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Posted Nov 13 2009, 06:39 PM by Rod Chong with 16 comment(s)

CAR BUILDER>> A VISIT TO SHELBY AUTOMOTIVE
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With the Mustang, Ford is in possession of a very valuable property: a modern car with soul and character. Think about it: the vast majority of car companies these days make all of their models with uniform styling features. It's even hard to distinguish between different cars of the same class these days. It's for this reason I've developed a bit of a soft spot for this retro macho machine, especially the hotted up versions that companies like Shelby and now RTR are putting out. The...
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Posted Jun 23 2009, 05:20 PM by Carl Jarrett with 42 comment(s)

AUTOLIFE>> OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW?
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Last week I said goodbye to a dear friend, she's gone, thats it, no more.. I spent 3 years of my life building this beast, and drove it for another 2 1/2 years, flogged it on the track a bunch, and generally had a blast, but like all good things, it came to an end. While selling a car is always a tough thing, I did at least get the joy knowing the new owner will take great care of it, and I have never sold anything to anyone so excited in thier life, he's definitely deserving, and I'm...
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Posted May 15 2009, 04:00 PM by Carl Jarrett with 25 comment(s)

CAR SPOTLIGHT>> DAYTONA COUPE LE MANS EDITION
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Ok, I've found destiny, I am LOVING this car. As some of you know I built up a FFR Cobra roadster, but I'd sell that, and my soul in a heartbeat for one of these. Exotic Auto Restoration in SoCal have taken a Superformance Coupe and modified it to produce a limited run of very special Daytona Coupes. Superformance cars are authorized by the man himself Carroll Shelby as 'legit' replicas (an oxymoron if I've ever heard one), so a Superformance Coupe is as close as you're going...
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Posted Mar 30 2009, 10:42 AM by Carl Jarrett with 17 comment(s)

CAR SPOTLIGHT>> DEAN COLLINS' FFR BUILD
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Comparing Dean's FFR build to other kit cars is like comparing apples to oranges, or your average kit car to a custom built hot rod. I would compare Dean's car to something Boyd Coddington's shop would produce if they built a Cobra, or even something Ford themselves would have built, it's that clean! When I first saw this car, I actually felt embarrassed by mine, Dean's attention to detail is unparalleled in the kit car circle, at least as far as I've seen. The stance is just...
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Posted Mar 27 2009, 07:40 AM by Carl Jarrett with 19 comment(s)

CARLIFE >> INTRODUCTION TO CARL JARRETT
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Figured its about time to make my introduction, its been a long time coming, but over the past few months, I've become a big fan of SpeedHunters, and I'm happy to now be a contributer!...
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Posted Sep 18 2008, 03:52 PM by Mike Garrett with 11 comment(s)

NEW CARS>>FACTORY FIVE '33 HOT ROD
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OK, so it probably sounds strange that there is a NEW car model called the "'33 Hot Rod", but I think that the latest offering from Factory Five Racing certainly qualifies as a "new" car. While old school hot rods are not lacking in character or coolness, the antiquated cars leave a lot to be desired as far as chassis design and performance potential goes. Factory Five Racing is well known for their popular Cobra kits and their latest design puts combines all of their sports and racing experience with all the style and simplicity of traditional hot rods....
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Posted Jun 07 2008, 01:14 PM by Antonio Alvendia with 44 comment(s)

EVENT>> SKYLINES INVADE CARS & COFFEE MEETING
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Even though I've known about the "Cars & Coffee" meeting in Irvine CA for a very long time now, I had never previously attended the meet, because it always happens so early on Saturday mornings, and it's so far from where I live. Cars & Coffee started as a meeting of high end exotics, supercars, and American muscle... the original location was at Crystal Cove in the Newport Beach area, but the meet eventually moved to the Ford-Premier Automotive Group, Mazda Campus in Irvine...
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Posted Jun 06 2008, 01:23 PM by Antonio Alvendia with 2 comment(s)

ARCHIVE>> FACTORY FIVE COBRA DRIFTING?
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Here's a random pic of my friend James Bondurant (grandson of race car driver Bob Bondurant, of Bondurant School of Performance Driving fame) drifting at Irwindale in a Factory Five racer, owned by James Evans of Evans Racing. Although this car has the body of the famously expensive Shelby Cobra, it's actually a kit car, which combines a Cobra style body with a Ford Mustang engine, transmission, and mechanical components. I wonder if traditional "muscle car guys" would become drifting...

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