Automotive Modifications

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Wow... talented artist car designer - Ernest Tsarukyan

http://ernestincardesign.blogspot.com/ via http://motor-cult.blogspot.fr/2015/12/ernest-tsarukyan.html

the 72 Coronet in Japan, Tsutomu Ikeda's 4 door unusual beast

after getting an '84 Firebird Trans Am at age 18, and having to do all the work on it himself, he got a job at a shop that was focused on European cars, and after 3 years, moved on to Osaka to work at an old-school speed shop called California Racing.

While living in Osaka, Tsutomu built a private garage on his property. He also bought his dream car, a '70 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 from Kenji Okazaki, a famous Japanese Funny Car driver in the USA. Along with his Challenger, Tsutomu built a street/strip '71 Corvette for a client that broke a local speed record. The feat put Tsutomu's name on the map in the Japanese drag racing world.

After four years with California Racing, Tsutomu started his own shop in Osaka with the owner of the '71 Corvette. They named their shop Sleepers Performance and for the next four years built various street machines. However, he left this shop to work on another dream, opening a speed shop in his hometown in Wakayama. By the age of 34, Tsutomu returned to Wakayama to start Speed Research. Tsutomu came across this '72 Dodge Coronet when the previous owner asked him to check out the car before putting it out for sale. a 318, 904 and 8 3/4 car

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/ccrp-1303-1972-dodge-coronet-no-gaijin/

Driveshaft angle

Did you know that the tailshaft of the trans and the pinion shaft of the pumpkin must be within 2 degree of parallel? Both parallel looking at it from the side, or the top

Hot Rod magazine asked Currie, Bickle and Miller, and though for some unique race application, the all agreed

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/paint-body/91758/

bitchin' garage full of Yenko and Motion cars

[1] This ’69 Phase III Motion Camaro
[2] This is a ’68 Motion Camaro
[3]The engine that will go into the Motion Chevelle has a rare -093 ’67 L88 intake and L89-type closed chamber -842 aluminum heads
[4]’67 Motion Chevelle, the only one known to have been created. This was originally built for bodyshop worker Charlie Mason, but Joel Rosen himself wrecked it during a race. Charlie quick-fixed the damage, and it stayed in the Mason family until it turned up on eBay.

[5] '69 Fathom Green Yenko COPO Camaro

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/ccrp-1301-rick-smith-restoration-garage/

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Old Scout

thanks Steve! photo from the Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives : Commons

When fuel lines give, and that gas is misting all over the firewall and under the car, things get crispy real quick. Check, and recheck, your work on fuel and brake systems. Your life depends on it, so does your passengers

James Towers and his son Jacob were taking his modified Chevrolet Camaro out for a test run when the muscle car caught fire.

As Towers reaches for the shifter, smoke begins to gather near the center console. Moments later flames appear between the console and driver’s seat. Shortly after that more flames appear down by the passenger floorboard and that’s when his son cuts the video short.

“Yes… me and my 12-year-old were going for a cruise and he was taking the video with my phone…” Towers said in a YouTube comment. “Fuel line cap blew off and sprayed fuel into the firewall and the fire came up into the interior of the car. We got out with only a couple of minor burns…”

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/watch-700-hp-chevrolet-camaro-catch-fire-test-run/

The inevitable, and obvious occurred at this past weekends Baja 500... spectators too close to the race were run over. That is what used to happen at all races 100 years ago, everywhere in the world. Except for Mexico's Baja racing, most other race locations have enacted safe distance and spectator viewing areas to prevent this. Will this death change Baja racing? Will SCORE stop until Mexico gets crowds off the race path?

The boy was one of three spectators struck Saturday within a half-mile of the start by racer Todd Pedersen of Orem, Utah, according to a statement from Score International, which runs the race.

Pedersen was in a race truck, negotiating a turn as he entered a wash, when he struck the three spectators. The boy was taken to an Ensenada hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the statement.

The boy’s mother was also struck and was hospitalized with head and leg injuries.

The vehicle that lost control was Trophy Truck No. 75, a rig resembling a Chevy Silverado by an outfit called Space Monkey and owned by Mike Cook out of Provo, Utah.

Cook’s team had qualified 23rd out of a 45-vehicle class at this year’s race, ahead of a few extremely competitive drivers including Mark Post and Troy Herbst.

Pedersen posted bail and was released.

http://fox5sandiego.com/2016/06/06/o-c-boy-8-killed-while-watching-baja-500-race/
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/three-deaths-confirmed-at-2016-baja-500-include-8-year-1780670922