14 years old. No driver’s license. Just a permission slip from his mother...and a race car.
Jim Glass has been racing since he was a kid, and his 1967 Camaro has a remarkable Trans-Am history. Originally raced by Jocko Maggiacomo, the car has now returned to the track with Glass, who has entered it at Lime Rock and Watkins Glen for 25 years.
Petrolicious tells the story beautifully.
Apparently, YouTube has decided I’m a lowrider guy now. My feed has suddenly become all about lowriders, custom paint, and pinstriping. I’ve watched enough of it at this point to admit… I’m pretty fascinated.
There’s an incredible amount of beauty and artistry in lowrider paint. The colors, the layers, the hand-painted details. Some of this stuff is genuinely stunning.
I absolutely love this car. It's a clearly a daily driver for someone. It was parked on the street outside my hotel. I left a note...never got a call. That makes me sad.
It took me way too long to figure out how to turn on this Volvo XC-whatever-it-is electric today. This was right up there with trying to figure out how to start a prewar car that you’re not familiar with. No key, no button in the center console, not even a button on the dash. Just a blank plug. Finally I just decided to try putting it in gear…and it turned on. So I guess if the battery in the fob goes dead, the car is a brick. And you’d better not leave the key in it in the garage if you have any little kids playing around in there. This doesn’t strike me as a good idea.
I just noticed this in the Floyd Clymer's STEAM CAR book.. Pretty cool that Abner Doble was showing off the car to Boeing employees!
We had a number of issues with the steering controls on our car which are now worked out. But the question I had was which way on the column was advance and which was retard. I could not find it in the owner's manual. Mike points out that the distributor is rotating counter clockwise and using the firing order from the owner's manual which starts with #1 then #6 he identifies clockwise rotation advances ignition.
Thanks for the shout out!
More assembly.
Pinion bearing and thrust bearing assembled,
Pinion gear installed.
Ready to assemble the differential.
Everybody has heard of a Yenko Camaro or Chevelle. But what about a "Macho" Trans Am? In 1977, brothers Dennis and Kyle Mecham (whose father owned a Pontiac dealership in Glendale, Arizona) created the Macho T/A to restore real performance. Federal rules restricted factory changes on new cars, so they “bought” brand-new Trans Ams from the dealership (making them used), then heavily modified them under their DKM banner before reselling.
Typical upgrades included:
1. Tuning the W72 400-cubic-inch V8 by re-jetted Quadrajet carb, recurved distributor, opening the shaker scoop for better airflow
2. Hooker headers and freer-flowing dual exhaust
3. Suspension work (often WS6 package, lowered stance, better shocks/tires)
4. Bold “MACHO T/A” door/rocker graphics and aggressive cosmetics
