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CLASSIC MUSCLE CAR MANIA WRITTEN BY “ETCH” When you think of Classic Muscle Cars more often than not, the four basic food for horsepower groups leads us back to the four manufacturers noted in history as rival clans battling it out for more horsepower and more automobile buyers of
in any realm of thinking. Correct that. I am a big Pontiac and Chevrolet fan, but that won’t take away anything from the Mopar and Ford fans with this content about classic muscle cars. Most of us reading this article were just kids and young teens when
action-packed movies made back in this era that featured badass muscle cars and famous actors that drove them across the big screen at the movie theatres and drive in movies that fascinated us into a muscle car mania that lasts most of us a lifetime? What is that simple, or were there other factors involved like environment and upbringing as kids and teens by adults and family members in our lives that also added this culture to our world? Personally, I think it was many factors that lead to my love of classic muscle cars, classic cars and trucks in general growing up in that timeline.
yesteryears gone bye, bye along time ago. We have Pontiac, Chevrolet, Mopar and Ford represented in this feature article and they are not listed in any particular order of power, or status
these power plant muscle cars rolled off of their manufacturing assembly lines back in the mid to late 60’s. What attracted us to these types of vehicles growing up and why do we still love them as adults? Was it the
My dad owned classic cars that back then were not classic at all, they were newly manufactured vehicles. Accept his “55 Chevy and “57 Chevy. They aren’t categorized as muscle cars but they did pack a punch with some engine and drive train modifications. They aren’t muscle cars
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catch a final glimpse of the classic cruisin’ away in the rearview and side view mirrors. In high school, my newly developed friendships and discussions began to be more about fast cars and big trucks rather than anything else. We all loved them, and we all drove them. Most of the high school parking lot was filled to capacity with the family vehicle in parking spots close to the school entrances and exits. The few of us with muscle cars parked waaaaay in the back of the
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parking lot and hiked our butts through all of the family vehicles to get to our rides safely ticked away in the far corner of the school lot. When I say few of us, I mean just a few of us. I drove to work after school every single day just so I could own my muscle cars and so did my closest friends. We had automotive related jobs after school working in area garages, auto dealerships and automotive parts stores. We loved everything cars and trucks. We had muscle cars. I remember walking into a parts store one sunny Saturday afternoon looking for some chrome additions and bolt-on parts for my 1969 GTO with my buddy David who was searching for the same to put into his 1968 Chevelle. The owner, Paul Barber, who is no longer with us, saw us walking down the main aisle and said, “Here comes a pair that beats a full house” and asked us what we needed for the two side-by-side power plant cars taking up half his entrance door area. I remember this like it was yesterday. I think it is a lot to do with environment and also think it is a lot to do with our own personalities as adults that keeps this fascination with classic muscle cars alive today. It might be considered to most as unusual and they have dubbed it throughout the decades as a “Mania”, but it goes much deeper than that. We aren’t born loving one thing, or loving another thing. It is acquired throughout our lives. We are either nurtured to be one way, and maybe another way, depending on who raised you and who was a part of your family upbringing. If you are reading this article, chances are very good that you too, were brought up in a family that loved fast cars, classic cars, racing, badass trucks and of course, Muscle Cars. It isn’t a way of life for most of us. It is our life and we love every minute of it! So, the next time you happen to see a cool muscle car approaching you from the opposite direction on the roadways and highways and you stretch your neck just to watch it cruise on by it isn’t just Muscle Car Mania for the sake of using the word mania. It is more a passion and recollection of your childhood and family upbringing that makes you feel the way that you do when you see these beautiful time pieces on our streets, roads and highways during the cruisin’ season. Whether it is a Pontiac, Chevrolet, Mopar or a Ford Muscle Car that catches your attention the most and you happen to be a fan of that particular make and manufacturer, chances are very strong that your likes and dislikes for any of these vehicles was nurtured and influenced by your dad, or another car enthusiast family member growing up. Even a close friend one day pulled into your driveway with his own muscle car and you became hooked and you are now a part of this lifelong Muscle Car Mania we enjoy so much.
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to school every day. They’d chug up the road bouncing around in the rumble seat and causing young Al no end to his embarrassment…
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We share a laugh at this as he goes on to recount that shortly thereafter the car was garaged for nearly 20 years. During that time, in the early 60’s, young Al then a burgeoning teenager and aspiring mechanic, decided to take matters into his own hands. He began taking the car apart digging into the project with visions of what would be. Alas, as so often happens given the fickleness of youth, Al lost interest in the project and seldom visited
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ED YESSAIAN In the early morning hours of Saturday August 15th, I spotted a brand new Mustang GT 5.0 on display, in the new for 2015 color called Guard Metallic (a unique head turning shade of green). As I admired the car, I was briefly stunned as a familiar figure emerged from the driver’s seat, Mr. Carl Tasca Senior, who was showing off the car during his 2015 TASCA Performance Ford Fest. This event was scheduled to be a tribute to his father, the late Bob Tasca Senior, who is single-handedly responsible for a huge percentage of both drag racing and Ford Performance history. As Carl Senior circled the new Mustang GT, he proudly raved about the incredible value that Ford has provided the consumer who purchases a 2015 Mustang. The power, performance, and handling, according to Carl Senior, “... is equal to or in some cases BETTER, than cars costing more than double what a new Mustang GT goes out the door for”. If the factory stock performance isn’t enough to blow you away, Carl Senior explained, “…this particular car has a few goodies from the TASCA MOD SHOP including exhaust upgrades, cold-air intake kit, and a TASCA specific recalibration”. He went on to explain how currently “magazine articles are raving about the new Mustang, in all trim levels and engine combinations, and that is just in stock form. With a few tweaks from the TASCA Mod Shop, this car becomes not only an exception value but a phenomenal performer”. With that I had to throw in an inquiry about his own personal ride- the TASCA Cobra Jet. Of course it was on hand, and it was locked and loaded, ready to fire off more 7 second elapsed times that day. In addition to the Cobra Jet he also had another celebrity on hand, his nephew Bob Tasca 3, the NHRA Pro driver, who spent a good portion of his day signing autographs and starring in photos with fans. It was really admirable to see the TASCA family sharing their time, their cars, and their enthusiasm with the racing
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gears. The main reason Torque Management is programmed into the computer is to save driveline components from potential damage during shifts.
mum torque that will be sent to the transmission will be reduce to 346 ftlbs. Most tuners usually zero this table out thinking the car will be faster without the reduction, which if the car has proper driveline upgrades and sticky tires could be true. I doubt it is worth more than a tenth of a second or two in a quarter mile drag race. The main benefit to keeping some Torque Management on is to preserve driveline components. Basically, reduced transmission failure/wear, drive shaft failure, broken rear ends, and most typically twisted and broken drive axles. The most common failure is the stock drive axles. They seem to brake pretty easy. Manual transmission cars seem to fail due to wheel hop during hard launches, especially when using sticky drag radials/ slicks. The factory components were never really designed for repeated drag race use. When I am tuning a customer’s car, I discuss the potential issues outlined above and have them make the decision on how much reduction they want. Most customers are unaware of the
Your typical stock 2010+ Camaro SS LS3 motor is capable of producing 426 HP and 420 ftlbs. The factory tune is set to reduce about 100 newton meters of torque or 74 ftlbs. So the maxi-
potential expensive component failures that can occur. Some are aware and are planning on upgrading driveline components. The two most important upgrades are high performance axles and a one piece drive shaft. The factory driveshaft is a two piece design on the most of the newer rear wheel drive GM cars. The Pontiac GTO (2004-2006) Pontiac G8, Camaro SS 2010+, and Cadillac CTS-V all have a
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driveline components yet, but the car sees limited dragstrip use and occasional spirited driving. The current set up produces 575RWHP and 518RWTQ, which is way over what the factory
to handle the additional torque from their modifications. It really makes sense for the average bolt on car at moderate power levels. Automatic Transmission cars tend to be a lot easier on driveline components due to the torque converter soaking up some of the hit between shifts. In my personal 2010 Supercharged 2010 Camaro SS, which is an automatic I have a 37 ftlbs reduction in torque programmed in to my computer. My car has about 56,000 miles on it and I haven’t broken any
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the baby down in the drivers seat and laughed as he tried to play with the shifter. “The little man knows a sweet car when he sees one,” joked Mike, as we all got ready to leave for the day. When Mike originally bought the car a few years ago, he took a big gamble. He had been searching for an older M3, especially one in
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Do you just look at it and admire the shiny paint job and listen to the exhaust system kick out a loud, or mild rumble as it passes you by and think that it must be cool to own one these classics?
A gorgeous piece of machinery that looks like it just rolled off of the Chevrolet assembly line in Detroit, Michigan back in late 1963, or early 1964.
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The moon is blocked and cloud covered with the light going in and out while he looks around to evaluate his next move. Etch turns on his car radio and hears disturbing news about his situation. Etch is wanted for multiple felonies and the police are asking the public to help them find the wanted OUTLAW.
The OUTLAW GTO crawls towards the three young women as Etch tells the one woman reaching down into her pocket book that she does not need to call anyone to come and save them. He is not there to harm anyone. He just needs to rest for awhile from driving so long. The young woman drops her pocket book and whispers to her two friends standing beside her. “Who do you think this guy is?” asks the young woman. “Don’t know, but his car is cool.” replied her friend. “Why are you driving your car back here?” she asks Etch. “Because I don’t like to leave it unattended,” replies Etch.
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“Armed and dangerous? Really” Etch smirks and climbs back into his GTO, turns the ignition key and then the lights. “I will show them armed and dangerous!” Etch is beyond upset by what he just heard on the radio. The GTO slowly makes it way down the dirt pathway until it hits blacktop pavement.
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“What the hell?” Etch exits his GTO and stretches his stiff legs and arms.
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JIM WEICHERDING On June 6th, 1933, the very first outdoor movie was shown in Camden, New Jersey. Eager and excited movie goers parked their vehicles for the first ever drive in theater called Park-In Theaters. Park-In Theaters was the concept of New Jersey resident, Richard Hollingshead. He was a movie buff and sales manager for his father’s business, Whiz Auto Product, located in Camden, New Jersey. Richard was inspired by his mom’s discomfort to stay seated in traditional movie theaters for long periods of time and thought that the comfort of our automobiles would be a great alternative to that cramped in seating arrangement that the big movie house offered its patrons on the weekends. Later, the name Park-In Theaters would be termed, “Drive-In Theaters” Hollingshead came up with the idea of an open-air theater where patrons could watch the movies in the comfort of their own vehicles. He also experimented in his driveway at his own home with different projectors and sound systems. He was noted for mounting the projector, a 1928 Kodak Projector, on the hood of his car after securing white sheets to the trees and placing a radio behind the makeshift screen for the sound. He also searched for ways to protect the projector and screen from rain and bad weather conditions. He also created a great way to space all of the vehicles in an arrangement that would allow all of the patrons to easily view the movie in comfort without stretching their necks to watch the movies. The young entrepreneur also applied and received a patent for his concept in May of 1933
USA, but eventually even those outdoor theaters began showing Hollywood blockbusters because the viewing audience wanted to see their favorite actors and actresses on larger screens in a more comfortable environment like their own vehicles. Drive-In Theaters were extremely popular during World War ll and became a huge entertainment venues during the 1950’s and 1960’s with at least 5,000 Drive-In Theaters open nationwide. With the new improved screen and sound technology movie goers could enjoy the feature films with their own window mounted speakers and eventually on their vehicle FM radios. and opened the very first Park-In Theaters, Inc. within a month of receiving that patent. His initial investment was $30,000 and advertised his venues as entertainment for the entire family. Hollingshead charged just twenty-five cents per car and twenty-five cents per person with nobody paying more than a dollar to watch the feature movie.
Drive-Ins became the icon of American culture and a typical weekend destination get-away for couples who wanted their privacy and not just for parents and kids. Teens were mostly using the Drive-Ins as a way to be alone regardless of what was showing on the big screen on any particular weekend.
The concept was well received and Hollingshead patent was overturned in 1949. After that, Drive-In Theaters started popping up all over the country. The largest one in the east coast was the All-Weather Drive-In located Copiague, New York. The drive-in was located on a 28-acre lot that had parking spaces for 2,500 cars and trucks, a kids playground and a full service restaurant. It was a perfect and inexpensive form of entertainment for couples who wanted time alone and families who wanted to enjoy a movie on the weekend. Drive-In Theaters showed mostly B-Movies that were not the Hollywood blockbusters shown on screens in big movie theater houses across the 42| Motorhead Magazine - September 2015
Since then, the Drive-In Movies have diminished because of rising real estate prices in community suburban areas, the increased availability of big screen surround-sound movie houses with more comfortable seating, better accommodations and video stores allowing families to view movies in the comfort of their own homes.
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3rd Annual Ocean State Jeep Fest JENNIFER “TRUCK GIRL” GAUTHIER The 3rd Annual Ocean State Jeep Fest was held at Paul Baileys Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram in North Kingstown Rhode Island on August 15th 2015. The Ocean State Jeepsters hosts this annual event to promote the sport of off-roading in a safe environment. The Ocean State Jeepsters are a nonprofit organization and there mission is to seek and expand legal off-road spots and land access through public education, private partnerships, and use of the legislative process. This event features trail rides, an off-roading 101 seminar held by Roxxie and her yellow TJ, RTI (Ramp Travel Indexthis is used to measure a vehicles ability to flex its suspension and is used to test the chassis limits on modified vehicles) ramp, car crushing, lot of vendors including: Rock Star Energy Drinks, Barn Offroad with their built Jeep Grand Cherokee that helped with recovery on the trails, Off Road Elements, Proline Tacticle, NBX bikes, Dragline Offroad, Rhode Island Army National Guard, Foolproof Brewing Company, and food provided by Dan’s Place of West Greenwich, RI. At Paul Baileys, there are two trails to go off-roading on. I
had an opportunity to go on both trails and they were a lot of fun. Trail one was a little bit muddy and trail two was mostly rocky for those who like to crawl. The Ocean State Jeepsters also host other events like go topless day. To learn more about this organization and to see more events visit their web page at www. oceanstatejeepsters.com These types of events are important for the off-roading community weather you own a jeep or not. We need more legal off-roading trails in Rhode Island. Anyone who has love for this sport should contact this organization on ways to help them promote legal trails.
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Normally, nobody in their right mind would wake up at four am just to go to a car show about ten miles away from their home, but I am not ever accused of being normal and this wasn’t just any run of the mill car show. This was the Putnam, Ct.
WINY located directly in the center of the town set up his audio speaker tent directly across the street where we were sitting and finding out that I was there from MOTORHEAD MAGAZINE asked me if I wanted to set up shop right next to his audio tent to pass out magazines and coloring books to the kids and families walking past that
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There were plenty of classic cars and trucks on display at the car show along with motorcycles and even some cool all terrain vehicles. The shiny paints jobs and chrome were a classic car and truck enthusiasts dream no matter what direction you went in within the town limits. Every shop and restaurant was open all day for all of the show vehicle owners and spectators that attended the car show event. Lines of people were waiting to be served at various retail food establishments and retails stores were hopping with activity. It was a great atmosphere and the town police department did a wonderful job keeping everyone in line and safe throughout the venue. The Putnam Police Department should be commended for their professionalism and their personal involvement with the show vehicle owners and spectators during this very large town wide venue. The officers that I spoke with were pleasant and acted professionally. I am the father of a police officer myself. I know how difficult their jobs are, but even on a very hot day walking around in the sun in full uniform not one walked by without a smile and wave to the kids on Main Street.
“Main Street Cruise” event held a couple Sundays ago in the town of Putnam, Connecticut. When I say “town”, I mean the whole town was a car show event. Along with my diehard car show fanatic friends with not much more to do on an early Sunday morning other than to meet on Main Street in Putnam at five thirty am to park and clean their show vehicles and wait for the diner to finally open so we could eat breakfast and drink those well needed cups of coffee by the gallons, hoping we won’t fall asleep before noon on what turned out to be a gorgeous sunny day for a car show. Breakfast was top notch delicious and the coffee went down smoothly. It was a perfect start to a picture perfect day.
busy part of the car show right in front of Micky’s Famous Hot Dog Shop, so I did just that. Good thing I did, because my coloring books and copies of the magazine went all day long from the back of my Chevy Silverado. It also helped that Gary O announced over the loud speakers that I was set up in front of the hot dog shop and next to his audio speaker tent on Main Street. Gary O played non-stop oldies music all day long and my toes and fingers were thumping along to the tunes throughout the day long car show and it was loud just like I love it! Gary O and his team were great and they did a fantastic job for everyone that attended the car show event. Very
The activities were everything from burnouts at the mill to water activities on specialty water crafts in the river and the fun never stopped for anyone. I would strongly recommend that anyone who owns a classic car, truck, show vehicle, motorcycle and specialty vehicle attend this car show event in 2016. Putnam, Ct “Main Street Cruise” was fun for the entire family and the smiles were hard to remove from anyone who attended this years car show event. I can guarantee that MOTORHEAD MAGAZINE will once again be on hand for this venue and be passing out magazines for the adults and coloring books to all of the kids who are in attendance next year. See you there!
The car show was advertised and promoted to start at ten am. so of course it made sense for a few of us to get their five hours before the car show even began to help park cars and yell at show car vehicle owners, “Hey! You can’t park there!” even if they could park there, temporarily, because it was directly in front of the church and they had Mass. It was on a Sunday. Of course church was open. My friends and I are crazy like that. If you can’t torture your friends and strangers at the same time then what is there to live for, right? When you have a small group of fifty-something and sixty-something year olds acting like teenagers for awhile you can expect that a police officer on foot will show up around the corner of the building that you just set a dozen chairs up in front of someone’s store front sooner, or later, and ask us what is going on because they are getting complaints from some show car owners that we are yelling at them where they can and cannot park their vehicles. Once the police officer spoke with us and shook all of our hands knowing most of us anyway, he said he was going back to work and stopped to shout at another show car vehicle owner attempting to park in front of the church, “Hey! You can’t park there!” We all laughed at the same time. Gary O, owner and DJ from the radio station, CALL 401-965-9012 TO ADVERTISE
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