Welcome to the LS revolution.
Over the past few years, LS engine technology has revolutionized the GM performance aftermarket. Gen IV engines have set a new standard for factory horsepower and torque. To meet the growing demand of today’s high performance engine builders and racing enthusiasts, engineers at RHS® have recently designed an all-new LS engine block for radical street and all-out racing applications.
Going beyond the limitations of other GM LS blocks, the LS Race Block is available in both standard (9.240") and tall (9.750") deck height combinations and is engineered for maximum clearance around a 4.600" stroke crankshaft. This was done by raising the camshaft centerline (.388"/9.86mm) and including priority main oiling that shifts the oil galley outboard. With this unique design, RHS® engineers were also able to minimize windage in the rotating assembly – leading to superior engine lubrication at higher rpm.
The Model A Ford is still alive, and is eager to move into a new museum home. At present there is no museum wholly dedicated to this storied car, even though over 4 million A’s were produced from 1927 through 1931. Now, more than 80 years later, the establishment of a permanent Model A Ford Museum at the Gilmore Car Museum west of Dearborn in Hickory Corners, MI is in the works—but your help is needed.
The Model A Ford Foundation was established to preserve the Model A era (cars, fashions, historic events) and 100,000 Model As are said to be in garages and still ready to roll today. The Foundation finds itself short of the amount needed to break ground on a Model A museum. Over the years the Foundation has raised $700,000 of the $900,000 needed to build a museum on the campus of the multi-brand Gilmore Car Museum.
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The Matchbox Toy Show Returns to Hershey at the AACA Museum
September 25, 2011
Hershey, PA (August 31, 2011) If you're a collector or fan of Matchbox cars then we have just the event for you. The Diecast Toy Exchange is hosting a Matchbox Collector's show here at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (AACA) on Sunday, September 25 from 9AM to 4PM. The event will allow visitors to add to or begin a Matchbox collection as all cars will be for sale. Vendors will be showcasing toy cars from the entire history of Matchbox -- from the first car in the 1950's all the way through present day vehicles. To support this event, the AACA Museum is offering $5.00 admission (half the normal admission price) to encourage visitors to attend this one-day show.
Classic Auto Air has released its new High-Performance Compressor Upgrade Kit for 1970-1981 Pontiac Firebirds and Trans-Ams. The new kits require no modification to the car and draw less than half the horsepower at half the weight of the original A6 compressor, according to the company.
The Compressor Upgrade Kit includes a rotary compressor and Classic Auto Air’s second-generation Firebird/Trans-Am compressor mount for all stock 1967-1981 Pontiac V-8 engines. The kit also comes with suction and discharge hoses, an accumulator, VIR service kit, VIR eliminator and/or filter-drier (depending on the year.)
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Pontiac’s 1968 Firebird 400 was described by Car and Driver magazine as “almost in a class by itself,” thanks in no small part to its high performance 400/330 HP engine and refined suspension development. This Flambeau Burgundy 400 coupe is well equipped with a heavy duty 4-speed, heavy duty suspension, battery, starter motor and cooling system, dual exhaust, declutching engine fan and chromed engine dress. The attractive Black interior features a wood-rimmed wheel, woodgrain trim, console and gauges. PHS documentation and the original bill of sale are included.
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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