These guys with their big brains just blow me away. Moonbeam is the brainchild of a guy named Jory Squibb and combines a pair of mopeds, a couple of grand and a big freakin brain. The finished product looks like something that NASA would be proud of and gets a whopping 100 mpg on the highway and even gets 85 mpg in town. Jory is even willing to share his knowledge and offers instructions on how to build your own.

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After all these years driving demos, I finally need to buy my own car again. The timing couldn’t be worse, as we also need to reshingle the roof on The Garage at some point in the next couple of months. As a result, we are on a tighter budget than would have been the case normally so the used car shopping has begun. I think I’ll take this opportunity to bring our readers along for the ride. Fortunately todays’ shopping trip provided some incredible examples of what to look out for when you are buying a used car.

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All those dress up bits are real, even the blower! Things getting a bit smokey? No problem, those exhaust tips do the trick for real. These customer BBQ machines even come with LED lights and switches for when the lights go out in The Garage and an mp3 player to provide the tuneage.

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So the HEMI powered BBQ is cool as hell, but something like this is more likely to show up here in The Garage. Tired of SCCA H Production? Just pull the blown 1275 and drop in a grill!

From Classic Jaguar

Now we need one of these in The Garage! Tim Kowalec built this HEMI powered BBQ for Chrysler’s “What can you HEMI?” contest.

For other cool BBQ stuff, be sure to visit Men In Aprons

“International Car Free Day is an annual event celebrated by 100 million people on every continent and supported by the European Union, the United Nations, the Government of Canada and the leaders of 1500 cities around the world.”

Now I’m all for car pooling and mass transit. I love riding my bike and would ride it to work if I could. But let’s face it, I’m a car guy. You greenies will never take away my love of 4 wheeled travel. On another level, there is the reality that here in North America we are spread out. Trains and public transit do not work the same way for all of us here as they do in Europe.

I happen to work in Downtown Toronto and have a 58 km commute each way. On average my drive to work is about 45-50 minutes. If I take the train it takes me 1 1/2 hours door to door. It also costs more than gas! This doesn’t take into account the fact that the train is so jammed on the ride home that most of the time you have to stand up for the whole ride. No thank you.

So go out and smoke a fat one with your other wannabe hippy buddies and celebrate the fact that you didn’t use your car today. I did!

A new purpose built taxi should be a good idea. So why can’t I wrap my head around this? Because it looks like something my kids built out of Lego! The Standard Taxi company from Michigan has put this big yellow box together and really have done a great job. With seating for 4 passengers and a whole whack of luggage, not to mention standard wheelchair accessability, the Standard Taxi should take North America by storm. While the London Cab may not be exactly stylish, it has become an icon with it’s distinctive shape. This ain’t no London Cab.

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Jim Kenzie has come a long way from the day he rolled an original Mini in corner 9 at Mosport during his first race. For the third year in a row, he has piloted a JCW MINI to a victory at Targa Newfoundland in the Open class. If they keep this up, Kenzie is going to get a Schumi complex!

Job well done guys!

MINI press release and pics after the break

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The last wishes of a devoted husband rodder to his loving wife were that he be buried with headers. So Karen Calabrese and friends did just that. Using parts from Jim’s 58 Chevy Biscayne, the casket was suitably dressed up with speed parts including headers and a blower scoop. Von Dutch would be proud.

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It’s been a tough week for Racer Journalists, as two prominent writers have been injured in heavy car crashes.

Firstly, the legendary Paul Frere sustained serious injuries in a heavy collision in a Honda Civic R while testing near the Nurburgring. A former Formula 1 and sports car racer, Frere has a talent for turning the automotive experience into words. As a contributing editor to Road and Track, the 89 year old has delighted enthusiasts the world over with his reviews of some of the world’s most exotic machinery. Reports are that the prognosis looks good for Frere to return home soon.

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