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Fran Hernandez: a life in pictures

Written by webmin

If there’s an unsung hero of American performance cars, it’s Francisco “Fran” Hernandez, the Southern California hot rodder turned factory racing facilitator. He’s known variously for being one of the contenders in the first drag race, one of the pioneers of nitromethane use in drag cars, the guy behind Mercury’s Trans-Am efforts, and one of […]

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Tagged Autolite, family albums 'n four-speeds, featured posts, ford, Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Boss 429, Fran Hernandez, Hemmings Muscle Machines, hot rods and customs, Mercury, Mercury Cougar, personalities, racing, Rambler, SCCA Trans-Am  
 

Four-Links – Mint 400 desert race, world’s fastest van, 1930s dry lakes racing, Trans Am in Minnesota

Written by webmin

* Over at Off-Road Action, Wes posted a set of Doug Sutton’s photos from the 1971 Mint 400 desert race, which featured a variety of machinery, from Broncos and dune buggies to bikes and four-wheel-drive Barracudas. *Continuing with the race theme, BigLorryBlog (huh? racing?) posted some photos and a video this week about the original […]

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Tagged Brainerd, Cartercar, dune buggies, ford, Ford Transit, Ford Transit Supervan, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Muscle Machines, hot rods and customs, Kit Foster, Mint 400, Muroc, Muroc Racing Association, off-road racing, one-offs and homebuilts, racing, SCCA Trans-Am, trucks and Jeeps, vans, videos  
 

Vintage Cool: Hot Wheels’ Trans Am and Pro Stock models are the highlights of the 2011 Vintage Racing line

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Photo courtesy www.1stopdiecast.com Two of the more criminally under-represented categories in small-scale diecast have been vintage Trans-Am (which have only lately been tackled to any serious degree; the old Hot Wheels 100 percent Pony Power castings were nice, but didn’t have authentic liveries) and vintage Pro Stock. So weren’t we pleased to hear about Hot […]

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Tagged A.J. Foyt, automobilia, Chevrolet Camaro RS, Dan Gurney, Dick landy, diecast, Dodge Challenger, Ford Mustang, Hemmings Daily, Hot Wheels, Mercury Cougar, Plymouth 'Cuda, Plymouth Duster, Pro Stock, racing, SCCA Trans-Am, Shirley Shahan, Sox & Martin  
 

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