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Thunder Road with Robert Mitchum is an interesting moment in car culture. For a good portion of American hotrod and muscle culture, the world really begins and ends with the cars of the mid 60s. Sure your fenders-off American grafitti hotrods and ratrods or your Two-Lane Blacktop gassers were all extant before the Barracuda, Mustang, and Coronet 400 (which is arguably the missing link between the age of gasser and age of muscle) hit the scene in the 60s. Yet you’ve got to consider that most of those hotrods and gassers really didn’t come into their own until the small block chevy revealed itself to be the perfect swap. I will not be entertaining comments from Flathead Ford V8 guys at this time. I digress, but Thunder Road is an interesting film inasmuch as it documents hotrodding and car culture from a specific period in American automotive history, largely before its golden era of the baby boom.

This shows my own bias as a scholar of the period in auto design between 1965 and 1975 (my deep passion for the Corvair should be counted as an outlier) but a lot of the same biases are wider spread in the culture. This makes the snapshot in time of Thunder Road that much more interesting, as it shows us what a real hotrod was back then, from before Big Block Mopars were pushed as drag cars from the factory.

Thunder Road captures the often overlooked awkward post-war understanding of automobiles as appliances (we can use the old molds, right?) and the crossover with the newly found appreciation for speed of a Wartime generation that spent the war years building, maintaining, repairing and abusing machinery built to go fast-- the mustang was allegedly named after the airplane, not the horse, after all.

As Noirs go, it was decent. Mitchum plays a beautiful tough guy, and the casting of his younger brother to play his character’s younger brother was quite good. I can definitely see some of the themes of familial ties, protectiveness, honor, and general scofflaw philosophies that would later make their way into lighter fair such as Smokey and the Bandit and the Dukes of Hazzard. As a Noir itself, the setting is probably one of the more intering ones I’ve seen for a standard Noir. The script was overall pretty tight and the film was lean and efficient, at least for the most part. Plus, who isn’t down for a moonshine narrative?

An interesting factoid about the film is the Springsteen song of the same name was based on the movie, despite Springsteen never having actually seen the film. Rather, he thought the poster looked cool and wrote the song about that.

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1940 Packard 115-C Hearse

Seller states that this is one out of three of these Hearses still around. Asking price $15000.

The wheels and suspension setup, as well as the included Chevrolet big block powertrain, suggest that this particular packard hearse is setup along the lines of a gasser or hotrod rather than for a faithful as-new restoration.

Find it here.

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''Mr. Norm'' Kraus, the High Performance King, 1934 - 2021

From pump jockey to Dodge dynamo, a high-performance rags-to-riches story By Terry Shea from April 2012 issue of Muscle Machines In This Article Category: Muscle Cars [Editors note: Norm Kraus passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021 at the age of 87. This profile from 2012 sums up Mr. Norm's immense contribution to muscle car history.]Perhaps no one was responsible for more sales of Dodge performance vehicles during the muscle-car era than Norm Kraus, AKA Mr. Norm. As a co-owner of Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago from 1962 through 1977, his focus on high performance helped it become the biggest Dodge dealership in the world.Norm and his brother Len, his co-owner, got their start selling used cars as teenagers in the late 1940s from their father's gas station. Making just three cents per gallon pumping gas and cleaning windshields, they wanted something more. At the suggestion of a customer, "My brother and I went out and bought a bagel--a cheap car," recounts Norm. "We brought it back and put it in the corner of the gas station, cleaned it up and sold the car the next day and made $60 on it." With a steady business, the brothers broke through in the late 1950s when they sold a 1956 Chevy convertible with a V-8 and manual transmission. Paying by the character for a classified ad, they squeezed in "Call Mr. Norm," which soon became a signature for the business. But the car itself proved very popular. "The next morning," says Norm, "I must have had 25 calls. By 10 a.m., I had already delivered it. By 11, my brother, who was out buying cars, called me and I said, 'Do not buy a regular car again. Buy all four-speeds.' We got an education in performance from our customers. We got so well known in the Chicago area, that's when Dodge came in." In the fall of 1962, still with only a small office and no real showroom, Grand Spaulding Dodge opened. At just 28 years old, Norm Kraus was the youngest Dodge dealer in the country. "I think the first month we sold about 35 cars." Norm tells us. "From that day on, it was totally performance."As one of the first dealers to install a dynamometer, Grand Spaulding was able to properly tune their customers' cars, which were notoriously detuned from the factory. "The first 383 we put on our dyno registered 180hp," says Norm. "I said, 'What the hell is going on here? Let's set it up and see what she'll do.'" With a little work, they were able to get that 383 to make a reliable 325hp. Norm made a quick decision. "That's gonna be done on every car that goes out. Every high-performance customer is going to get a free dyno tune. When we sold a high-performance car, we had the car dyno'ed right in front of the customer." When a minor sponsorship one weekend turned into five sales by Wednesday, on Thursday Norm was ready to go racing. Not wanting to compete against his customers, he decided to build a match-race car. "Our first 1964 supercharged car," Norm says, "became one of the first Funny Cars in the country, because when we went out racing, we were running against all the gassers and the rails. There weren't any other Funny Cars to run." A 1965 ex-factory lightweight car allowed them to run well into the eights when the competition was in the nines, putting Mr. Norm on the map nationwide.With their booming performance business, Grand Spaulding was selling cars and parts all over the country. People from as far away as Alaska came to buy Mopars. Such was Norm's influence, he could single-handedly get Chrysler to produce a new model. When Chrysler said that a big-block Dart was impossible, Norm had his top mechanic stuff a 383 into one and he drove it to Detroit to prove it could be done; thus was born the Dart GTS. The following year, he asked Chrysler to build him a 440 Dart. They built 50 for him, which he was easily able to sell as the Dart GSS, for Grand Spaulding Sport.The Kraus brothers grew

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So, we went out on July 25 to join the “riot” in Portland. 

Actually, we went to another protest organized several miles away, as part of the “solidarity with portland” 25 thing, which was going on all over the country. 

Anyway.  After a bit of standing around, wondering what the deal was going to be, they announced that the deal was going to be marching to the Justice Center.   Which, as I said, is several miles away. 

I distinctly heard someone off to my left say, “Are you fucking kidding me?”  

I kind of agreed - it wasn’t what I’d expected. 

But hey.  There we were.  So we went. 

We saw signs like this along the way.  Cute!  We also saw one that said “A Witch's Place is in the Resistance”, which I also liked. 

It was a long walk - something like 4.5 miles (I guess 7.24km).  

Somewhere along the way, I heard some “booooooo” and other jeering-type vocalizations.  Guess who!

We saw them a few more times, but no interaction other than the cheering crowds.

I was really impressed by how well-orchestrated this all was - there were people on motorcycles and mopeds at all of the intersections, keeping traffic from being dicks.  I’ve heard that the march stopped for red lights, but it was hard to tell, where we were. 

It was full dark when we passed the Rose Garden - oops, I mean Moda Center.  Fuckers. 

I didn’t fully appreciate how many of us there were until we got to crossing the Steel Bridge.  You can kind of see up to the left where it winds around in an S almost. 

Ok so Steel Bridge is just a hop skip jump to the Justice Center.  It wasn’t long before it was impossible to tell where the new group was - we just schmoozed right in.

We started at 3rd and Salmon, but my Riot Buddy was hungry, so we decided to head to Riot Ribs and see what the haps was there.   It was a bit of a line, but not so much we felt like it was a bad idea.  I mean, no one was going anywhere, right?  So we got hotdog and Damn, Riot Ribs has more condiments than...well, a lot of things. 

We sat on a curb and ate our food, spun some Poke-Stops, then got kitted back up and started going towards the...I guess the center.  It felt stupid to come and join it like a street bbq.  More bodies in the front, you know?  

Passed this sign.

Things were starting to feel a little more real now - I mean, I’m not in any way an expert, this is my first *real* protest.  But the mood was changing.  It might have been the whiffs of tear gas that tipped me off.

We were around the block from the Justice Center, near 4th & Salmon.  

I have more pictures/videos of this, but there are too many identifiable people/vehicles that would be hard to obscure.  So just take my word for it.   I mean, you can see the gas cloud up the street there.

Let me tell you, I knew about the leaf blowers, but y’all, they had box fans and a generator.   Think about that for a second.  They went to the trouble of rigging up box fans with a generator, because that’s how it is now.  Also, they were QUICK.  Sumbitch they were quick.  and smooth.

At one point, there was a lovely cool breeze that pushed the gas right back into the faces of the gassers.  I feel like it was a sign that the weather deities were freaking tired of this shit.

Every time we were pushed back, there was a chant of “Stay together, stay tight! We do this every night!” usually with drum accompaniment, which was actually pretty comforting.  

By the end of our time there, there had been maybe the three or four times* where we went forward, pulled back. There had been at least one more “GO GO GO THEY’RE RUSHING”, which was kinda terrifying yeah.  My friend there has a video they took over their head, showing the line of cops directly behind them.  They were absorbed by the line of shielders pretty quickly, but that video is terrifying.  

Also, I keep wanting to call the line of shield-holders “shield-maidens” but I’m pretty sure the genders in that group where pretty varied.

Anyway.  This is the last picture I feel ok sharing.  It’s after a big rush by the cops, followed by their vehicles.  We were trying to see which direction to go, and saw that the blocks to one side seemed clear, but the other was having the same thing happen. 

We decided at this point it was a night, for us.  It was about 2am, I think. We peeked-bolted-peeked-bolted, then found a little alcove to un-kit and turn into pedestrians.  

We checked the bus schedule, and technically a few were still running, but it was really less complicated and in one case, faster, to just walk back to the car. But then something happened - my friend says it was definitely fae.  In any case, we didn’t have to walk back, and got some good advice as well. 

I don’t know that we’ll be going back down there, I’m old and decrepit, and I feel like I won’t be doing much good if I’m the one who ends up needing help.

So instead, I’m going to pretend that I have thousands of fans anxiously awaiting my posts about the protests, which I get from following a bunch of independent journalists on twitter.  They are some amazing people, as are all of those who have been down there for the last two months. 

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Hello all my favorite people! It's Monday, April 15th! Your Dusty Attic Toy Show is happening this Saturday, April 20th from 9am ‘til 1pm in Red Oak, TX, with plenty of parking, door prizes and lots of fun in store! Let’s kick off the #DATSoftheWeek with one of our area Customizers. He has released one of his customs that could be yours this Saturday!

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Gary Morris of #GemsCustoms, (@garymorrishotwheels on IG), has delivered us … “Copperhead.” This 55 Chevy Bel-Air Gasser has turned into one of the most popular casting amongst Hot Wheels Collectors. This Gasser features a House of Kolor pearl copper over a silver base coat to make that pearl pop! The livery of this racer is very true to form with major race brands and some nice filigree on the trunk lid. With powder coated headers and gold carbs, the 427 big block motor will certainly leave its competition in the dust. Check out the pictures! You will have to come check it out in person on Saturday!

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DATS Fans and NTDCC Members - your DUSTY ATTIC TOY SHOW will be Saturday, April 20th from 9am ‘til 1pm!!! We are at 332 Cole Road in Red Oak, TX 75154. Admission is $2 to get in. Children under 12 are free!

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Photos by Gary E. Morris

Edits and Logo Design by Castle Media Photos

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Thursday, January 13, 2022 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: MY MOM, YOUR DAD (Crave) NEXT INFLUENCER (Paramount +) GHOSTS (Global) 7:30pm (new time) WALKER (CTV Drama) 8:00pm TAKING THE STAND (A&E Canada) 10:00pm PEACEMAKER (Crave) 10:30pm/11:30pm/12:30am

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT MARRIED TO REAL ESTATE (Premiering on January 17 on HGTV Canada at 10:00pm) MADAGASCAR: A LITTLE WILD (Premiering on January 23 on Family Jr. at 9:00am) WOLF LIKE ME (TBD) DIEGO, THE LAST GOODBYE (TBD)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA VINCE CARTER: LEGACY JOE BELL

CRAVE TV MY MOM, YOUR DAD (Season 1) PEACEMAKER (Season 1, Episodes 1-3) NETFLIX CANADA BRAZEN CHOSEN THE JOURNALIST PHOTOCOPIER

NHL HOCKEY (SN1/SNOntario/SNEast) 7:00pm: Flyers vs. Bruins (SNPacific) 7:00pm: Canucks vs. Lightning (TSN3) 7:30pm: Jets vs. Red Wings (TSN2) 8:30pm: Habs vs. Blackhawks (SNWest/TSN5) 9:00pm: Sens vs. Flames (SN/SN1) 10:30pm: Penguins vs. Kings

NBA BASKETBALL (TSN/TSN4) 7:30pm: Warriors vs. Bucks (SN360) 8:00pm: Clippers vs. Pelicans (TSN/TSN4) 10:00pm: Trail Blazers vs. Nuggets

CORONER (CBC) 8:00pm: Jenny clashes with her replacement coroner as they navigate the decedents of a fatal car crash.

HUDSON & REX (City TV) 8:00pm: After a raw diamond is found at the crime scene of a murder, Major Crimes sets up a stakeout to take down the suspected gem smugglers; an undisclosed team connection threatens to derail the investigation.

BLOWN AWAY (Makeful) 8:00pm/8:30pm (SEASON PREMIERE): It's a time for self-reflection, and the competitors look to mirrors for inspiration, creating deeply personal pieces that express how they see themselves. In Episode Two, in a mystery box challenge, each artist crafts a different household item, including a cookie jar, a candelabrum and a sophisticated sippy cup.

THE FIFTH ESTATE (CBC) 9:00pm: The Reckoning: Secrets Unearthed by Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc: How a B.C. First Nation is dealing with the traumatic discovery of what are assumed to be the graves of children near a former residential school, as it tries to lead the way for other communities coping with a similar tragic history.

GOOD WITH WOOD (aka HANDMADE: BRITAIN’S BEST WOODWORKER) (Makeful) 9:00pm (SEASON FINALE): In the grand final, the last three woodworkers make towering garden buildings and face the trickiest skills challenge. Only one competitor can win, and it's up to the judges to decide who is Britain's best woodworker.

LOST CAR RESCUE (History Canada) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): As Matt and his team chase the elusive one that got away, they risk getting in over their heads, literally, as an extraction nearly sinks their whole trip.  

STEVE MAGNANTE'S SUPER MODELS (Discovery Velocity) 9:00pm/9:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE): The story of Jimmy Addison's Silver Bullet and the details that made it such a force.  In Episode Two, Steve introduces the fever dream that is Funny Car Folk Art as he explores the altered-wheelbase movement of the mid-'60s, gasser styling's, and the big-block power of the '67 Chevelle.

1 QUEEN 5 QUEERS (Crave) 9:50pm

THIS WAY UP (W Network) 10:00pm/10:00pm: Aine and Richard's relationship gets complicated when, inadvertently, she is invited for dinner. In Episode Two, Aine and Shona's mother has come from Ireland to visit Vish's family.

CANADIAN REFLECTIONS (CBC) 11:30pm: Sinking Ship; Piece of Mind

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RECENTLY LISTED FOR SALE WITH BUYERS WORLD IS THIS VERY VERY COOL AND SUPER WELL MAINTAINED, RUNS GREAT AND WILL SMOKE ANYONE 1955 CHEVY 210 GASSER STREET LEGAL AND GETS DRIVEN A LOT!!!

Street legal and driven often. Original paint, great patina, absolutely no rust anywhere! Very nasty 396 big block, aluminum heads, roller cam. Offenhauser Cross Ram intake with 2 750 Demons, Vertex magneto. Bulletproof 700R-4 with full manual shift. 12 bolt posi.with 4:10 gears, long chrome ladder bars. Straight axle with disc brakes and lots of chrome. Very nice vintage look interior. This is one cool, rowdy Saturday night cruiser#

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Hot Wheels '55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser #hotwheels The '55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser casting takes you back to the old school style of Gasser Drag Race cars. With an exposed big block engine, fender well headers, ladder bars, aluminum fuel tank, this 2 lane blacktop brawler can take them all on. #hotwheels #diecast #hotwheelscollectors #diecastcollector #hotwheelscollector #diecastcollectors #hotwheelsphotography #diecastphotography #hotwheelsmania #hotwheelscars #chevy #chevrolet #belair #gasser #55belair #55chevy #chevybelair #chevybelairgasser #55chevybelair #55chevybelairgasser #lettering #poster #stickers #typography #type https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_E2TWpBSe/?igshid=1co3nedqx8ut1

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Sportsman Drag Racers Make the Straight Line Spotlight

Garage B Project!

The state of Minnesota is home to the remarkable 1969 Chevy Nova SS owned by John and Lynn Helmin. The husband and wife duo are campaigning the car to help keep alive the memory of its previous owner, Rickey Grundhoefer, who passed away in 2015. The ’69 Nova, which has only 7,500 original miles, is still streetworthy and features the original interior. John employs a 540ci big-block rated at 875 hp and a Powerglide transmission to run the Nova in the 9.7-second zone at 138+ mph when unchained for bracket racing. John’s main focus, however, is within the NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional Super Street 10.90 class, but has also campaigned it in Super Gas 9.90 competition. The meticulously maintained Garage B Racing race car is the end result of big-time, behind-the-scenes support from associates that include Helmin’s own landscaping company, Brickshop Dyno, Ronnie’s Garage, POJO’s Auto Body, Mike’s Engine Repair, Authority Service, Common Wealth Real Estate, Office Furniture Solutions, and Trager General Contracting. John’s crew chief is his daughter Danielle Heileson; his crew also includes son Jeremy and daughter Amber Hutton.

A Wily Veteran Racer

At an impressive 80 years young, Oceanside, California’s Don Ruble Sr., continues to follow his passion. Don (affectionately nicknamed Rebel) is reportedly the second oldest active and licensed NHRA drag racer, behind only the legendary Chris “The Greek” Karamesines. He began dabbling in the sport of drag racing at a very young age and impressively made it to the final round of the 1966 U.S. Nationals in Modified Eliminator with a Chevy Bel Air. Don now races a nicely prepped 1967 Chevy Nova. Despite his Nova tipping the scales at 2,840 pounds, he has chosen to mix it up with all the dragsters in NHRA’s tough Super Comp 8.90 index class. That is his primary focus because his car is capable of 8.7-second e.t.’s when raced “unchecked.” After acquiring the Nova back in 2012, he undertook a major rebuild from front to back and top to bottom. The engine program consists of a 540ci mill that relies on a Powerglide transmission and 5.57:1 rearend gears to get the power to the pavement. Don continues to do all of his own maintenance but is thankful for the ongoing support he receives from Monty Woodard at Machine Tech (Oceanside, California).

Down Under Dedication

Colin Boyd’s 1966 Chevelle is another perfect example of how popular it is in Australia to drag race vintage Chevrolet muscle cars. Based out of Kurrajong Hills, New South Wales, Colin imported his race car (an original, factory SS car still with VIN tag) from the USA after buying it as a roller from Jeremy Melton and Steve Milam (Amarillo, Texas). After the acquisition, Colin evolved the Chevelle into a full chassis racer and debuted it in 2014 at his home track: Sydney Dragway. The engine program was imported, too—built by California-based Mike Lewis Racing Engines. The bullet is a short-deck 582ci big-block Chevy that made over 1,000 hp during dyno testing, but has since had nitrous added for an additional 200 hp to play with. The team runs the car within Australia’s equivalent to Top Sportsman class racing. The 3,140-pound machine has a best e.t. of 8.16 at 165 mph. Colin’s family oriented team includes his son John Boyd (crew chief) and his dad, Brian, as well as close mate Craig Armstong. Colin’s effort is mainly self-funded by his company, Arundel Park Auto Electrics, but also receives support from Flat Out Services and Craig’s Automatics, and dedicates its racing ventures to fallen crew member Ted Clarke, who passed in early 2017.

Showstopping Super Gasser

Carl and Toni Root are NHRA Sportsman racers that certainly get the attention they deserve. For the past five seasons or so, the husband and wife team—who call Washington, Illinois, home—have been fan favorites while campaigning a truly impressive, jewel-quality 1963 Chevy Nova in Super Gas. This car is the end result of a conversion that was originally purchased by Carl back when he was 16 years old. Featuring a remarkable paint scheme (of Carl’s own expertise), this Nova features a Suncoast-produced body and a Tommy Harter chassis. Using a 588ci big-block assembled by Rick Bowman and a Coan transmission and converter, this race car is known for running as good as it looks. That includes numerous Top 10 finishes in NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional points, an event win at the Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, and two career NHRA Jegs Allstars event appearances. The car was wired by Mitch Truman and relies on a Racepak computer for the all-important engine vitals.

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2020 Ford Super Duty and Commercial Truck Powertrains: Filling in the Details

Back in February we outlined the broad strokes of the new gas big-block V-8 and in-house-designed Power Stroke turbodiesel V-8 that will power Ford’s heavy duty and commercial trucks for 2020. Now we have lots more details to fill in.

As a reminder, the new 7.3-liter gasser slims down enough to fit in all of Ford’s motorhome and cube-van chassis-cab applications by ditching two overhead cams in favor of a single cam snuggled deep in the block—a technology that’s been absent from Ford’s Super Duty truck lineup since the overhead-cam “Modular” engines replaced the “385” family of pushrod big blocks in 1997. (Note—it does not easily fit in any Ford cars.) And it mounts to a beefier new 10-speed transmission with new features.

Best in Class Gas-Engine Power/Torque

  As an option in its 2020 F-250 and F-350 trucks, Ford’s new 7.3-liter V-8—that’s the largest displacement in the class—will crank out 430 hp at 5,500 rpm and 475 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm. That shades GM’s 6.6-liter V-8 by 29 hp and 11 lb-ft and Ram’s 6.4-liter Hemi by 20 hp and 46 lb-ft. Note that the 7.3 replaces the 288-hp/424-lb-ft 6.8-liter V-10, while Ford’s SOHC 6.2-liter V-8 still serves as the base engine in the F-250 and F-350, producing 385 hp at 5,750 rpm and 430 lb-ft of torque at 3,800 rpm. The 7.3-liter will be standard on the 2021 F-550, F-600, F-650 and F-750 Medium Duty trucks and E-Series, as well as F-53 and F-59 stripped chassis, and in many of these applications rated at 8,500-plus pounds gross vehicle weight, engines are rated for continuous power and the useful rev range is much lower. In most of these applications, the engine is rated at 468 lb-ft at 3,900 rpm, with horsepower limited across the rev range to the 350 hp it makes at the torque peak.

Built to Last Indefinitely

The 7.3-liter’s forged steel crankshaft features oversized main and rod bearings, and it’s fixed to the block with four vertical and two horizontal cross bolts. Many of the materials in use are upgraded to turbo-engine specifications. The roller bearings on the valve tappets are carbon-nitrided, piston-cooling oil jets are employed, the valvetrain is fed much higher rates of oil flow, and the variable-displacement oil pump is designed to be able to increase oil flow to maintain pressure as bearings wear or when viscosity drops at very high temperatures. The wear evident on an engine dismantled for our viewing after 3,200 hours of max-output running (that’s 133 days of 24/7 flogging) is apparently so minimal that it’s difficult to extrapolate a projected failure mileage.

Power Stroke Diesel Gets Steel Pistons

These new one-piece forged steel pistons are far shorter in height than the second-gen Power Stroke’s aluminum pistons, and they drop the compression ratio from 16.2:1 to 15.8:1. They feature much tighter ring lands and what are claimed to be the lowest-tension rings in the industry (for lowest-in-class friction). The piston pins are smaller than usual, and the connecting rod bearings they run in feature bronze inserts. The mass of the new steel pistons is only slightly greater than the aluminum ones they replace. New split-stream oil-cooling jets target both the piston crown and those new smaller piston pins.

10-Speed TorqShift Transmission

Almost all 7.3-liter and Power Stroke commercial applications will use the new 10-speed transmission, the exceptions being the medium duty (F-650/750), stripped chassis (F-53/59), and E-Series (E-350/450) chassis applications, which stick with a heavy-duty six-speed. As we noted in February, these Super Duty applications use the largest of three size offerings, and now we can note that it’s roughly 25 percent longer and 17 percent bigger around. It features a new-spec automatic transmission fluid validated for a 150,000-mile change interval. The ratios differ very little from those in the F-150 and include three overdrive gears. On commercial vehicles, there’s a fuel-saving feature that selects neutral any time the vehicle is at a stop with the brake applied (think of it as auto-stop/start for transmissions). Gas and diesel fitments differ slightly, with the diesel getting a reinforced torque converter, an extra clutch element in two gears, and a fourth planet gear on the output carrier.

New Tranny Drive Modes

The outgoing six-speed only offered normal and tow/haul. This one adds Slippery, Eco, and Deep Snow/Sand. Slippery upshifts earlier to limit wheelspin, while Deep Snow/Sand allows wheelspin and provides a more aggressive throttle calibration. Tow/Haul mode slows shifts down a bit to ensure appropriate torque is on tap in the next gear. Tremor off-road truck models will also get an off-road mode.

Most Powerful Power Takeoff (PTO)

Offered as standard equipment on 6.7-liter commercial chassis-cab vehicles (and optional on 7.3-liter), the new PTO delivers a best-in-class 300 lb-ft of torque in stationary mode. Ford claims that’s 20 percent (or 50 lb-ft) better than the nearest competitor. The transmission case is strengthened and features a 10-bolt PTO attachment. If that’s still not enough torque, opt for the “split shaft” PTO that packages between the transmission and the driveshaft so as to deliver the engine’s full power and torque to your equipment.

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Tim Turner Shares His 1955 Chevy 150 Gasser, "433 ci big block Chevy, tunnel ram two four barrels, Muncie four-speed shifted by a Hurst Performance Products vertical gate. 12 bolt rear with Moroso posi and 4:10 gear."#trifivetuesday #55chevy

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The Burton U.S. Open Of Snowboarding Championships 2017

Some things in life are just meant to be awesome. After so many years of unreal experiences, that’s the only way we can describe the U.S. Open of Snowboarding. So many aspects of this sport change, popularity goes up and down, trends come and go, but yet every year this event gives us everything we ever wanted from snowboarding and refreshes our love for what is seriously one of the most fun things on earth. Following the pessimistic tone of the end of 2016, this year’s Open, the 35th, was restorative in more ways than one. Perfect weather, a huge contingent of friends and fam, and some next level snowboarding gave us all the giant reset that we needed. From resurgent wins by Shaun White and Mark McMorris to ground breaking riding by Chloe Kim and Anna Gasser on the pro side to spending days getting lost on Vail’s endless terrain with the Burton and Dope Roots crews, followed by nights getting lost doing who knows what, we’ve got the whole thing documented in film by Craig Wetherby as only TheGoodLife! can. Enjoy the ride.

First things first: Bones. The Comeback King starts it off with a rare big win!

We have lift off!

EXtreme Brah!

Jesse took it all the way up!

Tour God Status

TJ wasn’t scared!

Higher Elevations

Anna Gasser on her way to Slopestyle glory.

Carlos Garcia Knight boosting!

But it was all Mark McMorris this day! 1 year to the day of his gnarly femur breaking crash.

So you can actually call it a comeback – Mark McMorris ftw!

Shred vet Sani Alibabic dropping…

Jake and the CHILL crew were ready to drop too.

On to some night life. Gunnar and Timbo, like father like son… It’s a long story.

Timbo running the table.

Before some impromptu rock climbing.

Up early with Burton Girls Tavia & Skylar.

Mad Crew Love

Into Dangerous Zones

And finally to Danger Mouse

Now it was time for the big event…Super Pipe!

Chloe Kim blocking out the sun on her repeat Pipe winning run.

The crowd was hype!

This guy knows how to party. Jack getting things started by shotgunning a Redbull!?!

Haters will say its Photoshop.

The deck was stacked.

Blotto had the right perspective.

Skiers DO serve a purpose!

Danny Davis was all smiles all day!

And dropped in first with a gigantic Alley-Oop!

DD is Style!

Shaun White was well rested.

And went huge on his first hit!

The crowd was amped!

Ben Ferguson & Greg Bretz were ready to get their poach on…

Raibu Katayama was boosting!

Status Jeff had DJ A-Dog watching his back…

And Evan Rose had the live coverage handled from the sidelines.

Raibu Katayama

Shaun White

Hi Iouri Podlatchikov!

Danny Davis

Against a monster field of competitors it was Shaun White with the win!

Annual Shred Day with Blotto, a time honored tradition.

Sunday Service

Where we prayed to the Snow Gods.

And they delivered!

Just like that the features were gone!

The park became a field of powder…

Sp we went right back to church.

And the more we prayed…

The more snow we got blessed with…

There were chapels all over the mountain…

Father Farnum blessed us with his secret stash.

Jayson & Caroline prayed hard too and found the goods!

And like that we were done! Peace Vail! Til’ next year…

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1937 Chevrolet Coupe - $38,495.00

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2020 Ford Super Duty and Commercial Truck Powertrains: Filling in the Details

2020 Ford Super Duty and Commercial Truck Powertrains: Filling in the Details

Back in February we outlined the broad strokes of the new gas big-block V-8 and in-house-designed Power Stroke turbodiesel V-8 that will power Ford‘s heavy duty and commercial trucks for 2020. Now we have lots more details to fill in.

As a reminder, the new 7.3-liter gasser slims down enough to fit in all of Ford’s motorhome and cube-van chassis-cab applications by ditching two overhead cams in…

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1970 Dodge Challenger R/T: First Love

Dodge manufactured approximately 77,000 Challengers of all engine and trim variations in model year 1970, so they certainly weren’t rare back in the day. Like all muscle cars from the first golden age however, they didn’t have a good survival rate. Besides the typical attrition from high miles, accidents, theft, and pervasive rust, the hormone-fueled exuberance of the young men who owned most of them proved fatal to their longevity in many cases. So much so that scarcely a decade after they were built the chances of finding a really good one were already small. And the chances of finding a really good 1970 R/T with an optional Six Pack 440 and TorqueFlite (new production figures of less than 800 units) were beyond small.

That’s exactly why Mando Gonzalez was skeptical when, back in 1988, a friend called to tell him about just such a car advertised in a Southern California Recycler weekly. Like Gonzalez, the friend was a knowledgeable muscle car enthusiast, and he would’ve been interested in the car for himself, except he couldn’t stand its color, Go Mango. “If it were a nice color, like Hemi Orange, I would go pick it up,” he explained.

Gonzalez called the number in the ad, and to his surprise, a woman answered the phone. She gave him an address that was near her house, and told him to wait there. She would drive by to look at him and if she liked the way he looked she’d trust him to come to her house to see the car. The viewing spot was over an hour away, near Perris, California, but he decided the car’s potential was worth the risk.

Gonzalez drove his flatbed tow truck to the designated spot and waited as instructed. After a few minutes a woman in an old Chrysler station wagon drove by slowly and stared at him. She evidently approved of his appearance and motioned for him to follow her. He did, eventually traversing a narrow dirt road that wound in between hills lined with boulders that ultimately led to a trailer in the middle of nowhere. Sitting next to the trailer was a Go Mango Challenger with four flat tires.

A careful inspection of the car revealed that it was exactly what the lady represented it to be, a tired but extremely original 440+6 R/T Challenger in need of restoration. She then told him, “I got a bunch of parts for it in the trunk, and I was going to restore it, but I’m pregnant,” she said. Gonzalez opened the trunk and was delighted to see that it was filled with N.O.S. parts for the car. That sealed the deal, so he paid her the $2,800 asking price and loaded the car, along with all of its precious new parts, onto his flatbed.

After getting it home, Gonzalez invested a little bit of time and effort just to see if the car would run and drive. He rebuilt the carburetors and master cylinder, changed the oil, and put new tires on. That was all it took to get the car back on the road. He drove it a few miles without any issues, and then put it into storage.

Around 1994, Gonzalez’s son Nathan, who was then just 8 years old, began to show real interest in his father’s muscle car collection, so Gonzalez senior asked the lad which car he wanted to work on and get running. “I vividly remember responding ‘the orange Challenger,’” Nathan tells us. A few days later his father transported the car from its storage building to their house so they could work on it together. After they did only a little bit, including removing the Shaker bubble, baseplate, and carburetors, their attention was directed elsewhere.

“As the years passed, and I grew into a teenager,” Gonzalez explains, “I still had a love for Mopars, but I also got more interested in Chevrolets, and was spending time tinkering with a 1969 Z/28 that my father has. When I realized that a 14-year-old’s salary wouldn’t cover the cost of restoration parts for that car, I focused my attention on something more economical and began working on a 1955 Chevy gasser. That build carried me through high school, and the Challenger became a distant memory in my mind.”

By the time Gonzalez was in his early 20s, he began thinking about earning some extra money to help with his first house purchase. A buddy owned a 1967 Chevelle SS in need of restoration and sold it to him for a reasonable price. Gonzalez is a perfectionist, who loves stock muscle cars, so he set out to do the most meticulous restoration he could. “I love how these cars came in their original format,” he explains, “and couldn’t care less about headers and hot cams. Give me some dog-dish wheel covers and biasply tires, and I’m in heaven.”

One day after completing restoration of the Chevelle, Gonzalez sold it and had the down payment for his house. His father was so impressed with the build that he said he wanted him to restore one of his muscle cars, and he could pick any one he desired. “It had to have been fate for the Challenger, because once again, without even thinking about it, ‘the Challenger’ quickly escaped my mouth,” he says. “He said OK, and about a week later, I began assessing what it needed.”

Gonzalez began by decoding the car’s fender tag, revealing it was a California car from new, optioned with N95 NOX Exhaust Emissions Control (the emissions control package installed on cars delivered new in California), A32 Super Performance Axle Package (Dana 60 with 4.10:1 gears), D32 Heavy Duty Automatic Transmission, and power disc brakes. The exterior was Go Mango, and the interior was black with salt-and-pepper seat inserts. The fender tag also revealed some disappointing news; the car wasn’t originally built with a Shaker hood. Instead of N96, it came with V21 Performance Hood Treatment. Further investigation revealed that the Shaker setup on the car when his father bought it consisted of an N.O.S. bubble and baseplate, and an original hood from a Plum Crazy Purple car.

Gonzalez’ disappointment about the Shaker hood was soon countered by his discovery of the car’s buildsheet. “As I was digging around in the center console, I discovered a withered, fragile piece of paper that appeared to be a photocopy of the buildsheet,” he says. “My heart instantly sank because this most likely meant the original buildsheet had been removed from the car. I immediately removed the back seat while praying that whoever copied the original sheet put it back, and to my surprise, there it was. The prior owner had not only placed it back in its original location, indicated by where the seat springs had rested on it, but they had also protected it by placing it in a plastic sheet, with the words ‘My Nancy’s RT’ written on one side of the plastic and ‘Or Nancs RT 1984’ written on the other side. This, along with the original license plate and a broken dealer plate frame with ‘Huntington Beach’ are the only remnants of the two previous owners.” If any Mopar Muscle readers have information about the car’s original owner or “Nancy,” Gonzalez would love to hear from you.

Initially, Gonzalez planned to do what was necessary to make the car safe and reliable and enjoyed using it like that. As he continued examining it, however, his plan evolved from doing the minimum to doing what was needed to make it presentable and finally, doing a comprehensive restoration. “The more that I took the car apart, the more I realized how nearly untouched it was, and how much it deserved to be taken back to its original condition,” he says.

Gonzalez completely disassembled the car, taking great care to photograph every step and bag and label all of the parts. The body was blasted with a garnet mix to get down to bare steel. Every panel was rock solid with no rust problems except the trunk pan, which Gonzalez found disheartening. “I feared that taking it to a shop would not yield the undetectable results that I yearned for,” he says. “After kicking it around for a few days I decided I would tackle it myself — 182 spot-weld drills later, it was out!”

All of the research Gonzalez did indicated that the taillamp panel and/or a quarter-panel would have to be removed in order to get a one-piece trunk floor into position. “That did not sit well with me,” he recalls. “Being a hardheaded 24-year-old, I decided to purchase a one-piece trunk panel and try to get it in somehow without removing any of the factory sheetmetal. After careful measuring and bending — and with help — we were ready to attempt to slide it into place. We pushed the pan in-between the framerails and rear panel. It was tight and made it about halfway before getting stuck. We jerked it back and forth, when suddenly we heard a ‘pop,’ and it was in.”

Before sending the restored body to the paint shop, Gonzalez had to make some decisions. “I kicked around the idea of putting the factory hood back on, but I just couldn’t do it,” he says. “My rationalization was that the shaker pieces that were with the car were all factory and that would be about the closest to factory equipped as one could get.

The car then went to Autopedic in La Habra, California, where Abdon prepped the body and laid down show-quality paint. He also finished the underbody in factory “dip gray” and applied correct overspray to the transmission tunnel, cowl and firewall.

After getting the body back from the painter, Gonzalez disassembled the factory leaf springs and Dana 60 and sent them to be powdercoated. His family happens to own a differential shop, so reassembly of the big Dana was a fairly straightforward task. The rear suspension and differential were reinstalled, and the car was finally off the rotisserie.

The car’s original engine, along with all its factory components, went to Carlos Gomez at Submission Engines in Rancho Cucamonga, California. “Carlos is an avid Mopar enthusiast who builds some amazing engines,” Gonzalez says. “I explained what I needed, and he followed through with the build and exceeded my expectations. Unfortunately, one cylinder appeared to have been home to a rat, causing some pitting, therefore the near pristine block was bored .010 over and received a Mr. Six Pack camshaft. The original dual-point distributor was set to Paul Petcou for restoration and application of a proper curve for the Mr. Six Pack Camshaft.”

The original transmission went to Pro Trans in Lancaster, California. This shop specializes in modified automatics for racing and high-performance street cars, and doesn’t normally do stock rebuilds, but made an exception for Gonzalez, who is very grateful they did. “Oh man, did they deliver! The car has a nice, firm shift, but when nailing it you get a Second gear chirp that always brings a smile to my face. I am very grateful for their willingness to help out,” he says.

While the engine and drivetrain work was being done, Gonzalez assembled and reinstalled the dash components. He also cleaned and reinstalled the original door panels, which remain in excellent condition. Saul and Eric at Advanced Specialties in La Habra, California, installed new carpet, headliner, and Legendary Interiors seat covers.

The car’s buildsheet revealed that it originally came with 14×6 steel wheels fitted with center caps. The originals were long gone, and Gonzalez had a difficult time finding correct replacements. After calling dozens of places throughout the country, he finally struck gold with Mike at Stephens Performance in Anderson, Alabama.

Throughout the reassembly process, Gonzalez went to great lengths to reuse as many of the car’s original hardware and components as possible. “I am very confident when I say that this car is about 90 percent original,” he says. “All of the nuts, bolts, screw, washers, clips, etc. were media-blasted, finished in the correct color, and placed back on the car. The door and window weatherstripping was in excellent shape, so I did a light blast on the rubber and reinstalled. It’s amazing what you find when blasting little items. While blasting the U-bolt straps, I discovered that there is a date code on them. I noticed that the front and rear speakers had date codes, so I decided to send them out to be re-coned. The car still had the original water pump, so that was sent to be rebuilt. I just couldn’t fathom putting reproduction parts on a car of this originality. Even the wheelwell molding screws are original. It was a real pain blasting and finishing all of these parts, but it brings me great pleasure telling those who inquire about the labor that was involved to bring the car to the level that it is. Luckily, I had David Wise’s MMC E-Body reference guide to assist me every step of the way.”

Since completing the car’s restoration, Gonzalez has driven it about 300 miles. “I enjoy taking it to local car shows, as getting further away is quite troublesome with its factory date-coded 4.10 gears with 26-inch tall tires,” he says. “Every time I take it out it I can’t help but wonder how the heck people drove these cars every day. I get a kick out of the comments that I hear while standing next to the car. Most people assume it’s a clone, but as they walk up to the dash for further affirmation of their assumptions I see their jaws drop. It’s the same expression that I get when I have the opportunity to view rare cars such as this one. It’s almost like seeing a celebrity; you almost become starstruck in its presence. The next shocker is when they find out someone younger like myself not only owns it, but built it from the ground up. Then, I deliver the knockout when I respond to their question whether it was trailered there. Nah, I drove it!”

Fast Facts 1970 Challenger R/T Nathan Gonzalez, La Habra, CA

ENGINE Type: 440 cid Bore x stroke: 4.32 (bore) x 3.75 (stroke) inches Block: stock 1970 440-cid 90-degree V-8 iron block Rotating assembly: original forged steel crankshaft, externally balanced, with 2.750-inch main journals and 2.380-inch rod journals, iron connecting rods, and forged aluminum pistons Compression: 10.5:1 Cylinder heads: stock cylinder heads, cast iron Camshaft: Mr. Six Pack custom grind Valvetrain: pushrod-operated overhead valves, 16 valves, 16 conventional hydraulic lifters Induction: stock Edelbrock intake manifold, three two-barrel Holley 2300 carburetors, progressive linkage, choke on center Oiling system: stock, full pressure, externally driven mechanical oil pump, 5-quart capacity Ignition: stock dual-point distributor, 12-volt, transistorized coil, one spark plug per cylinder Cooling: stock, mechanically driven water pump, copper-brass radiator, 17.0-quart capacity Exhaust: stock exhaust manifolds and correct reproduction ECS exhaust system Engine machine work and assembly by: Carlos Gomez, Submission Engines (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)

DRIVETRAIN Transmission: stock TorqueFlite 727 three-speed automatic built by Pro Trans (Lancaster, CA) Gear ratios (overall): First 2.45:1 (7.91:1), Second 1.45:1 (4.68:1), Third 1.0:1 (4.10:1) Converter: stock Shifter: stock Driveshaft: stock Axles: stock semi-floating axles Rearend: Dana 60 limited-slip differential, four-pinion hypoid; Sure-Grip limited-slip; 4.10:1 gear ratio

CHASSIS Construction: welded steel unit-body Front suspension: independent, unequal length upper and lower control arms with torsion bars, hydraulic tube shock absorbers Rear suspension: Hotchkiss type, asymmetrical semi-elliptical leaf springs, hydraulic tube shock absorbers Steering: stock recirculating ball with hydraulic power assist and fixed displacement hydraulic power steering pump, 15.7:1 ratio, 3.5 turns lock-to-lock, 40.8-foot turning circle Front brakes: stock, 11.0×3.0-inch drum Rear brakes: stock, 11.0×2.5-inch drum

WEIGHTS & MEASURES Wheelbase: 110 inches Overall length: 191.5 inches Overall width: 76.5 inches Overall height: 51.0 inches Front track: 59.7 inches Rear track: 60.7 inches Shipping weight: approximately 3,800 pounds

INTERIOR Seats: stock black vinyl with salt-and-pepper cloth inserts, Legendary Interiors Instruments: stock factory instrumentation Electronics: stock factory AM radio with rear speaker option Steering: Rim Blow steering wheel

WHEELS & TIRES Wheels: 14×6 stock stamped-steel Chrysler (front), 14×6 Stephen’s Performance center caps (rear) Tires: F70-14 Goodyear Polyglas GT

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