GT 350 H advert

http://de.geocities.com/us_musclecars/cars/mustang/65_mustang_ads_us.html for all the original 60's Shelby mustang ads that guy could find,.... go way in the beginning of this blog for the ones he didn't.

the Shelby GT 350H

Via: http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/

http://dbusso.typepad.com/vintagemotors/vintage_cars/ french old car site, not bad, just need a translator to read.... did I fool 'ya? Hell, I don't read, I just look at these for the pictures!


The Hertz Shelby GT350H was specially prepared for Hertz Rent-A-Car as a publicity move for the benefit of Hertz, Shelby American, and Ford.

Peyton Cramer, a brilliant marketing man, was Shelby's General Manager at this time. He was told to try to get some fleet sales. He called upon Hertz and came back with an order for 936 cars.

The catch was that they had to be painted Hertz colors, black with gold, a paint scheme used on cars made by Hertz in the 1920's, when Hertz was an automaker.

Thus was born the GT-350H.

http://www.heritagegtcc.co.uk/index.php?menu_id=26

Now what this writer didn't say, or didn't know, is that in the very last months a GT 350H could also be ordered in other colors, but the stripe remained gold. Red, blue are the rare colors, black the remembered one. If you only wanted to know what every one knows.... you wouldn't be looking or reading my blog, we're here for the cool stuff, the one step further and better stuff... that's what makes a car guy different from a car driver.

http://www.vantagesportscars.com/gallery/gallery.cgi?func=show&file=200466&Category=100012&Page=1 for a good picture of the blue,

http://www.qv500.com/shelbygt350p2.php gives the following more accurate info
"All were supplied with Gold sill stripes that read GT350H, many also being kitted out with matching Le Mans centre stripes.

Around 80% were painted Raven Black, the remaining 20% being split primarily between Wimbledon White and Candyapple Red."

What does the FE stand for, referring to the Ford engine series?

390 cubic inch FE (for Ford/Edsel)

Thanks to http://www.35pickup.com/Mustang.html

Email me at jbohjkl@yahoo.com with comments

And click on pictures for full size

Ford GT90 Concept car

Recreating a grandfathers car (1938 Zagato Aprilia Sport) from nothing but just 2 pictures

http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-1938-Lancia-Aprilia-Sport-Reconstructed-Zagato.htm

Andrea Zagato decided to create a Lancia Aprilia Sport identical to the car built by his grandfather Ugo in 1938, from two faded monochrome photographs – the only remaining source of accurate information.

Von Dutch, great artist

Conceptually genius. "The Square Rainbow"
Notice the round object suggests Von Dutch's signature eyeball, the dollar sign - his disgust of money.
Sold at a price of $34,500 at Auction May 2006 by RM Auctions, as part of the Brucker collection.
24 x 30"

From the plaid emerges a ghosted image of an eyeball along with a small conical shape, which occupies the lower left hand corner of the painting. Painted in the left side of the eye is an unmistakable dollar sign, the presence of which is by all accounts best described by Dutch himself in a conversation with Temma Kramer, the painting meant, “Money is a square person’s idea of what is at the end of the rainbow.”

It is widely thought that Von Dutch placed a piece of cardboard or wood on the wall and whenever he was using the last of the paint in his spray gun he would “tape off” parts of the painting and spray the piece with another color.

http://www.rmauctions.com/AuctionResults.cfm?SaleCode=BC06&SortBy=LN&View=Normal&Category=Memorabilia#

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/9500/page3 will show you a lot of other things he made, and other paintings he did. Others followed, but he broke trail and wrote the book.

Von Dutch, expert mechanic

These first 5 images are from http://www.arielmotorcycles.com/vond.htm

above and below from http://showandgo.blogspot.com/2009/10/von-dutch-engine-designs.html

the next three I've had since before I kept track of the sources of images

Old car radios had a lot of variety, cool. pt1

Old car radios had a lot of variety, cool. pt 2

Old car radios had a lot of variety, cool. p3

The meanest Cobra ever made. EVER. Carroll's personal 800HP AC Competition Cobra

Carroll had an AC Cobra upgraded just the way he wanted it, for his own pleasure. Twin supercharged, dual quad, 427 side oiler. 800 HP.

It's going to auctioned. Some fortunate filthy rich guy is going to plop his butt into the car Carroll told his mechanics to assemble, FOR THE BOSS. I think that merits bold typeface. I think that deserves some thought.

The crew knew when they put it together that it wasn't just for a customer, it was for the racing legend, the car building icon, the man who made saved a car (the AC) and put racing into the blood of Ford. I don't mean left hand turns, I mean RACING THE EFFIN BEST ON THE PLANET!

IN THEIR ARENA!

HE WON LEMANS!

Aston Martin DBR1, 1959 https://www.facebook.com/groups/505973489414476/

The only American car to ever win the FIA World Manufacturers Championship for GT cars was the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?DocID=1014&cat=Shelby&ExhibitID=264&index=4

http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars-f.htm

I think this deserves a hell of a lot of respect, he may be the greatest.
Andretti is a great driver, never built a car company.
Richard Petty won lots of races as a driver, never designed a damn car.
John Force and Bob Glidden set lots of drag race records. Nothing in the common car model names.
The Sunoco Camaro is synonymous with Roger Penske.

But Shelby developed the GT 40 from a previous similar design and beat the snot out of Ferrari.

Some great circuit racers like Sterling Moss are known in more countries than than Micheal Jordan or Tiger Woods, and doesn't have his name on a single production car anywhere.
Cale Yarborough has his name on a Talledega, and Mark Donahue has his name across the Javelin, now let's be sure to remember those, and not let them be forgotten. That means something, drivers so good their name sold cars because it was written on them.
Even Dale Earndhart had an Impala SS with his name. I'm sure I don't know of some that also were honored on new Impala SS's, or Monte Carlo SS's. I don't follow new NASCAR, my interest ends in the very early 70's when it comes to NASCAR. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Most either are new, or old NASCAR fans, but not both. Thats an entry for another time... this one is for CARROLL"S PERSONAL FREAKING EPITOMIUS COBRA! Never was another made better, equal, but never better.

Now here are the links for more, http://www.wurthitdesigns.com/cobrastory.htm is the 1981 restoration story photographed by the mechanic who brought it back from some body damage and it was missing all the original cool parts that bolted on, the Shelby dual quad intake, Paxton superchargers, etc.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/carlist/cardetails.asp?In_AuctionID=221&In_LotNumber=1301 is the Auction site's authenticator's breakdown of how we can be sure this is the real Super Snake Cobra of Carroll's. One of only 23 427 Cobra Competition Roadsters built, different from the AC Cobras sold to the public, later in 67 it was transformed into the Super Snake and reclassified as 427 Cobra Semi-Competition.

I find the description a bit confusing, and doesn't make it clear if this guy denies the legitimacy of the 68 Road and Track article, or just specifies why that car pictured is the real deal. I think he should have had someone read over his notes to check it's clarity. Hell, this car is worth around 15 million, a little extra effort isn't amiss.

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/carroll-shelby-once-had-special-ac.html#links for the Road and Track article I blogged earlier here on this website.

The KITT car still hangs around in Florida

Someone still is enthralled by the Knight Rider tv show car, KITT. Hard to fathom liking that car so much you'd buy the car... but this one has Florida plates - and we know how stupid they proved themselves in Florida, all the smart ones left after thier 1st hurricane, the dumb ones stayed and bought the KITT car.

http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=15708

Hurst SC/Rambler, the only production car with glasspacks from the factory

Doug Thorley headers followed by Thrush straight through glasspacks. That's sweet, from the factory. 3.54 gears, and a Hurst 4 speed. Nice.

A special Rogue called the Hurst SC/Rambler (Stock Car (SC) or original factory) model was built in 1969, featuring flamboyant red, white and blue graphics, a bizarre hood scoop, the 390 V-8, and a stiffer frame (needed to withstand the engine's massive torque). A dead-stock SC/Rambler could do the quarter mile in the low 14s. To keep weight down AMC offered no options on the SC/Rambler except an AM radio -- no air conditioning, no power steering, no bucket seats, no console. 1,512 were made at a dirt-cheap price of $2998; an example in top condition is worth over $10,000 today (if you can find one).

Needing an entry in the growing compact performance segment, AMC took the lowly Rambler Rouge compact and decided to make a muscle car out of it.

AMC turned to Hurst Performance Research Inc., and created the SC/Rambler (often nicknamed "Scrambler"), which debuted in the middle of the 1969 model year. All SC/Ramblers began life as appliance white Rambler hardtops with two-tone mags, racing mirrors, blackout grille and tail panel, Hurst badging, and a functional ram-air hood scoop with an upthrust snout.

Under the hood, AMC fited its largest V8, the 315 bhp, 390 cid V8.

A Borg-Warner four speed with Hurst shifter and a 3.54:1 limited-slip differential completed the powertrain. The suspension was toughened up with heavy-duty shocks, anti-sway bar, and anti-hop rear links. E70x14 Red Stripped Goodyear Polyglas tires and the AMX's optional heavy duty brakes with Bendix front discs were included. The interior was standard gray vinyl Rouge interior with the addition of reclining bucket seats (with red, white, and blue headrests), full carpeting, and a Sun 8000 rpm tach strapped to the steering column. A $61 AM radio was the only option available.

The exterior was treated to one of the wildest factory paint jobs on any muscle car. Two exterior options were available. The first 500 cars built featured the "A" trim with red center body side panels, and thick blue horizontal racing stripes on the hood, roof, and deck. A blue arrow pointed towards the scoop, which had large letters spelling the words "390 CU.IN" and the word "AIR" appeared on both sides of the air scoop. When these quickly sold, a second batch of were made with the new "B" type trim. These had a mostly white exterior with narrow red and blue stripes. Then a third batch was made, reverting to the "A" style trim, but lacking some of the elements. About 1,200 of the 1,512 made had the "A" treatment.

It may have been a supercar caricature, but it was quite a performer. With 315 bhp and a curb weight of just 3,000 lbs., the hot compact had a power-to-weight ratio of just 10.03 lbs/bhp. This enabled the SC/Rambler to pull off quarter miles in the low 14 seconds at 99 mph. Not bad for a little compact from AMC, even if it lasted only one year.
Production: 1,512
Engines: 390 V8 315 bhp @ 4600 rpm, 425 lb-ft @ 3200 rpm.
Performance: 390/315: 0-60 in 6.3 seconds, 1/4 mile in 14.3 seconds @ 99 mph
Great production info and a factory lists of parts that made this special, like the glasspacks and "headers by Doug" Thorley, a reputed step above Hookers and Hedmans.

B paint scheme photo from http://hotvvheels.tumblr.com/

Did you want to see the V-10 viper engined Tomahawk in action?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7MedT2TDRM&eurl=

Bras can't coexist with cars.... don't argue, just hit the link

Vince has found that bras and cars seem unable to exist in close proximity... much respect Vince... love your old stuff!

http://thehollywoodextra.blogspot.com/2004/12/bras-and-cars.html

Cool pic

On the first day I bought my LAST musclecar, I was introduced to the coolest Burbank drive in

Pic from http://thehollywoodextra.blogspot.com/ cool website. Vince, if you read this, check through this blog for the AMX 2, and AMX 3 pics... Re: a comment you made about how it's a shame they weren't produced. Come to San Diego, in the Balboa Park Auto Museum, Dick Teague's wife donotated one, it's on permanent display.

1905 San Fran family in a steamer out for a Sunday drive

Mopars are so cool, Russians post these pics

From http://ziza.ru/2006/12/05/avtomobili_proshlogo_veka_31_foto.html

Brake care and maintenance 101, from a FUBAR pic for visual aid

This took me a minute to grasp how this functions, I thought about racing applications, like the drilling and grooving for brake dust removal and cooling. Then when I couldn't get a handle on it, I know that some drum brake were finned really well on some early 60's cars.. esp. Oldsmobiles but this is direct brake pad to cooling fins... so WTF? Then I noticed the accompanying pic of an unwrecked rotor. So that was my reminder that those cooling fins are BETWEEN SOLID STEEL PLATES! How in the hell could that FUBAR brake been driven to that extreme? No effing way that wouldn't jerk the car to one side like a tbone from a Mack truck if the barkes were hit.

Daily driver Boss 302 touted on the CAR CRAFT Feb 2007 issue cover

Michelle Holstein's. Riverside Ca. Picture i found by accident on a russian site that is completely diverse on content... and when you can't read a damn word, photo content counts.
Автомобили прошлого века (31 фото)
seems to translate into Automobiles found here, 31 photo's... so why not, right?
from http://ziza.ru/2006/12/05/avtomobili_proshlogo_veka_31_foto.html

Ford Seattle-ite prototype.. goofy 4 front tires

In 1954, Miller beer toured with this bus, cool.

The High Life Cruiser:

The original Miller High Life Cruiser, designed in the early 1950s by renowned industrial designer Brooks Stevens, became an instant fan favorite, and was one of the first mobile marketing campaigns of the modern era. Ahead of its time, the vehicle hydraulically lifted and showcased a 10 ft. high replica of the Miller High Life bottle on its roof when parked. Throughout 1954 and several years beyond, the High Life Cruiser visited folks across the U.S., sharing stories of the High Life brand?s first half-century.

The new High Life Cruiser is 35 feet long and showcases hundreds of pieces of High Life memorabilia from the last century, including a retro style High-Life bar.

You want to root for under-dogs; especially when they are grandads trying to set a new landspeed records with nothing but guts: take it away Jay Leno

Jay writes an article a month for Popuar mechanics, and they are damn good. read this one, and you'll probably be hooked too.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/4199623.html

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/ for al the articles Jay writes

Like Jay Leno? Heard of his tank powered rod? Car and driver had him race a tank, great writing

http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2009/10/jays-roadster.html has a gallery and write up about Jay's tank car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQHRNeY9zUU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fscheerti%2Eblog%2Ehu%2Findex%2Ephp%2F%3Fpage%3D2

and for a good write up from the shop that works on keeping the tank car in tune:http://bankspower.com/blog/show/79-THE-LENO-TANK-CAR-COMES-HOME-TO-BANKS-FOR-A-CHECK-UP

Thus, we have a tank-powered car conceived by a glass artist (Randy Grubb) and owned by a celebrity with a world-famous chin. This had the makings of a high concept at least as good as Gigli. All we needed for a solid draw was some gunplay and explosions. That's when we called the Army.

Click the link for the 4 page article, it's a great story, well written

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=8789

In another entry I'm going to show some incredible stuff the Blastolene Special maker's business partner makes... so cool. (Randy Grubb, glass artist, engineer and co-owner, Blastolene Brothers, Grant's Pass, Ore. Michael Leeds, artist and co-owner, Blastolene Brothers, Santa Cruz, Calif.)

Here's a list of the cool stuff Jay garages for occasional fun

Jay Leno's vehicle collection includes 84 cars and 73 motorcycles as of April 11, 2006[1] This is a partial list. The cars are housed in Leno's "Big Dog Garage", comprised of three adjacent warehouses in a Burbank industrial park. It is run by Bernard Juchli and one other mechanic.

Cars
1941 American LaFrance triple combination Series 600 pumper V-12 (Firetruck)[2]
2006 Ariel Atom[3]
1916 Auto Car [4]
1909 Baker Electric [5]
1931 Bentley 8-Litre
1926 Bentley roadster (twin-turbocharged eight-liter Bentley engine) [6]
1931 Bentley sedan [1]
19xx Bentley Speed Six [6]
19xx Bentley Turbo R
xxxx Blastolene Special
19xx Bugatti
1937 Bugatti Atlantique
19xx replica Bugatti Type 37A [6]
19xx replica Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic [6]
1955 Buick Roadmaster (originally restored) [7]
2006 R-Cars Chrysler Crossfire I-Cell [8]
1956 Chrysler Imperial [9]
200x Chevrolet Corvette C6[10]
200x C5 Corvette Z06 [5]
1916 Crane Simplex Model 5 Holbrook Skiff [11]
19xx Delahaye[12]
1966 Dodge Coronet Hemi [9]
1992 Dodge Viper
1996 Dodge Viper [13]
1993 Dodge Viper RT10 (first production Viper in black) [14]
1925 Doble steamer[1]
1927 Duesenberg SJ
1930 Duesenberg SJ
1932 Duesenberg SJ (Murphy-bodied) [15]
19xx Duesenberg SJ
19xx Duesenberg SJ
1937 Fiat Topolino[1]
1966 427 Ford AC Cobra [5]
19xx Ford Festiva (Ford Taurus SHO motor and a nitrous setup)
1966 Ford Galaxie [16]
2005 Ford GT[1][17]
1966 Ford GT40[18]
1915 shovel-nosed Franklin (California-built body by Harley Earl)[6]
1915 Hispano-Suiza [12]
19xx Honda Insight
1950s Hudson Hornet[1]
19xx Jaguar XK120 [1][19]
1939 Lagonda V12[6]
19xx Lamborghini Diablo [20]
1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 [21]
1998 Light Car Company Rocket[22]
2004 Maybach 57 [23]
1970 Mazda Cosmo [24]
19xx Mazda Miata [25]
2005 Mazda RX-8
1995 McLaren F1[4][26]
2005 McLaren SLR [4]
1913 Mercer Raceabout [9][6]
19xx MGB Roadster [27]
19xx Mini [28]
193x Morgan Motor Company 3-wheeler [5]
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (1,070hp) [29][30]
1932 Packard Twin Six 12-cylinder coupe [9]
2004 Porsche Carrera GT[31]
1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II (1,000hp Merlin V12, 1,806 pounds of torque)[6]
1958 Saab 93B [32]
19xx replica Shelby Cobra (429 SOHC Ford V-8 under its hood)
196x Shelby Mustang fastback coupe
1968 Shelby Mustang GT350 [5]
1906 Stanley Steamer
1909 Stanley Steamer Model R [33]
19xx custom Tank-Car (1792 cubic inch fuel injected twin-turbocharged V-12 M47 Patton tank engine; est. 1600 hp and 3000 lb-ft of torque) [34][35]
19xx WO Bentley [36]

Motorcycles
19xx Brough Superior SS100 [37]
19xx Broughs
19xx BSA Lightning
19xx Desmo
19xx Ducati Hailwood (replica) [38]
19xx fmr bike: Moto Morini 500
19xx Harley-Davidsons [38]
1927 Harley-Davidson with sidecar [39]
19xx Honda 350 twin (first bike)
19xx Jet/MC C18 jet engine (with the C18 Allison Rolls Royce jet engine, used as a bike) [39]
19xx Mammoth (1200cc)
19xx Norton Manx [40]
1908 Pope [39]
19xx Triumph Bonnevilles (1 1964) [41]
2004 Triumph Rocket III
19xx Velocette Thruxton
19xx Vincent Black Shadows (>15) [42][43]
19xx Y2K Turbine Superbike (320hp engine from a Bell helicopter) [2]

http://www.answers.com/topic/jay-leno-s-vehicles