t occurred to someone how awesome a completely updated Bandit-era Trans Am would be? Turns out that it has. This ultra-smooth ’77 was built by Pinkee’s Rod Shop, and is packing a TRB Performance LS7, 4-wheel Wilwood discs, and one-off billet wheels–19′s in back and 18′s up front. Great, subtle details throughout: I love the Pontiac logo machined into the wheel centers. More pics!
Little Green Bags
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
Because the economy is in the toilet, there’s been a serious absence of good swag at this year’s SEMA show. So I was totally stoked to find that Car-Part.com, the awesome parts-search site that trawls the inventories of junkyards nationwide, is still handing out their uber-durable shopping bags. I picked up a couple of these at the last SEMA, and have been toting my groceries home in them for an entire year–and given how iron-clad they are, you could probably haul parts home from the junkyard in ‘em with no ill effects. Thanks, guys, for letting me make off with fistfuls of these babies!
Seibon's Carbon Fiber Lotus Elise
By John Coyle
Deputy Editor
At 1995lbs, the Lotus Elise is one of the lightest cars on the road, and you’d figure that with Seibon’s all carbon body, it’d be significantly lighter than stock. But since the Elise’s body is already made out of hyper-light composite, all this expensive work actually made the car heavier, which is kind of lame. Though I do love the way the mirrors are mounted up on the fenders. More pics after the jump.
Ken Block in the Subaru Booth
By John Coyle
Deputy Editor
Ken Block will be driving a Ford when he enters the fray of the World Rally Championship, but apparently, he hasn’t burned any bridges at Subaru. He was signing autographs in their booth this afternoon, and as you can imagine, it was a mob scene. But I did manage to get one decent pic.
