Wednesday 16 May 2012 at 8:16 pm
What a SCREAM!
A few clever stinkers at Fiat have
red-faced the VW management by using the doorway of their very own corporate HQ as a billboard for Fiat's new 500.
I'm sure it was just coincidental that the Google Street Scene camera car was in the neighborhood.
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Sergio OWNS Piech!
Saturday 12 May 2012 at 12:56 pm
We lost one of racing's & rodding's greatest legends this week. He won LeMans in '59 as a driver & '66 & '67 as a team owner with Ford. He was a natural as a driver & won many sports car races before turning to manufacturing, where he stunned America & the world with his iconic Cobras. Ol' Shel, as he was known, lived on borrowed time for over 50 years after doctors made him quit racing because of a bum ticker.
Shelby's 2nd passion was his charitable work. During his time in ICU, he was deeply bothered by the kids he saw dying as they waited for transplants, so he started the Carroll Shelby Heart Fund (now the
Carroll Shelby Foundation) to raise money or youngsters in desperate need of transplants. Scads of parents sent him pictures of their kids named Shelby. Shelby's LA office was wall papered with hundreds of photos. Older kids benefit from the Carroll Shelby School of Automotive Technology, located at the Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, not 20 miles from the racer's birthplace.
We're gonna miss this tuff ol' Texan & his big ol' heart.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120511/CARNEWS/120519987#ixzz1uftpkReU
Friday 13 April 2012 at 07:17 am
The Michigan Gumball Rally is "The Ultimate Road-Trip Across Michigan!"
This convoy of 100 teams will travel to Michigan's UP making checkpoint stops at historical sites and race tracks throughout Michigan. This is a fun and safe event that ANYONE can enter in ANY VEHICLE. Part of the proceeds go to help out local charities.
This year The Michigan Gumball Rally will be August 10th-12th 2011
Sunday 11 March 2012 at 4:09 pm
Every year, the size of the crowd for Autorama increases. The caliber of the rods & customs in the basement just keeps getting better & better. This year, we had over 250 cars in the Basement & the pros have really taken notice of how cool this show is!
The Detroit Basement easily rivals the Suede Palace in LA.
Singlefinger Speed Shop was the place to hang out for Autorama 2012. We had it going on. Our "Booth Babe" (Racheal Adams) is the best hostess we could ask for & she made everybody feel like they were part of our gang. Pinstripers Harrow, Hiser, & their buddies wowed the crowd with the panels & stuff that they were prepping for the Charity Auction upstairs. Jon, Barth, Lou, Martyn, & guys all said it was the best show ever.
When you find out what the Singlefinger guys are planning for next year, it will BLOW yer mind!
Autorama2012
Monday 13 February 2012 at 9:49 pm
"Run out of gas" with someone tonight!
Saturday 11 February 2012 at 11:27 am
2012 is the 80th Anniv of Ford's "Deuce" line of cars. Edsel Ford, Henry's son, styled the 1932 Ford car line. All 14 of the new coupes, sedans, roadster, & convertable models were truly stunning, as the younger Ford incorporated styling cues from the more expensive Lincolns of the era. According to Edsel, this was by far "the best-looking Ford yet". However, it was the iconic 3-window coupe they introduced for the '32 that struck a chord with hot rodders everywhere. Sleek body lines, a roof that looked chopped, a wind cheating new Grille design, "suicide doors", & best of all... the new V8 Engine!
Ford began pre-production of their new low priced, workhorse V8 engine, commonly known as the Flathead, in February of 1931. Teams worked around the clock to fix the myriad of casting problems that plagued early production blocks to ensure a smooth launch of the new models. Ford evolved this little engine for over 20 years, helped in no small part by the way that hot rodders embraced this as their mill of choice. Speed equipment abounded for the Flatty & success on the Dry Lakes & Dragstrips quickly followed.
Rumor has it that you will find many examples of this engine at this year's Detroit Autorama show, especially in the basement. Singlefinger Speed Shop & Brother's Customs are expected to display examples of this fine engine, dressed in their finest vintage speed goodies.
Look for this image on T-shirts & posters at the show (24-26FEB,12).
SEEYA IN THE BASEMENT!
Monday 06 February 2012 at 12:00 am
Every CEO of an American corporation needs to take note of what happened during halftime @ the 2012 Super Bowl. You have ALL been beaten again. This is the 2nd shellacking that you've gotten in as many years. The thing is, that you got thoroughly trounced by a part time resident from Italy.
See the ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PE5V4Uzobc
As soon as the Chrysler Super Bowl commercial aired at halftime, I quickly called friends all across the country. To a person, they all said that Eastwood delivered a message that "gave me chills". Many choked up. Some teared up. Everyone with Detroit roots cheered the message, perhaps even more loudly that the groundbreaking Eminem commercial from last year.
With this 2nd Super Bowl ad, Sergio has done what the shortsighted corporate leadership in the US should have done a decade ago, set in motion a proper
"Hooray for the USofA" ad campaign! GE teamed up with Anheuser-Busch to "fly the flag" on a couple of Super Bowl commercials, so perhaps they get it too. Let's hope that the fervor to
Buy American Made products continues to grow. (Hopefully, it will also help change the thinking @ places like Wally-world & IBM)
Ad campaigns like this one may just be the tonic that Americans need to rethink the purchase of all the cheap, toxic, job stealing, pet killing products coming in from China, Korea, & the rest of Asia.
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Blockbuster Ad for Chrysler
Thursday 02 February 2012 at 06:20 am
Life is good when you're a groundhog! You really only have to work 1 day a year.
It probably sucks when your lollygagging lifestyle gets rudely interrupted every 2nd of Feb, by a group of drunken goofballs in top-hats. They drag your fuzzy but out of the house, they hold you up & parade you around a crowd of oddball humans yelling at the top of their lungs. Humans worry about stuff they have no control over. Why don't humans sleep through seasons piled high with snow, like groundhogs do?
The rest of the time all you have to worry about is raiding gardens, digging dens under suburban patios, & chasing tail.
Not a bad gig.
Wednesday 18 January 2012 at 07:22 am
Google is wearing a black mask on their logo. Wikkipedia is totally blacked out today. Blogs are humming with outrage at Congress. Why? Because, once again the 545 idiots in DC are attempting to
censor the public knowledge. It's like banning books, but this time it's the internet sites that supply you with the info. It is ironic that MOST of the morons in Congress are so flummoxed by computers that aides have to print out important articles for them to read. The sad thing is that they still think they know what they are talking about...
Here's the reason as stated by Wikipedia:
Why is the blackout happening?
Wikipedians have chosen to black out the English Wikipedia for the first time ever, because we are concerned that SOPA and PIPA will severely inhibit people's access to online information. This is not a problem that will solely affect people in the United States: it will affect everyone around the world.
Why? SOPA and PIPA are badly drafted legislation that won't be effective at their stated goal (to stop copyright infringement), and will cause serious damage to the free and open Internet. They put the burden on website owners to police user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of entire sites. Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend themselves. Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being infringed. Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't show up in major search engines. And, SOPA and PIPA build a framework for future restrictions and suppression.
Call your Congressman & demand they help keep the internet free & uncensored!!
Thursday 22 December 2011 at 07:31 am
With the help of our buddy, artist Mark Ervin, Santa's dumped his creaky, old sleigh, put those finicky reindeer out to pasture, & is rockin' the Holidays with his new Safari Sled this year! (I'm sure that Mrs Claus got some new threads as well.) This new Safari ought to improve holiday time slips by a few tenths over last year!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
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