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Old-style tank shift. Regular clutch hand Shifter - This is where the shifter is a regular knob either located on the tank, which operates through a linkage to the transmission (tank shifter) or on a lever bolted directly to the top of the transmission (jockey shifter or slap shifter depending on the transmission design) and involves the semi-complex task of foot clutch operation and hand ...
Pawnbroker won the American Hot Rod Association Summernats in Long Island, New York, the first national event win for a rear-engined car, with a pass of 6.83 at 219 mph (352 km/h). [9] "Big Daddy" Don Garlits examined the car and was so impressed with the forward view, he could not understand why everyone did not drive one--and why it did not ...
Hot Rod Gang is a 1958 drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring John Ashley. The working title was Hot Rod Rock [ 2 ] with the film also released under the title Fury Unleashed . American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with High School Hellcats . [ 3 ]
Odd Rods was a group of non-sports trading card/sticker series created by the Donruss company beginning in 1969. [1] The original series, entitled Odd Rods, introduced the theme of the series in 44 stickers: monsters in cars.
The Ford Galaxie is a car that was marketed by Ford in North America from the 1959 to 1974 model years. Deriving its nameplate from a marketing tie-in with the excitement surrounding the Space Race, the Galaxie was offered as a sedan within the full-size Ford range throughout its production run.
The prototype Darrin was unveiled to the public in November 1952 (two months before General Motors debuted the Corvette) at the Los Angeles Motorama, an event founded by Hot Rod and Motor Trend publisher Robert E. Petersen in 1950 to cater to hot rod and custom car enthusiasts. Public and media response to the Darrin was positive, with the ...
The Red Baron custom car The model kit that inspired the Red Baron custom car. The Red Baron is a custom t-bucket hot rod built in 1969. The project was designed by Tom Daniel and built by Chuck Miller at Styline Customs. [1] The car was inspired by a Monogram model kit that Daniel had designed which was on display at the 1967 Chicago Toy Fair. [2]
Intentional traffic collisions may be a chosen method of suicide where speed limits are high enough to produce fatal deceleration. [2] Modern cars have high rates of acceleration and can easily reach very high speeds in short distances, while most cannot protect occupants in frontal impact collisions exceeding 70 km/h (43 mph). [3]