July 5th, 2008 — Tags:2008 chevrolet hhr ss, chev, chevy, chevy hhr ss, hhr, hhr ss, pie wagon, soccer-mom
In our first segment, we told you how much fun the naughty soccer parent can have with the 2008 HHR SS on the road. Life is more than just quarter mile times and apexes though, so can the hyped up pie wagon make the rational parent as happy as the delinquent? In a word, yes.
Of course before we head to the utility side of things, we must address the duds the interior is sporting. Red, red, everywhere there is red. There are crimson inserts in the doors, around the seats and well…I’m not sure where else. The red is the first thing passengers see and it is guaranteed to make any teams’ soccer mom the most popular ride to hitch. The kids just love the funky interior. Oh yes, adults seem to dig it too. Couple the scarlet hue with a few well placed SS badges and the neighborhood takes notice.
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April 3rd, 2007 — Tags:army, chev, chevy, land-rover, Nascar, sponsorship
In North America we see the US Army splattered across NASCAR and NHRA venues, one conventional race cars. That’s pretty cool, but it’s just sponsorship. The folks Down Under do things a bit differently. The 6 wheeled, $350,000 Land Rover was built by the Aussie military to entice recruits. Those rear tires are being reduced to rubber dust by a 700 hp 7.0 liter Chevy.
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March 9th, 2007 — Tags:chev, chevy, turbo, volvo
As regular readers know, we love Volvos here in The Garage. New ones, old ones, fast ones and even off road ones. Off road ones? That’s right, Turbobricks forum member Brian Roth has bolted together this big swingin 245 that sits on a Chevy S10 Blazer chassis. The beast is powered by a 3.8 V6 which should be more than enough to make this mini monster motor.
Definitely not your Uncle Olaf’s Volvo!
Via Jalopnik
July 29th, 2006 — Tags:chev, dirt-track, speed-equipment, varac, vintage-racing
At this year’s VARAC festival, The Garage had a chance to speak with Dave Boone about his wonderful vintage dirt track racer, the Hubley Bluenose Special. The car was built in 1930, from an assortment of parts, many from the Chevrolet Brothers Speed Equipment Catalogue from the 20’s. The car is powered by a 1925 “490″ Chev engine that in stock form may have put out a whopping 35 HP and sports wheels from a 1935 Chevy. The engine inhales through a Fish carb that was built in Daytona and exhales through a unique, custom built header pipe. Due to it’s southern origin, the Fish carb has no choke, which works well in Florida, but not so well in the cooler months in Ontario.
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