BRMC Art
based on Honda GB400
Shin Metal Works
based on Yamaha SR400
vendredi 11 janvier 2013
1907 dashcam footage is one of the oldest available
This is one of the oldest footage captured by a dashcam. The short clip shows the life in Vancouver, Canada on May 7, 1907.
In 2008 Australia's National Film and Sound Archive released some footage which at that time was considered to be from Hobart, Australia. Upon further investigation, it was established the film was recorded in Vancouver, Canada.
A Seattle filmmaker by the name of William Harbeck jumped into one of the local streetcars and started filming the busy life of the city. Later on, Harbeck was commissioned to document the launch of the Titanic which led to his demise when he was only 44 years old.
On a side note, here is an even older dashcam footage recorded on April 14, 1906 in San Francisco, just four days before the massive earthquake and fire.
Source: autoblog.com
Aston Martin fête ses cent ans !
Le 15 janvier un "photo call" sera organisé au "Henniker Mews" de Chelsea en présence de l'Aston Martin A3 - véhicule le plus ancien de la marque encore en circulation - et de l'Aston Martin Vanquish - ultime super-GT de la marque, et une plaque commémorative sera dévoilée dans ce lieu hautement symbolique où s'installa Aston Martin en 1913.
Puis du 15 au 21 juillet, une "centenary week" - semaine du centenaire – proposera nombre de festivités aux propriétaires et supporters d'Aston Martin, incluant des portes-ouvertes au quartier général de Gaydon ainsi que des essais et des manifestations officielles. Une "birthday party" comprenant plus de 1 000 invités se tiendra à Londres le 20 juillet, suivie le lendemain d'un concours du centenaire dans le centre de la capitale britannique.
Une balade placée sous le thème de James Bond sillonnera par ailleurs l'Angleterre et le Pays de Galles - incluant des lieux familiers au personnage de Ian Fleming - et un rallye d'une durée de six jours sera organisé sur le sol européen.
Enfin un logo a été créé spécialement pour ce centenaire, représentant 99 points positionnés en ellipse autours du symbole de la marque, et auxquels s'ajoute en lettres rouges un symbolique nombre "100".
Happy Birthday.
Samuel Morand (motorlegend.com)
Classic Driver’s Guide to the Moon: The moon buggy
If you’re searching for an unusual barn-find, untouched and ripe for restoration, you might want to consider an LRV. Three of them are known to exist, all with extensive history files and plenty of provenance. The only drawback is that they are on the Moon.
And it’s a case of buyer collects.
The LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle) – more commonly known as the moon buggy – was developed for the American Apollo programmes in the early 1970s. Three buggies were built, for missions 15, 16 and 17, and after they had fulfilled their tasks they were left to gather moon dust, far from home.
Road-test-wise, we doubt we’d be particularly impressed by the battery-powered LRV’s performance figures, but the four-wheeled, two-seater buggy would no doubt have plenty of traction. Luggage space, meanwhile, seems sufficient for plenty of weird equipment and lunar samples.
Aside from the difficulty of transporting your LRV to the restorer of your choice, however, another drawback is the price. We have to assume this would be ‘Estimate on Request’ – from NASA. As a rough guideline, when the first Boeing-built LRV was delivered in 1971, the purchase price was put at around $38 million.
Text: Charis Whitcombe (ClassicDriver)
photos: Getty Images
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Video Documentary: Kevin Schwantz – World Champion 1993
Kevin Schwantz – 1993 Motorcycle World Champion and one of the sport’s most exciting, hardworking and loved riders.
With wins in Australia, Spain, Austria and the Netherlands, 1993 was the year in which he finally took the world championship title. It was a tough win, however, with his long-time rival, friend and general legend, Wayne Rainey, crashing out of the world title fight in a stack during the Italian Grand Prix that would see him paralyzed from the chest down.
This documentary goes behind the scenes with Schwantz after his championship season to see what makes him tick and how the season went down.
from motorsportretro
1912 INDIAN FACTORY BOARD TRACK RACER
Early racing motorcycles like this 1912 Indian Factory Board Track Racer exemplify a minimalist, bare necessities racing philosophy that you just can’t help but love. This particular Indian is fitted with an overhead 8-valve 61 cubic inch v-twin with a Bosch magneto, a Hendee carburettor, 28 inch wheels, no brakes and no throttle. Speed was controlled by turning the magneto on or off with a button on the handlebars and if you wanted to stop, you put your feet down.
The first motorcycle races were held on bicycle velodromes, these velodromes were eventually purpose built for board trackers and grew exponentially in size. Indian Motorcycles were the first to open their own home town, wooden plank motordrome in Springfield, this provided them with their own test track and their works rider Jake DeRosier became one of the very first motorcycle racing superstars around its bends.
Read more via The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.
from SILODROME
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2013
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The Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction 2013 will be held January 13-20 at WestWorld of Scottsdale, Arizona. More than 1,000 classics, exotics, muscle cars, hot rods, resto-mods and more will cross the auction block at no reserve during the 42nd annual automotive lifestyle event.
The 2013 auction marks the return of the company’s 5000 Series, which includes the Salon Collection and features approximately 50 automobiles. Ranging from prototypes, muscle cars to classics, these vehicles will be offered to sell on Saturday, January 19th beginning at approximately 5:00pm.
Among the Salon Collection offerings, Barrett-Jackson will offer a variety of other vehicles that carry Hollywood history, including the 1966 Original #1 Batmobile (lot #5037) by customizer, George Barris, as well as Clark Gable’s 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe (lot #5001) and a 1919 Pierce Arrow (lot #5028) built for the famous silent movie comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.
Another notable entry is the 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L-88 Owens/Corning Race car at Lot #5041. Called the he most victorious Corvette in history, the race car was campaigned by Tony DeLorenzo, Jerry Thompson, Don Yenko and Gib Hufstaeder to a near-perfect record in FIA GT and SCCA National racing. Lorenzo and Thompson, the primary drivers for the Owens/Corning team, racked up victories in the 600 horsepower Corvette, including wins at the 1969 and 1972 SCCA National ‘A’ Production Championships, 2nd Place in GT at the 1969 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race and 1969 and 1970 GT class wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona race in Daytona Beach, Florida. This car, along with its team car, secured victory at 22 of 22 SCCA/FIA National Events from 1969 to 1971, with the 1968 L-88 winning 12 of the events.
1968 Chevrolet Corvette L-88 Owens/Corning Race car
This L-88 has held center stage at the 50th Anniversary of Corvette celebration at Pebble Beach in 2002, and the Amelia Island Concours in March of 2008. Later that same year, it was a part of a special display of Sebring race cars at the Quail Motorsports event, and a featured part of the Corvette Racing Tribute at the famed Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. It was also the featured vehicle at the Corvette Hall of Fame in 2009, at the National Corvette Museum.
Barrett-Jackson plans to honor the late Carroll Shelby, who died in May 2012, with a party commemorating what would have been his 90th birthday on January 11. From the gala to a group of approximately 30 Shelby cars that will cross the block, the Scottsdale event will honor the automotive legend.
“Carroll Shelby was an American icon whose influence will continue to shape the automotive landscape for years,” stated Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. “The ’67 Shelby GT500’s were a major milestone for Shelby American with its big block power and larger platform. Low-mileage survivor cars like this one from Stephen Becker, who is a recognized Shelby expert, are often cited as desirable collectibles. Not only do they provide a way to keep Carroll Shelby’s legacy alive, they are important pieces of history.”
A survivor ’67 GT500 (Lot 5024) will be sold on January 19, 2013. With only 9,841 miles on the odometer, it may be the lowest mileage ‘67 GT500 in existence. It is loaded with a 428 Police Interceptor engine and a dual four-barrel carburetion. The car has its original paint, wheel, tires and drive-train. It includes all original documentation including New Jersey license plates and a 1970 inspection sticker.
Further Shelby automobiles on offer include:
- 1968 Shelby EXP 500 – Dubbed “The Green Hornet”, the newly-restored Shelby Prototype represents a rolling history of what was happening within Ford and Shelby American in the heyday of the American muscle car era.
- 1965 Shelby GT350 Fastback – Highly documented and highly detailed with correct numbers and codes. Verified by Howard Pardee, SAAC Registrar for 1965/1966 GT350s and fully documented in the 2010 Shelby American Registry. Previously owned by Ford Motor Company and used in their Performance Heritage Tour.
- 2012 Shelby GT500 50th Anniversary Super Snake – The first of two prototype 50th Anniversary GT500 Super Snakes, this car was used at auto shows, featured in magazines and was a big part of the Shelby American displays during the company’s 50th Anniversary celebration.
- 1968 Shelby GT500 Convertible – This 1968 Shelby GT500 convertible is finished in Wimbledon White with black deluxe interior. It has undergone a rotisserie restoration. It is one of only a few convertibles ordered with factory air.
- 1968 Shelby GT500 KR Convertible – Originally ordered with the 4-speed, 3.50 Traction-Lok axle, power steering, power front disc brakes, glass backlite, tilt-away and 428 CJ engine. Documented with a Marti Report and listed in the Shelby Registry.
- 1967 Shelby GT500 Fastback- This is Sammy Hagar’s 1967 Shelby GT500 that he owned from 1989 to 2006. Listed in the Shelby Registry, this car was rebuilt in 1992-93. Features a solid lifter 427 tunnel port motor and Detroit locker.
The 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Shooting Brake (Lot #5006) was formerly owned by the famous Earl of Moray, a descendant of King James V of Scotland. It was rebodied in the 1950s with Shooting Brake coachwork and it was subsequently acquired by Charles Bickley in Florida who commenced a thorough restoration in the late 1980s and displayed the car in his Woodie World Museum. Since then it has been restored once again in Brewster Green. Offered at no reserve, it has been shown in Rolls Royce Owners Club Events, participated in Classic Car Club of America CARavans.
The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing was purchased new by Clark Gable at Mercedes-Benz of Hollywood, California. Gable ditched the standard steel wheels for the racing Rudge knock-offs the car wears now. From the Bob Howard Collection.
Known as the “Arbuckle Pierce-Arrow,” this 1919 Pierce-Arrow 66 A-4 Tourer is one of the only custom-bodied Pierce-Arrows ever built. The car was designed and built at Don Lee Coachworks of Los Angeles for the film star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. A restoration began in 2004 and was completed in 2007, resulting in a First in Class win at the Pebble Beach Concours, followed by First in Class wins at both Amelia Island and Meadowbrook. The “Arbuckle Pierce-Arrow” was also the star of the California Design Exhibition at the Peterson Automobile Museum in Beverly Hills in 2009.
A 1971 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda Convertible (Lot #5025) is one of only 11 ever made. It features the last factory-assembled 426cid Hemi V8 engine, with two 4 barrel carburetors, 727 automatic transmission, Super Track Pak package with Dana 60 rear end, 4.11 ratio gears and a power convertible top. This was also the only model year the ‘Cuda sported four headlights and fender gills.
Offered with reserve, this 1947 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport has a 2-seat coupe coachwork by Franay on a short chassis. A complete restoration was performed in 2004. The Talbot is finished in its original black paint, red leather interior with black piping and is completely original with all its original body panels, engine and chassis.
The 1956 Chrysler Diablo Concept Convertible was designed by Virgil Exner and bodied by Ghia. The chassis used for this build was a new off the production line 1956 Chrysler 300 with a special modified engine with two 4 barrel carburetors, automatic push-button transmission and a ton of chrome in the engine compartment.
To kick off the week, Barrett-Jackson will again host “Barrett-Jackson Night” at the Scottsdale Pavilions January 12 with a car show, discounted ticket sales and giveaways. In addition, the annual “Drive the Dream” charity gala, with invitation-only tickets available through Childhelp will take place Saturday, January 12; Family Value Day benefiting COX Charities will be held Sunday, January 13; and the invitation-only Opening Night Gala will take place on Monday, January 14. The week continues beyond the auction block with a variety of car and lifestyle activities including the Barrett-Jackson Garage presented by Peroni, live demonstrations, Ford and GM Ride ‘N Drives and other entertainment.
For more information or to purchase event tickets, visit www.barrett-jackson.com or call (480) 421-6694.
[Source: Barrett-Jackson]
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JMR Customs Honda CB450
Decisions, decisions. What colour should I make the tank? Or should the tank be bare metal? How do you coat bare metal so it doesn't rust? What tires should I choose? Should I choose the same front and back tires or should they be different? How low should it be? If I lower it, will it change the handling? What rims should I use? Should I keep the standard headlight? Do I use pipewrap or not? Do I need fenders? Will the bike attract the cops? Should it be clean or ratty? Will it look weird or will it look cool? Customising a bike involves so many questions. All of them seem insurmountable, yet you somehow know that what makes a great bike is just the final sum of all these tiny little decisions. Hold back on them and you'll get a bike that blends into the background like a turd at a chocolate festival. Go overboard and you'll spend your weekends ignoring the chuckles and the rolled eyeballs as you arrive at your local hang. But get it right...
Soon the water pipe became jealous of the exhaust pipe's fancy fiberglass outfit
“Hello, my name is Josh Mott. I’m 22 years old and owner of JMR Customs in Boise, Idaho. I’m a 3rd generation mechanic, racer, and bike builder. I’ve been racing for 10 years in many disciplines such as: flat track, arenacross, endurocross, and desert racing. Currently I’m in the National Hare & Hound series.
From a very early age I’ve helped my dad (Randy Mott) repair, service, and build custom motorcycles. Notable achievements include building a 1200 Sportster that ran an 11 second quarter mile and restoring a 1964 Greeves Challenger. I find a great deal of influence from custom styles: café, street trackers, bobbers, and basically any one-off custom motorcycle.”
“This 1982 CB 450 Honda Nighthawk was originally picked up to part out and sell on eBay. It was roached beyond belief. It had bent forks, a wiring harness that was stripped, and a missing fuel tank. Out of curiosity I thought I’d check the compression and spark to see if it had some sort of working order. It had 175 psi in both cylinders and had spark. I decided to clean the carbs and it fired right up.
I had an idea that I wanted to put a motocross front end, lowered down, on a café style build. I had a 2006 YZ250 Yamaha front end sitting at the shop waiting for a project at the time, it was perfect. I ended up lowering the forks 7 inches to get the right height. As I finished this portion of the build, I then had the idea to mount a mono shock. I used a 2005 TT-R 250 Yamaha shock because it fit really well in the small space I had to work with.”
“The fabrication work included many modifications. I cut the whole back half of the frame clean off to begin the custom portion. I had the older Champion flat track frames in mind where the frame was exposed right below the rear fender. I wanted the seat portion to sit within the frame.
The overall bike length looked shorter than I preferred so I cut the frame by the headset and raked it from the stock 28 degrees to a custom 34 degrees. I center mounted the fuel tank which involved cutting the top of the tank out. While I had the top of the tank out, I mounted a sleek, flush mount gas cap. Custom exhaust pipes were made to fit some after market Ducati mufflers I had, making the bike sound like an older Triumph. The wiring harness was custom made before I installed the motor. I have a key switch flush mounted on the right side of the frame and a start button on the left. There’s a little switch dashboard mounted under the coil and tank. There’s a high/low beam and a switch that turns on all the lights. I made a box that’s mounted underneath the motor - it holds the battery, starter solenoid, fuse box, and regulator rectifier.”
Down on their luck, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles considered stealing the bike for drug money
“I pulled the motor all the way down to replace the cam chain, rings and gaskets. While I was in there I cleaned up the intake and exhaust ports in the head. A Magura hydraulic clutch for a KX 450 was installed to replace the stock component. For a speedometer, I used a Trail Tech Vapor and made a mount that was clean to hide all the wires.
I’m very stoked on how this bike came together. It’s very unique in the sense that there’s really no name for what type of build it is. It has elements of café, motocross, and street tracker all in rolled into one. Anyway, thanks for looking.”
from PIPEBURN
jeudi 10 janvier 2013
Dani Sordo: “It feels like I’m back home!”
Not far from the Col de l'Echarasson, in France’s Vercors Mountains, Dani Sordo is in the process of completing two long days of testing (Monday and Tuesday). After an initial day on dry asphalt, he then faced more typical Monte Carlo conditions on the Tuesday. And his beaming smile said it all: “I’m very happy!”
This year, Dani Sordo is back at Citroën, the make which launched his career in the Junior World Championship in 2005, and then in the WRC in 2006. “It’s clear that my two years with Mini weren’t always easy. We weren’t able to do everything we wanted. That said, working with another, equally professional team proved very useful for me. But now I’m back at Citroën, back with people I have known for many years and whose work I appreciate. They welcomed me back as though I’d never left…”
The Spaniard was already a little familiar with the DS3 WRC after contributing to the car’s early development work, in 2010. “We all know how efficient Citroën is and the car has obviously come on a great deal since then,” he says. “It’s a pleasure to drive and the transmission and steering feel very comfortable. It hasn’t lost any of its responsiveness or vivacity. I will need to re-accustom myself to that, but I don’t see that as a problem.”
Given the presence of Sébastien Loeb on the Monte Carlo, Dani hasn’t been nominated by the French carmaker to score Manufacturers’ points. “I have become used to having to push while at the same time bearing in mind the need to make sure of Manufacturers’ points, so the fact that I will be spared that mission next week could be a good thing. In any case, I will still need to drive very, very fast; as fast as possible!”
From five starts, Dani has come second in the Principality on two occasions (2007, 2012)… “Who would believe me if I said my aim wasn’t to win? I intend to push all the way for the best result I can. Okay, I will be up against the likes of Seb, who is the absolute benchmark, while Mikko has a year’s experience with the DS3. However, Ogier, Latvala and many of the others have either changed cars or changed status, so there are automatically certain question marks there. On top of that, there are all the uncertainties that are a traditional ingredient of the Rallye Monte-Carlo, especially those associated with the weather, so it could be very open. I will do my best to come out on top and, if I succeed, you can be sure you’ll never have seen Dani Sordo so thrilled!”
24H DUBAI : UN POINT SUR LES FRANÇAIS À L'ISSUE DES QUALIFS.
Le contingent français est nombreux pour cette huitième édition des 24 Heures de Dubai. Le pays est bien représenté dans les différentes catégories, et un point sur les pilotes en piste à l'issue des qualifications s'impose.
Les plus rapides ont été Henry Hassid et Kévin Estre sur la Porsche 911 GT3-R/Attempto Racing avec un très beau deuxième chrono au scratch et en classe A6. Le quatuor de la Ferrari F458 Italia/Visiom s'est lui aussi mis en évidence puisque Benjamin Roy, Jean-Bernard Bouvet, Thierry Perrier et Jean-Paul Pagny s'élanceront de la 7ème place sur la grille de départ. Pour ses débuts sur la Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 du GDL Racing, Olivier Baharian verra sa monture partir de la 12ème place, tout juste devant la Lamborghini Gallardo/Gulf Racing Middle East de Fabien Giroix et Fred Fatien, toutes deux également en A6. Sur la Porsche 997 Cup S/Speedlover, Philippe Marie et Philippe Richard se sont classés 26ème en A6.
Du côté des Porsche 997 Cup, le Crubilé Sport s'est mis en évidence puisque François Glenmor, Sébastien Crubilé, Mr John of B et Soheil Ayari ont pris le deuxième chrono de la classe 997. Pas de chrono pour la Porsche/BF Compétition de Benoît et Bruno Frétin, Pascal Colon et Laëtitia Tortelier.
La catégorie SP2 sera aussi âprement disputée et la GC Automobile GC10-V8 du team tricolore a décroché le 5ème temps, juste devant la Renault Megane Trophy/Boutsen Ginion Racing de Jean-Charles Battut. La GC Automobile GC10-V8/Defi Sport Auto de Franck Leone Provost, Philippe Cimadomo, Lionel Amrouche et Jérôme de la Chapelle a bouclé sa qualification au 8ème rang.
La catégorie A5 a vu la BMW Serie 1/Duwo Racing de Frédéric Schmit prendre la troisième place de la catégorie A5, juste derrière la voiture sœur de Frédéric et Nicolas Schmidt, Thierry Chkondall et Yusif Bassil.
En SP3, les Français ont été groupés avec une 10ème place pour l'Aston Martin Vantage GT4/Gulf Racing Middle East de Robert Partouche. La GT4 aux couleurs Gulf a devancé la Porsche 996 Cup/LD Racing de Slobodan Arezina, Bernard et Olivier Salam ainsi que Jean Lou Rihon. Douzième temps pour la GC Automobile GC10-V6 de Christophe Contre, Gérard Bonjean, Gilles Courtois et Patrick Brochier.
Le LD Racing a de quoi faire une belle course en A4 avec la BMW 130i de Eric Vincenot, Jean-Marc Bachelier, Guillaume et Adrien Havette qui s'élancera de la deuxième ligne.
by Laurent Mercier(Endurance-Info.com)
24H DUBAI : LA MERCEDES SLS/BLACK FALCON EN POLE
La Mercedes SLS AMG GT3/Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon de pointe n'a pas mis longtemps à retrouver le haut de l'affiche de ces 24 Heures de Dubai puisque c'est bien la #1 qui s'élancera en pole demain à 14 heures pour cette huitième édition. C'est le Néerlandais Jeroen Bleekemolen qui a été chargé de qualifier l'auto avec un meilleur temps en 1.59.104. Après les déboires de la veille, cette pole met du baume au cœur au team allemand. Pour la petite histoire, le châssis utilisé est celui qui est aligné par les Britanniques de Preci-Spark en British GT. C'est le tout premier châssis délivré par AMG à un client comme nous l'a précisé Bernd Schneider. On retrouvera une Porsche en première ligne avec la 911 GT3-R/Attempto Racing de Estre/Hassid/Benitez/Breukers/Thiim. Il aura manqué 381 millièmes pour rafler la pole. Déjà très en verve lors des premiers essais, l'Aston Martin Vantage GT3/Craft AMR s'est elle aussi illustrée avec un troisième chrono à la clé (à 572 millièmes) pour Turner/Mücke/Fuijii/Yu/O'Young. Les deux BMW Z4 GT3/Saudi Falcons sont elles aussi dans le match avec les 4ème et 5ème temps. La plus rapide des McLaren MP4-12C a été celle du Lapidus Racing de Christodoulou/Hummel/Quaife/Mullen, au 6ème rang. Belle performance également de la Ferrari F458 Italia/Visiom de Bouvet/Pagny/Perrier/Roy, septième. Les Japonais de JLOC ont placé leur Lamborghini Gallardo dans le Top Ten tout comme MRS GT-Racing (McLaren MP4-12C) et AF Corse (Ferrari 458 Italia). Les sept premiers ont bouclé la qualification dans un mouchoir de poche puisque tout ce beau petit monde se tient dans la même seconde.
Les chronos sont ici. Le départ sera donné demain à 14 heures (heure locale)
by Laurent Mercier(Endurance-Info.com)
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