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I remember years ago when I was first asked to showcase one of my classic muscle cars in a local car show in the community of Burrillville, Rhode Island. I parked my jet black, 1969 Pontiac GTO down the street from what appeared to be a gathering of classic cars and trucks in a vacant parking lot on a warm spring afternoon. I walked over to those vehicles just to check out an antique Chevrolet parked with another couple dozen vehicles. One of the classic car owners ran up to me and told me to drive my GTO into the parking lot and pop the hood. I was a little surprised by the suggestion because my GOAT was not even ten years old yet and only had about 20,000 miles on it at the time. I decided to walk back to my Pontiac and pull it into the parking lot with the other vehicles. I asked if there was a fee, or a charge to be parked there, never having attended anything like this before. They replied with a simple, “No”. Quite a few years have passed since that day and things have evolved and changed dramatically since then. Now, 90% of the Classic Auto Shows I attend are generating funds for charities and community causes so there is a fee, or a charge to attend. Believe me, I’m totally fine with that and I’m sure most of you reading this article are fine with that too. You must be. I see hundreds of you attending these venues on any given weekend across the region. I think it’s great that we can all showcase our rides and hang out together while benefiting charities and community causes at the same time. These agencies and organizations do not always have fundraising options like these events to help benefit kids and families who need our help. I actually started writing feature articles in Motörhead Magazine nearly seven years ago about charity car shows titled (Cruisin For A Cause), because I wanted to help heighten awareness about these charities and community causes involving classic auto shows, classic auto clubs and organizations hosting these venues for those reasons. I want to remind our readers that I am always available to write feature articles about your charity classic car and truck shows and cruise events to help your causes. Please feel free to email at jwpisces14@aol.com with Charity Car Show Event in the Subject Box in case it ends up in my spam folder. I can’t guarantee that every charity car show event will make it into a feature article in the magazine but I will sure try to make that happen for you. Doesn’t hurt to try, so please send me info and I’ll take it from there. Have a great Cruisin Season from all of us here at Motorhead Magazine and hope to see you at a Classic Auto Show and Cruise Night soon. Buckle up! Hoods up! Pick up! a copy of Motörhead Magazine at my Showcase Pick Up! Truck.
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Its funny how one random news story can trigger certain childhood memories, which then leads to other automotive related tangents as my mind wanders through the many awesome experiences that occurred during my 43 year existence. With the internet buzzing about the recent closing of the historic Englishtown Dragway, the first thing that immediately came back to me was one of my favorite events of all time- Mustangs vs Grand Nationals. This event took place during the early 90’s, one of the greatest automotive eras of all time, as Muscle Car performance finally regained its momentum after a depressing mid to late 70’s emission based era. It was an event that basically formed my lifelong love-hate relationship with the Turbo Buick cars, mostly because I could just never seem to defeat one at Englishtown. The Buick Grand National and its undercover badass little brother the T-Type, were just simply the most sinister competitors I ever went up against. In bone stock form, these cars made short work of Mustangs, Camaros, and even Chevrolet’s flagship Corvette. Take this already deadly platform and tweak a few things and the Turbo Buicks became simply unstoppable, just ask Mike Gerry who owns a handful of them including a low ten second 1986 T-Type, that not only performs well but is immaculate inside and out, which is quite impressive for a car that has spent it’s entire life in New England. From the outside your only clues that Mike’s T-Type has been modified is the intimidating stance given by Metco suspension and a set of race wheels with Mickey Thompson tires at each corner. A trained eye can pick out the 6 point roll bar and even the
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Electronics like amps, lots of them. Fuel pumps that support 1900 HP through -12 lines are the size of a small block starter! Presently we have two 105 amp alternators. Our only constant draws are fuel pumps and ignition. I want to be sure our Holley management systems have more than enough power to process received data and make the appropriate adjustments as we pound big waves. We’re presently looking for 150-160 amp marine units that will fit in the same location so we don’t have to screw around with our seawater pumps, dry sump systems etc. which right now are perfectly positioned. The belts are short and the packaging is nice and “tight”. My biggest fear is getting stuck with some shiny new imported alternators that fail after 90 seconds under load! Lol I value your input, if you have a suggestion on this hit me @ facebook.com/ topjimmyracer/ and welcome to the team!! I need a little break from research! I know many of you are aware in 2016 we were plagued with drive failures. The #6 units couldn’t manage 1750 ft lbs. Converting to Merc #8 units have solved the breakage problem. Since the gear cases on these drives are slightly larger we moved them one inch higher on the boat. This worked pretty well however for 2018 we are moving the units two inches closer to the boat’s transom by eliminating spacer blocks. This will mimic the effect of raising the drives and reduce hydrodynamic drag. This should help us at the higher speeds (160 plus). In rough water this hull is a Monstress that so far has tamed rough seas and kept us safe in the cockpit. Myself and the crew at ALEX AND ANI Superboat Racing wish you all a fun and safe 2018 season no matter what you fly, even if it’s a couch! Lol Jimmy
were all available on Holley.com and at a reasonable cost. Specs, diagrams, instructions and software updates are easily accessible 24/7. It was a “no brainer” if you will. Another factor we considered was Holley’s longevity, they have over 100 years in the industry providing cost effective quality parts. Holley will be here tomorrow if we need them and Holley’s technical support is peerless. It’s funny to think I bought my first Holley carb 40 years ago! Today I’m still a teenager and Holley has helped make me fast all 40 of those years with superior parts that are “Made In The U.S.A.!”
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By John Conti Model cars were a big part of growing up in the fifties and sixties, whereas some skill was needed along with a little ingenuity. In September of ’61, my mother takes me for the Wednesday after school shopping ritual, which consisted of a ride to Federal Hill in Providence or to Rolfe Street in Cranston. I’m a nine year old kid in Woolworth’s on Rolfe Street drooling over the newly arrived model car kits from AMT, Monogram and Revell, while she’s looking at department store items; and I have my allowance and paper route money burning in my pocket when I
see the box cover with the 1927 chopped T Coupe 2 in 1 build-it kit. We leave with the model car kit, I go home and lay out all the parts, scrape the plated part areas to be glued and build the model. Forty years goes by, even though I had written letters, experienced numerous conversations and had gone “vintage tinning” in woods all over New England to find a real minimal rust T Coupe-no luck. Some
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fiberglass replicas surface in the hot rod market of the late sixties and early seventies, but by that time, I was a fussy eighteen year old car builder and could not accept the quality level of the glass bodies, so the whole concept was in the back of my mind, on hold. Now with internet access I locate numerous steel body southern/west coast T Coupe bodies. Having driven to Tulsa, Oklahoma in ’72 to attend the NSRA Street Rod Nationals with some close friends and my wife to be, I was impressed with the high quality exhibitors in the manufacturer’s exhibition building at Tulsa, along with the rest of the 8,000+ car event-hot rod heaven. Fast forward to 2014 and contact is made with an all steel ’27 chopped coupe owner in the state of Washington who had his car built by a gentleman in Waxahachie, Texas under the name “Beaver Street Rods”. Immediately, I remembered one extremely high quality exhibitor that displayed his products at the Tulsa ’72 Nats, which after contacting confirmed it was his drag race oriented father. The gentleman also indicated he was a retired aerospace engineer and dreamt of building hot rods all his life and is currently living the dream since his early retirement. He also indicated the car was built for a local pharmacist by the name of John Ivers, who ran the car at the Meltdown Drags in Byron, Illinois in 2012 (check it out on YouTube: “Meltdown Drags 2012 Part 19”). So, after viewing the car making passes down the quarter mile and also seeing the actual build that was documented explicitly by “Beaver Street Rods”, a deal was stuck for the vehicle as a “roller” (no engine or transmission). Photos by Kayla Conti
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In-car video entertainment….. for those of us who spent our childhood on road trips, crammed in the back of a station wagon with nothing to do but punch our brothers or sisters, it seems like a godsend. For the parents who were trapped in the same car with three kids who decided to pass the time by punching, pinching and asking, “Are we there yet?” it seems like nirvana. But for today’s kids, it’s becoming par for the course. With technology shrinking, drivers are no longer dependent on their radios to entertain passengers. Cars and trucks can now be outfitted with VCRs, DVD players and even the latest video game systems. While the entertainment systems’ range includes everything from basic portable DVD players to large ceiling-mounted viewing screens, the most luxurious viewing option for many car passengers is headrest monitors. With headrest monitors, each passenger has a personal monitor mounted on the back of the headrest of the seat directly in front of them. Not only do personal monitors of this sort cut down on issues like sun glare, but in some systems, each monitor can display different programming (ending fights over what to watch) or even use different entertainment devices. That means that while one passenger watches a DVD, another can play video games. Of course, there are some downsides to built-in headrest monitors.. The systems tend to be very expensive. While some manufacturers offer the systems straight from the factory, they can add thousands of dollars to the price of a car. Actually, only a few luxury car manufacturers currently offer factory-installed headrest monitors -- making them an expensive addition to an already expensive purchase. Aftermarket headrest monitors are more common, but these are still an expensive proposition and usually require professional installation ut, if it’s headrest monitors you want, A Custom Car Stereo Center has you covered. So buckle up, quit bothering your sister and if you ask to stop at McDonald’s one more time, we’re turning this 12 Volt News article right around and no one will learn anything about headrest monitors. So be good, and go on to learn about the different types of headrest monitors.
to limit your car shopping to luxury SUVs and crossovers. Some sedans do offer the monitors; however, they tend to be extreme-luxury sedans like Maybachs. Even at the mere luxury level, a factory-installed system will set you back quite a bit. For example, the Land Rover optional headrest monitor package adds around $2,500 to the vehicle’s price. Aftermarket systems can be more affordable. For one, you don’t have to buy a new car to get them. The headrest monitors alone are really not that expensive. Seven-inch (17.8-centimeter) monitors start at around $80. However, mounting these monitors can be very complex. You have to cut into the back of the headrest, run the wires into the seats and route them to the input device (VCR, DVD player or game system). And don’t forget that you have to put the seat back together again. That’s something that’s out of the league of many do-it-yourselfers, which means installation costs need to be added to the relatively low price of some of these stand-alone headrest monitors. A less labor-intensive option is to replace your car’s headrests with headrests that have monitors pre-mounted. Many car audio suppliers manufacture these, and installation is as easy as popping your old headrest off, putting the new one on and running the wires to the input device. A set of two of these ready-to-go headrests can cost upwards of $800. Some even hide a DVD player behind the screens, which folds out of the way to change disks. That makes installation even easier since you don’t have to run additional wiring to a remote device. While a number of factory and aftermarket headrest monitors have a DVD player in the headrest, behind the screen -- remember, the screen slides out of the way to access the player -- there are a number of other system options. While the headrest monitor and DVD player combo may be the easiest to install, it also has some limitations. In many cases, it means that both headrests can’t watch the same DVD. These systems also make
it difficult for the monitors to show other media, like video games. It may seem like a small point, but where the media players are located is actually pretty important. Some factory systems place the DVD player (or players) in the dash, making it relatively simple for the driver or front passenger to load discs for the passengers. Other factory systems place the DVD player in the rear cargo area. That allows for a lot of different types of media in the car. A large DVD changer can fit, and so can one (or more) video game systems. However, this placement has its downsides, too. It can’t be safely accessed while the car is in motion. Also, if there’s cargo in the cargo area, access to the media may be further limited. Plus, running the wires from the monitors through the vehicle and into the cargo area also complicates installation for aftermarket systems. Other systems put the media between the front seats, facing the rear seat passengers. That allows for the back seat passengers to access the media players to change discs or games. On the other hand, such placement puts the media players at risk for getting kicked or stepped on as people enter or exit the car, and not every vehicle has enough space between the front two seats for a media player (or two). The way many headrest monitor manufacturers try to solve these difficulties is by providing wireless remote controls with each monitor. That way, even if the media player is far away from the passenger, they’re still able to control it. Come down to A Custom Car Stereo Center and explore your options for a aftermarket Entertainment Player in your vehicle.
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