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Now that I know what you enjoy seeing, I will be on the lookout for dealership interior shots like this one. unfortunately, the site I get these from - most of the photos has the car(s) outside like this shot: https://i.postimg.cc/XqkyL3W4/wadleychevyguymanok.jpg |
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That is Kai Spande, the plant manager for General Motors' Bowling Green Assembly Plant where the Chevrolet Corvette is produced and Corvette Mike. Kai just bought this 1966 L72 Coupe from Mike. He already has another Corvette in his garage . . . . https://i.postimg.cc/3N8wKGMQ/uuu.jpg |
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I would love to see this in Color. I bet the graphics pop! Love it! Dan |
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On October 29th, 1969, a message was sent from a rather nondescript room at UCLA in Southern California to a Stanford Research Institute computer console in Menlo Park, California. It read simply “Lo,” though it was supposed to say “Login.” The system crashed before completing the task. This was the world’s first message sent via an interconnected computer network known as ARPANET. On this unassuming fall day, the modern internet as we now know was conceived. |
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By Stephen Cox: January 24, 2016 It has been claimed that Plymouth's legendary winged muscle car, the 1970 Superbird, was the brainchild of NASCAR champion Richard Petty. The rumor has been around for decades but I've never found anyone with first-hand knowledge who could absolutely confirm or deny that the car's origins truly began with The King of Stock Car Racing. But opportunity knocked two weeks ago when Petty was in attendance at the Mecum auction in Kissimmee, Florida, which I co-host for NBCSN. I found him relaxing backstage late in the show and hollered, “Hey, King!” Although I don't know him well, he looked up with his trademark smile and immediately held out his hand. I asked him point blank whether he was responsible for the development of the Plymouth Superbird. Petty paused and laid the back of his hand across his brow. “Well, let me get the dates right.” “We knew in 1968 that Dodge was building a wing car. So I went to Plymouth and asked if they were gonna build one and they said, 'No.' I told them that I'd like them to work on one and they said, 'No, you're winning all the races anyway.'” True, Petty had been dominant, winning 27 of 49 Grand National races en route to the championship in 1968. Rather than cough up the additional funds to stay current in NASCAR's burgeoning aero wars, Plymouth was content to let Petty struggle against increasing odds. Undeterred, Petty tried another angle. He asked if he could stay within the Chrysler family and simply move over to Dodge and drive the new Charger Daytona winged car for the 1969 season. Plymouth flatly refused. “So I said, 'Either build me a wing car or I'm walking across the street,'” Petty continued. “They said, 'Sure, go ahead.' So I did.” That same afternoon Richard Petty personally walked into Ford Motor Company's front office. Ford executives took no risks, signing Petty to a one-year contract on the spot. Petty finished second in the points chase while winning ten races for Ford in 1969. It was enough. He didn't have to return to Detroit to beg Plymouth for a winged car. This time, they came to him. “The head man from Plymouth came walking into my shop,” Petty continued. “He said, 'What do we need to do to get you back? I said, 'Give me what I've been asking for.'” Plymouth pledged to have a new winged car completed for Petty in time for the 1970 NASCAR season. Rather than re-inventing the wheel, they chose to use a re-worked version of the wildly successful Dodge Charger Daytona platform. Under NASCAR's homologation rules, a limited number of Superbird street cars were built and sold through Plymouth's nationwide dealership network. Behind the wheel of the car built specifically for him, Richard Petty and his Plymouth Superbird won 18 of the 40 races in which they competed in 1970, led nearly half of all laps and won nine pole positions. Despite being produced for only one model year, the road-going version of the Superbird became a legend in the annals of muscle car history. |
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A good Shelby-built 289 engine was a coveted item in the mid 1960’s. Many were stolen out of the legendary Hertz Shelby “Rent-a-racers.” They left the rental lot on Friday with a High Performance 306-horsepower 289-cubic-inch V8 and returned on Monday with a garden variety 289 that appeared nearly identical. Rumors abound of Shelby engines that were ordered for competition only to end up on the black market, or standard 289’s that were sold as Shelby racing engines. But not all of the stories are true. In late 1968, Kansas club racer Brad Brooker was judiciously budgeting his resources and saving his best equipment for the SCCA Runoffs at Riverside International Raceway. Brooker was faced with a tough decision – should he try to win the SCCA Nationals at Lake Garnett on July 28, or should he stay home and save his only Shelby engine for the Runoffs in August? Tough choice. His Shelby Mustang GT350 was a front-running car and would have a real chance to win the race held just a few miles from his hometown. Ultimately, Brooker decided to stay home. But the political climate changed dramatically just days later when famed Chevy builder Don Yenko decided to enter a trio of Corvettes at the Lake Garnett event, which, ironically, had just named Carroll Shelby its honorary grand marshal. It was Shelby who would be presenting the trophies in victory lane. Yenko took several verbal shots at Shelby, asking if he was going to enjoy awarding the Lake Garnett race trophy to a Chevy driver. To Carroll Shelby, that was more than sarcasm. It was an act of war. So Shelby was pleased when Brooker changed his mind and entered his GT 350 Mustang at Lake Garnett, and even more pleased when Brooker won the race over Yenko’s Corvettes. Eternally relieved that he didn’t have to suffer the humiliation of awarding the winner’s trophy to a Chevy team, Shelby approached Brooker after the race to ask if there was anything he could do to show his appreciation. Yes, as a matter of fact, there was. Brooker explained that he had just used up his only good engine and had nothing available for the Runoffs. Shelby told him not to worry, he would have a new engine sent out immediately. Two days later a big crate arrived at the Wichita air depot. Brooker called his mechanic, Charlie Wright, and told him to take his truck to the airport and pick it up. Wright looked inside at a dyno sheet attached to the engine. It showed an unbelievable rating of 442 horsepower. It was like a gift from heaven. On Sunday morning, August 4, 1968, Brooker’s team was at Riverside International Raceway preparing for the long-anticipated SCCA Runoffs when John Dunn, chief engine builder at Shelby American, stopped by their pit. For some odd reason, Dunn didn’t return the team’s greetings. In fact, he was downright rude. He looked under the hood of their GT350, and then angrily stormed away without saying a word. Strange. Very strange. Things got even weirder minutes later when Shelby’s Director of Competition, John Timanus, arrived at Brooker’s pit. His mood was even worse. Timanus looked under the GT350’s hood and launched into a tirade, claiming that a smarter thief wouldn’t have brought a stolen engine to the Runoffs to begin with. Surely Brooker's team knew that it was the first place Shelby's staff would look to recover their stolen engine. Brooker’s team was at first astonished, and then they busted out laughing. Timanus was furious now. He sternly warned them that this is a serious matter and that John Dunn has already left for the local sheriff’s office to swear out a warrant for their arrest. This only caused them to laugh even more hysterically. Brooker’s team had figured it out. In the aftermath of Brooker’s Lake Garnett victory, Shelby had apparently gone back to his shop, handpicked the finest 289-cubic-inch V8 available and shipped it straight to Wichita as a gift of gratitude to Brad Brooker. But he never bothered to tell John Dunn, his own Director of Competition. Certain that the “stolen” engine would be found at the Runoffs, Dunn had traveled to Riverside to track down the missing motor. Timanus finally realized the mistake and hurried off to prevent Dunn from showing up with the police and making a complete fool of himself. By day’s end, both Shelby executives had rediscovered their sense of humor and were enjoying a good laugh over it. So yes, plenty of Shelby engines have been stolen, pilfered or pawned off over the years as something they weren’t… but Brad Brooker’s wasn’t one of them. Stephen Cox Sopwith Motorsports Television Productions |
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On screen,he moved through space at the speed of light,but in the real world,Nimoy used a Buick Riviera as his daily ‘particle accelerator’.Nimoy also used a bike to shuttle around the Studio set,which was repeatedly stolen by his eternal friend William Shatner, much to his annoyance.Eventually,Nimoy attempted to bring Shatner’s shenanigans to an end by locking the bike in the trunk of his Buick.It failed,as Shatner simply borrowed’ the Buick too. :) |
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Production of the new 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray doesn't begin until early February, but with all the advance orders, it's already sold out, said Barry Engle, president of North America for General Motors. |
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When the 2020 Porsche Taycan first debuted as the Mission E concept, the company claimed the car would achieve up to 300 miles of range. But today, the EPA announced its estimated range for the 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo is just 201 miles, leading Porsche to go and do its own independent tests as damage control. |
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