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JIM WEICHERDING The hills were alive this past 4th of July Weekend in Worcester, Massachusetts at the beautiful Green Hill Park located in the center of the city. CARS OF SUMMER, 2015 Cruise Event, was by far, one of the best cruise events that this writer and author has ever attended in a very long time. I attend a very large
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show spectators arrived all three days of this past holiday weekend and there were plenty of kids holding hands with their parents and grandparents. They could be seen everywhere. Especially inside the designated KIDS ZONE, where I was set up with my show truck for the entire weekend. I passed out thousands of Bucky Stickers reminding kids to wear seat belts and even more coloring books featuring my Itty Bitty Super Dupers cartoon characters reaching out to kids about anti-bullying and being friendly with everyone in school and wherever they may meet. The kids just love them and so did their adult companions. So many little smiles made the three day effort worth every minute of going home with sore arms and shoulders passing these items out hour, after hour, during the event. Gary and Marissa, the primary CARS OF SUMMER Cruise Event hosts set me up in the Kids Zone directly in front of the bouncy castles. I do not need to tell you how busy that spot was for me and their staff for three straight days. The CARS OF SUMMER hosts and core group were always on the grounds helping out and making sure that everyone was all set with their exhibits. Showcase vehicles owners were parked safely and the staff made certain that they had everything they needed throughout the event. The staff was always there and asking if everyone had everything to make them feel comfortable within the show environment. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just show people where to park their classic and showcase vehicles, they helped out in any way they could. There was even an open shuttle available for anyone that needed a ride across the hilly
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The Lykan Hypersport LAURYN “HOTWHEELS” PONTIAC-VERNANCIO It is an abnormality for me to even consider writing in regards to something that isn’t in alignment with our basic “biased” American muscle car theme. Upon the recent release of the famous “Fast and Furious 7” of the branded “Fast and Furi-
ous” sequential cinematic features, it was impossible to not consider putting some thought into bringing forth something different to the table. In order to get to our muscle car roots, we not only have to think of what is easily accessible such as that lovely Chevelle parked next door, but we also need to put in perspective that raw horsepower can come imported as well.
This is why this month’s test focus is on the hot and limited exotic “Lykan Hypersport” brought to you by the Middle East. This design has been featured in the previous stated feature film, and video games such as Project CARS, Driveclub, Asphalt 8:Airborne, and GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience.
priced tag is the luxurious options based on this model originating from the stance in the front to following the beautiful curves embellishing the rear. To find your way as the consumer, you would have the option to even select the jewels that would be placed inside the headlights which would be either a selection of rubies, diamonds,
The Lykan Hypersport’s creator, the “W Company” may be the newest trendsetters in the luxury car market that hold a product so rare and immensely desired for the unique car enthusiast. The W Company is observantly an Automaker whose prime headquarters are based in Dubai, and who first launched their name in the summer of 2012, July 11th to be exact. Their first model and ultimate platform for the Hypersport was revealed in the summer of 2013 where the vehicle was toured throughout Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Belgium, and Spain. The team behind the W Company is vastly expanding the knowledge of their vehicles across the world, and they have been established as the first brand of Arab Brand of Hypercar producers. Their distinctive vehicles are limited to seven per design are being branded as the most “Exclusive, Luxurious and Unique Hypercars in the World”.
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THE IRON MAN RB PHILLIPS One Man, Three Classes, Six Cylinders
ED YESSAIAN Running my car in the Outlaw 10.50 True Street category has always been one of my favorite ways to pass the time. There then came a time where
The date was Saturday July 4th, Independence Day, a day that the True Street crowd usually gets together for their annual barbecue, and this weekend would be no different, except that on this 4th of July, New England Dragway packed the
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a few of my friends joined Street Eliminator, so I occasionally participated in that class as well. Running two classes on two different days was always enjoyable, fairly low pressure, and most of all not too bad on the car. There were times that both Outlaw and Street overlapped, and a handful of us did have to balance two classes in the same day, which certainly takes its toll on both the car and the driver. So who in their right mind would actually run THREE classes in the same day? RB Phillips would, that’s who!!! And in addition to that he also somehow managed to smoke 5 full racks of ribs in the pits in between rounds. Amazing, simply amazing!!
schedule with all kinds of fun classes to fit pretty much everyone that wanted to try their hand at quarter mile drag racing. In addition to the True Street race, a new class called Gear Bangers debuted, specifically designed for manual transmission street legal vehicles. Having been the creator of the original “Gear Jammers” class from a long, long time ago, RB Phillipes added this class to his day’s agenda as well. But that wasn’t all he would have on his dance card for the day!! As many of you know, your Motorhead buddy Ed Yessaian recently got engaged and (at the time of this writing) is counting down to an upcoming wedding. With this in mind, the management of New England Dragway and the True Street family
As I watched him throughout the day on the 4th of July, it simply amazed me how such a simple package could run so strong and consistently. It was also no surprise that when it was all over, RB stood proud in the winner’s circle as the WINNER of the day’s Gear Banger’s event. Now with 6 more races coming up in True Street, RB Phillips promises to be a force to reckon with, and there is not a single competitor that takes him lightly. Of course there is one positive thing that comes from losing to RB and being eliminated from competition- while he’s out on that track we can all raid his smoker for the finest barbecued food around!!!
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It seemed all too familiar when we were reviewing the names of which business had the potential to become the “Business In The Spotlight” for this issue. Elmwood Auto Service has quite the special relationship to me, as the owner Joe Serydynski and his family were not only friends of mine, but part of a racing family that for a couple of summers came to be my “weekend family” as well. Joe, his family, and crew were a major part of the reason why I was dubbed with the name “Hotwheels” as a trademark that would be for years to come originating from the Speedway. For the past 27 years, Joe Serydynski along with his doting wife Colleen who has handled the books and finances, have owned and operated Elmwood Auto Service which is known for general repairs, complete overhauls, and racing applications. His business was originally formatted on Elmwood Avenue on the Warwick and Cranston line, however for the past four years his new location now resides at 71 Glen Road in Cranston, Rhode Island which is conveniently near Joe’s biggest parts supplier NAPA on 39 Glen Road in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Joe’s first racing experience started off as a pure and unexpected accident. His brother had put a car into a race for the first time and after only two races the car completely fell apart! Upon this happening, Joe was asked if
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he could build the body, put an engine in it, and get it running again. Little did Joe know that the car was already primarily built and it was waiting for his skills as a mechanic to put the engine inside. After the installation, that car won its very first race and Joe immediately became hooked into the world of racing.
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More than a car …
By Joe DiTraglia You find life lessons in the strangest places … This is a story I would like to share with my fellow motor heads on how building my T-bucket influenced my life at the early age of fourteen. I would look forward to Sundays when I was able to tag along with my Uncle Nick Rossi Jr., John Conti and other friends to Car Shows. Uncle Nick and John both had T-buckets they would take to the shows. I watched Uncle Nick and John interact with others at the shows and notice how they would always be willing to explain what they had built and vice versa and always be very sociable. The shows featured a variety of cars with most of them being restored antiques. There were not as many shows back then as there are today and they were truly special for car enthusiasts. My thing was hot rods; I would be drawn to them like a magnet. I was always thinking of how I could build a T-bucket. After all I was a kid with no money, but lots of energy and enthusiasm. I would look at my Uncle’s car and try to figure out how he made this piece or that piece and look at John’s car and see what he did to make certain components. At that time there were very few pre-made parts and very few parts catalogs to buy from. Therefore, most of it had to be fabricated by hand. Knowing that all hot rods are your own art work and a part of your own self expression, my adventure began. We would go to swap meets and some of the car shows at the time even had a car swap meet area at them. To save money to buy parts, I started working for my Dad 28| Motorhead Magazine - August 2015
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I immediately went to see Andy and came to realize that he probably was one of the best stick, mig and tig welders you could ever find and was knowledgeable in all types of medals. I asked him if he would weld my chassis together. He agreed to, but since I could not pay him, we worked out a deal that entailed me sweeping his shop and cleaning up things he needed moved after school and little did I know how much I would be taught during the time I spent with him, about steel, using the “right” steel for the right job, its potential and failure points. Andy had made one thing perfectly clear before anything else however and that was that my homework had to be completed first. Eventually, the frame was welded by Andy and he even delivered it to my grandparents’ garage. He was a wonderful man that I kept in touch with until his passing. Now I was around fifteen years old and had a grill shell, a frame, a 57 Chevy rear end that my Uncle Nick got for me from a local auto savage yard he was friendly with, and a Model T rear spring. I needed to make the brackets for the suspension components that would be bolted onto the chassis. So now the car shows became even more exciting as I would sneak off with pieces of paper and a pencil and look at
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Knowing that all hot rods are your own art work and a part of your own self expression, my adventure began. ~ Joe DiTraglia my Uncle’s car, John’s car, and any other T-bucket that might be around. Trying to do this without them seeing me, I would draw the brackets and try to make them to scale the best that I could. I would then go back to my grandparents’ garage and with a hack saw, grinder, and file I would cut brackets and finish them. As time passed I was able to acquire a 23 Ford body, a 350 small block Chevrolet motor, a power glide transmission, front end and suspension parts, Corvair steering box, etc. I was in high school and the machine shop teacher Mr. Bishop was curious as to what I was up to being that my auto shop teacher, Mr. Chagnon, that I had spent a lot of time with in the Plymouth Trouble Shooting Program, was explaining to him how I was building a car and that how he had helped me find a motor. Mr. Bishop asked me about what I needed to make. He thought it was great but insisted that before I went any further, I create drawings of what was to be made. While many
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READERS RIDES WAYNE CAIRA’S 1967 CHEVY CAMARO SS “LUCIFER” Written by ETCH Lucifer is a 1967 Chevy CAMARO SS owned by Wayne Caira of Oxford, Massachusetts. His racing team is called TWINSINRACING and is well known at the New England drag strip for dominating in his classes against well known drag racers that aren’t competing on a limited budget. This badass 1967 Camaro SS features a big block Chevy 491 Ci engine and a high performance In-Gear custom built Th 400 transmission with a trans brake and 5500 stall converter. Backing up this power plant engine and tranny is a Dana 60 rear end with 4.56 gears. Richmond spool and Moser caps with a girdle cover built by Wayne himself, at the TWINSINRACING garage located in Oxford, Mass. The suspension is equipped with ladder bars and coil over qa1 double adjustable shocks placed both at the front and rear of the drag car. Wheels are Weld Pro Star Wheels and the entire interior of this vehicle was custom built by the crew of the TWINSINRACING team. Lucifer’s body and paint was the task of Wayne’s father, Alfred Caira Jr. After a long decision process with color schemes and graphics comparisons they decided to go with a GM Flashback Black and feature Synergy Green flames for that devilish appearance. All of the body work and paint was done at the TWINSINRACING Garage. Wayne Caira is 28 years old and has been a big fan of drag racing since the first time his dad brought
tent 8’s with at the drag strip years earlier when Wayne was a kid, but that was very fast for a pick up truck. The young drag racer would watch a particular drag car at the race track when he wasn’t racing his Chevy truck each week and always wanted to get his hands on it if it would ever end up for sale someday. Well, that’s exactly what happened. The drag car he watched and just had to have was his future drag car, Lucifer. He watched this badass Camaro tear up the drag way each week for years before it went on the “FOR SALE” block and Wayne even sold his custom built drag truck to purchase
up against Lucifer. They watch the front tires leave the track and stand 4 feet into the air when the Camaro launches down the quarter-mile at more than 140 miles per hour. The 65 inches of ladder bars slam hard while the 15x14 Mickey Thompson Slicks grip the track and the spectator’s leap to their feet applauding the 1967 Chevy Camaro SS, named Lucifer, as it blows the doors off another drag car. That deserves respect from any drag racer on any track! Wayne is a full-time mechanic at In-Gear Transmission and Speed Shop located in Douglas, Massachusetts. He is very skilled when it comes to engines and transmission repairs and replacements. He is also an excellent overall mechanic and there isn’t anything with four tires he couldn’t fix. I would recommend him to anyone searching for automotive repairs and drag racing builds. Drag racing has been a Caira family tradition since his own parents were kids and growing up around hot rods and drag racing has its advantages when it comes to automotive knowledge and experience when you reach adulthood. Wayne resides in Oxford, Massachusetts with his wife and daughter, who just happens to be Daddy’s biggest fan!
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JACK WOODMANSEE The original customizer of this featured vehicle was Teddy Graziano of Cranston, RI. He had served in World War Two and was station in the Pacific Theater. Thus he passed through the State of California where there were many custom cars to view from many builders. WWII made a great impression on many soldiers during their time in War and subsequent years. It is known that Harley Earl, an influential American automotive figure and the designer of the Corvette, traveled in Europe with the US Army in WWII. It was rumored that the Jaguar XK120 was the car that influenced Earl’s desire to produce a small, American sports car. It seems that Ford division general manager Lewis Crusoe was admiring European autos at the 1951 Paris auto show with Ford designer George Walker. Lewis asked George why we can’t build one of these. Another example of how European designs influenced the concept of American sports cars was the birth of the two-seater Thunderbird. That European influence is certainly visible in our featured car as well as other vehicles that are now being restored and shown in shows. Once the hostilities had ended, many GIs found it difficult to replace the adrenaline rush of the recent past. They wanted that thrill, driving that hot rod or designing their own custom car. When they were not bonded by the regimental standards of war they could express themselves in the media they loved: custom cars or hot rods.
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The vehicle was in several magazines and numerous car shows in the mid 50’s and throughout the 60’s. It was highlighted in July 1955 Mechanix Illustrated and then on the cover of Custom Craft, September 1963. There have been changes throughout it’s reconstructed life. After a few years the 1951 flathead was replaced with an Olds
In the September 1963 issue CUSTOM CRAFT article it was named “Best in Show” it now supports the ’59 Chevy quad head lights (an earlier source gave said ‘59 Chevy, another source said they were ’58 Ford), parking lights, or the hand built nerf bars. Other mods are; 1959 Cadillac taillights mounted in Corvette housings and the original dash was replaced with one from a 1955 Plymouth. The interior now has seats are from a Corvette (newer style). Also the headlights are now more in tune with the original design. Now the reader must realize that I have not written the year and make of the original car. That will be the surprise at the end of the article. Make your guess now and see how close you come to the correct answer.
After the war many young car enthusiasts were able to have a little discretionary capital at their disposal. Also there was the new development of speed and customizing equipment, and magazines that were being published, Hot Rod magazine, Motor Trend, Hop Up, Rod & Custom, Hop Up, Car Craft, Rod & Custom and even Mechanix Illustrated from the late 40’s or early 50’s. A new forum to support enthusiasts was growing with features such as Tom McCahill’s monthly automobile tests now being available and information on new products and the cars people were modifying. One vehicle that recently sold by Wayne Carini, the “Roeder Special”, was hand built by Robert Roeder. This episode titled “East Coast vs West Coast” was recently aired on Velocity’s Chasing Classic Cars. This exhibits the same front end and door treatment as Ted’s custom. I was fortunate to see this vehicle at the Fallout show held in Glastonbury Connecticut. The episode titled “Getting Hot” was originally aired March 2, 2014 by the Velocity’s Chasing Classic Cars. There is also a cameo appearance of the author’s 1929 Ford in that episode. Another vehicle that exhibits the same front end treatment is the Ron Dunn Coupe, aka “The Monte Carlo”. This custom was at the prestigious Grand National Roadster Show and was shown in several magazines including the Spring Issue, 2015 Rod & Culture and the July 2015 Hot Rod Deluxe. This project started with a junk yard find for $25.00 and started life with the venerable flathead V-8. This engine has always been a favorite for hot rodders especially in the late 40’s when this custom was built and often was found under the hood of many exemplary custom cars. The construction stage was from 1953 to 1954. I was informed from the family that Teddy had received many compliments when he first displayed the car. Many admirers were comparing it to the new 42| Motorhead Magazine - August 2015
motor and now it boasts of a a 1971 Corvette 350 motor with a TH 400 transmission with power traveling to a 1955 Oldsmobile rear end. Notice the photos shown in Mechanix Illustrated, July 1955 issue, compared to the photos taken by John Eddy that were published for the September 1963 issue CUSTOM CRAFT and then with the one as it is in its present stage. In the Mechanix Illustrated magazine it was called “10 in 1 Speedster”. Originally the car started single headlights and taillights. Also it had a front bumper from a Rambler and a rear bumper from a 1950 Olds. The interior sported a reworked red and black leather seats from a ’40 Studebaker. Sitting in the driver’s seat one would behold Stewart-Warner gauges in a stainless steel dash. Other modifications include a black tuckaway top taken from a Nash Healy, as well as the windshield and doors from a Nash. The rear fenders are from a 1951 Chevy and the pancaked hood from a 1951 Ford. This all steel body was perfected to its shape by the method known as “hammer welding”. Please note that the body was sectioned 6” and then channeled another 6” with the windshield chopped another 3” this gave this custom a low sleek appearance. At its conception it was red exterior with red and
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What are you passionate about? What gets your motor running? Is it music, art, movies, sports, or is it... Cars and Trucks? MOTORHEAD MAGAZINE has it all! Well, that’s my passion. Classic and Muscle Cars and big, and I mean BIG! Trucks. I eat, breathe, sleep and live this stuff! And seeing that you are reading this article right now I would imagine that you feel about the same way about the same things that I do. Fast cars, cool cars and big bad trucks are what gets my motor running. Pun intended.
and kids at heart who come and pick them up at my display and showcase vehicle at car shows, cruise nights, parades and events from spring through fall every year. MOTORHEAD MAGAZINE is also available to discuss your automotive passions.
I write about them, I draw them and I publish books, write articles and illustrate them. Not once in awhile... all the time! Every single day I find time to create something related to the automotive industry and my passion. MOTORHEAD MAGAZINE has plenty of creative outlets in our monthly publications for any of your outreach efforts directly to your core market.
Thousands of kids and adult enthusiasts find their way to my publications and custom mirrors at car shows and walk away with smiles on their faces. They must have the same passion about these classic cars and trucks or they wouldn’t be there in the first place. It is about the yes-
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Whether you are passionate about Pontiac, Chevy, Mopar or a Ford chances are that those vehicle makes and models are featured in my books. I do not segregate vehicle makes and models just because I love Pontiac’s and Chevy’s and big trucks. My passion is the same as your passion... Classic Cars and
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