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TOM McCARTHY When in the future, motor sports fans look back on the year 2020, it will be long remembered how the sport of drag racing changed drastically due to the presence of the COVID-19 virus, which emerged in February of that year. By March of 2020, everything began shutting down for eight to ten weeks
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sand down any rust spots that may form and paint those areas. That does work and it will extend the service life of your vehicle. The drawback is that it is very time consuming and it is very hard to get any protection into the in-ternal areas with a traditional paint. We have also seen the use of rubberized undercoatings. Those provide the sacrificial barrier like we mentioned but once a nick or crack forms it gives a chance for moisture/salt to get un-derneath and start eating away at the steel your vehicle is made from. All of this happens with-out you being aware of it. Rubberized undercoating much like paint is very hard to ensure full coverage inside any internal areas. We looked long and hard before choosing the system that we wanted to implement. What sets NHOU© apart from the other brands and applications is its ability to creep and move into the exact places where the salt brine festers and starts trouble but is mostly inaccessible by other forms of protection. NHOU© implements a 2-stage application for New vehicles. The Boss Wax® system uses an Environmentally friendly, water based, semi self-healing rust preventative on the external surfaces. The Boss Wax® dries to a nice semi-gloss black finish to provide that sacrificial layer needed to prevent moisture and salt getting to the bare steel. The second stage of the system utilizes NHOU© clear oil that gets misted into all of the internal cavities of the vehicle. This includes but is not limited to frames, rockers, doors, hoods, internal fenders, tailgates, hatches, trunks etc. NHOU© is a mineral oil based undercoating so it continues to creep and provide protection, yet is environmentally friendly and non-toxic.
When the roads were covered in sand for the winter, we didn’t see much of a problem with the rot we experience today. Currently most municipalities use a SALT BRINE solution. This is very harmful because it is a liquefied salt solution that is able to get into the cracks and crevic-es of body panels, frames and suspension components. Most people use the car wash as their rust prevention maintenance plan. This keeps the outside of your vehicle looking nice (also add-ing lots of little microscopic scratches that add up to a dull finish, but we are talking about un-dercoating, not paint protection here) but the bottom of the vehicle is only getting cleaned where the water can spray. It’s not getting inside with pressure where the salt brine has accu-mulated, and in most cases the salt brine has such an adhesive property that just high pressure water isn’t enough. Combine this with the fact that most car washes recycle their water and you just gave your vehicle a high-pressure salt bath!
The key to this system is that for it to work correctly, it needs to be present. Over time the oil coating on the internal cavities will diminish and the outer wax may get damaged from road hazards or vehicle lifts from service work. This is where your maintenance plan comes in. A biannual maintenance is recommended to touch up the outer wax areas that may have gotten disturbed past the point of the self-healing and to re-oil all of the internal cavities. Just like you change your oil and top off the fluids, regular maintenance is crucial to the longevity of your vehicle and its value.
What can I do to prevent this? What you need is to develop a comprehensive rust prevention maintenance program. You change your oil, service your brakes, suspension, tune ups all to gain great life and reliability out of your vehicle. Does that help if after a few years you have rust and rot? Once it starts it is very hard and expensive to get rid of.
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There are many ways to accomplish this. We have seen people that use a garden hose, get un-der their vehicle and wash out all the internal cavities,
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By XANDER YESSAIAN Yes Motorheads, you read that right, at 3 ½ years old I have just acquired my first full sized automobile and believe it or not, it’s a real nice piece of machin-ery!! The vehicle I’m referring to is my 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC, a variation of Ford’s Fox-Body platform with its own particular style that immediately became a crowd favorite. My LSC came from an elderly couple that garaged it almost all of its life and with only 90k original miles it runs strong and drives like you’re on a cloud, thanks to the functioning airbag suspension that these cars featured. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a 30-yearold car and needs a little TLC but that’s where my cousins Tyler and Dan Christopher at Southern NH Undercar come in. The car has some outstanding features, that were clearly way ahead of their time, including fourwheel disk brakes, four-wheel ABS, and keyless entry. Of course, my Dad was excited when he opened the truck and found the original Marchal foglamps and the factory BBS wheels that are currently out being re-stored and painted black.
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SHEREDA’S STARSKY & By ROB MAY and MELISSA SHEREDA S is for September, Seventies, Shereda, and of course Starsky & Hutch! This special 1976 Ford Gran Torino Starsky & Hutch Edition , owned by Melissa and Ray Shereda, makes its home in Riverton, IL. Initially known to Rob May via the Mercury Cougar world, Melissa had a 1968 Cougar received from her Mom a few years after she was married. “We stripped that car down to an empty shell and redid everything on it. Sadly, after putting 9,000 miles on it in two years, it was totaled. Another 1968 Cougar was found, and we went through the whole process again, using the drivetrain and interior from the first Cat.” Their latest addition is a 1969 Mercury Colony Park station wagon with 35,000 original miles. Here is their Torino story: Melissa loved the Starsky & Hutch show and the car. “My goal in life was to own a Starsky Torino and a General Lee Charger when I grew up. After missing out on the chance to have the “Striped Tomato” as my first car, I ended up with other cars over the years but never forgot about the Starsky car. In 2005, I had been without a “play car” for about 10 years and started searching the internet for whatever I could get a good deal on. That proved to be too vague, so I decided to narrow my search to one vehicle, and the Torino seemed like a good idea. I finally found one on eBay that was only a few hours away and in my price range.” Melissa went to go look at it, and she couldn’t believe it was the same car in the pictures as the paint was really faded. “The car had also been repainted at some point in its life and not only was the stripe done wrong, it was not even the same on both sides of the car.” A 400 engine and FMX transmission had replaced the original 351 Windsor/ C4 combination, and all A/C 26| Motorhead Magazine - September 2020
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components had been removed including the box on the firewall. “Overall, it was a solid car, so I made the seller an offer, but he wanted to let the auction run its course. A couple of days later, the auction was ended early. I was disappointed but resisted the urge to be angry with the seller and just emailed him for an explanation of what happened. He said he was made ‘an offer he couldn’t refuse’ to cancel the auction and sell outright. I wished him luck with the sale and turned my attention elsewhere. Not finding any other suitable Torino’s for sale, I was looking through the local trader and found a 1972 Firebird 350 with a four-speed for sale for about the same money. After thinking it over for a couple of days, I was about to pull the trigger when the Torino seller contacted me and offered me the car. Apparently after he Continued Next Page
drove it two hours to make the deal, the buyer tried to get him to take ½ of the agreed price rather than take the car back home. He had already had somebody else offer him what he wanted for it, but he liked me better, so if I matched the offer the car was mine! Two days later, on July 20, 2006, I was back with cash in hand. I thought about trying to knock him down a couple hundred dollars but decided against it. About to leave, he asked us to wait, and brought about $400 worth of spare parts out of his basement and threw them in for free.” The 165-mile trip home was made on a sweltering, 90-degree day with no taillights, brake lights, nor turn signals; and the only gauge that worked was the tachometer. The dome light was missing. “That wasn’t a problem until we were at highway speed with both windows down and the air pushed into the opening in the headliner and
Y & HUTCH TORINO ripped it loose from the bows. This resulted in the headliner pushing down on my head so hard that I had to drive with one hand holding it up until I could pull off at a truck stop. We bought some safety pins and pinned the material back up to the bows to make the rest of the trip.” At home they took pictures of it, and just like the eBay ad, it looked much better in the pictures than it did in person. “I heard a lot of comments about the car being orange over the next few years.” Cleaning inside and out was the first thing done. The “orange” paint was buffed out to shine it up a little. This was followed by new carpet and reupholstering the front seats. Next, the aftermarket steering wheel was replaced with an original one, and repairs were done to make all the lights and gauges functional. Ray continues the story: “In 2007, Melissa and I began our relationship, and she was totally on board with the car life. In December 2009, we started a drivetrain swap/front suspension rebuild that was finished in April 2010. We stripped the front suspension down to the frame rails and replaced/refurbished everything. I knew I wanted to get the car repainted someday; my wife decided it was someday! In 2011, the car was stripped down to bare metal. After some minor rust and dent repair, it was repainted in the factory colors of 2B Bright Red and 9C Wimbledon White. Just like the factory paint job, the white was painted first and then the stripe was masked off using a template made from our friend Pat Park’s car which still had the factory paint. In 2012, Pat got tired of listening to me complaining about electrical problems and brought a wiring harness out of his parts stash. He rewired the entire car in just a couple of hours. After a 3-and-a-half-hour drive home from a car show in 100-degree heat, we decided it was time to get the factory air working. It required three attempts before we identified all the parts that needed to be replaced, and then the compressor gave out a few months later so we had to get the system charged a fourth-and hopefully final-time. We have installed a TV show-correct Motorola police radio and a working Federal siren, and of course we have the magnetic red light to stick on the roof! We have a recording of
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The car is one of 1,305 Starsky & Hutch replicas built by Ford Motor Company at the Chicago plant. These are commonly referred to as a “Limited” (short for Limited Production). Limited’s came out from the factory with the distinctive red and white paint job, although the stripe is different from what was shown on the television show. That was either due to copyrights or to make it easier for the assembly line. The slotted mag wheels were not included from the factory; most Limited’s came with Magnum 500 wheels. After purchasing an assembled 351 Windsor short block, 1970 Windsor heads were added. The engine also includes a mild cam, and an Edelbrock Performer 351W intake with an Edelbrock 600 cfm carb. The Torino uses stock exhaust manifolds with dual glasspacks. The transmission is a stock C4 rebuilt by Steve’s Transmissions in Springfield, IL. The rear axle is the stock 9 inch; the original 2.73 open gearset has been replaced with a 3.23:1 limited slip. “The car is a great highway cruiser. It is comfortable and drives straight. The factory R12 air conditioning works well. We have driven it approximately 25,000 miles since it was repainted. The longest trip being to the Carlisle Ford Nationals in Pennsylvania in 2016. It has also been to Indianapolis where we were able to drive around the Speedway as part of a car show there. The Torino has been on multiple trips to Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, and all around Illinois too. It was famous and rare even when it was new, and now it’s one of approximately 100 known to exist. People constantly take pictures when we’re driving it. Anytime we take it out, people flock to it because they loved the TV show. The Torino doesn’t get out as much the last few years because it has been sharing show time with our 1968 Mercury Cougar. Since it was repainted in 2011 it has been in over 100 shows and probably brought home trophies in 30-40 of them.” Not bad for a car that has been everywhere it has, and never been trailered. CALL 401-965-9012 TO ADVERTISE
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Starsky & Hutch, the television series, inspired a special edition Ford produced SH Torino and a 2004 tribute movie. Alexandria, Louisiana is the
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afternoon with Mike hearing about the build and its movie use. After that, I was sold and determined to own the car.” This Torino was in great condition as a movie car but needed work to make it pass in-spection for street use. “I had to install windshield wipers, a rearview mirror, and add wiring from a parts car to have backup lights. For promotional photo shoots, there were 4 high beam headlights; I changed to two high beams and 2 low beams. The door locks needed work; horns were added. New rod bearings and main bearings in the engine had to be replaced due to the stress that it was put under during filming.” The trunk needed a jack and spare tire. The dome light and dash lights were not working so those were repaired. Special features include an absolutely clear windshield with no rearview mirror. This is to ensure during filming the actors would not have any green tint on their faces. It has a quick ratio racing steering box for quicker turns while doing stunts. It has eye bolts in the seatbelt floor mounts to temporarily
hook up the racing seatbelt harness when doing high speed stunts. The car was painted Viper Red to make it brighter than the TV car and pop more on the big screen. The interior was converted from black bench seats to black bucket seats, floor shifter, and console so the actors wouldn’t slide around during burnouts and quick maneuvers. The drive train was done by Premiere Studio Rentals as part of the car’s transformation to a Starsky & Hutch movie car. The producers wanted a car that would do what they needed without having to use special effects. The exhaust system sounded so good that they used it in the movie, not special effects. The engine is a 351W bored out to a 360 with a Scat crank and rods. It has a 10.1 compression, Edelbrock RPM aluminum heads, a RPM high rise 4-barrel intake, a high lift cam, and headers. The engine produced 425HP on dyno. The transmission is C6 auto transmission with a 3800 stall converter and a manual shift valve body. The rear end has a 9-inch posi with 4.11 gears. “I’m very protective of my Torino. It does get a lot of attention with people pulling out their phones to take pictures and videos. I mainly drive it at car shows and special events. Compared to other ‘74, ‘75, and ‘76 Gran Torinos, it has a lot more power with the upgrades. The full driving experience is to me all about having the windows down (no AC) and listening to the sounds of the engine and exhaust. I have to crank up the volume very loud if I want to listen to 70s tunes on the 8-track tape player! It handles reasonably well.” In 2018, Eldon showed his car in New Orleans where Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky) and David Soul (Hutch) drove the Torino around New Orleans in an exclusive fan event also attended by Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear) where they signed the car. As most people will know, they were the original stars from the TV show. It also has the signatures of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson from when they filmed the 2004 movie. For people who have seen the movie, they may remember at the end was an out take of a stunt driver. He crashed the front of the car while doing a reverse 180 at high speed. He hit a parked police car, damaging the front end on the 3rd take. “This was my car that was crashed but it did end up in the scene in the movie, they just used an earlier take. The scene was when Starsky first picks up Hutch at the police station. The car was quickly repaired and back on the set for filming.”
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Photos By LOU CICERONE Motorhead took a ride over to the New England Air Museum in August. “We took a ride up there, we had a great time,” said Motorhead publisher Lou Cicerone, “it’s a great place to visit. Definitely a must see destination on a Saturday or Sunday, jump in the car and head over, you won’t be disappointed!” The New England Air Museum (NEAM) is an aerospace museum located adjacent to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT. The museum consists of three display hangars with additional storage and restoration hangars. It’s collections include aircraft ranging from early flying machines to supersonic jets, as well as engines, and other pieces of flight-related equipment. Significant aircraft include the Silas Brooks balloon basket - the oldest surviving American-built aircraft, the Sikorsky VS-44A - the sole remaining American-built commercial trans-oceanic four-engine flying boat, the Goodyear ZNPK-28 Blimp Control Car - one of only two surviving K-class control cars in the world. Exhibits include the history of Sikorsky Aircraft, computer-based flight simulators, and the 58th Bombardment Wing Memorial with the centerpiece being a restored B-29A. Additionally, there are exhibits on early French aviation, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Kosciuszko Squadron, and the 57th Fighter Group. The museum library has approximately 6,000 aviation books, approximately 20,000 periodicals, approximately 10,000 technical manuals, approximately 21,000 photographs, nearly 8,000 slides, over 200 pieces of artwork, over 1,200 prints, and approximateContinued Next Page 36| Motorhead Magazine - September 2020
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Current projects in the museum’s restoration program include the only remaining Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster, a Douglas DC-3, a Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II and a Kaman HOK-1 helicopter.
The mission of the New England Air Museum is “committed to presenting the story of aviation, the human genius that made it possible and the profound effects that it has had on the way in which we live”. The museum is located at 36 Perimeter Rd, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 and you can reach them by calling (860) 6233305 or visit their website at www.neam.org for a ton of information.
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By K V How many times can you say the same word when looking at one vehicle? Spend just a few minutes looking at Ron Faria’s custom 1934 Ford Truck and you will say “Wow” or some iteration of that word many, many times. So many things jump out at you with just one glance you’re not sure where to look. One of the most obvious things is the stance. This truck is low. The top was chopped 5 inches and the bottom was channeled 4 inches. The monster rear tires also grab your attention. The 15x10 Rocket Racing wheels are mounted inside huge Mickey Thompson Sportsman Pro tires out back with skinny 15x4 wheels and Mickey Thompson tires up front. Continued Next Page
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It was no small feat for Ron to get this truck to sit the way it does. He is a Master Auto Body Tradesman at Balise Collision Center. He used his skills to fabricate a custom dropped axle I-beam front suspension along with a custom 4-link rear suspension. The rear end is a 9” Ford with 3.70 gears. Sandwiched between the engine and rear end is 5 speed manual transmission. The engine Ron stuffed into the boxed ‘34 style frame is just mean, it’s almost intimidating. A run-of-the-mill engine wasn’t going to cut it for this project, so Ron put together an old school small block Chevy 40| Motorhead Magazine - September 2020
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CT’s Ron Silk had both the fast car and good fortune he needed to triumph over a stout NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour field in a wild and wooly Thompson 150 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Thursday, September 3. Silk was handed the lead under caution on lap 149 when NASCAR Cup Series invader Ryan Preece ran out of fuel. The veteran Silk then held off point leader Justin Bonsignore on a green-white-checkered overtime finish to capture his 14th career Whelen Modified Tour victory and put an end to Bonsignore’s grip on the historic speedway. Polesitter and six-time champion Doug Coby of Norwalk, CT set the early pace, leading a three-car breakaway with Holtsville, NY’s Bonsignore and Miller Place, NY’s Craig Lutz. Coby easily held the top spot through the first caution on lap 29 when Anthony Nocella spun while trying to pass Patrick Emerling for fourth. However, the handle on Coby’s car began to go away. Coming off turn two on the 67th go-around, both Bonsignore and Lutz dove beneath Coby and drop-kicked him back to third. When the caution came out again four laps later for Chris Pasteryak’s spin, all the lead-lap cars chose to head down pit road for fresh tires and adjustments. Silk, who started eight, was sitting in sixth following the pit stop cycle, but when the green flag flew again, the veteran roared up to third on the outside as Coby continued to drift backwards. Silk then moved into the second spot on lap 88 and stayed there through two more yellows for spins from Nocella and Calvin Carroll. On the latter caution at lap 108, Coby chose to make an unscheduled pit stop after having fallen all the way to eighth. Silk made two attempts to divebomb Bonsignore for the lead after the restart, but Bonsignore was ready and took the lead right back each time. On the 125th circuit, though, Silk was able to make the move stick, getting past Bonsignore entering turn three. Lutz did the same to Bonsignore a few laps later, and Berlin, CT’s Preece was right behind him as he started to come on strong. Following Nocella’s third spin of the night on lap 133, Bonsignore surged 44| Motorhead Magazine - September 2020
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back into second on the restart. The field then ran out of real estate exiting turn four, which led to a red flag after Eric Goodale, Timmy Solomito, and Sam Rameau piled into the frontstretch wall. Racing resumed with eight laps to go, and after Preece negotiated his way to the runner-up spot, he swung to the outside of Silk entering turn one, taking the lead on lap 147 to thunderous applause. But the biggest twist was yet to come. The seventh caution flew a lap after the lead change when Kyle Bonsignore pounded the turn-four wall. As the field circled under caution, Preece’s fuel tank suddenly ran dry despite having packed it full before the start. Preece helplessly coasted to a stop in the pits as Silk found himself back in the lead. Lutz lined up alongside Silk for the final two-lap sprint and tried to make a last-ditch charge, but slid up the track in turn one, allowing Silk to get away for the win. Despite his 7-of-8 Thompson Speedway winning streak getting snapped, Justin Bonsignore maintained his point lead with a runner-up finish. Chelmsford, MA’s Jon McKennedy took third starting at the rear for an unapproved adjustment. Pasteryak recovered from his mid-race spin to finish fourth while Coby sliced through the field late to come home fifth. Dave Sapienza, Ronnie Williams, Nocella, Matt Swanson, and rookie Tyler Rypkrema rounded out the top-10. A trio of cautions then flew over an eight-lap span, the last of which came on lap 21 when Walter Sutcliffe and Michael Mitchell smacked the turntwo wall. When the field re-racked for a four-lap shootout, Pitkat chose the inside line with Gluchacki at his right-side door. The Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park oval will play host to the 48th Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11. A total of 17 divisions are tentatively scheduled for the annual racing festival, including the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models, 350 Small Block Supermodifieds, and Northeast Midget Association. The full schedule and pricing will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information, contact the ACT offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.acttour.com/thompson-speedway(link is external)or www.thompsonspeedway.com. You can also get updates on Facebook and Twitter at @ACTTour. For general Thompson Speedway inquires, call (860) 923-2280 or email oval@thompsonspeedway.com.
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Jet Cars Under the Stars 2020: End of an Era TOM McCARTHY
On August 1, 2020, at New England Dragway, Rt 101, Epping, NH, the annual Jet Cars Under the Stars event was held for the New England racing fans – the faithful – who bought every ticket they could and packed the place for an excellent show, under the lights. The NED, Jet Cars Under the Stars show has been a staple of the New England Racing scene for dec-ades now. The fans know what to expect and it’s fast paced action from the 6PM show time start till near 10-PM every year. That’s near four hours of loud peddle punctuated by intermittent Jet Car blasts, down the storied 1320 racing surface. The show for the year 2020 included headliners such as Hanna Motorsports jet dragster and jet Funny Cars, Ernie Bogue driving “The Beast from the East” jet dragster, the Chevy Wheelstander Pick-uptruck, the Hot Rods from Hell and of course the star of the show, “The Shock Wave” tri-motor Jet Truck. In addition to the headliners, the New England Dragway racers kept the racing entertainment going with the racing classes engaged in eliminations with the categories of Pro Comp, Top Sportsman, New England No-Time, Gassers, Top Bike and Street Fighter. Winners of some of
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KNIGHT RIDER LIVES ON By ROB MAY and MARC BROWN
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Marc Brown, a lone crusader in a dangerous world, has been involved in the Knight Rider community for 25 years. “I’ll never forget my Dad yelling ‘Hey, that show about a talking car is coming on.’ I fell in love with KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand). It was like Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee, but indestructible and had an attitude!”. Marc’s first car is his 1968 Mercury Cougar, which we know catches Rob May’s attention! “It was passed down through the family.”
Marc totally took everything apart. “Everything was removed before the bodywork (which was done by me). I wanted the body to have a seamless look, with no overlapping of metals from factory, no extra holes, no dimples.” There were tons of welding and grinding on this vehicle. “I started
Having several cars in the past, Marc decided he wanted to do one more ride and was given the quote ‘ONE MORE ONLY!’ He found a 1988 Formula Firebird and spent 12 years transforming it into the Knight Rider Replica. Marc says there is much to learn when making a Knight Rider. “KITT is truly a hard car to replicate, and it took a lot longer due to making parts, looking for NOS pieces, and finding vendors for KITT related parts. The kiddo has seen it totally come together and I want to thank my Wife (Doniel Brown) and Stella for their time and believing in me throughout the project.” “If I could have known what I know now, I’d start with an 82-84 Trans Am and things would have been 10X easier. Instead, I went into it only looking at needing a Firebird with T-Tops and Cowl Hood. I did not think how hard it would be to find 82-84 fenders with air extractors, PMD seats and Continued Next Page 50| Motorhead Magazine - September 2020
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with the engine bay. I had already thought about doing a twin turbo setup, so I welded in pans where battery and charcoal/ emissions canister went. Oh, don’t get your welding too close to the interior insulation as it will catch on fire really quick. I lost my whole wiring harness due to this.” Bodywork on KITT lasted 3 years. “During this
time, I purchased some Knight Rider parts through a vendor to start the conversion process. The lines on the nosecone did not look like the original nosecone designed by Michael Scheffe (designer of KITT). Therefore, I went down a road of sculpting my own nose and oh did I learn some stuff!! I found some members of the Knight Rider community that had original measurements of the original nosecone, and I started sculpting my own front nose/bumper. My first nosecone required 1.5 years to sculpt, due to learning how to sculpt including learning secrets of fiberglass and filler. This nose that I sculpted never made it into production.” While the car’s body was ready for paint, Marc decided to do another nose after seeing the original in person at a Las Vegas Knight Rider show, and he had what I needed to make another. Sculpting this was another year. After purchasing some interior pieces from same vendor as the nose, Marc again did not like lines of dash. “I tried to sculpt and make it work, but I happened to come across a dash created from an original from Universal Studios. (I sold the first dash and got to see it installed a few years later on another replica). I was truly getting hooked on finding original buttons and gizmos from Knight Rider, so I started looking for the original TV frames for the 2-TV dash that Knight Rider’s 1st season had. This needed 6 months to find, but I did remember Scheffe saying it was a portable TV for tenting and outdoors. I found the TV-frames and was thrilled until I tried to put on the newer dash I received. This newer dash used the TV-frames that were replicas of the originals as nobody knew the size of original TV-frames. Well, they were about 3/8th different in size. So here I went again, re-sculpting the dash to fit the original TVFrames.” Everything was finally parallel, like original. Marc worked at gathering other pieces to finish interior. “I was looking everywhere for original buttons and original NOS interior pieces. I worked with a company at the time that was the only one making true to the show’s specifications on the electronics and what was wild was that he was in my own hometown! He and I worked on the electronic layouts for the 1st season car’s electronics. After 3 sets of electronics, the final set turned out
HP engine, then wanted to do a twin-Turbo setup, but he also came up with another CRAZY idea!! “I figured since I went this far with the bodywork and interior that I would try to make KITT’s engine look like a Jet-engine as KITT supposedly had.” This was another fabrication project. On the TV show, we never see the engine. “It was a year of making not only the engine cover, but also the scanner cover (to hide wires), tail-light cover, and tons of other wild and crazy looking stuff. I tried to think an industrial / Armed Forces look for the engine bay.” After a couple years, the engine was ready to be installed. The 350 is paired to a 700r4. “I put a turbo cam from Comp Cam in and set valve lash. We also installed the Martin Turbo kit. You have to have Turbo Boost!!! It’s a 2-plain intake with a valve door that when under pressure, closes and the fuel and air mix in turbo and then go under the top intake and into secondary intake bottom side intake.” The engine’s carb is a 750 CFM Demon 1901 which does great for getting plenty of fuel. Driveshaft from tranny to rear is Aluminum and the rear end is a beefier stock unit. All new Stainless brake lines from front to back and all new bushings and brakes. “After getting everything in place, I was able to get the engine started and tuned up. Engine ran nicely and was ready for a test drive.” Marc now had KITT! The most unique of the features is the nose on this KITT. “After sculpting a 3rd nose for a client, I was offered a chance to own a copy of an original nose. I took that offer and restored it to 1st season specs: meaning plexi-covers for turn signals and Grilles for fog area. This is the only 1st season original nose in existence. The next unique feature is the CRT monitors and dash. The CRTs are for viewing 3 cameras on vehicle (Front, middle, rear). This is KITT’s surveillance mode. The left monitor controls cameras and is switched between cameras with rocker switches on lower console. The right monitor projects viewing for DVD player and gaming system of choice; mainly Atari to keep retro. This also is controlled by rocker switches on lower console.
beautiful!! I’ll never forget after installing it into the dash, turning them all on for the first time. This was an awesome view to finally see it all come together. The kiddo and I had a blast playing Pac-man on KITT’s monitors!!!” Scott Winfield of the Paint Shop in Winston-Salem, NC created the deepest Black Marc has ever seen. Painting did not take too long due to bodywork already done. Scott sprayed, wet-sanded, and buffed it to a mirror. “Turned out GREAT! Thanks Scott!!!” After the beautiful paint job, it was time to add interior carpets and wiring harnesses for ALL the crazy electronics, mixers, speakers, DVDs, and Atari. “The wife and I put in the dash, and I finally visualized the KITT I remember as a kid. I found original NOS seat fabric, along with stealing my wife’s 82’s carpet and carpet panels for rear plastics of interior. (She did not approve of this).” To make KITT mobile. Marc initially decided on a crate GM traditional 260
At indoor car shows, where Marc is allowed larger setups, he added another feature. “I noticed while at shows, people were getting annoyed by KITT saying the same thing every 15-30 mins, so I added a USB style monitor on a stand that also drives the speaking of the car and the displays audio. The audio is put into the rear speakers underneath car, and the voice of KITT is put into front speakers underneath front of vehicle.” A little interaction with KITT was created with a slideshow presentation to allow KITT to “respond” to the video. For smaller cruise ins, there are motion detectors to sense motion on the front of KITT, and he will answer with phrases or scanner noises. This will freak a lot of people out. “I can also remotely control his voice along with actual voice commands using a simple iPhone with a mic placed at the T-top level of car. I can ask KITT questions, and he will respond. Or a person in crowd can ask, and most of the time, he answers with something making them laugh.” “Driving it is a blast. Steering with the KITT wheel is a little different, but you adapt to it. If I am getting gas, I prepare for an hour trip with people asking about the car or yelling ‘KITT!!!’” Yes, one man can make a difference! CALL 401-965-9012 TO ADVERTISE
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I attended one of the rare car shows hosted in Rhode Island recently and overheard two classic car owners discussing vehicle license plates on their rides. For starters, they were debating about license plate add-on frames that promote their specific vehicles or car club association. Another classic car owner overhead their discussion and joined in the debate. He told them both that any add-on frame that is attached to an existing license plate in the state of Rhode Island would fail inspection at any inspection shop. Both men argued that notion and asked, “if that was the case, then why didn’t they know about it?” I listened as all three classic car owners went back and forth about Rhode Island laws regarding their specific vehicles. By the time they were done talking, I don’t think any of them came to any conclusion regarding the topic discussed at all. I think they were more confused than when the conversation started an hour earlier. Coincidentally, I had to have my vehicle inspected that weekend and when I arrived at Burrillville Motors that Saturday morning on South Main Street in Pascoag, Rhode Island, the owner, Peter, told me that he had to remove the license plate frame attached by the automobile dealership because it would fail the inspection if it remained on the vehicle. I was surprised when he told me that was the case and asked him why automobile dealerships are allowed to attach their promotional dealership frame
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around license plates. He said most of them don’t even know about the laws, or ignore the laws, and put them on all of their leased and purchased vehicles only to have owners get rejected at inspection stations across the state. He is not required to remove those add-on frames and the owners have to remove them personally before any vehicle inspection is approved. He also said multiple cameras are pointed at every vehicle he inspects and there are no short cuts when it comes to valid vehicle inspections.
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Fall Guy Stunt Truck By ROB MAY and KEVIN WEBB
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Glen A Larson is well known for his spectacular tv series including car and truck action shows. Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas all starred as Hollywood stunt performers who moonlight as bounty hunters in ‘The Fall Guy.’ Now add Kevin Webb of Oakridge, TN to that list with his mid-engine stunt truck! Fall Guy (five seasons 1981 to 1986) was filled with stunts performed using a GMC K-2500. This ‘Johnny Cash’ styled vehicle has parts on it from many ’75 to ’77 model years.
Severely weathered and worn from the stunts, the truck was sold to Kevin four years ago. Rusty underneath with a seized 350 engine and bad
Jump stunts cause havoc on chassis and bodies (vehicles and human). No CGI here. Several trucks were crashed. After The Fall Guy ended, a special stunt trunk was almost scrapped. The driver of the water truck seen in Dukes of Hazzard “saved” this Fall Guy stunt truck from being thrown away when it was offered to him free. With ties to the series several items such as Fall Guy crew passes, hats, and jackets made their way forward to Kevin and remain with the truck. Kevin, who has seen all the episodes, purchased the vehicle a few years ago in 2016. Previous trucks used in the series didn’t hold up well and tended to break each jump. Extra weight was added to their beds to help balance the load; however, weight added to the stress. The long-term solution was a custom-built truck with the engine centered low in the middle. Weights were no longer needed in the back. This “balanced” truck 62| Motorhead Magazine - September 2020
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transmission meant it would arrive via trailer from Jackson, MS. Kevin’s goal was to revive the truck while maintaining as much of its show originality as possible. The truck arrived rough after sitting and neglected. Two and half years were spent to put the truck back on the road. The hood, driver’s door, and driver’s fender had already been sanded on, and these parts are the only exterior ones to be painted since leaving show duty. To maintain tv show continuity, the rest of the exterior was left as found including dents
shocks are at the rear too). Yes, Kevin has jumped a car. No, he hasn’t jumped the truck (yet). However, the original jump ramp used with this truck for the show is in Kevin’s possession! At several tv show events – such as Bo’s Extravaganza and World of Wheels, the truck has acquired signatures of actors and stuntmen including Lee
and dings. The chassis’ surface rust was blasted off. Rebuilding the engine and transmission was ensured the truck would run again. Kevin completed most of the work himself. Glass was added, as the stunt vehicle did not use the factory glass. Humvee truck tires hug the rims. A trailer is no longer need, and Kevin loves driving his truck around. The stunt and sport suspension are perfect for the not so well maintained roads in the area. A few details were added for driving purposes such as the custom-made spare well holder and tire cover as the stunt truck did not have these during its tv employment. This item is clamped in place to eliminate the need to change the bed’s design. More stunt tricks were learned while working on the truck. The interior has a full roll cage. Eyehooks are present that were used to secure the stuntmen in a web harness versus having to be strapped to the seat. With the engine in the center, the truck went from a 4-wheel drive to a 2-wheel drive. The front suspension was able to be upgraded with extra stiffening bars, solid front axle bar, and shocks (extra
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imPossible Dream 2020 Fundraiser Car Show JIM WEICHERDING To write, “Things Are Tough All Over”, is an understatement during this car show season due to the Coronavirus. But things must still get done and life still goes on. One of those things to get done, is to still try and help charities and charitable causes that need our help. A Buckleupallofus Kids and Family Fundraiser Car Show is scheduled for Sunday, September, 27th, at the imPossible Dream Castle Playground located in Warwick, Rhode
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