POPULAR V-8 MOTORS: DISPLACEMENT DISCREPANCIES.

Posted on March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 by MartynL

Diego Rosenburg, Musclecar maven and walking encyclopedia of 1960s-1970s high-performance engine codes and options, decodes the displacement dilemma of 5 popular V-8s whose numbers are questionable. It may only be an inch or two, but truth matters: POPULAR V-8 MOTORS: DISPLACEMENT DISCREPANCIES. 1967 Ford R-Code dual-quad 427. We know that the 1960s were full of horsepower hijinks, but did you know that manufacturers sometimes fibbed about the size of their engines? Indeed, that burbling V-8...

JAGUAR E-TYPE 60: TIMELESS TREASURE TRIBUTES

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by MartynL

Jaguar Classic celebrates the 60th anniversary of the E-type, one of the world’s most beautiful cars, with six magnificent matched pairs - Roadster & Fixed Head Coupe – for six lucky Jaguar enthusiasts: JAGUAR E-TYPE 60: TIMELESS TREASURE TRIBUTES. Jaguar Classic has unveiled its first matched pair of E-type 60 Collection vehicles, and revealed full specs for the 12 restored and sympathetically uprated 3.8-liter E-types built to celebrate 60 years of the iconic sports car. Six decad...

MONTECITO: CARS, COFFEE & CAMARADERIE!

Posted on March 12, 2021 by MartynL

Jim Palam masks-up, packs his photographic gear in his Porsche, and restarts his relationship with live car events. The results: MONTECITO: CARS, COFFEE & CAMARADERIE! It didn't take too much of an arm-twist from my carguy friend Phil to motivate me to get up with the birds and drive down to tony Montecito to check out the reawakening of the Cars & Coffee gathering in the Upper Village. It had been a year since I covered any live car event for CarGuyChronicles and I had a strong...

BUYER’S GUIDE: 1967-1969 CHEVY CAMARO.

Posted on February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 by MartynL

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Chevrolet’s original Ponycar - from factory-stock to Baldwin-Motion wild. Hagerty’s Sajeev Mehta blogs about some of the hobby’s most collectible sporty cars with backseats in BUYER’S GUIDE: 1967-1969 CHEVY CAMARO. If you are looking for landmark years for Chevrolet performance, 1967 thru 1969 rates right up there on top. It was the era that the Camaro revolutionized the Ponycar market. The Chevelle had the Supercar field covered; the Corvette Sting...

ISO GRIFO: CORVETTE POWER; ITALIAN SUIT!

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 by MartynL

Renzo and Piero Rivolta’s stunning Corvette-powered Iso Grifo was a game-changer, bringing engine reliability to the Italian GT wars. ISO GRIFO: CORVETTE POWER; ITALIAN SUIT! It’s a Corvette with an Italian accent, blogs Bruce Troxell. In the late-1960s, I had a torrid love affair with a red, hot and sensuous Italian. Her name was Iso Grifo and she was born into the Rivolta family in 1967 in Milano. Handcrafted and steel-bodied, the Grifo delivered Corvette performance along with Europe...

’69 CAMARO: 10 COOLEST EVER!

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 by MartynL

Arguably the most popular Camaro – with the longest list of engine options from mini-powerhouse small-block 302 to the maximum muscle big-block 396-427 – is the first-Gen ’69. Adding to its cred are the big-block tire-fryers from Baldwin-Motion, below, right, Yenko and others, showcased here by Scott Oldham in ’69 CAMARO: 10 COOLEST EVER! Launched in 1967, Chevy’s Camaro had a very strong first year. The Bowtie brand finally had a rival for the Ford Mustang, and Chevy sold nearly 221,00...

SIMPLEX/HISPANO-SUIZA: BRICKS, MORTAR & SOUL!

Posted on February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 by MartynL

Automotive historian, artist and consummate carguy who believes that Every Car Has A Story, Joe Pepitone, is championing the celebration of an historical building in Brunswick, NJ: SIMPLEX/HISPANO-SUIZA: BRICKS, MORTAR & SOUL! What kind of impact can one building have on community? A building is more than just brick and mortar, walls and a roof. A building houses jobs for members of the community while providing products or services. Those same products and services also impact, ...

PERFECT MATCH: DAVID PORTER & PEUGEOT HPi FAP!

Posted on February 4, 2021 by MartynL

Consummate historic competitor and Sarasota Café Racer campaigns 2009 Le Mans winning, twin-turbo V12 LMP. It’s a PERFECT MATCH: DAVID PORTER & PEUGEOT HPi FAP! Vintage is a relative term, and among HSR’s Group 6 for Historic, Post Historic and Modern Era Prototypes are a slew of racecars that have only recently “retired” from professional competition to join the ranks of vintage racing. Among them is the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, chassis number 10, now owned and driven by David Porter, ...

1970: MUSCLECARS AT AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 by MartynL

In 1970, Motown’s Maximum Muscle - 1970: MUSCLECARS AT AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS - showcased the biggest and baddest engines, head-turning wings, sound & fury, an endless list of performance options, and limited-production models. A special class of 1970 Musclecars, including a Buick Stage 1 Skylark GSX, will celebrate the pinnacle of Detroit’s fast and loud Musclecar era at the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on May 23, 2021. The first wave of Baby Boomers was graduating...

CHEVY/CORVETTE: LS ENGINE GUIDE!

Posted on January 20, 2021 by MartynL

Daniel Strohl and our friends at Hemmings sort out one of the world’s most successful engine series in this easy-to-digest CHEVY/CORVETTE: LS ENGINE GUIDE! Just as the original Ed Cole-design Chevrolet small-block V-8 launched an era of American performance upon its introduction in the mid-1950, so did the LS-series third-generation small-block Chevrolet V-8 when it launched a quarter-century ago. And just as the original SBC spawned dozens of variants over its decades-long lifespan, so did...