HOT HOT CARS

So it's not a car...Phil Gonwa of Alstom Power, Knoxville TN, is pleased to share his prowess in propelling his 2-cylinder 2007 RansXP recumbent "vehicle".    Phil says the 2-year old vehicle moves along pretty well with the 50-year-old engine!  He also has a 4-cylinder 1993 Trek T100 that is propelled by a PAIR of 50-year-old engines (think I would have left that last part out, Phil!)

Grandpa's '67 Chevy

Submitted by Joel Guy/Alstom Power

My grandfather bought this truck new and gave it to me several years ago. I am 53 years old and I have been driving this truck since I was 15 and actually learned how to drive in this vehicle. I have gone through 5 engines, 4 transmissions and 2 rear ends in the past 38 years  I have learned to take a little better care of it since I have to pay for repairs now!  It has a 350 engine, with a 4 barrel carb and 4 speed in the floor and will still do over 100 miles an hour as of last Weekend.  I still feel like a kid when I fire it up with the open headers and go blasting down the interstate.--Yehaw what a rush -----   My wife says that I will probably die in this ol truck, but we all have to go sometime--ha ha

 

Submitted by Chris Forrer, on assignment at Shepherd Engineering, Atlanta GA area.  Chris says this is a Swift DB4 Formula Atlantic race car, built by Swift Engineering in California.  They build this type of race car, aircraft, and drones.  It weighs 940 pounds dry.  Powered by a specially prepared electronically fuel injected 4 cylinder Toyota engine developing around 250 horsepower at 10,500 rpm, it does around 160 mph.  Thanks to being employed by TechPlus/Sheppard Engineering I was able to contest and win the South Atlantic Road Racing Series in it this year.

Bobby Watson's  friends ...

Former auto belonging to Kenny Carter, Bayer CropScience, Kansas City MO