SEMA Show 2022 Top 15 Car Builds – If you have been following my SEMA Show 2022 coverage, you know that I have been doing several top 10 lists. When it came to the top car builds of the SEMA Show, there were just too many nice builds to limit the list to just 10. […]
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The SEMA Show Experience – After attending the 2022 SEMA Show, I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on what the show experience is really like. Prior to leaving, the best advice I got was “bring good shoes”. The massive show fills every convention hall that the Las Vegas Convention Center has to […]
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Aerodynamic Development Race Optimization GR86 – Renowned automotive aerodynamic body kit manufacturer, ADRO (Aerodynamic Development Race Optimization), is thrilled to unveil the company’s all-new GR86. Focused on optimizing vehicle aerodynamics through groundbreaking design, ADRO engineered the GR86 using the company’s proprietary seven-step development process. ADRO’s impressive work resulted in a crisp design for the sporty […]
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SEMA 2022 Top 10 EV Builds – Electric Vehicles (EVs) are rapidly gaining popularity, with most of the major car manufacturers planning to go all or mostly electric within the next 10 years or so. This growing market was highlighted at the SEMA Electrified area at the SEMA Show 2022. Additionally, walking around the show […]
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East Coast Indoor Nationals 2022 – Today was a cool day, a bit untraditional for me when it comes to attending car shows, but nonetheless I took advantage of one of the awesome events that Motorama Productions puts together and decided to enjoy it! I am typically running around like a mad man trying to […]
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Information released on the Early Ford V-8 Club of America’s 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration June 11th -17th 2023.
Henry Ford’s Hometown, Dearborn Michigan, home of everything Ford will be the location for the 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration Grand National Meet of the Early Ford V-8 Club of America, June 11th to 17th, 2023. The Meet starts with a motor coach bus tour to Auburn Indiana and tours of the Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum and the Auburn Cord & Duesenberg Museum. The headquarters hotel will be the DoubleTree by Hilton in Dearborn.
Activities at the hotel will include registration, Meet souvenir sales, ‘Your Choice Raffle’, Swap Meet, Operational Check and Car Clean up. Registrants will get information so that they can “Tour on Your Own” to interesting sites in the area.
Special behind the scenes tours have been arranged for the Benson Ford Research Center, Henry and Clara Ford’s Fair Lane home and the Yankee Air Museum and their Ford Tri-Motor. A special Early Ford V-8 Day is planned for Greenfield Village. Concourse judging will take place on June 15th at the headquarters hotel. This will be the opportunity to view Club member’s registered Ford, Mercury, Lincoln and Ford commercial vehicles.
The final day of the Grand National Meet starts with a motor coach bus Tour to the Gilmore Car Museum and will end back at the headquarters hotel with the Awards Banquet. For more information check out the Club’s web site www.earlyfordv8.org
Bruce Nelson
Grand National Chair
60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration
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Aston Martin has just announced the most powerful car in its storied 110-year history. Christened the DBS 770 Ultimate, only 499 of the V12 GT are planned to be produced before the current DBS is put out to pasture and a new version takes its place. If you’re of the well-heeled variety, don’t get too excited because Aston Martin says the order books are already closed.
“When an iconic model generation reaches the end of production it is important to mark the occasion with something special,” says Roberto Fedeli, Aston Martin Chief Technology Officer. “In the case of the DBS 770 Ultimate, we have spared nothing in ensuring the final version of our current series production flagship is the best-ever in every respect. Not only is it the fastest and most powerful DBS in our history, thanks to a comprehensive suite of improvements to the transmission, steering, suspension, and underbody structure; it is also the best to drive.”
The DBS has its roots in the DBS Superleggera that first appeared in 2018. The original featured a twin-turbo 5.2-liter V12 with 715 horsepower backed by an eight-speed automatic transmission made by ZF. The new DBS 770 Ultimate will improve on that, achieving close to 770 horsepower and 900 lb-ft of torque. Aston Martin claims the power nudge comes from modified air and ignition pathways plus a 7% increase in maximum turbo boost pressure, with increased response and broader torque curves being notable byproducts. The transmission also has been recalibrated “to enhance shift speeds and driver interaction” for a “truly connected driving experience.”
Steering response and feedback have improved thanks to a new solid mounted steering column, improved front-end lateral stiffness (achieved with an enhanced front cross member and thicker rear undertray) and improvements to the calibration of the Adaptive Damping System.
Though the front-end looks similar to previous DBS models, subtle tweaks have increased airflow to the radiators and enhanced thermal management. Assistance comes from the horseshoe engine vent on the hood and new front splitter that integrates two new outboard vents.
A neat feature of the DBS 770 Ultimate is the new 21-inch multi-spoke wheels available in Satin Silver, Satin Black or optional Satin Black with Diamond Turned finish. All are wrapped in Pirelli P Zero tires — 265/35 R21 up front and 305/30 R21 out back.
Inside, all DBS 770 Ultimates will come standard with Sport Plus seats trimmed in semi-aniline leather and Alcantara with a fluted quilt and perforation pattern. Sills feature plaques showing the Aston Martin Wings logo, DBS 770 Ultimate logo, and sequence number of the 300 coupes or 199 Volantes being built.
“DBS has always sat at the pinnacle of the Aston Martin production model line-up. And now we’re infusing DBS 770 Ultimate with even more… more power, more performance purity and all with more sophistication, more taste and in the most considered manner,” adds Marek Reichman, Aston Martin’s Chief Creative Officer. “Something so raw, and yet so beautiful it’s almost intimidating to look at. It’s through this design approach that we came up with the shapes – starting with the amped-up front end – and from there everything else flows in design balance with the performance upgrades.”
This black with burgundy interior ’67 Caprice must have been the cat’s PJs back in the day.
This old Caprice would have been a sharp car in its day! A factory black two-door hardtop with burgundy interior would have looked amazing on this old Caprice. The years in the Kansas pasture have taken its toll on the finish and the 327 disappeared years ago, but it’s still a pretty neat old car!
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This old Oldsmobile Delmont might still have some more to give.
This Olds Delmont was fresh out of a Kansas pasture! The Delmont was only made for two years. The engine/trans are missing out of this 1968 version, but it still has a lot of good pieces on it!
Chad Ehrlich is always dragging cool, old iron in his salvage yard, Nobody Else’s Auto. Be sure to subscribe to the “Nobody’s Show” Channel on YouTube to keep up with all of the new inventory that Chad is hauling in! You can also follow him on Facebook under “Nobody Else’s Auto.”
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The first customer example of the Mercedes-Benz AMG One hypercar has been delivered more than five months after production started and more than five years after the car was first shown at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show.
The first customer example is finished in black and was delivered to a customer in Germany.
Just 275 examples are planned, with some confirmed buyers including Formula 1 drivers Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, and David Coulthard. For anyone hoping to join that list, all build slots are gone, despite a starting price of 2.275 million euros (approximately $2.572 million).
Even though a lot of the build slots went to customers in the U.S., AMG wasn’t able to certify the car and its finicky F1 engine for sale here without a substantial loss in performance, and thus won’t sell it here. There is some hope for U.S. customers to take delivery on home soil in the form of the Show or Display rule, however.
Production of the One is handled at a dedicated facility in Coventry, U.K., close to where Mercedes’ F1 engines are built. The F1 engine builder Mercedes‑Benz AMG High Performance Powertrains is also responsible for the One’s engine.
The engine is a turbo 1.6-liter V-6, specifically the design from Mercedes’ championship-winning race car from the 2015 F1 season. But the rest of the One’s powertrain is actually more sophisticated than in the F1 car. While in the race car there’s only the turbo V-6 and a motor-generator driving the rear wheels, plus a second motor-generator integrated with the turbocharger, the One has two additional motor-generators. These drive each of the front wheels and provide the One with all-wheel drive. Peak output is 1,049 hp, though the car is relatively heavy for a two-seater, weighing in at 3,737 pounds.
Performance is scintillating, as estimates include a 0-62 mph time in 2.9 seconds and a top speed capped at 219 mph, likely due to the aerodynamics. The One also holds the Nürburgring lap record for a production car, with its time of 6:35.183 set last fall on a damp track.
HIGH-RES GALLERY: First customer example of Mercedes-Benz AMG One
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