By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

How would you deck this out if it was yours? One of the guys over at VWVortex suggsted a hot tub in the bed and a red velvet interior. Check out it out on eBay.

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

The “Dukes of Milford” have their Chevette going wild and bouncing jubilantly through the woods and back trails in the following clip. The Chevette was a great rally car of its time, and even in horseplay it shows. Read more about the Chivette at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

The Dukes of Milford

By Robby DeGraff

RedMaro6

Today was one hell of a good final drive to the big state of Texas. After a fun night celebrating at the Cherokee Inn in Catoosa, Oklahoma, we all met in the parking lot again early in the morning for a quick prep-talk. The dedicated teams in the Ford Raptor, Subaru WRX, and new Camaro SS decided to depart a bit earlier, in hopes to follow their plan of driving the mother road and stopping at just about every Route 66 landmark. John and I took a few minutes to run to the local gas station, fuel up, pick up some breakfast snacks, and head back to the starting line.

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By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Hitting switches is back, and the 2010 Camaro SS and other retro inspired sports cars are being seen on the streets hitting three’s with ease. What do you think about a 2010 Camaro SS on hydraulics? Comment below! Read more about the hydraulic 2010 Camaro SS at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

There’s not a whole lot of detail on Jake’s 1972 Camaro ride page, but… wow. Jake is hoping to be invited to the 2010 Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge. Check out his ride page and if you like what you see, rate him up!

By Robby DeGraff

RedMaro6

Starting Line: Rolla, Missouri
Finish Line: Catoosa, Oklahoma

Thunderstorms rolled into Rolla, Missouri last night after we finished eating some of the biggest onion rings we have ever seen, and were all sitting around in the lounge chatting about all sorts of muscle cars and car related things. Team Camaro set an early morning alarm and called it a night around 1 a.m. It was dark, windy, and a bit rainy when we woke up six hours later for the second day of the 2010 Route 66 Rally. I strolled outside our door, (luckily our room was located right in front of the Camaro) and saw the rest of the east coast crew starting to wake up and prepare their cars for the upcoming day. From quick parking lot tune-ups and details, we were all getting ready to depart in less than an hour for our three checkpoints. John and I made a quick run to the gas station, filled up and bought some delicious morning breakfast goodies. We ran into Dan with the red BMW 3 series and Curt in his white BMW Z4. I took a moment to help my buddy Jay remove the tarp that was covering up his dune buggy. A few minutes later we were all lined up chatting away on the CB radios and walkie-talkies with everyone. I made a quick walk around the parking lot, observing teams figure out their route plans and directions. The two guys in the red BMW 3 series had their laptop up and running, the duo in the white Mitsubishi EVO was busy away programming their GPS, and the step-father son team from Maine in their Mini Cooper resorted to the old school method of paper maps. My co driver and navigator John was also working in the passenger seat of the Camaro scribbling brief directions on our map as he compared routes on the GPS and iPhone. Roaring could be heard as the new Camaro, Ford Raptor, and a few other cars pulled out and started off on the second leg of the rally. With an ok to go, a time recording, and a “Watch out for Tornados!” from Scott Spielman and Tony Intreri, we were off, flying down the road in front of Zeno’s Inn towards the highway.

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By Robby DeGraff

RedMaro6

Well the first official leg of the rally has been completed, from Joliet Illinois to Rolla, Missouri. While asleep at 7am, we got our requested wake up call from the Motel 6 front desk and got the day off rolling. Before we get into the rally leg, lets talk about the Motel 6 and how it might be the biggest disappointment in motel chains. Ok so we all know that Motel 6’s tagline is “We’ll leave the light on for you,” but when we arrived at this motel last night at like 10:30pm…..they left the light on, but didn’t leave us any shampoo, working internet, bath towels, and the usual motel hotel conveniences. Not to mention, the hallway was orange and reminded us of a dimly lit hotel in The Shining. The room itself had like bamboo floors, an upscale bathroom, my partner John and I were just confused haha. Now, on to day one of the rally: the first day was an adrenalin rushed successes. We packed up and headed out to the back parking lot and saw the wide variety of cars competing with us.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Today’s photo of the day is from Corey’s 1980 Chevy Malibu ride page. He shot this and a bunch more pics last month at an abandoned factory in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

After fantasizing about owning Dave Strickler’s Camaro, we went hunting around the web to find some beautiful music being made by one of the little 302s that Strickler abused. We found a kick ass piece of dyno footage that features a Chevy 302 but with the twist of a cross ram on top instead of a single carb.

Adding to the goodness of this video is that there are multiple pulls made with ever climbing rpm ceilings. According to the video, this engine is intended for use in a vintage Trans-Am racer. That would explain the 7,000 rpm top end. If this were a drag race motor, 7,000 rpm would be a mere stepping stone on the way to nine grand plus.

Anyway, close your eyes and envision another Camaro, this one driven by Mark Donohue pulling full bore down the back straight of Watkins Glenn in 1968.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

At the recent C5/C6 Bash at the Corvette Museum, Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter talked a bit about the new C7. While he doesn’t go into specifics, he says that the new CAFE standards aren’t causing them to do anything with the next generation Vette that they wouldn’t be doing anyway. Oh, and he has a few choice words about car magazines…Via Corvette Blogger