Archive for January, 2008
Hot Rod World’s Fastest Street Machine For Sale
28 January 2008Hot Rod Magazine has an annual shoot out for the fastest street car in America. The 2007 winner was this 580CI 1500HP 1967 Camaro, and it’s for sale! So, you ask, how fast is it? How about 7.64 second 1/4 miles? Think about that, drive to the track, rip off a 7 second quarter mile, [...]
Forgiato Parlaro Single Spoke Wheels
24 January 2008Forgiato, who, you may remember, came out with clear wheels about a year ago, has a brand new wheel, the Parlaro, which is essentially a single spoke wheel. According to Gary Tegeleci from Forgiato, these are 3 piece forged wheels, manufactured in the U.S. using all American parts, which is rare in the wheel business. [...]
Paper V12 Engine Model
24 January 2008Origami is usually associated with nifty little animals or flowers but folding paper can be great for the motorheads among us, too. This paper V12 isn’t a quick little foldup, it has 1978 pieces and all of the internal pieces move just like they should, the crankshaft, connecting rods and 12 pistons all doing their [...]
1967 Shelby GT500 SuperSnake For Sale
21 January 2008The one and only, original 1967 Shelby GT500 SuperSnake is for sale on eBay. They’re asking $3,000,000. Carroll Shelby only built one of these, he did 2 Cobras but only one Mustang. The engine is rated at 520 hp, same as the 427 used in the GT40 LeMans winners. The buyer also gets the website [...]