The Protouring Network

1970 AAR ‘Cuda

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This week, we're featuring a 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda AAR, a high-revving 340 V8 powered Trans Am car for the street! These had all kinds of speed and performance parts, and the high impact visuals to go with them. This particular car is one of only 5 FT6 Burnt Tan versions built, with only 2 known survivors. … [Read more...]

70 1/2 Pontiac Trans Am Ram Air IV

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This week's Muscle Car Of The Week from The Brothers Collection is a super-rare 1970 1/2 Pontiac Trans Am, complete with the Ram Air IV 400 cube V8 and Muncie 4-speed transmission! 1970 marked the second generation for GM's F body platform, and the company made substantial improvements to the car over the '67-'69 versions. The … [Read more...]

C4AL #31 – How Kyle & Stacy Tucker Built Detroit Speed

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  Our latest episode of the Cars For A Living podcast is out, and this one featured the dynamo team of Kyle and Stacy Tucker. They shared how they built their business from the ground up, learned what people did and didn't like, expanded slowly, and became the super power that they are today in the suspension market place. I was lucky enough to get to tour their … [Read more...]

TMCP Podcast #178 – G-BODY COOLNESS WITH KEVIN BRYDE AT HOTCHKIS PERFORMANCE EAST

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While Rob was on vacation this past week, he had the opportunity to stop in and see Kevin Bryde at his all new facility called Hotchkis Performance East! They got to sit down and talk about business on the Cars for a Living podcast (interview coming soon) but had a few minutes to talk about the car that actually got Kevin into that line of work. The 1985 Cutlass is still a work … [Read more...]

TMCP Podcast – JAMES SHIPKA AND THE GENESIS OF THE ONE LAP CAMARO!

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This weeks podcast is a great interview with James Shipka builder, driver and owner of the One Lap Camaro. Together with he and Mary Pozzi at the wheel the Camaro became the 2013 winner in the vintage class of One Lap of America! James talked about how the One Lap Camaro came to be and how he had to change as a driver to successfully compete. He said to keep an open mind in … [Read more...]

C4AL #30: Health Insurance, Automotive Graphic Artist Markets, and the Full Time Leap

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The latest episode of Cars For A Living is now out, and since we referenced Ben Hermance in it I thought it might be a good fit here. Here's the link: http://www.goo.gl/GsZjQ In this episode we took listener e-mails on how to get your own health insurance for your business, and how to get enough cash flow going on the side so the full time leap won't be quite so crazy. We … [Read more...]

TMCP Podcast- TONY GARDNER AND IRACING: LEARN TO RACE AT HOME JUST LIKE THE PROS

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This week’s interview is with Tony Gardner, President of iRacing.com. iRacing is an online racing simulator website that has become somewhat of the “gold standard” in it’s field. It’s used as a training tool by aspiring and professional racers world wide via their vast online community (over 40,000 people). NASCAR, Grand Am, and Indy are just a few of the racing series that … [Read more...]

1969 Plymouth Road Runner 440 Six-Pack

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This week, we have a special car for Mopar fans from the Brothers Collection. This is the very first 1969 Plymouth Road Runner A12 446 Pack ever built! This was the pilot car used by Chrysler to promote the A 12 Roadrunner package, and it has been called the "Wayward Beeper". Its significant history is bolstered by an appearance in … [Read more...]

The First 69 Camaro ZL-1

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The first episode of Muscle Car Of The Week features the very first 1969 Camaro with option package ZL-1, complete with the original all-aluminum 427 V8 and an amazing history. This is the first of 69 ZL-1 Camaros ever built, and was delivered to Fred Gibb Chevrolet on New Year’s Eve in 1968. Gibb and his crew transformed the car … [Read more...]