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The 2006 Western States Cobra Bash - Bigger Bash Than Last Year
Kit Car Magazine - Dec 15, 2006 The Cobra Bash focused around replicas, re-creations, and tributes to these legendary Ford supercars and the people who enjoy and drive them.

HMS will host Rolex Series for
Motorsport.com, Canada - Nov 30, 2006 Lexus Riley with his Penske Racing IndyCar teammate, two-time Indy 500 winner Helio 15 Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang Cobra GT in the hands of Tom Nastasi

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By BS Brash

My totem pole is bigger than your totem pole? There is a little known fight going on between some tourist traps trying to position themselves as “The World’s Largest Totem Pole”, however it eventually turns out, one of the high spots on The Mother Road is the “Really” Big Totem Pole at Foyil Oklahoma.

It is one of the attractions of Old Route 66! Ed Galloway’s unique park in which he built the world’s largest totem pole park, it is completely made from concrete and has been restored by the Rogers County Historical Society, the Kansas Grass Roots Art Association and the Foyil Heritage Association working together. Ed Galloway was also known for his hand carved violins and wood pictures. In his earlier years he taught young people to carve wood. In 1999, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

“All my life, I did the best I knew. I built these things by the side of the road to be a friend to you.”
Ed Galloway

The Totem Pole Park is 4 miles east of Foyil Oklahoma and Route 66 on Oklahoma Highway 28A, Northeast of Claremore Oklahoma.

If you are a Route 66 Nut like I am, you must make a quick drive through nearby Foyil Oklahoma! It is reminiscent of the way things used to be on Old Route 66 because Foyil’s main street is an actual remnant of the original Route 66. Old Route 66 actually continues on thru town to return to the currant Route 66, I promise you that a drive down it is like a trip back thru time to Old Route 66.

Oklahoma has the largest segment of Old Route 66 of any the eight states it labored across. As a result, Oklahoma has many Route 66 tales to pass along. Some of which I will be talking about in the future.

Until then, remember, Route 66 Forever!

BS Brash Copyright 2006

Via Karl Nichols

BS Brash

Man, I gotta get me one of these babies! It might help slake my hunger for Musclecars?
Check these out if you are a BBQ nut like I am. This is big enough to invite all of my car buddies over for Saturday nite beer and lie car show.

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Via Karl Nichols

BS Brash

Man, I gotta get me one of these babies! It might help slake my hunger for Musclecars?
Check these out if you are a BBQ nut like I am. This is big enough to invite all of my car buddies over for Saturday nite beer and lie car show.

These are unique, All Steel, Built To Order
These one of a kind grills are powder coated to withstand 900° F with prices starting at $1300.00 Man that look’s big enough to BBQ a whole hog on it!

Here are some of their features:
Custom Ladder Bars with Diamond Plate Shelves
Propane Version with Wiseco Piston control knobs.
Remote Control AM/FM/CD Car Stereo with Indoor/Outdoor Speakers and Power Supply.
Nitrous Purge System w/remote control
Idea for a custom accessory? We can build it for you.
Branding Irons and Grill Surfaces
We offer custom made branding irons and stainless steel grill surfaces welded to the surface.

Prices for branding irons and grill surfaces start at $80.00. Call for definite pricing.

3/16″ thick water-cut stainless steel
18″ stainless steel handle or Hurst shifter
Your signature or company logo

They offer custom built grills and accessories for the lugnut in you.

Say? When you order one of these, tell ‘em that your old buddy BS sent ya, maybe they will give me one if enough of you guys will buy one?
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Via Karl Nichols

BS Brash
Some time in the 50’s, during the time I lived in Kansas City Missouri, I had a neighbor that worked in the GM assembly plant called Leeds, I think. Anyway he was a sociable if not mouthy neighbor and most of the neighbors liked him enough to encourage him in his conversations. This particular time, he was talking about GM Quality Control and the fact that on the previous day he had a 50 something Chevy come thru the line that was 290+ pounds over weight. Who knew that they actually weighed the new cars?
Any way as the story goes, the car a 4 door was also unusual in that the interior ceiling was about 4″ lower in the middle than it should be. This led the curious neighbor to remove the interior ceiling, which led to the discovery that the top was in a large part, lead. It seems that the cars roof had been slightly caved in an assembley line accident, during assembly and the car had been pulled off the assembly line and sent to the body shop for the repair of the roof. This is where the problem occurred, in the body shop. Some redneck decided not to change the roof, but to fill the roof dent with lead. Lead was used a lot around that time for body repairs. (It has since been relegated to restoration shops & replaced with body putty) The roof was duly leaded and painted at which time it was sent back to the line for completion of assembly. There must have been a lot of chuckling in the body shop that day! The body shop’s little trick was only revealed when my neighbor caught it by accident.
Another story for the books, a friend of mine, a farmer purchased a new 50’s GM Light Dump truck for use on his farm. From the start it didn’t run right, it’s engine loped and frequently stalled. My friend, being a pretty good mechanic, compliments of a stint in the US Army Motor pool, decided after the dealer finally threw up his hands over it, he would just rebuild the engine himself. Upon tearing down the engine prior to the rebuild, he discovered that all 6 cylinders were different sizes. After a little snooping around, he found that this was not unusual practice for an end of the line, end of the model season vehicle, when the boys in the assembly line ran out of the proper parts, they would tailor make some of the components to fit that last one or two vehicles off the assembly line. My friend got a brand new engine and a big laugh out of the deal.
Now what does all of this mean? To me, it is indicative of the attitude of the American car makers, “git ‘er done for the company’. Try that with the new cars and all of their computers? I think not! But even with their quality problems, give me a good old car over a new car any day!

Temple Performance Cars announces the availability of their new Legend Mustang all steel one piece driveshaft for the 2005 Mustang. Weighing in at only 24lbs, the new Legend Mustang driveshaft is not only extremely light, it easily handles power up to 600HP.

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Source: ConceptCarz.com

How much excitement and sporty character can the current Ford Mustang really offer? The answer to this question delivers 520 hp / 382.7 kW, reaches a top speed of 287 km/h, and in addition to racing-inspired body styling painted a hot GeigerCars.de orange offers an exclusive interior with 10,000-watt sound system. The show car Mustang GT 520 from GeigerCars.de (Truderinger Str. 265, D-81825 Munich, phone: +49 / (0) 89 / 42 71 64 13, fax: +49 / (0) 89 / 42 71 64 10, e-mail: info@GeigerCars.de, website: www.GeigerCars.de), Europe’s leading tuner of American automobiles, demonstrates the true potential of the reborn sports car legend.

More power through more displacement and supercharge the whole thing to boot is the recipe behind GeigerCars.de’s performance tuning of the Mustang GT V8 engine. Displacement was increased from 4.6 to 5.2 liters, and the engine was extensively reworked. Precision-machining of both cylinder heads, installing sport camshafts and reinforcing the valvetrain are part of the GeigerCars.de power treatment as is a belt-driven supercharger with generously dimensioned intercooler. A fully stainless-steel high-performance sport exhaust system with high-performance manifold and metal catalysts round out the engine conversion.

In this guise the eight-cylinder engine produces a proud maximum power output of 520 hp / 382.7 kW, up from stock 300 hp / 220 kW. The peak torque of 563 Nm is available at 4,730 rpm. Power is transferred to the rear wheels via a modified six-speed manual gearbox and a sport clutch. The GeigerCars.de Mustang GT 520 delivers exceptional performance: The sprint from 0 - 100 km/h takes just 4.2 seconds; top speed is 287 km/h. For an optimal supply of cooling and intake air the Munich tuner has also developed a special hood with large air dams.

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HMS will host Rolex Series for
Motorsport.com, Canada - Nov 30, 2006 Lexus Riley with his Penske Racing IndyCar teammate, two-time Indy 500 winner Helio 15 Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang Cobra GT in the hands of Tom Nastasi