The Rattler® is an absorber that eliminates the root cause of torsional vibration. Effective for the entire RPM range, it extends crankshaft, bearing and valve train life. The unique design does not utilize viscous fluids and requires virtually
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The engineers at TCI® have created a transmission fluid pan unlike any other. The TCI® Die Cast Deep Aluminum Pan for Powerglide Transmissions offers revolutionary features that every high performance automotive enthusiast will appreciate.
This deep pan is the first of its kind. Inside, the pan incorporates patent-pending, heat dissipating “inverted-dimples” that increase the surface area inside the pan. These unique “heat suckers” pull heat toward the exterior of the pan – ultimately lowering the temperature of the fluid. On the outside of the pan, exterior fins are slightly angled to create a funnel effect which increases the air speed across the surface. Finally,
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The distributor gear is one of the smallest components in the engine, but also one of the most important. Spark timing is driven off of the distributor gear, and in most cases the oil pump is driven by it as well. The distributor gear is located at the bottom of the distributor shaft and engages with a gear on the camshaft. Selection of the proper distributor gear for your cam application is crucial to optimum engine performance and longevity.
The four most common types of distributor gears are composite, bronze, cast iron and hardened steel. Composite distributor gears are manufactured from a super-strong polymer that both increases durability and is the lightest in weight. COMP Cams® Composite Distributor Gears are tested and available in several shaft diameters for popular street and race applications. Meanwhile, bronze distributor gears are made from extruded aluminum
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If you’ve ever owned or played with a Hot Wheels car, you owe Elliot Handler a debt of gratitude. Handler, the “el” in Mattel and creator of Hot Wheels, died Thursday in his Southern California home. He was 95.
In 1945, Handler, his wife Ruth, and friend Harold “Matt” Matson founded Mattel (named for Matt and Elliot); Matson was quickly bought out. Starting with picture frames, Handler started a side business building doll houses using scrap wood. The Handlers were a formidable team: With Elliot’s ability to create fun toys and Ruth’s marketing savvy, including turning to the new medium of television to get the word out, Mattel quickly grew. Their first blockbuster hit was Barbie, in 1959, which almost single-handledly landed Mattel on the Fortune 500.
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On Saturday, July 30, RM's sale held in conjunction with the Concours d'Elegance of America took place at its beautiful new location, The Inn at St. John's. A rare 1932 Packard Twin Six Individual Custom Convertible Sedan, delivered new to famed American entertainer Al Jolson for $6,600, broke the magic million-dollar mark, selling for $1,100,000 before a packed house. One of just two built and virtually unseen for nearly half a century, the sporting Packard with coachwork by Dietrich spurred a lively bidding war in the room and on the phones to achieve the top-sale of the day.
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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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