Auburn, Indiana. May 19th, 2011. Dead Heads stand by. Worldwide Auctioneers is all set to introduce a veritable rolling rock & roll heirloom to Auburn, Indiana this Labor Day Weekend, when one of the last and most significant artifacts of the Grateful Dead era is slated to go under the hammer at the The Auburn Auction. The customized and carefully preserved 1965 Gillig is the bus that accompanied the legendary psychedelic band as it toured the country. Resplendent in many original furnishings and fantastic authentic decor, its interior encapsulates the very essence of an era, with ceilings papered in hundreds of vintage rock posters featuring Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and The Who among others, along with plenty of authentic Grateful Dead icons like a “Steal your Face" blanket and dancing bear stickers and statuettes. Once the property of Butch Patrick or Eddie Munster of The Munster's fame, the bus has a strange and fascinating history as colorful as its psychedelic design.
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Worldwide Auctioneers is set to blow away the crowds this Labor Day Weekend , confirming that the “First Funny Car” will join the roster of exceptional consignments lined up for its 4th annual, The Auburn Auction . The meticulously preserved and properly restored 1964 Dodge Charger S F/X is the last remaining example of three supercharged factory experimental cars built by Chrysler in 1964 to dominate the drag strip. Piloted by Super Stock Racer Jim Johnson and famous drag racer Jimmie Nix, this car did just that, setting records everywhere it ran.
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Universal Illuminated Burnout Kit from TCI® works with virtually any brake system to create monster burnouts with pulsing blue tire smoke.
With the new TCI® Universal Illuminated Burnout Kit you can add extra flash and show off the power of your engine like never before by lighting up your tire smoke during burnouts. This new kit comes with the popular TCI® RollStop®, which allows simple engagement of the brakes for easy burnouts while high-powered, pulsing blue LED lights illuminate your tire smoke. The Universal Illuminated Burnout Kit can be installed with virtually any brake system car or truck, classic or late model. Both durable and waterproof, it is manufactured from high strength 6061-T6 aluminum to resist against damage. The included RollStop® has a precision solenoid valve that can withstand 3,000psi of pressure and draws only one amp of current, and it can hold your brakes indefinitely without overheating, which means longer burnouts and bigger smoke clouds.
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New TCI® automatic transmission shifter fits in stock console and hooks up to the OE 5R55S transmission without modification.
The 05–09 Ford Mustang GT is the hottest late model performance vehicle on the market, however the stock shifter has some drawbacks when it comes to serious street/strip performance.
The new TCI® StreetFighter® ’05-’09 Ford Mustang Ratchet Shifter provides a positive stop shifting action that allows you to manually “speed shift” the transmission without fear of hanging between gears or missing a gear all together. Best of all, this new shifter also has an equally impressive billet, race-inspired appearance that makes it at home on the track or cruising in town.
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Ever popular Inglese™ Eight Stack Induction Systems are available for a wide variety of applications, including the 392 Hemi, Small and Big Block Chevy and Small and Big Block Fords that include 289-302W, 351W, 351C, 390, 427, 428 FE, 429 and 460 BBF. Taking it one step further, Inglese™ also offers systems for any other engine in existence by offering custom sheet metal intake manifolds. In addition to world class looks, Inglese™ systems also offer superior throttle response and increased low end torque.
Inglese™ also offers an affordable option to Weber carburetors by carrying 48mm and 51mm EMPI carburetors as an upgrade to the IDA systems. Any engine that is compatible with the standard Weber IDA carb will accept the EMPI carbs and use all the same mounting points and linkages.
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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