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My Plans To Get High While Racing

May 21, 2009

And hey, I’m talking really high… 14,110 feet to be exact. As a matter of fact I have already begun training for it. Last week when Gary was here visiting Aaron and I took him for a quick spin around San Francisco. It was while I was stopped so Gary could snap off some photos [...]

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The Garage visits 2008 Monterey Historics

August 18, 2008

While the Canadian office of The Garage was moving Scooby Doo’s automotive cousins around Toronto, the guys on the west coast were scoping out the 2008 Monterey Historics.
Gary Faules and Jon Emerson hopped aboard Lucky the GT-350 to visit the La Carrera Panamericana gathering at the annual event. They gave us so many cool photos [...]

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The Road To Targa

October 2, 2007

As we’ve pointed out many times here in The Garage (maybe too many) the car hobby is about more than just cars. It’s about people. We’ve had some incredibly cool people hanging out in The Garage, and maybe the coolest thing is when those people inspire each other. Last week, one of our creative friends, [...]

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Video: In car at Infineon with Gary Faules

September 25, 2007

Hot on the heels of this morning’s videos of our west coast contributor, Gary Faules’ GT-350 lapping at Infineon Raceway, now we have some killer in car footage of the break in. Perhaps more important, Gary’s co-driver, Jon Emerson is finally allowed to spill the beans on the team’s big news.
I’m sure Gary will [...]

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Video: Lucky hits the track

September 25, 2007

Finally, after all these months, Gary Faules’ GT-350 clone, Lucky, has some laps under his belt. Last weekend, Team California’s Best took Lucky to Sears Point (ok, so it’s called Infineon now but this is a GT-350) for his first shakedown. Fortunately for us, they’ve got some rough video of the car on track for [...]

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The best seats in the house: a few words about driver comfort

September 23, 2007

They say that a rib injury never fully heals. A few years ago, I had a pretty unhealthy bout of pneumonia and during that time I coughed so much that I hurt my ribs on the left side. To this day, sometimes I’ll move just the right wrong way that causes me to double over [...]

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FOC heads to Targa Newfoundland

September 11, 2007

As our Gary Faules gets ready for La Carrera Panamerica in a few weeks, the Andrew Harvey and Warwick Patterson from Flat Over Crest are on the rock following the other big North American vintage road rally. That’s right, Targa Newfoundland is in full swing and the FOC crew will be keeping us up to [...]

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It’s Alive!

August 29, 2007

For the last 6 months or so, west coast contributor to The Garage, Gary Faules has been hard at work preparing his GT-350R clone, Lucky, for the 2007 running of La Carrera Panamerica. Earlier this week, Lucky breathed in some fresh air and fuel and burst to life with a roar and a belch of [...]

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Video: GF 350R 289 hits the dyno

August 8, 2007

West coast contributor to The Garage, Gary Faules has been waiting almost a year to hear the small block for his GT-350 clone Lucky. The engine has finally been completed and began dyno breaking and testing yesterday.
The numbers are incredible. 503 ponies and 385.2 foot pounds of torque at a little over 6800 rpm. [...]

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Gary Faules’ GT-350 Clone getting closer to the track

July 4, 2007

There comes a point in every race car build when the project actually starts to feel like a race car. For many of us, that time is when you can actually sit in it. Well, in a racing seat and not a milk crate!
Gary Faules and his crew have been hard at work getting Lucky [...]

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