The Rubicon is one of the most punishing and challenging trails this side of Moab. Understandably, it’s not for everybody, even if they have a four-wheel-drive rig. But for those who still want to experience it, Google strapped its Street View cameras to a rig crossing the Rubicon and added the resulting images to its Street View app. (via)
* Tracking down long-lost cars is a task that rarely produces results, but TravelDriveRace’s Dave S. Clark was able to find his father-in-law’s Volvo 142 race car decades after his father-in-law sold it, and discovered that it still tears up the track today. (via)
* Following up the Mustang II was either the most difficult or the easiest thing Ford ever had to do, depending on your view of the Mustang II. DrivingEnthusiast has more on the process behind and context surrounding the Fox-body Mustang’s development.
* Even if you’re Australian, it’s almost guaranteed that any top 10 list of Australian cars – such as this one from D’Marge – will include something new to you.
* Finally, it’s odd we don’t see more engine swaps using the Vortec 4200, the Trailblazer’s inline-six engine with serious potential. Engine Swap Depot, however, did profile the swap of a Vortec 4200 into a Vega wagon for drag-racing duty, and it seemed to pay off with 11-second timeslips.
from Hemmings Daily – News for the collector car enthusiast http://ift.tt/1rHpQew
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