Yearly Archives: 2012

+Ford Motor Company, +Ford Racing and Shelby American have built a one-off 850 hp… 5

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+Ford Motor Company, +Ford Racing and Shelby American have built a one-off 850 hp Shelby GT500 Cobra as a tribute to the recently deceased Carroll Shelby. They are also renaming one of the roads at the Dearborn Product Development Center to Carroll Shelby Way

Friends of Carroll Pay Tribute to the Late Mr Shelby With One-Off GT500 Cobra « Sam’s Thoughts
Out in Monterrey, California today, Ford board member Edsel Ford II, marketing chief Jim Farley and Shelby American president John Luft took the wraps off a one-off 2013 Shelby GT500 built as a tribut…

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Friends of Carroll Pay Tribute to the Late Mr Shelby With One-Off GT500 Cobra

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Out in Monterrey, California today, Ford board member Edsel Ford II, marketing chief Jim Farley and Shelby American president John Luft took the wraps off a one-off 2013 Shelby GT500 built as a tribute to the late Carroll Shelby. The car, built by “Friends of Carroll” has been dubbed the Shelby GT500 Cobra and is painted in the traditional Guardsman Blue with Wimbledon White stripes that graced many of the original Cobras of the 1960s.

It’s not the just the paint that sets this particular car apart from run-of-the-mill GT500s, that is if you can call a 662 hp Mustang run-of-the-mill! This car’s rear haunches are several inches wider than any standard Mustang that rolls out of the Flat Rock Assembly Plant.

Within those swollen wheel arches are 20-inch wheels that measure 10-inches wide in front and 13-inches wide at the back. Those back wheels are wrapped in 345-section rubber to help put the output of the engine to the road.

Speaking of the engine, the GT500’s already stout 5.8-liter V8 has had it’s normal 2.3-liter Eaton supercharger replaced with a 4.0-liter Whipple blower from the Ford Racing catalog.

The GT500 Cobra will be on display at the Ford pavilion at the Rolex Historics this weekend where the original Cobra is the featured marque this year. It will then go on tour throughout the fall before it gets put to an as yet undisclosed special purpose according to Jim Farley.

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Never let the truth get in the way of a good political speech

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Never let the truth get in the way of a good political speech

Ryan criticizes Obama on ’08 GM plant closure from before he took office
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan inaccurately said today that President Barack Obama “broke his promise” by failing to keep a General Motors plant open that closed in 2008 – before t…


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I don't condone what Floyd Corkins did despite my utter contempt for the positions…

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I don't condone what Floyd Corkins did despite my utter contempt for the positions the Family Research Council espouses. However, I can't help wondering how those on the right feel about being on the receiving end of those "second amendment solutions" that right-wing politicos like Jan Brewer and Sarah Palin seem to be so fond of.

FBI: FRC Shooter Had 15 Chick-Fil-A Sandwiches, Said ‘I Don’t Like Your Politics’
Federal authorities have just filed a complaint against Floyd Corkins, the man who allegedly shot a guard at the headquarters of the Family Research Council on Wednesday. An FBI affidavit states that …

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Increasingly oppressive governments such as the UK and US need to back off.  If… 2

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Increasingly oppressive governments such as the UK and US need to back off.  If you don't like the materials being published by sites like Wikileaks stop misbehaving in the first place. Transparency is always preferable even if it's sometimes embarrassing.

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” Benjamin Franklin

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If the British government invades Ecuador's embassy to haul away Julian Assange — and Ecuador says that's precisely what has been threatened –the UK government would be doing more than flouting international law.

It would also be announcing open season on its own embassies around the world — including places where some bad people would love to get a peek into the British government's activities. 

Here's hoping that the UK backs away from this precipice. 

Embassy of Ecuador in London » ECUADOR SHOCK AT THREATS FROM BRITISH GOVERNMENT
An Ecuadorian government spokesperson commenting on the threats by the British Government to enter the Embassy said: “We are deeply shocked by British government’s threats against the sovereignty of t…

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Memo to Ford: Falcon would make a mighty nice U.S 6

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Memo to Ford: Falcon would make a mighty nice U.S. Ford. GM did it, why not you?

Down Under Thunder: Holden SV ClubSport, Maloo and Ford Falcon GT R-Spec – WOT on Motor Trend
The folks down under have released a few muscle cars of their own. See what Holden SV and Ford Performance Vehicles are up to.

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