Dan Gulino blogs about the rare 396/375 SS Z16 Chevelle, the Supercar that did an end-run around GM’s big-block/midsize car ban.
Only 201 Z16 Chevelles were built in 1965 and Ronald Pace has one of the finest examples in existence. The Z16 was Chevrolet's answer to Pontiac's sensational GTO. The ‘65 Chevelle Malibu SS Z16 included a heavy-duty chassis, suspension, axle, and brakes, a four-speed manual transmission, and unique power steering components. The 396-inch L37 engine was conservativ...
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Martyn Schorr
CHEVELLE SUPER SPORT: RETURN OF THE SS MUSCLECAR?
GMI contributor, MonaroSS, blogs about what Chevrolet can do to bring back its legendary musclecar on GMInsideNews.
We here on GMI have discussed the RWD saga in all its forms and 50 shades of grey. But I have a new one. Instead of Chevrolet getting it’s long longed-for RWD Chevelle from the Zeta or Alpha or Alpha+ or Omega whatever platforms, why not Sigma?
Why not re-skin the outgoing CTS, above, as a Chevelle as I have done here? Sigma is a good and competent platform that simply is n...
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CAFÉ RACER’S PORSCHE SPYDER: MT. EQUINOX!
Oldwick Café Racer Tom Miller runs his personal best time at the Mt. Equinox climb to the clouds in his Porsche Mong-Spyder.
Cars have been competitively challenging Mt. Equinox for more than 60 years and, in the United States, only Pike’s Peak predates it. Unique among hill climb venues, Mt. Equinox, near Manchester, VT boasts the longest paved (5.2-mile) hill climb course in the world. Oldwick, NJ Café Racer Tom Miller, a collector, vintage racer, restorer and marketer of classics and high...
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SRT VIPER GTS-R DOMINATES GT CLASS: ROAD AMERICA!
Dominik Farnbacher & Marc Goossens, #91 Viper GTS-R, take the Podium at the first factory-backed ‘ALMS Series presented by Tequila Patron’ win
for Viper since 2000.
It was the 17th factory-backed victory for SRT Viper in ALMS competition (16 victories from 1999-2000). The last victory came December 31, 2000 in Adelaide, Australia. The Vipers posted a 1-2 finish led by Karl Wendlinger/Dominique Dupy followed by Jean-Philippe Belbc
and Ni Amorium. That was then; this...
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ACURA NSX BREAKS COVER: PEBBLE BEACH!
The cover comes off the NSX Concept on August 18 at the Pebble Beach Concours.
Acura ties the showing of its NSX Concept to the announcement of the Acura brand as an Official Sponsor of the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
“The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is more than one of the world’s preeminent exhibitions of luxury automobiles; it is a celebration of style and refinement that is the perfect showcase for the Acura NSX Concept,” said Michael Accavitti, senior vice preside...
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INDYCAR & LUCA FILIPPI: A BRIGHT NEW STAR!
Stephen Cox blogs about what Luca Filippi means for open-wheel racing.
Perhaps I'm the lone voice in the wilderness on this, but I was very impressed with Luca Filippi's IndyCar debut at Mid-Ohio last week. He was fantastic in qualifying. Had he not been penalized, Filippi could have had a starting spot in the first three rows; been a genuine threat on race day.
He ran a conservative, nearly mistake-free race and moved from dead last to as high as 11th during the event. Nearly all of his p...
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’53 FORD SEDAN DELIVERY: 302-INCH REST-MOD HAULER!
Stephen Stanley blogs about transplanting a V-8 powertrain and bringing his beast of burden back from the dead.
I purchased my ‘53 Ford Sedan Delivery in 1984 from the original owner, who had used it to deliver tea in San Francisco. The cost: $750.00. This was a heater-delete model powered by a Six, three- speed column shift, no clock, no radio and only one sun visor. A basic model that was popular with fleet managers and tradesmen. A far cry from the way it looks and runs today.
For the c...
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MID-OHIO HONDA 200: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
Lexington, OH’s Mid-Ohio treats fans to a weekend of wheel-to-wheel racing, covering eight different series from open-wheel IndyCar to tin-top door slammers!
Sunday’s GTS winner was Lawson Aschenbach, Jupiter, FL in the Black Dog Speed Shop Camaro. Here he is dropping downhill in Turn 12, the “Carousel”. This reminds me of the old Trans-Am series where cars you saw on the street everyday ran bumper-to-bumper. If you aren’t familiar with the Pirelli World Challenge, you may want to ch...
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JAGUAR LAND ROVER: HIGH PERFORMANCE @ PEBBLE!
Concepts, racecars, sports cars, and consumer drives of latest production vehicles, highlight its Pebble program.
In addition to its full product line, Jaguar Land Rover will debut its Jaguar Project 7 concept car, above, its first showing in North America. The all-aluminum-bodied roadster, based on the ‘14 F-TYPE and featuring a Jaguar D-Type inspired fairing and a single-seat cockpit, was revealed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Land Rover will feature, for the first time at Pebble Beac...
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’61 PLYMOUTH FURY: MAYFLOWER MAKEOVER!
Consummate hot rodder Dave Wallace, Jr. blogs about an 80,000-mile Survivor brought back to life by a do-it-yourselfer who has been watching it since 1981!
Dave Wallace usually writes about ferocious fuelers and kick-ass hot rods, but when he met up with hands-on car guy Scott Edwards and his ’61 Fury, he was impressed. They bonded almost immediately as Dave’s driver is a 70,000-mile ’61 Belvedere and both Plymouths were in the same place at the same time! Unlike Scott’s 360 V8-powered Fury,...
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