Archive for January, 2008

Bronze Grand Prix

January 25th, 2008 | Category: Courtney, Special Guest

This pristine ’63 Pontiac Grand Prix was restored by Jen and Mark Seybold at Graveyard Run Restorations. The husband and wife team join Courtney on The PowerBlock January 26 & 27 to share the restoration story of this 45 year old car. It’s powered by a 389 but the real beauty is outside. The color is Saddle Bronze with 13 coats of Clearcoat plus over $15,000 worth of chrome on the interior and exterior. For more info check out www.graveyardrun.com

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Super Nova Returns!

January 17th, 2008 | Category: Courtney, Special Guest

Check out our Horsepower Super Nova project car now. We gave it to racer Robin Lawrence back in 2006 and he transformed it into a 1,400 horsepower NMCA Nostalgia Pro Street race car. It’s powered by the new GM Performance Parts LSX 454 cubic inch motor. To see Robin’s tour of the Super Nova build click here.

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Rocking Rock Racer

January 11th, 2008 | Category: Courtney

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Courtney brings a Jeep stuffed with a 502 Ram Jet to The PowerBlock January 12 & 13. Bryan Cole of Coleworx Rock Racing Factory built this awesome 510 horsepower Jeep TJ he calls “Hilighter” and joins Courtney in her shop. This custom rock racer has 656 ft. lbs. of torque on 44” tires. It’s been chopped, narrowed and cut! Check out Bryan’s other builds in action here at our PowerVideo Section!

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The General Lee Returns!

January 02nd, 2008 | Category: Special Guest

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The most famous car in television history comes to PowerBlock January 5 & 6. This is Lee-1; the car used in the opening jump scene of the TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard”. It was the first stunt car out of 321 cars used but it crashed on landing and sat in a junkyard for 23 years. Travis Bell and some of the team who found Lee-1 and restored it will join Courtney on PowerBlock for an in depth look at this classic icon. You’ll see video of the junkyard find, the restoration and the original Bo Duke; John Schneider driving this car 28 years later after the jump. The 29th anniversary of The Dukes of Hazzard airing on TV is January 26, 2008. For more info: www.theoriginalgenerallee.com

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PowerBlock Review

January 02nd, 2008 | Category: Courtney, Reviews

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PowerBlock reviews the Star Midnight Warrior. It’s a performance cruiser with an aggressive 102 cubic inch fuel injected V-Twin. Thanks to an aluminum frame the big Warrior is surprisingly stealthy with a low stance, 41 millimeter front forks and big 298 millimeter dual front disc brakes.

With its blacked-out “Midnight” paint, four gallon tank, two piece saddle and two-into-one exhaust, it delivers serious cruiser styling and comfort. The four valve 1700 cc Warrior push rod twin pumps out gobs of low and mid range torque without harsh vibration. Exactly what you would expect from the bike that holds five World Drag Racing Championships in the AMA “Hot Rod Cruiser” class.

A close-ratio, five speed gearbox completes the drivetrain routing power through a traditional belt drive to spin the fat 200-50 rear rubber. Weighing in at 612 pounds, this blacked out Cruiser’s 1700 cc air cooled V-Twin makes 80 horsepower at 44 hundred RPM and a hundred and four foot pounds of torque at 35 hundred RPM. It’s a five speed belt drive cruiser with a MSRP of twelve thousand six hundred and forty nine bucks.

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