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Cool video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz88Te-tCTk

I’ve always had a thing for event dash plaques from back in the day. One would go to an event and mount them on their dash to show all of the events they have been to. Period bling, so-to-speak.
You can see a few of them on the dash of my ‘67.

Keith Seume’s Bug In Dash [...]

Well,  I’ve started the restoration of five, original Porsche 356 wheels. Thanks again to my buddy Dave for sourcing these.
Pre-Restoration

They’re actually in better shape than they look.  It appears that these wheels sat for a number of years, because they had the much older style of valve stems and wheel weights.
After Sandblasting, Back, Front and [...]

The second event in the Huebbe RallyeSport season happened this past weekend back in Duquette Minnesota for the second Nemadji Trail rally.  The rally is a simple event, only one day of rallying, and part of the central region championship.  It consisted of two individual co-efficient 1 events run inside of the Nemadji State Forest. [...]

Various period aftermarket rims, some common, some not-so-common:
1. 4 Bolt Cosmic Wheels (photo submitted by Gilbert Sy Chan)

2. 5 Bolt Ansen Sprint Wheels

3. 5 Bolt Keel Alloy Wheel (I know nothing about this rim)

4. 5 Bolt (Porsche Pattern) American Torque D Thrust Wheels

5. 5 Bolt Raders

6. 5 Bolt Rocket Wheels

7. 4 Bolt Ronal Wheel (Submitted [...]

The first one is from a California dealer in the early-to0-mid ’70s (I’d guess):
Red Sky Night, VW Owner’s Delight

And a cool photo, presumably from a show in the late ’50s.

Enjoy,
J

Dave Conklin sent me this pic of his freshly rebuilt mechanical injetion system and twin plug distributor for the 2.8 liter hot rod engine he is building for his ‘70 911S. Sexy.
The magnesium manifolds, throttle bodies and velocity stacks have been heavily bored for maximum flow. Dave says that they “will suck the dresses off [...]

The Huebbe RallyeSport season kicked off this past weekend at the Nemadji Trail rally, held in Duquette Minnesota. The rally is low key and consists of two individual co-efficient 1 events run inside of the Nemadji State Forest. A smooth and twisty forest road is run twice in each direction for a total of just [...]

Those of you who have been following the 356 wheels thread on the Cal-Look Forum on Cal-Look.com (http://www.cal-look.com/forum/index.php/topic,27730.0.html) may know that I’ve been thinking about running a set on my ‘67. I’m a big fan of early Cal-Look cars, and like the simplicity (and look) of the original 356 rims on Cal-Look cars. I’m also [...]

In response to my last update, Richard Roth sent me a photo of his recent acquisition of Auto Haus memorabilia. Noteworthy are the two decals on the right-hand side, as Richard states that they were “prototypes” that were never produced in mass quantities.
As I’ve noted many times before, Richard has some cool shit.

Cheers,
John