In the local park .... Joy-Ride Burn-Out



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In the local park .... Joy-Ride Burn-Out

ya not bored there in geelong are ya Rockman tryin to kill time till the shows in March......

...heck no .... I'd be drivin' it around with a cravat on ... not burnin' it!!
BUT YEAH ...March will be a good-one



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if you like yank classic cars try Scotties channel. he shows some absolutely amazing cars & you get proper details form the builders.

[www.youtube.com]

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Adult-size Cozy Coupe hits the road

It may be bigger, but it’s still pretty cute.

A custom car shop in England has built a street-legal, motorized replica of the classic Little Tikes Cozy Coupe toy car, The Sunday Times reports.

Starting with a wrecked Daewoo Matiz (also sold as the Chevy Spark and itself a very tiny car,) the folks at Attitude Autos sawed it in half and shortened it, removed the rear doors, and reworked the body to look just like the original, down to its yellow roof and single driver’s side door, although it did retain the donor car’s two-abreast seating.

Powered by a 0.8-liter three-cylinder engine, the car has about 51 horsepower and is street legal, but after one trip on the highway, its creators say they’re in no hurry to do it again; not because the car drives poorly, but due to the fact that it attracts so much attention, they’re afraid it will cause an accident.

The ToyTown Coupe, as it has been dubbed, took over 1000 man-hours and cost nearly $60,000 to build. Attitude Autos currently rents it out for events and is happy to make more for customers, but also asks: “wouldn’t you like something a bit more individual? After all, one already exists!”




[www.foxnews.com]



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Spotted in Newbury, Berkshire yesterday.






"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

Sinkhole Beneath National Corvette Museum Devours 8 Cars


A sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., damaged 8 vintage Corvettes. National Corvette Museum

A huge sinkhole opened up early Wednesday at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., swallowing eight rare and notable versions of the Chevrolet sports car.

Alerted to the collapse by motion sensors in a structure called the Skydome, which is separate from the main building, staff members arrived at the museum to find that a sinkhole had formed at 5:39 a.m., collapsing the floor and ingesting eight of the cars on display. The fire department cordoned off the building, and a structural engineer was called in to determine the extent of the damage.

The sinkhole was estimated to be 40 feet across and nearly 30 feet deep. The Skydome structure did not have a basement.

Museum officials said that other than its floor, the Skydome was undamaged, but that the condition of the cars that fell into the pit had not been determined. Six of the cars belong to the museum, but two – a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and a 2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” – are on loan from General Motors.

“We’re just tickled that no one was hurt; that thing was deep,” Greg Wallace, manager of the General Motors Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., said in a telephone interview. “We really don’t know yet what the value of the cars is, but we’ll fix them up and you’ll never know they were damaged.”

The other cars that fell into the sinkhole were a one-owner 1962 Corvette; the 1984 Corvette PPG Pace Par; the one-millionth Corvette, a 1992 model; a 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette; a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette; and the 1.5-millionth Corvette, from the 2009 model year.

The Tennessean newspaper reported that emergency personnel had allowed the staff to remove one irreplaceable car nearby that had not fallen into the sinkhole: the only surviving 1983 Corvette, a prototype from a model year when no Corvettes were produced for sale because of quality problems.

Katie Frassinelli, a spokeswoman for the museum, said in an email that insurance would cover the cars. She added that aside from the Skydome, the museum would be open on Thursday.

[www.nytimes.com]

A good reminder that you gotta be careful who you let in your car....

Parrot rats out driver to cops at alcohol checkpoint: 'He's drunk!'
Guillermo Reyes, 49, was pulled over by traffic officers in Mexico City during a routine checkpoint. As Reyes got of his car, his pet bird gave him away.

A Mexican motorist was busted drunken driving after his pet parakeet ratted him out to police.

Guillermo Reyes, 49, was pulled over by traffic officers at a routine alcohol checkpoint in Mexico City last week.

As he got out of his blue Chevy to be tested, cops heard a voice saying: "He's drunk, he's drunk."

At first, they thought someone else was inside the vehicle.

But, on closer inspection, they were stunned to see it was Reyes' beloved bird turned snitch.

El Universal reports that Reyes was indeed found to be drunk and was subsequently arrested.

Animal Surveillance Brigade officers were called to take the mouthy critter away.

But they eventually allowed him to accompany his owner to prison after it was feared the bird would die if separated from his owner, reports El Universal.

The duo was taken to El Torito, the capital city's "hangover prison," where anyone found driving with more than the legal 0.08 alcohol limit is taken to sober up and stay the night.

[www.nydailynews.com]

There are another year between them:



Coolest cars ever...

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.........OUCH!!!!! ..... Queenscliff Highway - Moolap



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Spotted in town today ..........Queensland number-plates ----



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Worst thing on earth...painted cars...and Lennon started the whole thing:

and Lennon started the whole thing: .....Ya sure????







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..talking graffiti here's a good one...

Batmobile
[www.jamesedition.com]

Price - $1,000,000

Year 2013
VAT VAT Exempt
Location Indialantic, FL, USA
Mileage (who cares?)
Gearbox Automatic
Fuel type Petrol
Color Black (duh)
Car type Other (cool)
Drive LHD
Engine 8 Cylinder
Drive Train RWD
Interior Color Black (duh)



Description
This concept vehicle features an LS1 motor with a custom built frame, chassis and drive line. It has an automatic transmission, dually rear end featuring FOUR 44" super swamper tires with custom rims! It has a custom cut windows, seating for two, 5 driver assist cameras, Double den stereo with blue tooth, CD/DVD, Ipod integration for all of your entertainment needs. This vehicle also features GPS Navigation worldwide as well as a custom interior.

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My car 5 years ago
V6 245 horse power. Loved it




"we know it's a bit late but we hope you don't mind if we stay"

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Herald Sun --- 2 April 2014



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Ho Ho Ho, how beautiful! Buick's models the 50 's to the 70 's are my favorites, along with BB of course ...

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