Showing posts with label car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label car. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Jay Leno's Tank Car - More than "millecavalli"
1500 hp
"I have no idea what the top speed is for this thing. We ran it at the General Motors proving grounds and hit 145 mph."
Its wheelbase is more than 15 ft. The engine is a 30-liter V12 — each of those 12 cylinders is bigger than a four-cylinder Toyota engine — and it had between 800 and 900 hp.
Bosch electronic fuel-injection control unit based on the company's MS 2.9 system for Formula One race cars. The custom-built rig was the only one that could deliver enough fuel.
two serious 91mm magnesium Garrett turbochargers — the same ones found on 2002 Toyota Champ car racers.
beautiful new intake manifold with special runners that look like the ones on an old 2.9 Alfa.
fabricated metal caps that take any sort of modern look out of the engine.
SIX MPG!
www.popularmechanics.com
Flake & Flames - Kustom Kulture Documentary Film
Flake & Flames
The Kustom Kulture Adventure
by Dirk Behlau & Jesper Bram
“The world famous Kool Lifestyle Photographer Dirk “The Pixeleye” Behlau and the acclaimed Pinstriper and Artist, Jesper Bram join forces on an astonishing adventure to make a feature length documentary Film about the Kustom Kulture movement around the globe.”
Dirk and Jesper spent a year going from California through Europe in search of the coolest Kustom Kulture people and events on the planet. Picking the brains of living legends, up and coming artists and builders within the culture.
The guys seek out some of the hottest Kustom Kulture spots and get some of the worlds best car and motorcycle builders, tattoo artists, pinstripers, custom painters and pin-up models to share their tricks and experience.
http://www.flakeandflames.com
http://www.facebook.com/flakeandflames
http://www.twitter.com/flakeandflames
http://www.youtube.com/user/flakeandflamesfilm
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Pontiac 1939 Deluxe Sir "Ghost Car"
1939 Pontiac Deluxe Sir
Series 26.
85 bhp, 222.7 cu. in. L-head 6-cylinder engine, 3-speed manual transmission.
Main event of the General Motors "Highway and Horizons" pavillon at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, built in collaboration with Rohm & Haas, a chemical company that had recently developed Plexiglass. This is the first full-sized transparent car ever made in the USA.
Sold at the RM Auctions’ St. John’s auction in Michigan on July 30, 2011 for $308,000.
Photos by Aaron Sommerfield for RM Auctions
http://www.rmauctions.com/
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