If you have driven around Becker lately, you will see many signs proclaiming road closures and road construction. Rest assured that the road leading to the show is is open now and will be open the day of the show.
To get to Becker Baptist Church, take Sherburne Avenue (old hwy 23) north off of highway 10 by the Shell gas station. Follow the signs to the show on your left about half a mile up.
See you there,
geoff
Minnesota Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and Cruisers presented the Kenny Johnson Memorial Car Cruise beginning in Becker, MN; For more current writing projects of mine please visit scifiparenting.blogspot.com and read my column (Downshifting) in Rat Rod Magazine--thanks!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Watch your local paper
Look for ads in the community new section of your local paper for more info about our show.
Spread the word, tell your friends, and I'll see you there!
Shifting gears and burning rubber,
geoff
Spread the word, tell your friends, and I'll see you there!
Shifting gears and burning rubber,
geoff
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Show Info sent out and a Cobra story
If you were involved in the show last year, you should be receiving some informaiton in the mail about how to ensure your place in this year's show.
If you don't get anything by the end of the week, email me at minnesotamusclecars@gmail.com and I will add you to the list.
Now, on to a Cobra story...
I am a fan of car magazines, and from time to time I get to read a few issues I don't normally subscribe to. Last week I was going through some Car and Driver issues from a couple years back, and this story caught my eye.
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/07q1/godzilla_s_ride-car_news
I know Carroll Shelby's story well. I want to go to his shop in Los Vegas, see the museum, maybe buy a real Cobra some day...I can dream, right? Anyway, one of the more interesting parts of the Cobra story are the Super Snakes. Carroll's personal Cobra was the twin-supercharged 427, auto transmission model you can see in the picture. It has been through many hands and will hopefully live a long life. The last time it was sold, it went for $5,500,000.00. That is a lot of Honda Civics if you ask me.
The second was built for one of Carroll Shelby's friends: Bill Cosby. If you google Cosby talking about his Cobra, you will find clips of his older stand-up comedy routines where he talks about what it was like driving a car like that: 2100 lbs, 800 hp. As you may already know, he sold it before he went backwards into a tree at 180 mph. Unfortunatley, the person he sold it so did something like that and destroyed that second Supersnake. Accodording to the article, this second one may or may not still be around in one form or another.
This legandary Cobra story is something I have heard more than once, but I felt this article did a good job in telling the shortest version of the story while still covering all the details.
I know seeing a Cobra kit car is becoming a more common event at shows and cruises, but if you get the chance to see a real one, stop and think, and admire.
Shifting gears and burning rubber,
Geoff
If you don't get anything by the end of the week, email me at minnesotamusclecars@gmail.com and I will add you to the list.
Now, on to a Cobra story...
I am a fan of car magazines, and from time to time I get to read a few issues I don't normally subscribe to. Last week I was going through some Car and Driver issues from a couple years back, and this story caught my eye.
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/07q1/godzilla_s_ride-car_news
I know Carroll Shelby's story well. I want to go to his shop in Los Vegas, see the museum, maybe buy a real Cobra some day...I can dream, right? Anyway, one of the more interesting parts of the Cobra story are the Super Snakes. Carroll's personal Cobra was the twin-supercharged 427, auto transmission model you can see in the picture. It has been through many hands and will hopefully live a long life. The last time it was sold, it went for $5,500,000.00. That is a lot of Honda Civics if you ask me.
The second was built for one of Carroll Shelby's friends: Bill Cosby. If you google Cosby talking about his Cobra, you will find clips of his older stand-up comedy routines where he talks about what it was like driving a car like that: 2100 lbs, 800 hp. As you may already know, he sold it before he went backwards into a tree at 180 mph. Unfortunatley, the person he sold it so did something like that and destroyed that second Supersnake. Accodording to the article, this second one may or may not still be around in one form or another.
This legandary Cobra story is something I have heard more than once, but I felt this article did a good job in telling the shortest version of the story while still covering all the details.
I know seeing a Cobra kit car is becoming a more common event at shows and cruises, but if you get the chance to see a real one, stop and think, and admire.
Shifting gears and burning rubber,
Geoff
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