SPEED HERO Blog

I remember when it all began. With one final squeal and a death rattle it settled into what was sure to be it's final resting place. You'll have to excuse the pictures you've seen before...or not. After some embalming and gussying up, it was ready for viewing. Little did I know it would roar back to life and go on a tire throwing,...

Found these three vids on Driftworks forum. Madness is what's happening.

I'm not sure if you've read some of my older posts, but for those of you who have, those of you who will and those of you who will not, it's obvious I like utilitarian vehicles. Something happened. Some fool made a Calculator, TV, Radio, Tape player combination called a computer at some point. It changed the world when it ended up burning peoples laps at coffee shops out in the sun, looking at pictures of birds online that are sitting in the grass a few feet...

So, hey...I want a rally car, you know, to run across the desert. I love the Paris Dakar and since people are building 2CV's I've got to be just a bit more obscure. So the Japanese, they had cool war time vehicles too apparently. the PX33 pictured above was a prototype for military use only, 4x4, a project that lasted from 1934 till 1937. But owning one just isn't enough. Browsing through Rally24.com looking at all the various piles of rally cars the europeans have...

I've been on a huge 70's Van kick lately. Check out this awesome thread of old ford vans!