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May 19, 2010
Team Scion Heads to Route 66
bullfroger89
We are here! Team Scion is checking in from Joliet, IL. After a brief drive, a few stops and generally good luck we have made it to our hotel easily. Along our route we were able to join a convoy heading from the East. Together we rolled through multiple states until we made it to our destination.
The only hurdle was checking into our hotel room. Both myself, Jeremiah Stiable, and my co-driver, Michael Falvo, are mere months from turning 21 and were unable to check into our hotel room being “underage.” Luckily Scott was able to sign us in and save us from sleeping in our car.
The hotel parking lot was its own car show. All the teams gathered in the parking lot to check out and seize up their competition. Alliances are being formed and enemies are being picked out. After everyone was settled in their rooms, we headed out to dinner. This was a great time to meet and talk to the people we will be associating with over the next few days. Great food and conversation followed.
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Hand-Carved Hearse on eBay
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
Hearses, of course, started out as ornate horse-drawn carriages, and their coachwork-inspired design continued on well into the automotive age. Check out this flathead-six powered 1921 S & S hearse on eBay–not quite as over-the-top as later hearse caricatures like Carthedral, but not a bad rig for your final ride.
Team Wicked Hits the Road
By Rob Combs
TeamWickedStang
We are packed and ready for the Route 66 rally that has been sponsored by CarDomain, Hagardy and our main sponsor CJ Pony Parts. The trip down to so cal was a long a tedious journey but as we got closer the excitement started to build. The Mustang performed flawlessly and handled an average 90 mph on I5 taking a 7 ½ hour drive and turning it into a 5 ½ hour drive. Checked in to the first hotel and are letting the festive begin. I can’t thank those who made it possible for us to make this journey RPM forums, Heaven or hell Tattoos, and ASAP Digital Imaging for all their support and belief in us. I also have to thank our friends and family members for helping out and giving us there support and drive to want to do this even more. Team Wicked is locked and loaded and ready to tear up some asphalt! We cant wait to roll with our friends tomorrow and meet some familiar faces along this mother highway called Route 66… so if you are along the road in any of the towns we will be rolling thru please come out show your support and give us all a thumbs up! I will have some pic’s and great stories to post tomorrow night talk to you all then!
Automotive Icons of the 1980′s
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
If you were into cars in the 1980′s, you’ll remember that times were tough. Performance numbers were in the toilet, as were most of the cars themselves. I was in high school out on Long Island’s north shore and back then and I remember my high school parking lot very clearly. IROC Camaros, beater Trans Am’s, Datsun 210s and old Mustangs filled the lot. As high school kids we took anything we could get our hands on and simply ran with it. Hell, I remember my first car: it was a 1981 Mercury Capri that my Aunt gave me. It was blue, rusty and had 4 different tires on it, but it ran and back then that was all that mattered.
The 1980′s were filled with a fair number of automotive atrocities, but if you looked hard enough there actually were some bright spots. Jump over to Ridelust.com for 10 rays of sunshine that helped shed some light on an otherwise miserable automotive decade.
How about you? Got any faves from this stinker of a decade?
Johnny Lightning Creates a Series of Beat the Heat Cars
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
How cool is this? Johnny Lighting is producing a series of Beat the Heat cars in 1/64th scale. The first in the series (pictured below) is Officer Mark Phillip’s Corvette out of The Colony, Texas. It has been released and can be purchased at Walmart, Toys R Us and other stores that carry Johnny Lighting products. The second in the series will be a sweet Camaro that belongs to Dean Mirra of the Broward County Sheriff’s Department. The third, due mid-summer, will be CarDomain member Jim Butler’s ’93 Vette. Others will follow at the rate of a new car every few months. More pics after the jump!
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What’s in a Name?
HotRodHoney
Many people, whether they are car enthusiasts or not, have the habit of naming their vehicles. Is it because they are so dear to us, like old friends? Maybe. Still, we wouldn’t likely name our refrigerators or couches, or television sets, right? So why cars? What is it about them?
Top 30 Ugliest Vehicles
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
The top thirty ugliest vehicles is an undeserving crowd of vehicular beatniks, scoundrels and trollops of an automotive design machine gone wrong to most. For a few of us, these are samples of exquisite engineering beauty. Do you own any of these vehicles? If so, be proud! Read more about the top 30 ugliest vehicles at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
May 18, 2010
Insane Trike: Frogman Tim Cotterill’s Rocket II
By John Coyle
Deputy Editor
Generally, I’m not a fan of three-wheeled vehicles. There are no naturally occurring “tripedal”—or three-legged—animals in nature, and that makes think it’s best to have an even number of limbs, and by extension, tires. But that doesn’t mean I won’t acknowledge a cool trike when I see it, and “Frogman” Tim Cotterill’s Rocket II is one hell of a cool trike. According to Autoblog, motivation comes from a 1000HP supercharged Hemi V8, but other specs aren’t available. Who cares though? Watch this short film to see just how insane the Rocket II is. via Autoblog
Photo of the Day
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Wow, does this pic pop or what? I liked this one, too. See more on CaysE’s 2003 Ford Focus SVT ride page.
Is Your Car’s Fuel Gauge Idiot Light Programmed By Idiots?
By Sam Barer
Sound Classics
There are two types of people in this world: those who fear the lower half of the fuel gauge, and those (like me) who think low-fuel idiot lights are no more than a friendly reminder to hit a gas station sometime in the next week or two. And let’s just say that it drives my wife nucking futz, because she’s one of those “you never know when you’re going to have an emergency and need a full tank of fuel” thinkers.
Maybe that’s why she’s the doctor and I’m the automotive writer, but I digress…
The fact of the matter is that I’ve never run out of gas on the road. (I’ll admit that I’ve have learned the hard way that a couple vehicles I’ve owned have less than smartly-engineered fuel tanks, leading to no-start conditions even with four or five gallons remaining when parked at various angles on steep driveways…but to quote the legendary Del Griffith: “I won’t be held responsible for faulty engineering.”) The reason I never run out of gas is that no matter how close to “E” the needle is or how many miles it’s been since the idiot light came on, I still inherently know that I’m playing with way more go-juice than the car would have me believe.
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