This #ratrod build is an interpretation of a 1929 Ford Model A Tudor 3D model created by squir:

www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/tudor-1929-ratrod-rat-3d-3ds...

Ford's Model A had very similar body designs to the 1932 'V8 / Model B', the big changes were in the frame, and, of course, the engine. Many Model A and Model T hot rods used the Ford Flathead V8.

The rat rod here uses the two-door 'Tudor' body style and has a mild chop and channel.

This model is created for #mocaroundgang challenge 48 for ratrods.

1934 Ford Pierson Bros. Coupe- 267ci Flathead V8 In 1949, Dick and Bob Pierson broke with traditional roadster trends and decided to build a coupe. Edelbrock employee, Bobby Meeks, built the engine, and Meeks, with the aluminum-welding prowess of veteran Tom Backy, chopped the body to the max. They cut the top nine inches and raked the windshield back 50-degrees. When they were done, the driver’s helmet brushed the top of the fabric roof insert!

As the story goes, the red, white, and blue paint job came about because a couple of Europeans were running a Jag at Bonneville at 138mph, and a Mercedes at 139, and smugly thought they would wrest the record from the Americans. Bob and Dick rose to the challenge, built their coupe and turned in a 142.98 mph run at the 1950 El Mirage Russetta meet. At the second Bonneville meet in 1950, it turned in a 150+ mph run.

When the brothers sold the coupe in 1953, the new owner pushed the speed up to 165.23. Tom Cobb raced the car to a speed of 198.86 in 1956. But the old salt flat warrior wasn’t done. In 1991, Tom Bryant set the coupe’s all time record (with a small block Chevy V-8) at 227.33!

Bruce Meyer then purchased the coupe and had Pete Chapouris’ So-Cal Speed Shop restore the car to its debut trim. With Bob and Dick to oversee, and the skills of none other than Bobby Meeks to rebuild the engine to its original specs, the little coupe now resides at the Peterson Museum and is brought out for special events.

Model created for Instagram #mocaroundgang 61st build challenge #saltflatspeeder hosted by @f1elevenbricks

The BMW R nineT is a standard motorcycle made by BMW Motorrad since 2014. It is a retro styled roadster marketed by BMW to custom builders and enthusiasts as a "blank canvas for customizing".

The BMW R nineT has several design elements configured to allow the bike to be easily modified, such as separate engine and chassis wiring harnesses and minimal bolts attaching the rear subframe, tail lights, and headlight.

The R nineT version of the bike has upside-down (USD) telescopic forks rather than BMW's usual Telelever front suspension. The other versions have conventional telescopic forks.

All variations have an air/oil-cooled oilhead flat twin (or boxer) 1,170 cc (71 cu in) engine, which has the inlet manifold at the rear of the cylinders and the exhaust at the front. The oilhead is arguably[by whom?] more suitable for customization as it has a more conventional appearance than the new water-cooled engine.

The R nineT Scrambler knows no conventions: rough, unadapted, individual. Its handling is balanced and unique. With the boxer, you can ride around with your head held high, it is available for every spontaneity. And the typical Scrambler look together with the relaxed seating position makes a lot of difference – and above all is a lot of fun. Design your R nineT Scrambler so that it fits perfectly into your life. No matter what the others say. Just typical Soulfuel.

Turn on the power: With the air/oil-cooled boxer of the Scrambler, you can do this in a playful way. We have optimised its power and torque curve and noticeably increased it in the 4,000 to 6,000 rpm range. This way, you have the power exactly where you need it and can remain powerful and completely relaxed out on the road. The peak torque remains at 116 Nm at 6,000 rpm. And of course the boxer complies with the Euro 5 standard.

The fourth Hotwheels build for this month is a rereation of a build request from the LUGNuts era - Fast Gassin'. I originally built this vehicle with a green cab, and 'Shell' livery on the tank.

Just in time too, for instagram #mocaroundgang mocaround76 to the build theme hotwheels.

Fast Gassin' in a Hotwheels original design based on a heavey tanker truck. It has eight massive exhausts sticking out above the cab. The styling looks much like a 50's era Chevrolet COE Design.

Code N4017

Fast Gassin' was original launched in Hotwheels series, this particular casting debuting in 2009, designed by John Violette. The model casting was updated in 2016 as a vehicle with two axles and more colour variaton

If you would like to participate in the MOCaroundgang build challenge, head over to Instagram, make sure to tag the host (me) @lego__911 (there are two underscore characters) and the challenge tags #hotwheels #mocaround76

The submission date for this build challenge is April 13th.

In 1956, the Consul, Zephyr, and Zodiac were all restyled. The six-cylinder cars' engines were enlarged to 2,553 cc (156 cu in), with power output correspondingly raised to 86 bhp (64 kW). The wheelbase was increased by 3 inches (76 mm) to 107 inches (2,700 mm).

The Zodiac and Zephyr were also offered in two body styles, the "Highline" and "Lowline", depending on the year of manufacture — the difference being 1.75 in (44 mm) being cut from the height of the roof panel. The "Highline" variant featured a hemispherical instrument cluster, whereas the "Lowline" had a more rectangular panel.

Australian production:

In Australia, the Mark II Consul, Zephyr, and Zodiac were built at Ford Australia's factory in Geelong. Sedan, coupe utility, and both four-cylinder Consul and six-cylinder Zephyr station wagon versions were produced. No Zodiac version station wagons were offered. The Australian-developed Mark II Station Wagon differed from its British Estate Car counterpart in having a wind-up rear window, and a straight C pillar, rather than a curved one. A handful of Station Wagons were registered in 1958, but sales did not really commence until about halfway through 1959.

Mark II manufacture continued until 1962, when production switched to the assembly of Mark IIIs from imported complete knock-down (CKD) kits. It had originally been planned by Ford Australia to facelift the Mark II as its main competitor to the rival Holden, but due to the exorbitant price being asked for by Ford UK for its now redundant production jigs for the Mark II, Ford Australia chose to instead locally manufacture the newly released North American Ford Falcon, which was significantly cheaper to manufacturer than the Zephyr, with the Mark III being relegated to special order only.

This model has been created for #mocaround49 build challenge #vacationwagon

Not sure where/who this originated from (more than happy to discover), but this Citroen DS Streamliner popped up around five years ago on twitter and pintrest.

I had seen it a couple of times, thinking that it would make a great lego build at some point.

I don'y actually think its a real car, more a digital render, as there is no other information about the vehicle, and only this one single image view. It does look great though, and might actually work as a Streamliner Salt Flat racer, though it would need a significant step up in power over the standard 4-cylinder Citroen engines installed in the DS in its original form.

Having owned a car of similar mechanical configuration (front-mid-engine FWD), I might suggest the ubiquitous Chevrolet small-block pushrod V8. maybe a Porsche 911 transaxle for transmission and final drive placement.

Though slicing the roof of would improve frontal area, the drag Cd improvement over the already excellent DS shape would not be as significant as seen on some other Salt Flat cars.

Nonetheless, would do other people think?

Built for intstagram #mocaroundgang build Challenge 61: #salfflatspeeder hosted by @f1elevenbricks

The "Pussy Wagon" is a bright yellow Chevrolet Silverado pick up truck seen in Miramax's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and originally belonging to Buck. The truck is now in the possession of writer/director Quentin Tarantino and he provided it to "Lady Gaga" for use in the 2010 "Telephone" music video (shown below) shot in similar exploitation-film style.

In the film

After Beatrix Kiddo wakes from her coma and has a flashback of Buck raping her and "renting" her out, he becomes the second victim on her bloody path to Bill. In his pocket she finds his keys complete with custom Pussy Wagon nameplate, something which visibly disgusts her. The truck is the Bride's first mode of transportation as she sets out to exact certain vengeance. It is seen - with Beatrix Kiddo at the wheel - in front of Vernita Green's house before, and after their encounter, but never again in either Kill Bill: Vol. 1 or Kill Bill: Vol. 2. In the final chapter of Vol. 2, the truck is mentioned one final time when Esteban Vihaio asks where the truck and Beatrix explains that the truck died. Esteban, a pimp, finds the name of the truck amusing.

This Datsun 240z set the F/GT class record of 166.037 mph at Bonneville with Nissan USA field engineer Bob Stockman behind the wheel. The old record of 153 mph was held by a Mercedes 300SL. Datsun actually set several records at Bonneville prior to ’76, starting in 1974 with a B-210 Hatchback (121.8mph, driver Mike Jones) and twice in 1975 with a 280Z 2+2 (164.3 mph, driver Milan Micka) and 164.6 mph with Nissan Competition Department head Tom O’Connor.

A team of six Nissan USA employees, working in the Nissan Technical Center, Competition Department and Service Departments built the F/GT 240Z. Frank Honsowitz, Matt Bornyasz, Milan Micka, Tom O’Connor, Bob Whitehead and Bob Stockman. O’Connor was responsible for building the engine, Micka worked on the suspension and created the paint scheme and graphics. Bob Whitehead, National Service Manager, was the man who originated the Bonneville idea at Nissan USA in 1974.

More info:

www.zcarblog.com/2021/10/01/automotive-history/history-19...

This 240Z F/GT has been created for the Instagram #mocaroundgang 61st build challenge: #saltflatspeeder hosted by @f1elevenbricks

I have heard of these before, the #beetlerod but I'm not sure if I quite did it right. This model is based on the classic VW Beetle. but mounted on a Hotrod chassis with a big V8 up front with a long extended front end.

After looking at what people had otherwise done, keeping the classic profile, including the hood, it looks like I have taken the lazy path.

Though not the same shape as a 1930s Ford, the Beetle shape does a good impression of the 1930s fastback profile, as well as being nice and narrow.

Made for #mocaroundgang challenge 48 for #ratrod vehicles.

Since the Plymouth Prowler first debuted back in 1996, I have always thought that this was a versatile platform perfect for exploration in multiple dimensions.

Around eight years ago I designed a V8, vintage plane themed HEMI Howler, replacing the stock V6 with one of Chryslers HEMI V8 engines. A not unexpected conversion.

The Prowler platform though is thoroughly modern, using a spaceframe construction and unstressed panels, meaning it can be turned into almost anything. That most customers didn't bother was a giant disappointment.

The Lego model here, designed to #mocaroundgang #mocaround56 for #hearserod models provided an just such an opportunity. Nearly all the change is via a long tapered rear overhang, suitable for carrying long thin boxes. And, unlike the standard roadster model, the inclusion of a roof smoothes things out.

The rear load door is all glass - a nod to the futuristic hotrod concepts of the late 1960s, and the grille, wheel trims and interior are finished in blood-red.

I thought I'd try this one for a #ratrod a Modified version of Mater from Pixar 'Cars', named 'Towminator'.

Modifications include the obligatory suspension drop, fat wheels and boosted engine.

Stylistically 'Towminator' gets a set of less friendly teeth.

Designed for #mocaroundgang challenge 48 for ratrods.

A bit better prepared this week for #mocaroundgang #mocaround57 for 80's touring cars.

This period covered my life ages 7 - 17, so a primetime interest in cars. It helps that I also live in Australia, home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 km Touring car race, held in October.

The 80's started off in Australia running Group-C regulations, with a switch to International Group-A in 1985.

Dick Johnson’s 1983 Bathurst 1000 race began the day prior when his famous GREENS TUF XE Falcon made contact with the wall at Forrest’s Elbow and crashed out during the Hardies Heroes shootout for pole position.

In arguably his team’s finest hour a replacement Falcon was sourced (Andrew Harris’ ex-Bob Morris car), and the rebuild began. In the last minutes of a cold Saturday night a crowd of dick Johnson fans gathered watch one of the miracles of Mount Panorama.

The rebuild was going to take them all the way to the start line. The team were faced with the challenge of working in such a small space with so many people.

They were also trying to introduce all the development from the crashed car that they had found over the year and put it into a car that was a year old and hadn’t had any development since.

The new Greens Tuff was freshly repainted green with the #17 added to it. Dick Johnson made it out onto the track just in time to take up 10th place on the grid.

This mocaround challenge is hosted on instagram by @illuminated_mocs

A bit better prepared this week for #mocaroundgang #mocaround57 for 80's touring cars.

This period covered my life ages 7 - 17, so a primetime interest in cars. It helps that I also live in Australia, home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 km Touring car race, held in October.

The 80's started off in Australia running Group-C regulations, with a switch to International Group-A in 1985.

Winning Bathurst sold more cars than winning a championship, and Brock was one of Australia’s best drivers and a popular figurehead for Holden. But things had started to go wrong. It culminated in the Energy Polariser and the very public split between Brock and Holden. Holden needed a replacement, and they found one in Tom Walkinshaw Racing. The Ford Sierra RS500 had not arrived in 1986, so the Commodore was seen as a potentially competitive package that simply hadn’t had the development time of its European rivals. As a result TWR already owned a complete HDT VL Group A and three body shells in the UK.

Under the new arrangement, TWR established Holden Special Vehicles with Holden to homologate the cars that they would run under the Holden Racing Team banner. Essentially the same arraignment as Holden had before with Brock, TWR owned 75% of HSV, and Holden had the other 25%.HSV would have full responsibility for homologation of Group A Commodores.

The HSV VL represented a massive technical improvement over the old HDT. A comprehensive aero kit that went well beyond what HDT had done had earned it names such as “Batmobile” and “Plastic Pig”. It was unpopular with buyers, many of whom removed it.

Rather than doing both themselves right from the start, TWR focused on establishing the HSV road car business and outsourced the racing program to Perkins Engineering.

In 1988, a single HSV Commodore was entered for Larry Perkins under the Holden Special Vehicles banner.

HSV brought three cars to Bathurst. Two were entered, driven by Perkins, Walkinshaw, Hulme and Allam.

This mocaround challenge is hosted on instagram by @illuminated_mocs

The Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, is a V-twin softail cruiser motorcycle with solid-cast disc wheels. Designed by Willie G. Davidson and Louie Netz, Harley-Davidson built a prototype Fat Boy in Milwaukee for the Daytona Bike Week rally at Daytona Beach in 1988 and 1989.

The name "Fat Boy" actually comes from the observation that the motorcycle is somewhat wider than other bikes when viewed head-on.

The Fat Boy's frame is derived from the 1984 "Softail" which appears to have a rigid hardtail chassis but which in fact has a swinging arm with concealed springs that was originally designed in a Missouri garage in the 1970's by a mechanical engineer named Bill Davis and later Patented in 1976.

For 2020, the Fat Boy is only available with the Milwaukee-Eight 114 engine. Harley-Davidson also produced a 30th Anniversary edition for 2020.

It is one of Harley-Davidson's best selling models and has appeared prominently in a number of TV shows and movies. The Fat Boy earned a place in American pop culture after appearances in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

#vacationwagon

All those classic V8 Woody wagons. All those 21st century 4wd Crossovers.

Nice.

when I went on vacation as a child, it was in the back of one of these next to vomiting sibling 4 & 5.

Powering this powerhouse was a OHV 4-cylinder of 2.0 litres, and maybe 90 PS (67 kW). With a loaded trailer behind, and most of its 9 seats occupied, this family hauler was not excited to do NSW Brown Mountain, made all the worse with fuel starvation from a clogged fuel filter, courtesy of some dodgy jerrycans and the fuel contained therein. We encountered this problem often enough that we modified the fuel lines to allow us to perform the filter change/clean from inside the vehicle through the engine hatch (see interior image with the front-centre seat tipped forward) rather than from underneath the car (in the rain/mud).

With so much car and so little engine, you wouldn't expect these to be fast (they weren't), but a max speed run (Schumack St) got much more km/h than I was expecting. A full-bore braking stop in the dark though, felt like the world was about to end/be very interesting, as the van pitched so much that everything went completely dark as the headlamps pointed down at the road immediately in front of me.

And this was the first car I ever drove.

The Packard Station Sedan was a pseudo luxury station wagon model produced by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1948 and 1950, using the Packard Eight platform. By offering the Station Sedan Packard could market a vehicle with station wagon attributes, but without the investment cost associated with a complete station wagon development program.

The Station Sedan used a combination of steel framing and body parts along with structural wood panels made from northern birch to create a "woody" station wagon-like car due to the growing popularity of them after World War II. Unlike other woody wagons of the day, which used wooden passenger compartments mounted to chassis of a particular car, the Station Sedan used a steel subframe and steel passenger doors onto which hard wood panels were mounted. The only wooden door on the vehicle was the rear gate assembly. Unlike competitor station wagons from Buick, Chrysler and Mercury, the Packard's length was not long enough to accommodate optional third row seating.

Neither a sedan, nor true station wagon, the Station Sedan enjoyed limited success, with a listed retail price of US$3,459 ($38,958 in 2021 dollars) for its final year of 1950, and was discontinued when the 1951 Packard models were introduced.

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A bit better prepared this week for #mocaroundgang #mocaround57 for 80's touring cars.

This period covered my life ages 7 - 17, so a primetime interest in cars. It helps that I also live in Australia, home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 km Touring car race, held in October.

The 80's started off in Australia running Group-C regulations, with a switch to International Group-A in 1985.

Ken Done’s BMW Art Car originates from the Motorsport division of BMW Australia, formerly run by famous Australian racing driver Frank Gardner. The car took to the road in 1987 with the JPS-BMW Team, carrying Jim Richards to victory in the Australian Group A Driver’s Championship. The M3 only participated in one race in 1988, after which it was withdrawn from competition racing and earmarked for its ultimate destiny as a work of art.

As with the rest of his artwork, Done was not mean with his use of colors on this Art Car. The bright colors and powerful brush strokes are symbolic of modern Australia with its sunny beaches and semi-tropical landscapes.

All these impressions of life and joy are embodied by BMW Art Car 8. The bodywork is emblazoned with an abstract portrayal of parrots and parrot fish. What do these animals symbolize? Explaining his creation, Done explained his work as follows:

“Both are beautiful and move a fantastic speeds. I wanted to express this with the BMW Art Car.”

This mocaround challenge is hosted on instagram by @illuminated_mocs

The Volkswagen "Samba", officially the Kleinbus Sonderausführung (small bus, special version) and marketed as the Microbus Deluxe and Sunroof Deluxe in the United States, was the most luxurious version of the T1. Volkswagen started producing Sambas in 1951; in 1952 the name in the home market was changed to Sondermodell (special model). the precise origin of the Samba nickname is unclear. The Samba name first appeared in official literature in Dutch price lists.

In the US Volkswagen vans were informally identified by the window count. This particular model had 23 and later 21 windows including eight high windows in the roof. The 23 window variant also had curved windows in the rear corners.

The Samba had bi-parting doors in lieu of a sliding door, and could be ordered with a large fabric sunroof. Volkswagen advertised the Samba for making tourist trips through the Alps.

Standard paint finishes on the Samba were two-tone, usually with the upper bodywork in white. The lower bodywork carried a contrasting color, the areas separated by a decorative strip. The roof carried slightly forward of the windshield at the front, creating an integral visor. The windows had chrome tables and the van had a more comprehensive dashboard than the normal T1.

When Volkswagen started producing the successor of the T1 (the T2) the company also stopped producing the Samba, ending the Samba and the concept of a van with such a high window count.

This VW T1 Samba-Bus (21 Windows) has been created for instagram #mocaround82 to the theme #halloween hosted by @paulielego - entries are due on Halloween, October 31st

1934 Ford Pierson Bros. Coupe- 267ci Flathead V8 In 1949, Dick and Bob Pierson broke with traditional roadster trends and decided to build a coupe. Edelbrock employee, Bobby Meeks, built the engine, and Meeks, with the aluminum-welding prowess of veteran Tom Backy, chopped the body to the max. They cut the top nine inches and raked the windshield back 50-degrees. When they were done, the driver’s helmet brushed the top of the fabric roof insert!

As the story goes, the red, white, and blue paint job came about because a couple of Europeans were running a Jag at Bonneville at 138mph, and a Mercedes at 139, and smugly thought they would wrest the record from the Americans. Bob and Dick rose to the challenge, built their coupe and turned in a 142.98 mph run at the 1950 El Mirage Russetta meet. At the second Bonneville meet in 1950, it turned in a 150+ mph run.

When the brothers sold the coupe in 1953, the new owner pushed the speed up to 165.23. Tom Cobb raced the car to a speed of 198.86 in 1956. But the old salt flat warrior wasn’t done. In 1991, Tom Bryant set the coupe’s all time record (with a small block Chevy V-8) at 227.33!

Bruce Meyer then purchased the coupe and had Pete Chapouris’ So-Cal Speed Shop restore the car to its debut trim. With Bob and Dick to oversee, and the skills of none other than Bobby Meeks to rebuild the engine to its original specs, the little coupe now resides at the Peterson Museum and is brought out for special events.

Model created for Instagram #mocaroundgang 61st build challenge #saltflatspeeder hosted by @f1elevenbricks

KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) have confirmed their entry for the 2022 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona with a GTD Pro class-entered and factory-supported Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Established as an endurance race in 1962, the Daytona event has run over 24 hours since 1966. The 2022 event marks the event’s 60th anniversary and will be KCMG’s first appearance at the event. The effort comes as the GTD Pro class, for full-Pro-crewed GT3 spec cars, makes its debut in IMSA competition. The KCMG Porsche entry joins other class contenders fielding cars from BMW, Mercedes-AMG, Lexus, Corvette, Aston Martin and Lamborghini as well as to other Porsches, and with more contenders for the class still expected to be declared.

As well as having factory support from Porsche, the driver line-up will include three of the German marque’s drivers in the #2 Porsche: Rolex 24 at Daytona class winner Patrick Pilet, two-time IMSA class champion Laurens Vanthoor and Dennis Olsen, all three having previously competed with KCMG at various events in the past. Alexandre Imperatori completes the crew, continuing his long-standing partnership with the Hong Kong outfit.

Adam Hardy returns to KCMG as chief engineer for this event. Hardy previously worked with KCMG during the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and has since supported Porsche’s factory entry in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He will be joined by Kai Störling, who was the engineer behind the race-winning Porsche at the 2021 Nürburgring 24 Hours.

Not sure where/who this originated from (more than happy to discover), but this Citroen DS Streamliner popped up around five years ago on twitter and pintrest.

I had seen it a couple of times, thinking that it would make a great lego build at some point.

I don'y actually think its a real car, more a digital render, as there is no other information about the vehicle, and only this one single image view. It does look great though, and might actually work as a Streamliner Salt Flat racer, though it would need a significant step up in power over the standard 4-cylinder Citroen engines installed in the DS in its original form.

Having owned a car of similar mechanical configuration (front-mid-engine FWD), I might suggest the ubiquitous Chevrolet small-block pushrod V8. maybe a Porsche 911 transaxle for transmission and final drive placement.

Though slicing the roof of would improve frontal area, the drag Cd improvement over the already excellent DS shape would not be as significant as seen on some other Salt Flat cars.

Nonetheless, would do other people think?

Built for intstagram #mocaroundgang build Challenge 61: #salfflatspeeder hosted by @f1elevenbricks

A bit better prepared this week for #mocaroundgang #mocaround57 for 80's touring cars.

This period covered my life ages 7 - 17, so a primetime interest in cars. It helps that I also live in Australia, home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 km Touring car race, held in October.

The 80's started off in Australia running Group-C regulations, with a switch to International Group-A in 1985.

Holden’s VL Commodore holds the unique distinction of winning two Bathurst 1000s during the Group A era.

The first win came in 1987 for the VL SS Group A - the last Commodore designed and built with input from Peter Brock and his HDT special vehicles operation. The VL’s second Bathurst win came three years later for another iteration called the VL SS Group A SV, developed in partnership with UK-based Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR).

When Holden and HDT launched the VL Commodore SS Group A in October 1986, it was more a case of evolution than revolution. The previous VK SS Group A won the 1986 Bathurst 1000, thanks to a Les Small-prepared car driven by Allan Grice and Graeme ‘Chickadee’ Bailey.

The new VL SS Group A, of which Holden/HDT had to build a minimum 500 identical road cars to meet FIA homologation rules, featured numerous refinements. The tough A9L-spec V8 had new cylinder head castings to eliminate hot spots and head gasket failures which had haunted the VK.

In Group A race trim, the VL produced more than 400bhp, with a Getrag five-speed competition gearbox, custom-made nine-inch rear axle assembly, fully adjustable suspension and big Harrop brakes.

However, by February 1987 the deteriorating relationship between Brock and his long-time employer GM-H had reached a crisis point. Brock’s resolute belief in the attributes of his Energy Polarizer (based on a new-age science of ‘molecular alignment’ to improve a car’s performance.

The team fronted with a two-car team at the Mountain, with a new car (No.05) for Brock and David Parsons and a second (No.10) for experienced Bathurst hand Peter McLeod and promising F2 driver John Crooke, who unfortunately would miss out on a drive in the race.

With his right elbow casually resting on the driver’s door, Brock went from one magnificent high speed power-slide to another for lap after lap with such graceful mastery that all who witnessed it, friend or foe, could not help but be in awe of his skill.

To finish third behind the two Texaco-backed works Ford Sierra RS500s which had dominated the race was the best Brock and his army of supporters could have hoped for – or so they thought. Official protests lodged by Aussie teams over irregularities in the Texaco cars’ front wheel arches were upheld and on November 13, 1987 (about six weeks after the race) the two works Fords were officially excluded from the results and the third-placed Mobil Commodore declared the winner!

This mocaround challenge is hosted on instagram by @illuminated_mocs

A bit better prepared this week for #mocaroundgang #mocaround57 for 80's touring cars.

This period covered my life ages 7 - 17, so a primetime interest in cars. It helps that I also live in Australia, home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 km Touring car race, held in October.

The 1984 HDT VKs were the simplest, lightest and fastest Group C Commodores produced by Holden’s factory team.

The VK’s aerodynamic fiberglass body kit comprising a front spoiler, rear spoiler and wheel flares was the most aggressive - yet smoothest - ever seen on a Commodore Group C racer, thanks largely to Holden’s switch from steel to polycarbonate front and rear bumpers on the VK road cars.

Beneath the bonnet of every Group C racing Commodore from the first VB to the last VK was Holden’s mighty home-grown 308cid (5044cc) cast iron, pushrod, carby-fed V8. Prior to that it had also powered the Torana L34 and A9X, so by 1984 this remarkable production-based engine had a decade of racing development behind it.

Simple by today’s standards but state-of-the-art for their time, the VK engines hand-built by HDT engine man Neil Burns produced just over 400bhp (300kW) at 6800rpm and 385 ft/lbs of torque at 4800rpm.

The two HDT VKs proved unbeatable in the three championship events they contested in 1984. Brock and Perkins won the Sandown 400 at a canter, finishing one lap ahead of the Moffat/Hansford Mazda RX-7 and two laps ahead of Harvey and Parsons in the second HDT car.

Three weeks later at Bathurst, Brock just got pipped for pole position by George Fury’s turbocharged Nissan Bluebird before he and Perkins raced away to another dominant victory two laps ahead of their team-mates. Brock slowed right down in the final stages to allow Parsons to catch up and stage the memorable 1-2 formation finish.

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Popular among screen legends such as Rita Hayworth and Tyrone Power and the ruling class, the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 was one of the most expensive luxury cars of its era. Manufactured from 1938 to 1952, it featured bodywork by distinguished Italian coachbuilders, primarily Carrozzeria Touring of Milano.

The Alfa Romeo 6C 2500, available in Turismo, Sport, and Super Sport wheelbases, would see a production run of several hundred between World War II and the postwar period. The "6C" in the model name indicated six cylinders, and it used a 2,443-cc engine equipped with either single, double, or triple carburetors. Built with distinctive body styles across three classes, Competizione, Villa d'Este, and Super Sport Corsa were among the limited series models.

This right-hand-drive 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport Cabriolet by Pininfarina is heading to Pennsylvania for RM Sotheby's 15th annual Hershey sale. Regarded as "The Last Great Alfa," the rear-drive 6C 2500 Sport Cabriolet comes powered by a 95-horsepower 2.5-liter inline-six paired to a four-speed manual transmission.

Ready to export by 1947, the drop-dead gorgeous Alfa Romeo arrived new in Argentina and was sold via Buenos Aires. Unfortunately, according to the auction listing, the car's history is largely unknown. At one point, it underwent a restoration that helps explain the blue paint, and recently, it received approximately $176,000 in mechanical service over a three-year period. In addition to an engine and transmission overhaul, the extensive work performed included rebuilding the carburetor, suspension, and brakes.

Merging style, performance, and elegance, the 2500 S rides on chrome wire knock-off wheels and features an impeccable interior covered in beautiful red leather upholstery. It sports a dazzling blue exterior paint job and has a dark blue soft top. Take a peek inside and imagine a time when jazz and blues ruled the airwaves. Interior highlights include an ivory banjo-style steering wheel, wood trim throughout, and bright yellow controls.

The chassis no. 915251 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport Cabriolet featuring coachwork by Pininfarina will cross the auction block on October 7. Early estimates suggest this fine Italian automobile could bring in between $275,000 and $325,000.

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This 6C 2500 Villa d'Este Cabriolet has been created for #mocaroundgang #mocaround66 to the theme of #convertible hosted by @spamala808

The Ferrari Testarossa (Type F110) is a 12-cylinder mid-engine sports car manufactured by Ferrari, which went into production in 1984 as the successor to the Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer. The Pininfarina-designed car was originally produced from 1984 until 1991, with two model revisions following the end of Testarossa production called the 512 TR and F512 M.

The Testarossa traces its roots back to the faults of the 1981 512 BBi. The problems that the Testarossa was conceived to fix included a cabin that got increasingly hot from the indoor plumbing that ran between the front-mounted radiator and the midships-mounted engine and a lack of luggage space. To fix these problems the Testarossa was designed to be larger than its predecessor. For instance, at 1,976 mm (77.8 in) wide, the Testarossa was half a foot wider than the Boxer.

Miami Vice

Miami Vice ran for five seasons from September 1984 until January 1990. During the first two seasons, the show featured a replica 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 built on the chassis of a Chevrolet Corvette (C3).

Ferrari filed a lawsuit against the show’s crew, Coachcraft and others to stop production. Why? Trademark infringement. Ferrari considered using and selling replicas to be an infringement on its brand name and creative IP.

As a solution to the lawsuit, Ferrari and the production crew collaborated on an interesting way to keep the marque front and centre. Ferrari actually donated two then-new Testarossa Monospecchios painted black with beige leather interiors for use on the program, but Miami Vice producer Michael Mann requested that the cars to be repainted white so they would be more visible during the show’s many night scenes.

This Testarossa is built for #mocaroundgang build challenge #mocaround67 titled #hollywoodrides hosted by @my_lego_garage

As Barrett-Jackson says: “There are custom cars, and then there are those that have earned their own name.” Boyd Coddington’s Cadzzilla; Jerry Pennington's Scorpion; Dave and Joyce Emery’s ‘32 Revolver: Anyone can give a car a name; to be remembered, it’s got to be earned. Bryan Fuller’s Thundertaker is going to be called that for a long, long time.

Fuller, host of Velocity’s Naked Speed, spends more time building bikes than cars. But every now and again, he does something really special on four wheels. See: The Thundertaker, completed in 2013 after a four-year-long, 10,000-hour build. Yes, it’s a 1960 Cadillac Fleetwood hearse, a true “full custom” hotrod. That means that every single inch, inside and out, has been touched by a craftsman. The entire rear half of the car was fabricated; the interior is upholstered in what’s thought to be the world’s last bolts of authentic 1960 Cadillac limousine fabric.

The shell is chopped five inches and channeled, but retains the full-size original glass recessed into the body. The 156-inch wheelbase frame is reportedly one of the longest hotrod frames ever built, helping hit the four-ton mark. (Hot Rod broke a dolly trying to move it). Fortunately, it has a GM ZZ454 crate engine, factory rated at 468 horsepower. And that’s the really crazy party: Fuller says it’s “built for speed.”

“It’s got an Art Morrison chassis, a Strange 9-inch, a big-block…strap a couple turbos to the 454, take that thing to Bonneville, and hammer down,” he told Hot Rod.

Barrett-Jackson has no reserve on it in their April 8-10 auction in Palm Beach, Florida. It’s hard to pin a value on a far-out custom, and you never get your money back. But this one? It’s going to bring the money. And, of course, the thunder.

www.thedrive.com/vintage/2163/meet-the-thundertaker-a-fou...

Built in lego form for #mocaroundgang #mocaround56 to the theme #hearserod

Hosted by @poppalas

The Edsel Villager is a station wagon that was produced and sold by Edsel from 1958 to 1960. Like the two-door Roundup and premium Bermuda station wagons, the Villager was initially built on a 116 in wheelbase shared with Ford's station wagons, and, throughout its lifespan, shared Ford's wagons core body stampings. The Villager and the Ranger were the only two model names that existed throughout Edsel's three-year life span as an automobile marque.

The Villager represented the intermediate trim level available within the Edsel brand for station wagons, but differed from the two-door Roundup by being offered in six and nine passenger styles. The Villager was available in a four-door configuration only.

In terms of interior and exterior trim, the Villager had parity with the Edsel Ranger's interior and exterior appointments. Standard features included black rubber floor mats, ashtrays, cigar lighter, arm rests, chromed rear-view mirror and crank-operated rear windows. Like all other Edsel wagons, the Villager came with a two-piece tailgate. Seat belts were optional

During its first year in production, Edsel sold more Villagers than Roundup and Bermuda station wagons combined. Despite overall declining Edsel sales in 1959, sales of the 1959 Villager (7,820 units) outpaced the combined three-model ranges of station wagon production in 1958 (6,470 units) by well over 1,000 vehicles.

Everybody gives Edsel a hard time for its styling, but I think the revised 1959 design isn't too bad

Lee Majors did pretty well for himself, moving on from the Six Million Dollar Man to The Fall Guy who was the cool stuntman by day, and since his dangerous way of making a living could not make him enough money, he moonlighted as a bounty hunter.

For the movie stunts Colt Seavers relies on his physical prowess, for the bit where he needs to chase the bad guys down and haul them in to get the bond money, it's his GMC trucks that do all the hard work. It leaps, it flies, it jumps and does everything with such incredible finesse, you want that truck now.

While it all looks like one indestructible monolith, in actuality, there were multiple trucks used for the shoot, and a great many of them never made it out of the “stunts”. Of course, all of them were GMCs.

In the first couple of seasons of The Fall Guy, the truck you see Colt Seavers driving is a 1980 GMC 4X4 K25. To make the truck look way more capable and athletic, it rode on a six-inch lift kit and also had a chromed-up rollbar bearing high-intensity lights. It also wore 35-inch Dick Cepek off-road tires that were knobbly and looked as if they could ride over just about any other car on the road, and that did happen a couple of times on the show.

Later, the truck became a 1982 model and wore a Sierra Grande trim package, now powered by a 5.7-liter V8 mated to a three-speed automatic transmission. In the later seasons, it was this 1982 GMC K-2500 Sierra Grande Wideside, a brute of a truck that jumped over things as a ‘Roo does, rode on two wheels, and did everything a normal car could never do, unless it was being driven by Lee Majors.

This GMC K2500 is built for #mocaroundgang build challenge #mocaround67 titled #hollywoodrides hosted by @my_lego_garage

The CL Series Valiant was introduced in November 1976. Although it used the same bodyshell as the previous VK range, the front and rear ends were restyled. The front end used horizontally arrayed quad round headlamps flanking a central grille. The front guards and bonnet were also reworked accordingly. The new bootlid's curved leading edge flowed down to new taillights that sandwiched a simple centre garnish panel. The bumpers, however, were the same units as had been used on the 1969 VF series Valiants.

The 3.5 L (215 cu in) Hemi-6 and 5.9 L (360 cu in) V8 were dropped, and the only engine options were low- and high-compression versions of the 4.0 L (245 cu in) Hemi-6 and the 5.2 L (318 cu in) V8. The CL's introduction had closely coincided with that of the strict exhaust emission regulations contained in ADR 27A. With the 318 engine, a new emissions control system was introduced: Electronic Lean Burn.

Valiant and Regal sedans also benefited from the 1978 introduction of Radial Tuned Suspension in response to Holden's having marketed their suspension as particularly suited to radial tyres.

36,672 CL Valiants — including the last-ever Chargers — were built.

This Valiant wagon is created for the #mocaround49 challneg #vacationwagon

The BMW R nineT is a standard motorcycle made by BMW Motorrad since 2014. It is a retro styled roadster marketed by BMW to custom builders and enthusiasts as a "blank canvas for customizing".

The BMW R nineT has several design elements configured to allow the bike to be easily modified, such as separate engine and chassis wiring harnesses and minimal bolts attaching the rear subframe, tail lights, and headlight.

The R nineT version of the bike has upside-down (USD) telescopic forks rather than BMW's usual Telelever front suspension. The other versions have conventional telescopic forks.

All variations have an air/oil-cooled oilhead flat twin (or boxer) 1,170 cc (71 cu in) engine, which has the inlet manifold at the rear of the cylinders and the exhaust at the front. The oilhead is arguably[by whom?] more suitable for customization as it has a more conventional appearance than the new water-cooled engine.

The R nineT Scrambler knows no conventions: rough, unadapted, individual. Its handling is balanced and unique. With the boxer, you can ride around with your head held high, it is available for every spontaneity. And the typical Scrambler look together with the relaxed seating position makes a lot of difference – and above all is a lot of fun. Design your R nineT Scrambler so that it fits perfectly into your life. No matter what the others say. Just typical Soulfuel.

Turn on the power: With the air/oil-cooled boxer of the Scrambler, you can do this in a playful way. We have optimised its power and torque curve and noticeably increased it in the 4,000 to 6,000 rpm range. This way, you have the power exactly where you need it and can remain powerful and completely relaxed out on the road. The peak torque remains at 116 Nm at 6,000 rpm. And of course the boxer complies with the Euro 5 standard.

Ex LMP3 squad Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports will launch an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD programme next week when the Florida-based team makes its class debut at Watkins Glen International for the IMSA WeatherTech 240.

The #32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO will be driven by Guy Cosmo and Shane Lewis in a select programme of races in 2021 before a planned full season in IMSA’s GTD class in 2022.

Having taken delivery of the brand new Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO just over three weeks ago, the team has had a pair of on-track tests with the car with Cosmo and Lewis to build the team familiarity with the AMG.

The engineering side of the effort will be led by experienced race engineer Mike Wright, who has previously been part of efforts with Lola, Ganassi, Finlay, Mazda, B-K Motorsports, and Spirit of Daytona.

The team is managed by Florida stunt man Henry Gilbert, who has decades of experience in the sport including his role as owner of Sports Car Driving Experience, a Corvette Racing School and Performance Driving Group a track days provider.

First in a mini series of Miniland-scale versions of LEGO sets is this 2021 Ferrari 812 Competizione. The LEGO version of this car is new for 2023 in the SpeedChampions series, set nr. 76914

The Ferrari 812 Superfast (Type F152M) is a front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive grand tourer which debuted at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. The 812 Superfast is the successor to the F12berlinetta, upon which the architecture is based.

Ferrari presented a limited production, track focused version, called Competizione, of the 812 Superfast, this version being presented together with its drop-top variant, Competizione A (for Aperta, Ferrari's moniker for limited open top models, translating to "open" in Italian). Both versions have a more powerful version of 6.5-litre V12, extensive aerodynamic upgrades and the introduction of an independent four-wheel steering system. The upgraded engine is rated at 830 PS (610 kW; 819 hp) at 9,250 rpm and 692 N⋅m (510 lb⋅ft) of torque at 7,000 rpm and capable of 9,500 rpm redline.

The 812 Competizione & Competizione A are the latest iterations of Ferrari's light weight limited edition front mid-engined V12 Berlinetta platform. They are the direct successors to the F12 TDF and 599 GTO.

This 812 Competizione Aperta has been created for #mocaroundgang #mocaround66 to the theme of #convertible hosted by @spamala808

Chevrolet launched an all-new, larger and wilder Impala for 1959. This shared the B-body platform and proportions with other GM marques.

Every model for 1959 pushed the boundaries. The Impala signature for that year were the extravagant horizontal tail fins, and almond shaped eyes.

A look at the rear end of a 1959 model looked like an evil demon measuring you up to be consumed.

The Dracula Sport Roof coupe enhances this theme with two-tone dark red over black paintwork, dark red interior, 'fanged' front bumper, all lowered over big wheels and tires.

In celebration of Halloween 2024. This is the build theme for Instagram #mocaroundgang #mocaround82 hosted by @paulielego

A bit better prepared this week for #mocaroundgang #mocaround57 for 80's touring cars.

This period covered my life ages 7 - 17, so a primetime interest in cars. It helps that I also live in Australia, home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 km Touring car race, held in October.

The 80's started off in Australia running Group-C regulations, with a switch to International Group-A in 1985.

The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth here was run by long-time Ford team Dick Johnson Racing in 1989, one of many local and international Sierra teams for that year. The Number 17 car here, shared by Dick Johnson and John Bowe won that years Bathurst race. This was Johnson's second of three wins.

Johnson's Sierras also finished 1-2 in the ATCC for 1989, as they had also done in 1988.

So dominant was the Sierra at this time that even long-time Holden driver Peter Brock, drove Sierras in 1989, finishing 3rd in the ATCC.

This mocaround challenge is hosted on instagram by @illuminated_mocs

The BMW R nineT is a standard motorcycle made by BMW Motorrad since 2014. It is a retro styled roadster marketed by BMW to custom builders and enthusiasts as a "blank canvas for customizing".

The BMW R nineT has several design elements configured to allow the bike to be easily modified, such as separate engine and chassis wiring harnesses and minimal bolts attaching the rear subframe, tail lights, and headlight.

The R nineT version of the bike has upside-down (USD) telescopic forks rather than BMW's usual Telelever front suspension. The other versions have conventional telescopic forks.

All variations have an air/oil-cooled oilhead flat twin (or boxer) 1,170 cc (71 cu in) engine, which has the inlet manifold at the rear of the cylinders and the exhaust at the front. The oilhead is arguably[by whom?] more suitable for customization as it has a more conventional appearance than the new water-cooled engine.

The R nineT Scrambler knows no conventions: rough, unadapted, individual. Its handling is balanced and unique. With the boxer, you can ride around with your head held high, it is available for every spontaneity. And the typical Scrambler look together with the relaxed seating position makes a lot of difference – and above all is a lot of fun. Design your R nineT Scrambler so that it fits perfectly into your life. No matter what the others say. Just typical Soulfuel.

Turn on the power: With the air/oil-cooled boxer of the Scrambler, you can do this in a playful way. We have optimised its power and torque curve and noticeably increased it in the 4,000 to 6,000 rpm range. This way, you have the power exactly where you need it and can remain powerful and completely relaxed out on the road. The peak torque remains at 116 Nm at 6,000 rpm. And of course the boxer complies with the Euro 5 standard.

To release one earth-shatteringly brilliant arcade racing game is impressive enough, but to produce two in as many years starts to look a bit like showing off. Just one year after Daytona USA was released, decimating pocket money supplies everywhere, Sega Rally beckoned us back into the Megabowl with its iconic real-world rally cars, mixed surface stages and pliant, drifty handling.

Settle into the hard plastic bucket seat and you're presented with a difficult choice between the brilliantly nippy short-wheelbase Lancia Delta Integrale or the more powerful but unwieldy Toyota Celica GT-Four, both adorned in their legendary WRC liveries. You'd have less trouble picking a favourite child.

Championship mode is a mad dash across three varied stages, as you claw your way up the rankings, sawing away at the force feedback steering and hoping to finish in first place by the end of the final Mountain course. Achieve that and you'd unlock a secret fourth stage, set during a stunning autumnal sunset and reserved for only the most talented digital rallyists.

Sega Rally's ultimate challenge, Lakeside featured a muddy, low grip surface, unforgiving barriers that slow your car to a crawl and sections so narrow you needed to be micron-perfect with your powerslides. Win that stage somehow, completing the game, and you could reasonably expect a polite round of applause from the group of spectators that had inevitably gathered around the arcade cabinet.

This Toyota Celica T200 GT-Four from Sega Rally 2 has been created for #mocaroundgang #mocaround79 to the theme #videogame hosted by @brickrails on instagram. Entries for this build theme should be submitted by July 13th, 2024.

After years of hard work from owners Michele and Mark Guyer, the self-confessed die-hard Nissan R32 Skyline couple could finally unveil their own extreme interpretation of motoring perfection with the rest of us. And what a way to introduce it than setting her free to roar across Sydney Motorsport Park in the Open Class at the 2018 World Time Attack Challenge.

If you missed it during the competition, let me be the first to introduce you to Xtreme GT-R, a carbon-clad, 2.8-litre billet-engined BNR32 Skyline GT-R.

It’s a difficult task to stand out amongst the sheer madness of machinery on display on WTAC, but something about this Godzilla not only stole, but held my attention for the entire weekend. Ironically, it was the restraint used when reshaping the car in carbon fibre that initially piqued my interest.

Appearances are deceiving though, because the more I looked, the more subtle body differences and aero I noticed tucked away, blending cleverly into where you’d imagine the original GT-R’s body lines would run.

Despite the heavy revision by Topstage Composites, Xtreme GT-R still manages to retain all of the character and charm the R32 exuded on the day it rolled off Nissan’s factory floor.

Considering the entire body is carbon and therefore could have been molded into almost any shape, putting so much effort into maintaining so many of the original aesthetics and staying loyal to the heritage of their workhorse (and ignoring faster options) was a bold choice by Mark and Michele. It’s one I’m told they’d both happily make a thousand times over, though.

The decision to work with a 30-year-old platform no doubt prolonged the design process and required some unique ideas. I imagine walking the tightrope stretched between respecting the heritage of the R32 and chasing all-out performance would have been a difficult task.

The extra work has totally paid off, though; the reward is not only a blisteringly-fast time attack machine, but also a very personalised interpretation of what is in Michele and Mark’s minds, their perfect car.

Silverware and podiums are of course welcome bonuses, however, the real prize here is the car itself.

[Text from Speedhunters]

www.speedhunters.com/2018/12/taking-a-gtr-to-the-extreme/

Created for #mocaroundgang challenge 50 #timeattack

The Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, is a V-twin softail cruiser motorcycle with solid-cast disc wheels. Designed by Willie G. Davidson and Louie Netz, Harley-Davidson built a prototype Fat Boy in Milwaukee for the Daytona Bike Week rally at Daytona Beach in 1988 and 1989.

The name "Fat Boy" actually comes from the observation that the motorcycle is somewhat wider than other bikes when viewed head-on.

The Fat Boy's frame is derived from the 1984 "Softail" which appears to have a rigid hardtail chassis but which in fact has a swinging arm with concealed springs that was originally designed in a Missouri garage in the 1970's by a mechanical engineer named Bill Davis and later Patented in 1976.

For 2020, the Fat Boy is only available with the Milwaukee-Eight 114 engine. Harley-Davidson also produced a 30th Anniversary edition for 2020.

It is one of Harley-Davidson's best selling models and has appeared prominently in a number of TV shows and movies. The Fat Boy earned a place in American pop culture after appearances in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Another big year in 2024.

Thanks to #mocaroundgang build challenges during the year for a few runs of fun cars. I even hosted a round in April, titled #hotwheels that led to probably some of my most creative builds for a while. And the March #openwheeler challenge gave me the chance to get stuck into a number of Formula One racers.

Many of my only monthly themes thrown in there as well, including miniland-interpretations of LEGO sets (February), Redo & Redemption (a popular theme from LUGNuts), and also quite a lot of eating through cars I have designed but not shown over the past few years.

Probably the biggest change this year was the number of builds that now have instructions, a record 69 from this years build list. Part of the slow down at the end of the year was rectifying the LDD assemblies for many car projects using the enigmatic 'template' function.

Looking forward to a 2025 which is less chaotic.

Lamborghini kicked off its 2021 racing season with a well-deserved podium finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship.

Having won the prestigious endurance event around the clock for the past three years, Lamborghini came into the weekend with three cars capable of taking the GT Daytona (GTD) class triumph.

The #1 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo of defending winners Andrea Caldarelli, Corey Lewis, Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers put in a sterling drive to finish third, just 23 seconds off the winning Mercedes crew.

Just as importantly, the Paul Miller Racing quartet picked up valuable points for the Michelin Endurance Cup, which were handed out at the six-, 12-, 18- and 24-hour mark. Lamborghini won the Manufacturers’ title in 2020 and began its quest for back-to-back championships in promising fashion.

The #1 started the 59th edition of the 24 hours from 16th on the grid after suffering a mechanical issue in the ROAR before the 24 qualifying race the previous week. Despite this, Caldarelli, Lewis, Snow and Sellers proved they had lost none of the cohesion and determination that brought them the class win last year and worked their way up to second by the end of the first quarter, using a shorter fuel-only stop to leapfrog several positions.

The quartet remained in the hunt as the sun rose, and Caldarelli moved the #1 back onto the podium after passing Klaus Bachler’s Porsche after the penultimate Full Course Yellow.

Unfortunately, neither of the two Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evos made the finish. The #111, which started third on the grid with Steijn Schothorst, Rolf Ineichen and Lamborghini Factory Drivers Mirko Bortolotti and Marco Mapelli encountered electrical issues while the #19 of Factory Drivers Albert Costa and Franck Perera, alongside Tim Zimmermann and Misha Goikhberg also hit mechanical problems. Both had been running well inside the top five before retiring.

The next endurance race on the calendar takes place on 20th March with the 12 Hours of Sebring, a race in which Lamborghini is chasing its third victory after success in 2018 and 2019.

The Harley-Davidson® Nightster™ motorcycle is the next chapter in the Harley-Davidson Sportster™ legacy – a leap forward in performance and design built on a foundation laid 65 years ago.

The Harley-Davidson Sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by Harley-Davidson. Sportster models are designated in Harley-Davidson's product code by beginning with "XL". In 1952, the predecessors to the Sportster, the Model K Sport and Sport Solo motorcycles, were introduced. These models K, KK, KH, and KHK of 1952 to 1956 had a sidevalve ('flat head') engine, whereas the later XL Sportster models use an overhead valve engine. The first Sportster in 1957 had many of the same details of the KH including the frame, fenders, large gas tank and front suspension.

The original Sportster line was discontinued in Europe in 2020 due to the engine failing to meet the stricter Euro 5 emissions standards. An all-new model equipped with the Revolution Max engine called the Sportster S was introduced in 2021, the first motorcycle under the Sportster nameplate to receive a new engine since 1986, and the first Sportster to have an engine not derived from the Model K.

I have heard of these before, the #beetlerod but I'm not sure if I quite did it right. This model is based on the classic VW Beetle. but mounted on a Hotrod chassis with a big V8 up front with a long extended front end.

After looking at what people had otherwise done, keeping the classic profile, including the hood, it looks like I have taken the lazy path.

Though not the same shape as a 1930s Ford, the Beetle shape does a good impression of the 1930s fastback profile, as well as being nice and narrow.

Made for #mocaroundgang challenge 48 for #ratrod vehicles.

The Holden FB is an automobile produced by Holden in Australia from 1960 to 1961. Introduced on 14 January 1960, the FB series replaced the Holden FC range.

The FB range consisted of four-door sedans in two trim levels, five-door station wagons in two trim levels, a two-door coupe utility and a two-door panel van.

The FB was promoted as being longer, lower, more spacious and more powerful than the FC model, but in reality it was only slightly so on each count. Overall length was 5.5 inches (140 mm) greater, although the wheelbase remained the same.

The engine bore was still 3 inches (76 mm), the last model with that specification. Engine capacity remained at 132 cubic inches (2.16 L) but the compression ratio was raised. However, the resulting extra 4 brake horsepower (3 kW) of power did not compensate for the greater weight of the FB, so performance was inferior to that of its predecessor.

Obvious styling differences were the lower bonnet, finned rear mudguards with new taillights (on the sedans and wagons only) and a wrap-around windscreen. Seating was improved, as was the instrument panel.

Notably, the FB was the first Holden model to also be produced in left-hand drive form, those vehicles being destined for export markets.

This is my first model for #mocaround49 build challenge titled #vacationwagon

On 11 December 2007, as part of Aston Martin's opening of their own design studio, the company unveiled a concept car based on the V8 Vantage. The car, known as the V12 Vantage RS, featured the AM11 V12 engine from the DBS and produced 510 bhp (380 kW) and 570 N⋅m of torque. The power along with the kerb weight of 1,680 kg allows the car to accelerate from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 4.2 seconds and achieve a top speed of 190 mph (306 km/h).

Other additions include a new rear diffuser, a retractable rear-wing which can be raised or lowered, and carbon-ceramic brakes. The boot-lid and vented bonnet are also made from carbon-fibre to help decrease the car's weight. In early 2008, Aston Martin's CEO confirmed production of the V12 Vantage RS for mid-2009.

In September 2009, the V12 Vantage was confirmed for the United States market and then-CEO Ulrich Bez personally confirmed that homologation in the United States was underway. This was in response to the decision of expanding the production run beyond 1,000 units.

Aston Martin unveiled a convertible version called the V12 Vantage Roadster which was a limited production of 101 units in 2013. It has a larger rearspoiler and ventilation carbon openings in the bonnet. With a kerb weight of 1,760 kg the Roadster weighs 80 kg more due to chassis stiffening modifications, and because of the additional weight the Roadster accelerates from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 4.5 seconds, but retains the coupé's top speed of 190 mph (306 km/h).

This V12 Vantage Roadster has been created for #mocaroundgang #mocaround66 to the theme of #convertible hosted by @spamala808

Gail Phillips is no stranger to the Bonneville Speedway flats having raced the flats for over 11 years. She holds numerous records, one of the most prestigious being the 7th woman ever to be inducted into the 200 mph club.

In 2006 she piloted her patriotic 1999 Corvette to an average top speed of 190.15 mph, breaking the 28 year E/Grand Touring record. Surprisingly her car, despite coming with one from the factory, didn’t have an LS1 motor installed at the time of her record breaking run. Instead it had an ever dependable small-block between the fenders.

The SBC motor was chosen in part for its reliability and simplicity, but it was also utilized to meet class requirements. The E/Grand Touring class limits displacement to 260ci and her motor squeaked in just under the barrier. Still the motor made an impressive 445 horsepower which combined with the C5’s low coefficient of drag proved more than enough.

The car also still runs stock brakes and it’s the parachutes sticking off the back doing most of the work bringing it back down to more common speeds.

Model created for Instagram #mocaroundgang 61st build challenge #saltflatspeeder hosted by @f1elevenbricks

#Gaslands - #mocaroundgang #mocaround68 challenge #gaslands for August 2023. Theme is hosted by @poppalars

Took me a while to work out what they were talking about.

Gaslands is a games you play on the table with Hotwheels cars as follows:

To get started, assemble some toy cars, kit them out with weapons and choose a scenario. Set up some post-apocalyptic terrain; deploy your cars and roll-off for the first move.

See the previous notes on a good car choice.

However, this didn't quite hit the mark with how the finished car should look.

The think I missed was the word 'Hotwheels'.

What difference does that make?

Well, it comes down to what a Hotwheels car looks like, and specifically, to the cartoonishly large wheels and tires. There are a couple of reasons for this - it usually lifts the ground clearance, improving the ability of a Hotwheels car to roll across carpet, and the other, is that it makes them look cool.

So here is my fourth Gaslands 'Hotwheels' mod, a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach I. You can see right away, that this is much more aligned to the required aesthetic.

This model is firmly based on a Gaslands custom by Titis on redit.

I thought I'd try this one for a #ratrod a Modified version of Mater from Pixar 'Cars', named 'Towminator'.

Modifications include the obligatory suspension drop, fat wheels and boosted engine.

Stylistically 'Towminator' gets a set of less friendly teeth.

Designed for #mocaroundgang challenge 48 for ratrods.

Lee Majors did pretty well for himself, moving on from the Six Million Dollar Man to The Fall Guy who was the cool stuntman by day, and since his dangerous way of making a living could not make him enough money, he moonlighted as a bounty hunter.

For the movie stunts Colt Seavers relies on his physical prowess, for the bit where he needs to chase the bad guys down and haul them in to get the bond money, it's his GMC trucks that do all the hard work. It leaps, it flies, it jumps and does everything with such incredible finesse, you want that truck now.

While it all looks like one indestructible monolith, in actuality, there were multiple trucks used for the shoot, and a great many of them never made it out of the “stunts”. Of course, all of them were GMCs.

In the first couple of seasons of The Fall Guy, the truck you see Colt Seavers driving is a 1980 GMC 4X4 K25. To make the truck look way more capable and athletic, it rode on a six-inch lift kit and also had a chromed-up rollbar bearing high-intensity lights. It also wore 35-inch Dick Cepek off-road tires that were knobbly and looked as if they could ride over just about any other car on the road, and that did happen a couple of times on the show.

Later, the truck became a 1982 model and wore a Sierra Grande trim package, now powered by a 5.7-liter V8 mated to a three-speed automatic transmission. In the later seasons, it was this 1982 GMC K-2500 Sierra Grande Wideside, a brute of a truck that jumped over things as a ‘Roo does, rode on two wheels, and did everything a normal car could never do, unless it was being driven by Lee Majors.

This GMC K2500 is built for #mocaroundgang build challenge #mocaround67 titled #hollywoodrides hosted by @my_lego_garage

AF Corse has announced their return to the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2022, for its 60th edition.

Once again, the number 21 Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO 2020 will be driven by three time Italian GT Pro-Am Champion, Simon Mann and WEC LMGTE-AM World Champion Nicklas Nielsen. This year they will be partnered by former FIA WEC GT World Champion, Toni Vilander, and two time Le Mans podium winner, Luis Perez-Companc. The squad is going to race in the GTD Pro Am class.

The AF Corse Ferrari ran in contention halfway through the 70th anniversary running of the Twelve Hours of Sebring, although the pole-winning GTD Pro Ferrari fell out of contention for victory with a mechanical issue only two hours into the event.

At the midway point, Simon Mann ran sixth in the No. 21 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 co-driven by Luis Perez Companc and Toni Vilander. The car started seventh, but Mann had the red Ferrari up to second by the end of the first hour.

Daniel Serra started the race on the GTD Pro class pole No. 62 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 he shares with Davide Rigon and Edward Cheever III. Serra led most of the opening hour before his pit stop, prevailing in a terrific scrap with a Lamborghini driver right up until the lap before his stop.

Rigon ran third throughout his stint before turning the Ferrari over to team newcomer Edward Cheever III. Cheever also worked his way up to third when he pitted and went behind the wall at the 2:15 mark with power steering failure. After a 14-minute stop, Cheever rejoined the race in ninth, losing eight laps. After the two starting drivers drove single stints, Cheever returned to the wheel for the midway point. The team made up three laps but was still ninth, five laps in arrears.

The No. 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of Giorgio Sernagiotto, Roberto Lacorte and Antonio Fuoco started fifth. The car was on the lead lap five-hours, 25-minutes into the race when Sernagiotto slid off into a tire barrier exiting Turn 1. He was able to get back to the pits, with the car able to rejoin the race although two laps back.

The Tornado Rat Rod is a highly-modified, "hotrod" variant of the rusty Tornado, which is seemingly inspired by the custom 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Rat Rod Wagon built in 2014 by Chris Walker from ITW Hot Rods.

The front clip of the car was completely removed in favour of an extended chassis, featuring a drop-beam aluminium bar with small suspension linkages and two articulated bars connected to the structure, in a similar fashion to the Hotknife and the Fränken Stange. Its front end is fitted with a small bumper with turn signals and two circular headlamps over it. It has a massive engine fitted with high velocity stacks, side exhaust stacks and cam covers bearing "TORNADO" badges. The sides of the car are mostly identical to the Tornado, but the rear fenders were cut in order to fit the large rear wheels. The greenhouse area remains identical in shape and design, as well as the whole rear end. On the underside, the rear axle was lifted and supported by four articulated bars and small suspension linkages.

The vehicle is painted in a single color for the body and a portion of the engine block. It uses a set of wheels consisting of "Dukes" rims with standard-sized treaded tires for the front, and "Five Star" rims with large-sized slicks for the rear, both having a colorable surrounding only seen in naturally-generated examples (i.e. Content Creator). However, switching colors from the custom front wheels may also affect the rear ones, though it will lose its color when the front wheels are reverted back to the default ones.

As with animated primary drives in the motorcycles of the Bikers update, the Tornado Rat Rod features an animated timing belt powering every engine pulley.

Created in lego miniland scale for #mocaround48 challenge #ratrod