#KnowYourRoll This National Tire Safety Week
The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) has kicked off National Tire Safety Week with the new “Know Your Roll” theme.
Ride Of The Week: Gooding & Company’s Two Rare Sport Cars
Gooding & Company will soon present two rare and iconic sport cars – both of which have remained untouched for decades – at the company’s Amelia Island Auction held on March 9, 2018.
Ride Of The Week: 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge
According to Pontiac historian Diego Rosenberg, the company built only 51 GTO Judges with black finished rear deck lid spoilers for model year 1970.
1968 Pontiac ‘Jerry Titus’ Firebird Trans Am Racecar
Known to few at the time, certain Pontiacs sold in Canada were offered with Chevrolet engines, so it was, in the strict sense of the SCCA rules, possible for a Chevrolet-powered Pontiac to run in the Trans Am.
Camaro ZL1 Goes For 200 MPH
Chevrolet tested the max velocity of the ZL1 (with 10-speed automatic) on the High Speed Oval at Germany’s Automotive Testing Papenburg GmBH proving ground.
Ride Of The Week: Oldsmobile Fournado
Never heard of the Oldsmobile Fournado? Then you probably missed the March 1968 issue of Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, which blurbed this car on its cover.
Developing Eco-Friendly Tires
There aren’t many products with a worse environmental image than tires. Too many people have seen huge piles of scrap tires, or worse still, burning tires that defy attempts to extinguish them. It’s a problem that’s hard to ignore, and, not surprisingly, tire manufacturers today seem to be very sensitive to the issue.
Crossword Puzzle: April 2013
Across 1. Helical fastener formations 5. With 13-Across, Michelin or Goodyear products 8. Palindromic disc-brake item 9. Pre-owned vehicle (4,3) 10. Oil-cartel acronym 11. Cold-start engine speed (4,4) 13. See 5-Across clue 14. Circular-rubber sealing devices (1,5) 17. Auto assembly-plant need (3,5) 19. Dipstick marking 22. Stopwatch-monitored Indy interval (3,4) 23. Electric or air-powered noise
Hollywood Hot Rides: The Black Beauty from “The Green Hornet”
Just like the rest of the characters in “The Green Hornet,” the Black Beauty had to be cast. In the casting process, several cars auditioned, and the filmmakers were not sentimental during the process.
WEBWATCH: On the ‘Tube’
Tune into some of the top training- and industry-related videos available from aftermarket companies hosted on YouTube.