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As we begin our journey into the descent of madness
that is my mind and the crazy antics of my life, I would
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like to first introduce myself. My name is TJ, blah blah
Every year for Las Vegas, STANG Magazine typically has a day
blah, that sums it up and all you need to know. Whew…
where we rent Slingshots and cruise around and this year was no
got past the CRAP no one cares about! Now for the
different except some people had Chargers and a Porsche. Let me
good stuff.
tell you, Slingshots are freaking amazing especially on the highway
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We are a bunch of weirdos, oddballs, and outcasts. We party hard and live by our ride or die motto and have adventures like no other.
going 80 miles per hour. When I first saw a Slingshot, I was like damn that is ugly as hell, but once I gave it a try and took it out for a bit, it changed my mind! Nothing like being in the open air, low to the ground, and in the desert! The plan was to go to Hoover Dam and Valley of Fire. Valley of Fire is a really cool spot. On the way there, of course I had my own issues. My biggest issue was driving on the highway at 80 mph
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From partying in various spots all over the U.S., to
and keeping my damn hat on. I flipped it backwards because you
touring some of America’s most haunted sites, to hav-
know the wind at that speed will just catch the hat and it will fly
ing my ass spanked by a beautiful Latina in Las Vegas in
off your head in a heartbeat. Well since my hair is longer this year,
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front of a restaurant packed full of guests (and owning
it caused there to be extra space between my head and hat and
it), it’s never a dull moment! All I can say is... strap in, rev
sure enough on the highway, I almost lost my hat multiple times.
the shit out of your motor, and let’s go!
So here I am driving with my hair sticking up everywhere looking crazy. Then I decided to get a beanie at the local gas station,
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thinking that it would work. Well great idea for 5 minutes
talking about years of wind, rain, changes in the environ-
until the damn wind went under beanie and the front part
ments, and people constantly touching it. It’s crazy to
of the beanie flew down and covered my eyes while hauling
think I am literally next to something created nearly 2,000
ass on the highway. I can’t win! & I continued to drive holding CAR NAME–YEAR MODEL INFO
years ago. An interesting fact about the Valley of Fire is the
one side down. I’m sure it was a riot to watch me.
sandstone is from the Jurassic period and is considered the
Once we made it to The Valley of Fire, the place is amazing.
remnants of the inland sea that had subsided years ago.
Think Mad Max type of environment. A baron wasteland in
In addition it is believe that man has been in this area for
the outlaws of society. Red rocks everywhere surrounded
more than 11,000 years.
by big ass mountains. The coolest part of the Valley of Fire,
We then rolled up to the Hoover Dam and then hit up a
I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and MEMBERS OF THE STANG there was Petroglyphs everywhere, which has been dated Palace. I give this place 5 out of 5 stars. It was amazing! won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle MAG FAMILY ARE MORE as being nearly 2,000 years old. I am truly amazed at how Even the chef was coming out to see if we could handle the Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure this can still be here after all the time in the desert. We are heat as we requested extra extra hot! PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN what to expect being that I didn’t know the people AND INCLUSION THAN attending and was going by myself. THEY ARE THEIR CARS The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very AND THAT SAYS A LOT! WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE start BETWEEN WUHAN, CHINA and made me feel like one of their own! is the Petroglyphs. On the sides of rocks and mountains
local Indian cuisine place on the Vegas strip called Indian
JOKE OF T HE MONT H VEGAS? WHAT If AND you askedLAS me if I thought I’d be writing an article
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for STANG Magazine for my car this time last year I IN VEGAS.
ate about fun and inclusion than they are their cars and
would’ve said no. If you asked me if I would be writing it about a different car than the 2005 Roush Mustang I
Members of the STANG Mag family are more passion-
that says a lot! I can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2022!
had I would’ve said hell no. I loved that car but acquiring this one reinvigorated my passion for car shows
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Last month we looked at the Fox Body Mustang, and why it’s a Fox? Turns out it’s not the body, but the frame that it’s built on (the Fox frame/chassis). We also mentioned that it was a classic Uni-body design, and I’m sure
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we’ve all heard the term Uni-body (or Unit-body) at some point, so what is it that you may ask.
Uni-body cars, sometimes referred to as Unit-body, is a name derived from the original name of Unitized Body which started becoming popular as far back as 1934. Many people think of the frame or chassis of a car as being two steel beams running down both sides of the vehicle, that the body of the car sits on top of, known as ‘Body-on-frame’. And that was the case in the early days of cars and can still be seen in many heavy duty truck applications. But the Unitized body design revolutionized
the auto industry.
If you look under any modern car, you will see what ap-
If you think about the ‘frame’ of a vehicle, it is a square
pears to be traditional frame rails in the front and the rear,
box of metal. And if you think about the interior of a car,
but nothing directly under the passenger compartment.
it’s also a square box of metal. Between the roof, door
That’s the Uni-body design. The passenger compartment
jambs, flooring and rocker panels (the part right under
is acting as the frame of the vehicle. It’s a very rough and
your door), where the passengers of a car sit, it is essen-
tough design that has many benefits such as reducing
tially a frame in itself. The Uni-body design takes advan-
weight of the vehicle, which improves both performance
tage of this and removed the solid frame rails from under
and gas mileage.
the center of the car, and uses the structural integrity of the passenger compartment to act as the frame.
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LOCKED & LOADED LOWDOWN THE INFAMOUS LONGQUAN FORGE
HAND MADE THE OLD SCHOOL WAY... What’s up people! Welcome to Locked & Loaded Lowdown
tiful piece that you see before you was hand made the old
where we focus on some of the best firearms and “toys” on
school way and detailed to how I wanted from start to finish.
the market. As many of you auto enthusiasts know, you have
Every great blade deserves a name. I call this work of excel-
to protect yourself and your property so here at STANG
lence “Kasai”, meaning “fire.”
Magazine, we decided to merge our publications all into one, giving you a taste of the best of both worlds. Now, let’s get the LOWDOWN on this badass toy coming straight from the infamous Longquan Forge. The first master swordsmith of Longquan was thought to be Master Ou. When he settled in the mountains of Longquan, China in the Zhejiang Province over 2,500 years ago, rumors spread that the waters of the nearby river contained unique minerals that reacted with the blade’s metal when quenched to enhance its resilience and strength. The Longquan swords that Master Ou forged became the basis for other swordsmiths throughout China, and soon their knowledge passed to Japanese smiths on the nearby archipelago. As a true fan of history, the samurai, and of authentic weapons, I ventured to have one made at one of the oldest sword forges on the planet. Yes, straight from Longquan. This beau-
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TWISTED BOMBSHELL SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY
DOUGLAS SMITH. UNITED STATES ARMY - CHARLIE CO., 27TH ENGINEER BATTALION
HE ENLISTED TO KEEP THAT HERITAGE ALIVE. Specialist Smith had
August of 1990, Specialist Smith boarded a commissioned
a long family heritage
747 with the rest of his unit, and departed for Suadi Arabia.
of military service. His
The majority of the time in the initial stages was spent
father served in Viet-
building forward landing pads for Apache attack helicop-
nam, both grandfa-
ters. When the ground offensive began on February 24th,
thers in World War II,
Specialist Smith was part of the 18th Airborne Corps, in
and lineage of service
conjunction with the French Foreign Legion, to bring the
that dates back to the
left sweep through open desert and entrap the Iraqi forc-
Civil War.
es.
At 17 years old and
Specialist Smith ended his service honorably with the
still in High School, he enlisted to keep
Army in August of 1991.
alive.
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a Combat Engineer, his final destination was Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, assigned to the second platoon of Char-
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lie Co, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade as Combat Engineer Paratrooper.
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During his time at Ft Bragg, Smith was deployed to the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, CA to act as the opposition force in combined arms training, Ft. Sherman in
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Panama to attend the Jungle Training Course, and Honduras on a humanitarian mission to build school houses and airstrips for local communities. In 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait and the United States decided to intervene, the Airborne units were among the first to be deployed. In
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