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Rocket car, Philbert, Camarito

Written by webmin

Since sharing several photos from his collections earlier this month, Charlie Beesley has been hard at work building a blog to showcase said photos. In among them are these three he’s shared with us, along with what he’s been able to find out about their subjects. The Leaning Tower of Niles, Illinois was built in […]

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Tagged Bob Shotwell, Chevrolet, Chevrolet big-block V-8, Chevrolet Camaro, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Muscle Machines, Indian, Leaning Tower of Niles, Manny Powell, motorcycles and scooters, one-offs and homebuilts, Philbert, three-wheelers  
 

Pontiac by… Yenko?

Written by webmin

The gloried performance car modifier of the holy muscle era, Yenko, is obviously most associated with the monster Chevrolets it created through big-block transplants. That changed in 1975 when a customer decided he wanted to hammer everything in sight, including a local Pontiac dealer’s son, who drove a Trans Am with the 455 SD powertrain […]

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Tagged auctions, Chevrolet big-block V-8, Chevrolet L88 V-8, Hemmings Daily, Hemmings Muscle Machines, Mecum auctions, Pontiac, Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, Yenko  
 

A Big Return

Written by webmin

We got some immediate and grateful response from readers to the recent story in Hemmings Muscle Machines, illustrated with the photography of Mike Sopko, on bygone drag racing at U.S. 30 Dragway outside Gary, Indiana. (HMM #90, March 2011). Hands down, the craziest car in that story was No Big Thing, a tiny Vespa sedan […]

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Tagged Chevrolet big-block V-8, Hemmings Daily, Hemmings Muscle Machines, No Big Thing, racing, U.S. 30 Dragway, Vespa, Vespa 400  
 
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