SAE MOTORFEST 2009, June 20

[Killroy1999]

 

[Killroy1999]

Sneek peek of the vehicles that come:

 

[Cygnus]

right on. however, I don't see where it says what time it starts (or ends).

 

[Killroy1999]

Its in the middle
Parking is from 8-9:30.
Ends around 3-4

 

[Killroy1999]

Please come, all proceeds go to Books Aloud.

 

[sleepy_head]

oh hell ya!!!

SJSU is building one for the competition also

 

[Killroy1999]

oh hell ya!!!

SJSU is building one for the competition also

Building What? A Formula SAE car. That is a racing side car motorcycle if you are mistaken.

 

[Killroy1999]

 

[Cygnus]

last minute bump!

 

[Cygnus]

STOP! Picture time!

Mopar owned the day this time, starting with not one, but two Plymouth trucks. When is the last time you saw a Plymouth truck?

 

[Cygnus]

Mopar row. Dig the 1966 Hemi Charger.

 

[Cygnus]

not all of the Mopar muscle was in musclecars, either.

 

[Cygnus]

then there was this gem. Owner runs an auto restoration business, and did almost everything himself. Keith Black street hemi, twin plug heads, fuel injection (plumbed inside the OEM magnesium manifold, with the two Holleys being used solely for their butterflies), 10:1 compression, A-833 four-speed with Gear Vendors OD.

 

[Cygnus]

The only demo that might argue the day didn't belong to Mopar would be the truck people. There were a lot of trucks, but only a few interested me.
Could've parked the Crosley under the Unimog. I think they both had the same top speed, too.

 

[Cygnus]

while this 1927 (1928?) had, arguably, the simplest engine on the lot, yet I cannot figure out the plumbing.

 

[Cygnus]

there were some GMs there, but frankly, they were outclassed. nothing I hadn't seen before.

 

[Cygnus]

and then there were the indescribable and unexplainable, starting with this home-built, 1/2-scale, whatever-it-is. note rear-mounted, blown V-8. Of all the cars there, this is the one I wanted to test-drive the most.

 

[Cygnus]

not that this dual-engined, articulated sand buggy didn't look like a blast, too...

 

[Cygnus]

but not every car was some kind of over-powered freak with two small engines or one huge engine, there was also this VW Beetle.

 

[Cygnus]

there were also bikes, but nothing amazing, nothing jet-powered, none with front-wheel drive, etc.

 

[Cygnus]

Odds and ends

There was also this LS-engined dune buggy, and the loneliest car in the whole show, this Alfa I found, in the back, on the end of the row, hidden behind the BMW ghetto. So sad.

 

[GAMBLER]

did you stay till the end? the owner of the beetle fired it up in the rear parking area. brutal noise but very cool. thanks killjoy1999 for letting us know about this. see ya next year.

 

[Killroy1999]

Yeah the Jet VW was cool. When the after burner hit the bug violently pitched forward. Hold those brakes tight!

 

[froride1]

there were also bikes, but nothing amazing, nothing jet-powered, none with front-wheel drive, etc.

I thought my XR was pretty amazing but your right nothing exotic. Here are some pics I took.

The guy riding this looked to be a very interesting character.

Death Rider

Cool Lowrider wheels

Other side

The whole lowrider. I'm not a lowrider guy but they had some nice ones at teh show.

 

[froride1]

Trucks

The hood was longer than the bed.

Tilt up front end

Chevy

Studebaker