Hemmings Auto Blogs - some very old, very cool!

[Robinxr4i]

Found this by accident while looking for a pic to use in the "Roll the Dominos" thread.

blog.hemmings.com/

These two cars are my favorites ;D

This so right (just need to get rid of that spare wheel on the back!)




This is just friggin awesome!










Some other newer random pic for the site........



errrrr

[Robinxr4i]

Ohhhhh just found these too.........











Have a dig around there is loads of great stuff on this site!

[naselmike]

Jul 17, 2009 9:48:12 GMT Robinxr4i said:

i NEED that car!!!!

[HoTWire]

Hemmings is ace... the SIA archive is super cool too : retroscenemag.com/post/Hemmings---SIA-Archive.aspx

[Robinxr4i]

^^^ thought it must be on RR or RSM somewhere ;D it is a great site, lots of info and cool photos!

[HoTWire]

It hasn't been posted up on here before I think,.. so much to see on the site too.

[R3TR0_R0B]

That Yenko thing (Chevelle?) is great! I don't know much about American cars, but that looks like some factory highpowered version. Any more info on it?

[Robinxr4i]

Jul 17, 2009 10:36:56 GMT R3TR0_R0B said:

That Yenko thing (Chevelle?) is great! I don't know much about American cars, but that looks like some factory highpowered version. Any more info on it?

Gladly, although it's not a lot......

We see some unusual stuff go down the dragstrip during our Musclepalooza events – after all, it’s a chance for anybody who can pass tech to test their car’s abilities – and Musclepalooza IX was no exception. We saw this ratty Nova done up in Yenko Deuce livery making a few passes and knew we had to track the guy down.

He proved a bit elusive to find, but we did finally corral Bob Couse, who said it’s an actual Yenko Deuce (who’d fake one like this?) and that he found it in a barn in Idaho. He also said he wants to restore it sometime soon, so we’re aiming to do a full photo shoot and feature on it before then because it’s just too cool in the condition it’s in now. More pictures after the jump.

In this pic it ran 14.55 seconds @ 91.87 mph.



some more pic? ohhhhhhh yes!







Personally I love the barn patina

[markbognor]

The Yenko Chevelle is ace.




Did this picture make anybody else go
"Splutter Splut blub blu blub blub blu blub"
Its a good job there was nobody else in my room.

[R3TR0_R0B]

That Yenko Deuce shouldn't be restored at all, it's perfectly beautiful as it is now.
Thanks for the info Robin. I was thinking 'barn find' when I saw the first pic.

[R3TR0_R0B]

Googling for that Yenko Deuce, I found this website. Bit of an old site, but great American supercars there.

www.yenko.net/

[Seth]

Jul 17, 2009 11:03:26 GMT markbognor said:

Did this picture make anybody else go
"Splutter Splut blub blu blub blub blu blub"
Its a good job there was nobody else in my room.

It made me go, That flywheel looks big and heavy and is quite close to that foot!

I wonder why the varying sizes of pipes?

[mrnice23]

Jul 17, 2009 10:46:04 GMT Robinxr4i said:

Jul 17, 2009 10:36:56 GMT R3TR0_R0B said:

That Yenko thing (Chevelle?) is great! I don't know much about American cars, but that looks like some factory highpowered version. Any more info on it?

Gladly, although it's not a lot......

We see some unusual stuff go down the dragstrip during our Musclepalooza events – after all, it’s a chance for anybody who can pass tech to test their car’s abilities – and Musclepalooza IX was no exception. We saw this ratty Nova done up in Yenko Deuce livery making a few passes and knew we had to track the guy down.

He proved a bit elusive to find, but we did finally corral Bob Couse, who said it’s an actual Yenko Deuce (who’d fake one like this?) and that he found it in a barn in Idaho. He also said he wants to restore it sometime soon, so we’re aiming to do a full photo shoot and feature on it before then because it’s just too cool in the condition it’s in now. More pictures after the jump.

In this pic it ran 14.55 seconds @ 91.87 mph.



some more pic? ohhhhhhh yes!







Personally I love the barn patina

Love the 'barn-find' state too!, not to be pedantic but it's a chevy nova

[Robinxr4i]

Jul 17, 2009 11:58:58 GMT Seth said:

I wonder why the varying sizes of pipes?

The info on the car says it got a "valve-and-a-half, 302-cu.in. aircooled six" I have searched but can't find any explanation. Anyone else know?

Stop found this at the bottom of the page.......

Aw, jeez, I knew someone was going to bring that up. As I understand it–and I haven’t made much of an effort yet–Franklin had this idea that the engine might not expel all its burned gasses on the exhaust stroke. So there’s another wee “half valve” at the bottom of the cylinder, which opens before the compression stroke begins. So there’s one set of six exhausts for each cylinder; and two manifolds collect the exhaust from the other six valves, emptying into the two larger pipes.

‘Probably serves to cool the air-cooled engine a little more, too. But don’t take my word for it…

[R3TR0_R0B]

Should have a pretty interesting sound then with that half valve and different exhausts.