Time to take a look at a final selection of cars from this year’s Mooneyes Hot Rod & Custom Show, an event that year after year not only continues to get better, but defines how seriously and passionately the Japanese take this scene. I’ve kept the best American rides I came across for this last [...]
Paper will always remain paper, no matter what. Over the last decade the web has really reinvented the way we get clued up in anything from the latest news, to the thing we all love the most here, cars. We are all now used to seeing awesome content from each corner of the world, presented [...]
The 2012 Goodwood Revival paid tribute to a number of iconic motor racing institutions during the 2012 running of the vintage festival, with each of the quartet being intrinsically linked with racing history. The phalanx of pre-war Silver Arrows single-seater behemoths flattened fans each time they took to the track; an unbelievable number of GTOs [...]
The automotive world lost an icon when Carroll Shelby passed away yesterday evening at the age of 89 following complications from an illness. We here at Speedhunters have had the chance to work with Shelby and his company on a few different occasions and are extremely saddened to hear of his loss. Whether it was [...]
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I find it funny that in his recent post on the HKS Premium Day in Japan, Dino Dalle Carbonare mentioned the rainy weather that’s been so frequent in his recent Speedhunting ventures. Here in California, my feelings are the opposite. Sometimes there are just too many damn sunny days here.
Just the opportunity to see so many amazing Shelby and Ford vehicles parked in one place would be more than enough to excite most red-blooded car enthusiasts, but what really made last weekend’s Ford Cobra Shelby Reunion special was track time.
Not just any track time, but track time on a historic road course that had been resurrected for this special event.
It was almost exactly 50 years ago, back in April of 1962 that the very first Shelby Cobra debuted at New York Auto Show. This was just a short time after that first AC chassis was shipped from the UK and quickly fitted with a small block Ford V8 in the back of Dean Moon’s shop in Santa Fe Springs, California.
If you mention the word “Pomona” to most car enthusiasts, images of smokey burnouts and record-setting quarter mile runs will come to mind. The drag strip at Pomona is legendary, and considered hallowed ground in the world of drag racing. What some people might not know, is that at one time Pomona was also home [...]
Now that we've had a look at the repair and restoration facilities at Canepa Design, it's time to take a little browse through the main showroom. As you've probably gathered by now, this isn't just any car showroom. It's one filled with some of the most desirable vehicles on the planet. Let's take a look. [...]
In yesterday's post I introduced the magnificent Canepa Design facility in Scotts Valley California, and shared just a few of the iconic cars which can be found inside. Now let's continue the tour with a detailed look through the workshop area. Prepare to be amazed. Whether it's paint and bodywork, fabrication, engine building, or chassis [...]
In my journeys as a Speedhunter, I’ve had the chance to visit all sorts of car collections and shops. From gritty Hot Rod builders to factory collections with floors so clean you could eat off them, I’ve seen just about everything. There was nothing, however, that could prepare me for what I saw last month [...]
When you see a finished product, no matter what it may be, it is hard to imagine all the planning, conceptualizing and work that went into it. Designers have always said that the best designed products are the ones that look like they haven’t been designed at all. Take for example, products made from a personal [...]
Time for our second look at the car manufacturers that were part of SEMA. You can read Part One here, where we looked at Chevrolet and Scion amongst others. Although small, Mazda had a great line-up of cars on their stand. Tucked away from the main halls, the North American Division showed two MX-5 concepts, [...]
The supercar displays at the FIA GT races always provide a mouth-watering array of cars to gawp at even before you make it to the race paddock: they’re a great way to remind you that the DNA of what you see on the track invariably has a road car origin – and that the racecars [...]
While most of the Speedhunters team is busy covering exotic automotive events on opposite sides of the globe, I'm back here in good old California feeling slightly jealous of those global trekkers. No worries though, because there's plenty more cool stuff to be found around here – like the flat black machine you see above. [...]
