Recent posts
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The Splinter is Complete!
Back in 2008 I told you about the Splinter – a wooden supercar under construction and later in 2011 I published and update on the Splinter. It’s been a long road to get to the finish line, but here is… Continue reading
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Turning a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor into a 4000 pound sports car
The first consideration is that this car’s platform is body-on-frame. It’s an old structural concept that provides a very strong and ridged base for handling improvements. It has been replaced by what is called unibody. The Ford CVPI has a… Continue reading
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2023 Classic Motorsports Smoky Mountain Tour
How about a chance to hang out with people who not only love cars, but love to drive them? Oh yeah, and you get to tour some of the most fun, twisty roads in western North Carolina, visiting car museums,… Continue reading
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Wheels on Academy Street, Cary, NC
Once a year about this time there is a modest, but interesting car show held on the main street of Cary, NC. There are usually about 100 cars spanning the early 1900s right up to current models. The street is… Continue reading
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Toyota 6×6 comes to the rescue in putting out EV fires
Motortrend posted this review of the new Toyota built specifically for the problem of putting out EV fires. Toyota 6×6 Fire Truck Blasts EVs Apart With Water Cannon (motortrend.com) While an ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicle can certainly have fires… Continue reading
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Ford Mustang Mach-E Missed by a Mile?
All of the car manufactures have bought in to the idea that the future of personal transportation is electric and consequently have invested much to get their version of electric cars out and in the market. Ford is certainly part… Continue reading
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Cars and Coffee in Cary, NC
We had gotten over to the site at a time that we thought was early, but it turned out it wasn’t early enough to get a spot inside the building. It was at a car dealership that originally was a… Continue reading
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PRI 2022–the importance of safety
Racing has a history of danger and in the mid-twentieth century safety was pretty much an afterthought. With the efforts of people such as Formula 1 champion Sir Jackie Stewart, tremendous progress has been achieved. Where once fiery wrecks were… Continue reading
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PRI 2022–the Importance of Racing Tools
It is fascinating to watch the pitstops of Formula 1 where they seem shockingly long if they take three seconds to change out their wheels and tires. This past year the record was 2.0 seconds. Pit stops at the Indy… Continue reading
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PRI 2022–it’s Electric!
If you are like me, you love the sound of a performance racing engine being put to work. But, there is another sound of racing that has made its place in racing today. PRI is not ignoring EV racing and… Continue reading
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