By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

Many cars have made the transition from joke fodder to recognized collector car: the Model T, the Corvair, the Beetle. Some cars are still in transition, notably the Gremlin and Pacer. Some cars, like the Yugo, may never make the transition. So what about the Pinto? Will excellent examples such as this 1978 Ford Pinto for sale on Hemmings.com help legitimize the car and dispense with the explosion jokes? Or will 30th century archaeologists still be laughing at it? From the seller’s description:

1978 Pinto 10,000 Original Miles Mint Condition 1 repaint Like new interior 4 cyl 4 speed Green with Green interior

See more pics at Hemmings

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Here is a sweet video Monster put together for me after Seattle. Don’t miss the crash’em-up fun of me vs. Aasbo. I hope you all enjoy!

By Vaughn Gittin Jr.

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

The is the most dangerous, ill-conceived idea ever. It is 100% BangShift.com approved and we’re jealous that it is not in our own driveway. Taking a lawn tractor chassis, mounting a 650cc motor cycle engine on it and then placing a small van body over the whole works? We’ve got a single tear running down our cheek.

Watch these videos and marvel at how the driver doesn’t die instantly.

We need to tell the Van Jockey guys about this!

Continue reading "A 650CC Van-Bodied Lawn Tractor" »

By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

Tons of cool cars at Comic Cn this year. You’ve seen the Black Beauty, but now feast your eyes on Batman, Tron, Cars 2, GIJOE, Ghostbusters, Priest  and more… Not only the vehicles from the films, but tons of toys to fill your stockings come Xmas. Check the rest out on my BLOG.

Might as well to direct deposit that check straight to Amazon now… 

Photos: Bryn Faulkner

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By Sam Barer

Sound Classics

In an attempt to make it easier for non-car people to properly offer their vehicles for sale, two years ago I wrote an article called “Sammy’s Unofficial Template For Listing A Car Or Truck For Sale On Craigslist”. Judging by the sheer number of horribly-written ads I still see, obviously the topic needs to be covered yet again.

So today I’m trying something a little different. I’ll call it “Sammy’s Vehicle For Sale On Craigslist (or eBay, For That Matter) _ad Lib”.

Offered for sale is a (YEAR) (MAKE) (MODEL) (OFFICIAL BODY STYLE– that means SEDAN/COUPE/CONVERTIBLE/HARDTOP COUPE/WAGON/TOWN SEDAN, etc…) (OFFICIAL TRIM LEVEL DESIGNATION) with (NUMBER OF MILES). The vehicle is optioned with (OPTIONS AND OPTION PACKAGES).

(TYPE OF ENGINE — and NUMBER OF CYLINDERS/HORSEPOWER/OPTION CODE if multiple engines or multiple states of tune were offered) is (CHOOSE “ORIGINAL” OR “NOT ORIGINAL”) and runs (ADVERB). The (TYPE OF TRANSMISSION) shifts (ADVERB). Vehicle was last serviced (DATE), at which time the (LIST MAJOR SERVICES PERFORMED). Vehicle will need (TYPE OF MAINTENANCE) within the next (TIME PERIOD).

The (COLOR) paint is (ADJECTIVE). There are (ADJECTIVE RELATED TO QUANTITY) areas of (RUST/DAMAGE/DENTS/SCRATCHES) the size of (OBJECT) around the following areas: (LIST AREAS). The (FABRIC TYPE) interior is (COLOR) and is in (ADJECTIVE) condition, as exemplified by the (THING) on the (OBJECT).

Vehicle is offered at (PRICE) and is located at (LOCATION — CITY, STATE). Please feel free to ask questions by emailing (EMAIL ADDRESS) or calling (NAME) at (TELEPHONE NUMBER) between (HOURS).

The following pictures were taken (MONTH/YEAR): (INSERT FOUR PICTURES: FRONT 1/4, REAR 1/4, ENGINE, INTERIOR)

And just one last thing: at the very least, please spell check. If I see another “Camero Convertable” for sale today, I’m going to blow a gasket.

By Craig McAlpine

imotormag

Was just doing my daily lunchtime hunt for cool videos and saw this on the Streetfire homepage – pretty brutal, might be fake though?

Insane bike test epic Fail

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

The point of performing a burnout, donut, etc. is to burn the tires and not the clutch. What’s wrong with burning the clutch? For one you look stupid, and two it’s extremely dangerous.  Fact: 16 pound clutch spinning at 7,000 RPM around a 12 inch diameter creates 16683.52 G units of force, resulting in clutch debris being propelled through space with 266,936.32 pounds of initial force should the clutch explode from thermal expansion; which is likely I might add. Read more about instant foot removal at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Last week I was over at Group 2 Motorsports filming another installment in the Quaker State video series, and this crazy vintage Grand Prix car just happened to be up on the rack for an alignment and balance. It’s got a 3-liter Ferrari boxer V-12 that’s good for about 400 hp at–get this–11,000 rpm. It’s owned by John Goodman Racing, and it ran at Monaco back in the early 70′s. The crappy cell phone pics don’t do it justice, but you can see a few more below the jump.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Glenn’s T-bucket is all steel and he did all the work himself. See more pics on his 1924 Ford Model T ride page!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This little Mazda lives in Holland and sports the Garage Vary widebody kit. Pretty wild! See more pics on Bernard’s Mazda Miata ride page!