Legendary Corvettes

Legendary Corvettes: Vettes Made Famous on Track and Screen is the latest title we've been fortunate to receive from the good folks at Motorbooks, and it's LOADED with amazing photos and great cars. Written by Randy Leffingwell, and featuring some absolutely stunning photography by Dave Wendt, this is certainly a must-have for any Corvette enthusiast. Whether you're a hard-core fanatic, a racing junkie, or just love anything Corvette, this volume definitely has something for everyone.

Featuring 130 color (plus 13 black and white) photos contained within the 176 beautifully laid-out (and high quality!) pages. The text is brilliant, the editorial loaded with facts, figures, odd trivia facts, and simply invaluable detail and reference shots...

The book studies eighteen of the most legendary Corvettes, beginning with the 1953 Corvette... and this chapter alone is packed with design trivia, historical notes, testing data, and even Zora Arkus-Duntov's sketches, detailing airflow issues. Moving on, the racing fans will be in 'glass heaven, with in-depth looks at the '56 SR Sebring, the 1957 XP-64 Super Sport, the 1960 Cunningham No. 3, Grand Sports, LeMans legends... It's an incredible collection indeed!

Perhaps your interest in Corvettes began in the '70's with Corvette Summer?

Gotcha covered, as well. And speaking of screen-starring Corvettes, how about a look at the 1960 Tasco Turquoise 'Vette... This chapter continues the information-packed theme, with some truly marvelous insight to the car and the show... Brilliant! It's got the drag racing fans in mind, as well, with Big John's 1967 BM/SP 'Vette... in gorgeous studio shots!

Perhaps you waited a bit longer to become enamored with America's supercar, or were born a bit later... have no fear, my friend. With a great section on the '88 Callaway Sledgehammer, you're going to find all sorts of interesting goodies! I say it often (when warranted), and this book is truly a great complement to any enthusiasts library, and one of those gems that you'll reach for again and again when researching a project, or creating some concept art.

If all of this weren't enough, the slip cover folds out to reveal a poster, as well! It's the 1956 SR Sebring Racer, and the image is striking!

Brilliant in concept, wonderfully executed, this is a volume that will certainly find its way from shelf to wide eyes time and again.

You can grab a copy of this book, and save about 30% in our bookstore!

PHOTOS CREDIT/COURTESY MOTORBOOKS

Legendary Corvettes 'Vettes Made Famous on Track and Screen Randy Leffingwell, photos by Dave Wendt
Illustrated. 176 pp. (130 color, 13 black/white images)
Motorbooks
$35.00
($23.10 in our bookstore!)

One Lap Camaro Takes First!

James and David hit the proverbial road on the 2010 Tire Rack One Lap of America, and pushed 3528 miles in eight days, competing in road course (long and short variations), 1/4 mile and skidpad events. The entire event pushes man and machine, and the guys placed first in Vintage American! An outstanding achievement and well-deserving of praise indeed!

We in the Studio were stoked to be a part of it all, and were sponsors alongside the big dogs like OPTIMA Batteries, Hellwig Products, ISIS Power, Camaro Performers Magazine, Currie Enterprises, Heighton Restorations, Speed Tech Products, Spectre Performance, FM3 Performance Marketing, Pozzi Racing, and Mothers Wax’s and Polishes… Hell, we even rode along (logo-wise on the spoiler, anyway! As the wife said, it gives us some street cred, making us kinda like the “Carlton Banks of street cred… known for doing something well, but still funny to watch dance.”)…

…making this our near-official domination, appearing on and off-road, in the air, and on the sea. All we need now is to sponsor a submarine, a train and some form of spacecraft, and we’re golden (we’ll settle for a hoagie wrapper, a scale model of the Enterprise and a few laps around a Christmas tree on a Lionel. Not picky, you know…).

Our sincerest congratulations and a hefty swelling of pride for the team, and best wishes on the next conquest! HUGE thanks, too, to all who grabbed a t-shirt and helped to support grass-roots racing at it’s finest.

No doubt that this win puts a little something extra in the meaning of the shirts, and I can’t begin to tell you how cool it was to have the opportunity to play a part!
(if you haven’t grabbed one yet, hit the boys up HERE, and grab a few!)

One Lap T-Shirts!

How cool is this:

I get a call from James one afternoon, and he starts to tell me the story of his Camaro, and how he runs the One Lap of America event... and I immediately think "I know the car.... and this guy's nuts to do it!"

Long story short (I know... since when does Brian do THAT??! ...it's VERY busy in the mighty Studio, and I gotta get back at it), we talked for a while, and he asked if I'd be so kind as to whip up a t-shirt to help them promote their effort, and hopefully buy a few tanks of gas, as well as some road food for he and David, his co-pilot. Suffice to say, I was sketching before we hung up.

Anyway, that's what I came up with, and we think it hammers home the whole idea quite neatly... Here's a closer look at the artwork:

The front features the One Lap Camaro logo (as seen on the back in the artwork above) on the left chest... kinda like this:

They're VERY cool, and the reception so far has been nothing short of awesome. These are high-=quality, 6-oz. tee's, and are printed by one of the best-known, highest quality shops on the West Coast... And you can grab a few by simply firing off an email to the guys at: shirts@onelapcamaro.com, and letting them know how many you'd like, and in what sizes... The cost will be $20 for the shirt and $5 for shipping and handling (within the Continental US). Pre-orders will start today and they hope to have shirts available at the Run To The Coast event the first weekend in April (Goodguys Del Mar the weekend after at the latest).

All of the proceeds will go to feeding David and James for the week; your purchase will guarantee that they can enjoy as many as 2 meals a day at some of the finest establishments ever to grace the side of an interstate.

Thanks for checking 'em out, and for supporting some true grass-roots racing gone good!

...and hey.... if I can be of use to design YOUR next killer shirt, hit me up on the site at www.problemchildkustoms.com!

Running Low 10's!

...OK, a PCK Studio sticker is running 10's. On a killer car.

However, the irony is that since that little piece of adhesive-backed vinyl goodness was slapped on the rear glass, Blake's Firebird has run quicker and quicker. Coincidence? Yeah, more likely than not. But an opportunity to post new video of the mighty Poncho from Tejas? Fantastically correct indeed...

Check out the latest video here (the 10-second run is at the end.... but it's fun to watch this monster tear off of the line a few times, too.

Blake's mighty 'bird has been a stand-out in the PCK Studio stable of good friends' rides, and you may recognize it from both the site here, as well as the feature in PHR, where at the time, the mad Poncho was laying down mid-10's. Bear in mind, this is a home-built car that is show-worthy (having scooped up multiple awards at the Houston Autorama and beyond), and what's even cooler is that Blake uses the car for what it was built to do: HAVE FUN.

More stories and hot rod and custom car design goodness at www.problemchildkustoms.com