Friday, April 29, 2011

Shelby GT 350's. All 3 types were present at Coronado



Full race version, even has stuff I've never seen before. If you look closely, you'll see that the rear window is the race style that bends into the cabin, instead of a linear curve from trunk to roof.
That it's got a license plate and current registration for legal road driving... means don't try to race it the next time you happen to meet up at the light.
Here's a dual quad 289, and a Hertz version. Cool.


I used to think these were rare. Stupid, they are just expensive and I never went to the rich neighborhoods were these occupy garages. Turns out, more GT 350's were made than Coronet R/T's.

VW microbuses were in force at Coronado







Monday, April 25, 2011

A Hemi Bee roams the roads of San Diego.



Hemi from Summit racing and Indy Cylinder Heads, circa 1998. Crate Motor, and then some.

Look out.
610 HP, 640 Ft / Lbs, Demon Carb, Indy Heads and single plane intake, trunk mounted battery, some extra traction control on the axle, huge exhaust, H pipe, power steering, power brakes, Griffin radiator, a 6 speed Viper trans with 2 over drive gears, fiberglass bumpers, 440 6 pk fiberglass hood in a Road Runner / AAR Cuda rear spring configuration with front hood pins.

This may be the best darn thing to do with a tired old Bee. I know, I had one.

Originally a 383 Bee with a 4 speed. Now even 440 or Hemi correct with the rear side window stainless trim removed. I recall that the 383 bees had the stainless along the bottom of the windows, but the 440 6 pk and Hemi bees didn't, the easy tell, if you were looking for some subtle relatively unmolested item that would give away what it was originally.

WM23H9A251072 just for the curious.

Nice! Notice the pinstriping even on the valve cover


And though the camera wasn't great at getting the shot, nice flying eyeball on the clock. Very cool touch