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Pense Race Shop
Team Penske When you talk about racing, at some point you have to talk about Roger Penske. Roger was a racer who had to decide between being a driver or a businessman. He correctly chose to be a businessman and became a tycoon who now has multiple championship winning race teams in open wheel, stock […]
2013 Detroit Autorama Ridler Award
The Ridler Award given out each year at the Detroit Autorama for the past 50 years is arguably the most prestigious award a car builder can put on his shelf. The cars that compete cost more than some of us will earn at work in a lifetime. The video below not only recaps some of […]
Order Tickets for the Daytona 500, 1970 Race!
If you are all fired up to attend the opening NASCAR race at Daytona this year I can’t help you! However, if you want to attend the 1970 race try this info. The following is a copy of the 1969/1970 Daytona Speedweek schedule leading up to the 500. It even includes a way to order […]
I Gotsta to Get Paid – ZZ Top
We recently attended a ZZ Top concert and enjoyed it from beginning to end. It was full of car related video backdrops. The big surprise is when we walked out and their was their tour bus. It was an old Grayhound style with wild custom vista cruiser style two story roof and much more. These […]
Resto-Mods
Over that past year or so we have noticed that the collector car market seems to be evolving. On many fronts it appears that the general public is getting a little bored with what has always been. The 100 point all original cars that get trailed everywhere are gaining less enthusiasm and the car that gets […]
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum; Legendary Collector Cars TV Episode 5
Although we focus on Muscle Cars and Hot Rods most of the time we still love the old classics and like to share some of our favorites with you from time to time. This Episode of Legendary Collector Cars TV takes you on a quick tour of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn IN. […]
Rat Rods; the book
Our Rat Rod Feature Posts and Pages are some of the most popular on the site. Although we have never built or owned one they do fascinate us and someday there will likely be one in the collection. Until then we will continue to admire the imagination and building skills of the owners who construct […]
FUN FORD WEEKEND
Bristol Dragway is excited to announce they have aquired the services of Tim Lopata as the “Managing Director” of the FUN FORD WEEKEND car show June 29th and 30th in Bristol Tennessee. Mr Lopata will be leaving his position as president of THE FORGE INVITATIONAL MUSCLECAR SHOW and taking over the chores of co-ordinating the […]
Best Deal of the Day; Back in the Day
We were recently looking through some old Auto Week newspapers and stopped in the classifieds to see what we could find. Now this particular Auto Week was from February 1969 and had a lot of interesting finds. My next step is to find a “way back machine”; scoop up some old greenbacks and see if […]
Top Ten Car Crazy Symptoms
If you’re a fan of Car Crazy you know Barry Meguiar is always talking about being Car Crazy. Now Meguiar’s has posted the top ten ways to know if someone is certifiably Car Crazy. You can add your ideas if you like in our comments section below. Just so you know I qualify on large […]
Tornado Hits Murfreesboro
Many of you who know we are located in Murfreesboro, TN have called and emailed about our well being. Our town was hit by a disastrous tornado today that left many homeless and several dead. Our property was spared of any damage but just a short distance away there is major devastation. I was at my […]
1967 Corvette 427; Getting Stuff to People Who Want It. How?
How do you get stuff to people who want it? Way back I had a 1967 Corvette 427, 4-speed, side exhaust, radio delete car that was unbelievably fast. I loved the car. I drove it on long trips, I drove it every day. I raced it, I showed it. It nearly killed me a couple […]
I will work for Gas!
Gas Prices How are you going to change what you do with your collector car now that fill up more than a set of tires? No kidding, I went to the gas station to fill up the motor home with diesel and paid more for a tank of fuel than I paid for my first […]
