Why don’t any manufacturers have square wheels anymore? Or push button transmissions? A few weeks ago this olelongrooffan was strolling around a junkyard up in the cold white north and spotted this beauty.
Every time a Russian turns on a video camera, the internet gets slightly more awesome. This bizarre video courtesy of Russia seemingly shows an open sewer manhole giving one unsuspecting driver the ride of his life. A dashboard camera from a van behind the action shows everything, including the open manhole left behind after the gnarly crash. But there’s also a second video from a different vantage point that suggests a slightly different story.
Ram rammeth on a Ram.
I first ran into this spectacularly brown box of a Dodge two months ago, and that’s where these detail shots come from. Yesterday, I chanced upon it again and managed to snap more photos of it. According to what info I could sherlock from the plate, it’s a 1989 model with the 3.9-litre/239cid V6 engine. I’m thinking it’s been in the country since new, and for that it looks good – not rusty at all and the paint is fine.
It happens all the time… a group of enthusiasts on an Internet message board find out that they all have the same problem with the car they love. Be it bad bushings, electrical problems, weak something-or-other, or any other item that might fail. They share their frustrations, discuss options, and come up with solutions. The more complex solutions may be solved by an after-work inventor/engineer with access to a CAD, who is able to produce a drawing. Another person with access to a metal shop might end up manufacturing the item. The community gets its specific parts, its inventors and producers get a few bucks for their trouble, and everyone is happy.
Recently, the Nissan 300ZX community came together for another reason. They claim, with strong evidence (click link for examples, left column), that AMS Motorsports of Canada (Not to be confused with AMS Performance from Chicago, or Atlantic Motorsports from Gaithersburg MD, or any other AMS) is taking the very parts that this community has designed, and reselling them as their own. Because the alleged copied parts sold by AMS are manufactured overseas, their price is comparably lower. This takes sales away from the originators. Additionally, the quality of the AMS parts has been brought into question.
Between the incubator and this here nursing home, most Crown Vics live a rather difficult life. Each one is used daily, not as commuter vehicle but as a moveable office, a battering ram, paddy wagon, storage room, or an ambulance. Many of them work double, some triple, shifts, hardly ever getting their proper night rest.
They have idled endless hours and performed constant hard acceleration runs. They did their work in the most brutal of summer days and coldest and snowiest of winter times. When their service is done, they come here, the Massachusetts State Police Driver Training Facility. This is where they are picked for parts, used as training vehicles, or converted for a lesser civic duty or an auction.
Here at Hooniverse the demise of Ford’s Panther platform left a void in our hearts. While some did not care much for its aged design, others did shed a few tears. Whichever side of the Panther you stand on however, you will find this interesting. It appears as though the California Highway Patrol went on a Crown Vic buying spree.
[Source: Telstar Logistics]
Photo: morgan3wheeler.co.uk
25% fewer wheels, 100% more burnout! The Morgan 3-wheeler, while visually similar to the Supersport model of the company’s hayday in the 1930s, this 3-wheeler sports a bit more modern construction with a contemporary V-Twin motorcycle engine mated to a Mazda sourced 5-speed manual transmission.
Whatever is powering it, it can do one hell of a burnout! One tire fire, for the win!
There are some videos making the rounds about Seattle drivers getting a bad rap about winter driving. That’s like saying people in Texas don’t know how to drive in the snow. Low-hanging fruit if you will…
The situation we have here is a tricky one. Technically, there are two 917 with their chassis numbered 917-021. Both are recognized by Porsche as having existed, and both have had their histories intertwined. You see, Porsche built number 21 as part of its initial run of 25 chassis in 1969, and the car was originally raced in Shell livery at Le Mans in 1970. Campaigned by the Finnish AWW team (Antti Aarnio-Wihuri) for David Piper and Gis Van Lennep. The car was damaged in the race when Piper ran it into things and was repaired at the track. Later in the race, Van Lennep was forced to retire with a burst tire caused by rubbing on the bent frame from its previous shunt. This is where the water begins to muddy.
Whenever a government is planning a special event, one of the calls they make is to their home automakers asking if they could build/borrow a vehicle for their special event. For an automaker, this is big deal. Building or allowing a government to use one of your vehicles brings a lot of attention to your brand. For a government, a vehicle built/borrow for the occasion can make it much more special.
[Source: ChinaCarTimes]
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