Vroom Room
Friday, May 18, 2012 Good Morning!
Its Friday, its the Vroom Room, we have our usual cappuccino, make yourself comfortable, join the conversation.
A wonderful montage of Carrol Shelby's life. Shelby was at the right place at the right time to put a small block Ford engine in an English chassis, and subsequently take advantage of Henry Ford being spurned by Enzo Ferrari. Agreed a Cobra Daytona Coupe is still hyper cool.
Did you miss the video of the early Corvette (scroll down), with the prototype small block, fascinating story that sheds light on some of the "back door" activities at GM from back in time. Goes back to the days of blueprinting engines, porting heads, and the famous Duntov camshaft which was a status symbol.
A small block Chevy with a Duntov cam the instant it went past 3,000 RPM exploded to 6,000 + RPM an incredible rush of power in the upper revolution ranges, with hardly any torque at lower revolutions.
There is an intrinsic simplicity and timeless goodness about a dish of pasta that is beyond words, especially with a good sauce, fresh bread, and wine. Does pasta have anything to do with small block Chevies?
Are you surprised that JP Morgan did some "house cleaning" as a result of their trading losses? Great optics to keep the critics content.
Have you read that GM is reflecting on repurchasing portions of Ally...on the premise that it needs its own in house financial arm. You truly want to think about this for a moment...GM invented in the house financial arm (GMAC) when no bank wanted to finance cars (yes we are going back a few years).
Something different, a Flavor of the World from 1962 - 50 Years Ago.
Yes...we have some old Ferrari's and Maserati's and Carroll Shelby from way back in the day, take a moment peruse the early days of Shel's driving for John Edgar, and sports car racing.