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  • The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 124 – New Vinyl

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    This week Jason comes back, but we make it a short one, as we all have a bunch of stuff to do this week. Jason and Brad are both recovering from Monterey Pre-Reunion weekend, and preparing for the full swing of Monterey Car Week. Jason talks a bit about his loaner JEEP. Brad’s picking up…

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  • Quick Pic: Elva Is King Of The Corkscrew

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    I took this picture at the top of the Corkscrew last weekend at the Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion weekend. It’s one of my favorites, as it shows just the kind of elevation change that Laguna Seca is known for. This rare little Porsche 4-cam powered Elva is one of twenty built and it’s being thrashed as…

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  • Hooniverse Motorsport News For August 15th, 2016

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    This weekend there wasn’t really that much racing to shout about, but enough to discuss. Also, NASCAR raced in the rain! Personally, I was out at Laguna Seca attending the Monterey Motorsport Pre-Reunion, which is essentially a test day for next weekend’s real deal big show. It was a good time, as I got to…

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  • The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 123 – The Fun Button W/ Aaron France

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    Jason was out with a massive migraine this week, he was planning on being there, but just couldn’t deal with lights and sounds. We had a listener and brakes systems engineer for a major OEM as a guest on the show this week, who goes by the name of Aaron France. Aaron is an avid…

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  • Catfished By A Camaro

    Catfished By A Camaro

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    When the 4th generation Camaro first came out, I was absolutely enamored by its smooth fluid lines and soft edges. It looked fast, and it looked angry. For most of a decade, this was the look of Chevy Performance on the road, as it was built from 1993 through 2002. That’s all the way from…

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  • Everything Wrong With Hot Rod Shows

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    I spent last Friday here in Reno venturing out to see the sights of “Hot August Nights”. Every year, for a week, hot rods of all flavor invade the city and take over parking lots everywhere. Thousands of vintage V8s rumble down the road, and trundle through the lots. Every casino hotel has their own…

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  • Hooniverse Motorsport News For August 8th, 2016

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    This week has been packed with some great racing, but unfortunately was marred by tragedy as well. There were multiple events worthy of concern, and the community is again left reeling with the untimely passing of young gun Bryan Clauson. This was a freak accident that couldn’t really have been prevented in midget car racing, though…

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  • Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – The Gassers

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    I am the first to admit that I don’t know much about vintage drag racing, but there is just something about an old Gasser that makes me happy inside. There were a bunch of gassers hanging around, so here is a masterpost including all of my photos of gassers. They all go lumpy lumpy lumpy…

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  • Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – The Mercuik

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    Walk around the back of this 1951 Mercury custom, and you’d never guess anything was out of the ordinary. There are plenty of old Mercs turned into hot rod low-and-slow type cruisers. It’s got loud paint and lake pipes, tucked and chopped and channeled everything else. However, when you move around to the front of…

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  • Weekend Edition: Hot August Nights – Jeep Fleetvan Milk Truck?

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    With some minimal research it would appear that this is what is known as a Jeep FJ-3 delivery van. They were built in the early-to-mid 1960s, though not in notable quantities. This is the first one I’ve ever seen, and frankly had never heard of them. This  leads event the most avid Jeep historians to…

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