Friday, July 29, 2016

the incredibly wealthy, they do buy nice cars...


Lynn Park, a recognized expert in Cobras, is prepping CSX 3346 for Pebble Beach. It has less than 3000 miles on it, and has been treasured like King Tut's sarcophagi for since it was first bought in 1968, in the few last few dozen of the original production run. If anyone had ever enjoyed it, they would have driven it.

Now owned by Evan Metropoulos, brother of Daren, who had Chip Foose build the Terracuda and bought the Playboy Mansion, son of C. Dean Metropoulos, 2 billionaire who convinced rockabilly hot rodders that Pabst was good tasting, and who bought up Hostess when they went bankrupt.

CSX 3346 still has its initial invoice, most of its original belts and hoses, factory spark plug wires and engine compartment and drive train markings, plus the same Goodyear Blue Dot tires it left the production line on.

The New York Times says that Evan will be making a car museum in Van Nuys.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/automobiles/collectibles/at-pebble-beach-where-rare-is-common-a-shelby-cobra-stands-out.html

Filming the Johannesburg episode in a tent (we hope was air conditioned!)

Clarkson explains to Hammond and May the importance of never doing a rally stage hungover.



From the Grand Tour You Tube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ1Sc5xjWpUnp_o_lUTkvgQ

the seventies puked all over this Superbird... hood scoops from a Dart and sidepipes? Good lord! I bet they had a CB antenna on it too!


be a true friend, don't let your friend do drugs and put hood scoops on anything Road Runner derived. It's just not right. Super Birds, Road Runners, GTX, Belvedere, and Satellites... no adding hood scoops. It either has the 440 Six Pack lift off 1969 1/2 fiberglass A12 hood... or it was never meant to have fiberglass on the hood. Either it was blessed from the factory with the push button Air Grabber rising scoop from the carb, or it had a flat and lifeless hood. No mixing and matching!

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1686223568321025/  Muscle Car and Street Freaks facebook page

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