The Protouring Network

70 AAR ‘Cuda Sassy Grass

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This week, we're featuring a 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda AAR wearing the ultra-bright Sassy Grass Green paint color. These cars were direct descendants of the Trans Am racing program, and while they are highly sought-after today, they were not hot sellers when new. This is one of several AARs in the Brothers Collection, and we show you the … [Read more...]

Tmcp: Sponsorship Fastlane Is Finally Here….and The Chevelle Will Be Soon!

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I thought I would put out a little bonus (i.e. “short”) podcast segment this week to give a little status update on the Chevelle, and also my new course Sponsorship Fastlane. If you’ve been following the Chevelle saga at all you know that at the time it went to SEMA it was show presentable….but not yet drivable. I spent the week in New Mexico at Allison Customs with the hopes … [Read more...]

Tmcp Everything You Need To Know About Car Covers: Mike Dougherty From Empirecovers!

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  This weeks interview is with Mike Dougherty from EmpireCovers, the internet cover supplier. EmpireCovers can provide a fantastic cover for your classic muscle but they also sell covers for everything else, even bicycles, RV’s, and complete car ports! As Mike described in the interview, there are many substances that can damage the finish on your muscle car like dust, … [Read more...]

Tmcp Eric Tingwall Car And Driver Magazine: Down And Dirty With The 2014 Camaro Z/28!

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This weeks interview is with Eric Tingwall, Technical editor of Car and Driver magazine. Eric knew what he wanted to do from a young age and and made a plan to capture his dream. I asked Eric on the show specifically to discuss his fantastic review of the new Z/28 in the May 2014 edition of Car and Driver. He personally had the chance to flog the car in depth, and his article … [Read more...]

Tmcp Matt Edmonds – The Tire Rack Test Track, Muscle Cars In Scca,& Mail-order Tires

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This weeks interview is with Matt Edmonds, Vice President of marketing at The Tire Rack online tire store. Tire Rack started in the 70′s when Mike Joines was encouraged by his father in law Pete Veldman to do something with cars, so he started a retail tire store. Mike was also a national level SCCA racer and he was frustrated that sometimes it took weeks to get high … [Read more...]

69 Yenko Chevelle 427

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The 1969 Chevelle SS 396 was a hot car, but the COPO program allowed for a run of 427 cars to really take Super Stock drag racing by storm. However, Don Yenko at Yenko Chevrolet one-upped the COPO cars with 99 special 1969 "SYC" Yenko Super Car Chevelles further modified to his liking. This 427 cubic-inch monster features a … [Read more...]

Confessions of a Cobra Racer … two part episode

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In this 2 part special episode of Muscle Car Of The Week, we hear from David Phelan about what it was like to pilot a 289 Competition Cobra in the '67 SCCA season. The car he drove has since been restored, but the original aluminum body is in the Brothers Collection, and we reunited … [Read more...]

1966 Shelby G.T. 350H 1/2 NOT rented!

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  The Shelby G.T. 350H is a very special Shelby as, it was used as a rental race car available through Hertz rental car stores in '66. Featuring the 306 HP 289, it was just as capable as the "regular" G.T. 350 available at Ford dealers. There were 1000 ordered by Hertz, but this is one of 2 that were refused by Hertz and … [Read more...]