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  • Douchebags! Don’t buy these damn cars

    damn antique cars
    It is a big mistake to think antique cars are to drive slow and enjoy the scene. (more…)

  • Today is the day to see Back To The Future car!

    Back to the future car date
    Today is not the day to see Back To The Future car! Remember the 1985 Back To The Future? There is one part where Dr. Emmett Brown set the time machine (DeLorean DMC-12) to a future date. Guess what, the date is today’s date! Marty McFly flies to June 27, 2012 from October 26, 1985 27 years ago! Is this photo just another photo chopping? Yes it is! Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown only flew once to the future and that was October 21, 2015. They landed at Hill Valley. Biff Tannen found the Time Machine and flew back to 1955 to change the future. So remember the actual date, it is October 21, 2015! We will get hte actual image again three years later.

  • This is how you bring a car into your room

    MG Midget
    Don’t you think only people who crazy about cars will keep their cars in their living room? The MG Midget in the photos is obviously well pampered by its owner. It has a special room and the owner put it inside the house. The car will definitely clean because it stays away from any dust and the room probably equipped with air-conditioning. In order to bring the car into the room, there is a huge price to pay. The room is located at second floor in a building that doesn’t have a huge entrance. The car has to go through some really hardcore ways to go into its room through the extremely slim window without scratching the car body. See how these professionals do their job, you will feel amazing!


    Can you believe they are bringing the car through this window?

    MG Midget
    Notice that the engine has been removed from the car to reduce its weight?


    Well, it has to go in “Sleep Way”.


    Ready to go!


    Most people have their cars kept in garage when they are not in use. Car collectors who collect unique and special cars often have special place to store them and preserve them just like the world’s most desirable garage.

    MG

  • Goodbye Carroll Shelby, we will be missing you

    Carroll Shelby

    If you are a huge fan of AC Shelby Cobra, Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 and some other great muscle cars, you have got to know the gentleman behind these cars, Carroll Shelby. The legendary car designer and world-champion racing driver died on Thursday at the age of 89. Shelby’s spirit and the cars he built will be will be with us forever.

    Carroll Shelby is a winner at 24 Hours of Le Mansin 1959. He was driving for Aston Martin during that time and teamed with Roy Salvadori. From Le Mans driver to Formula One driver, Shelby has participated in a total of eight World Championship races and several non-championship races. He was awarded driver of the year in 1956 and 1957 by Sports Illustrated.

    Carroll Shelby two cobras
    Carroll Shelby stand in between two Shelby Cobra

    Other than championship races, the legendary car builder is well-known for his lifelong dedication to a few great cars he built, namely the Shelby Cobra 427 that used to beat Ferrari in Europe and the tuned Ford Mustang. Now you know the reason why there are so many cars bored with “Shelby” name.

    Shelby was born in 1923 in Leesburg, Texas, he was a son of the rural mail carrier. At the age of 7, Shelby suffered heart valve leakage problems and he has been fighting with his health problems. After his health improved, he fell in love with cars and that decided his life journey.

    Carroll Shelby with 3 Cobras
    Carroll Shelby pose with three AC Cobras

    How many people actually know that the man who built the powerful and cool muscle car is sweet? Shelby used to write letters, put them into flying boots and drop them on his fiancée’s farm during World War II when he served as a flight instructor and test pilot. What today’s lovers do? Email, WhatsApp, LINE, and Facebook.

    1950s is the most colorful decade for Shelby to be a racer. He then retired from driving in Octorber 1959 due to health reasons and shifted his passion to build race cars. Shelby obtained a license and imported the AC Cobra from England to America and he replaced the original Bristol engine with Ford’s V8 engine, later known as Shelby Cobra. The Shelby Cobra eventually won the international Grand Touring championships in 1965. Shelby continued to be the key person to help Ford to develop several hot cars including the Daytona Coupe, GT350, GT500, and the GT40 that beats Ferrari at LeMans.

    One thing we love this fascinating man so much is his philosophy in making great cars. When he was asked what was the best car he ever built, his answer is always “The next one.” Now we know the next one is not going to come. Goodbye Carroll Shelby, we will be missing you.

    Carroll Shelby and Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept
    Carroll Shelby and Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept, RIP.

  • Fahrradi Farfalla FFX – Ferrari look-alike bicycle

    Fahrradi Farfalla FFX

    An Australian artist built a Ferrari look-alike bicycle – the Fahrradi Farfalla FFX, where FF stands for its power option, Fred Flintstone. This homemade Ferrari Fahrradi Farfalla FFX did not powered by anything above 500hp but it is equipped with pedals, crank arm, chain rings, handle, absorber, brakes, gear, four wheels, and some basic things you may find on a typical bicycle. In other words, power from driver’s leg is the source to move the car.

    Guess what? The car has side mirror, glass look-alike sunroof, two seats, and gullwing doors! Headlight is built from 200 LEDs and the front view of the 220-lb Fahrradi Farfalla FFX is a combination of Ferrari Enzo and Ferrari 458 Italia. As for the rear view, phew, it’s one of a kind but kind of futuristic. If you view the car from far away, you may think that the car is fitted with some kind of 20-inch hot exotic wheels but it is actually bicycle wheels with less than three inches wide.

    Fahrradi Farfalla FFX

    A cool car can’t without a cool name. The Australian artist Johannes Langeder named his vehicle Fahrradi Farfalla FFX not just because Fahrradi sounds like Ferrari. It’s because Fahrrad means bicycle in German and Farfalla means butterfly in Italian. Inside the car, there is no luxury dashboard or a set of nice audio system. There is an angle gear attached to the rear axle and it moves the gullwing doors while driving, resulting in wing beat similar to that of a butterfly – Farfalla.

    Fahrradi Farfalla FFX

    The question now is if the Fahrradi Farfalla FFX is going for an auction, how much you willing to pay for the zero-emission, tax-free, maintenance-free exotic car? Hmm, yes we consider it as a car because it is four-wheeled, covered, and has a cool exterior.