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This 1923 Ford Roadster(Bucket-T) was assembled, not built...the entire Chassis, Body, Interior and Components(steering, brakes, suspension, etc.)are the proven-design and product of Spirit Industries(www.spiritcars.com). Please check the site out. It's an every day driver, reliable, safe and particularly stable at any speed...it can be taken anywhere with utmost confidence, whether its idling in traffic at 90 degrees or heading down the highway at 70 MPH...it starts cold every time with just a pump of gas and always runs cool, a tribute to the double core aluminum radiator, electric fan and, in particular, to the custom fan shroud...the ride's secure and stable feeling comes from the track-T 112” wheelbase, unique among most bucket-T's that are typically shorter and often have squirrely handling.

Particulars include...Registered in MN as a 1923 Ford Roadster, serial # 1S9ST181X52514007

FRAME: Spirit Industries Track-T, 112” wheelbase, dropped front axle, GM 3/4X11” vented front disc brakes, Vega steering, Flaming River 35X2 Tilt column, rear coil-overs, 10 bolt GM rear-end, drum brakes, Competition Engineering wheelie-bars

MOTOR: 350 small block, 4 bolt Chevy, 850cfm Speed Demon carb, Weiand Team G intake, K & N Filter, Mallory Unilite 37 Series distributor, ACCEL 140001 Super Coil, MSD plug wires, EDELBROCK Elite Tall valve covers, ROSS Racing pistons, Howard solid lifter cam, Tuf-Stuff starter, double-row aluminum radiator, electric fan and custom shroud, NOS Cheater 250HP system with tank

TRANSMISSION: TH350 GM, Lokar shifter

WHEELS: WELD Polished Rodlite 5X15 front and 14X15 rear, 195/65X15 radials front, 31X18.5X15 Mickey Thompson Sportsman rear

BODY: Spirit Industries, 1923 Turtle deck with operating trunk

MISCELLANEOUS: 11.5 Gallon tank, 12 circuit EZ Wire kit, DOLPHIN Gauges(electric speedo, tach, volt, oil, water, fuel), AUTOMETER Shift light, Yellow-top OPTIMA battery, lift out cloth bench interior with door pockets, GRANT 4-spoke GT steering wheel, battery shut-off

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Automotive Grade Linux will be the backbone of your connected car

Fri, Jan 6 2017

Creating a backend for a secure, reliable, and expandable infotainment system is costly and time consuming. The Linux Foundation, a non-profit organization, has set out to promote and advance the Linux operating system in commercial products. Automotive Grade Linux, or AGL, is a group within the Foundation that seeks to apply a Linux backend to a number of automotive applications in a variety of vehicles from various suppliers and manufacturers. AGL's goal is to create a common, unifying framework that allows developers and manufacturers to easily implement applications across platforms. Currently, the focus is on infotainment systems, but AGL has plans for instrument clusters, heads-up displays, and eventually active safety software. At CES, a display from Panasonic showed a completely digital and customizable dashboard that allows information and apps to be moved from the gauge cluster to the infotainment screen and back, all through the use of gesture and touch controls. Although the organization has been around for five years, it's really only been in the past three that the group has been working hand in hand with automakers and suppliers. The first two OEMs to participate, Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover, have since been joined by Mazda, Suzuki, Ford, and, as of this week, Daimler. The latter is important as until now most of AGL's partner's have been based in Japan or the US. Other partners include suppliers Denso, Renesas, Continental, Qualcomm, and Intel. AGL want's to supply roughly 80 percent of the backend, allowing partners to then finish and refine the Linux system for each individual application. Think of how the Android operating system is refined and customized for individual smartphones from Samsung, LG, and Motorola. While the final product looks different, developers can have an application that will work across all AGL systems. Because it is open source, anyone can use and develop for AGL. You can even go onto the group's website and download a copy right now. There is also a software development kit available that helps facilitate app creation on the platform. Vehicle development cycles take roughly five years, so there currently are no cars that run an AGL backbone available for consumers. AGL Executive Director Dan Cauchy says products should be hitting the market later this year, with even more coming in 2018. Right now, the industry is relatively fragmented when it comes to infotainment and related systems.

Ford Australia goes miniature with Beachkhana 1.0 video

Tue, Mar 3 2015

Ken Block's Gymkhana franchise may have started with Subaru, but it's most closely associated with Ford, which the rally star joined way back in 2010. That fruitful partnership has spawned a number of Gymkhanas, and Block even showed up to help introduce the new Focus RS. To honor this, Ford Australia has come up with an adorable parody (for lack of a better word), starring the hero Sun Block. Rather than a full-scale rally Fiesta piloted by a Vegemite-munching Aussie, though, Ford of Oz has gone tiny for its tribute. Really tiny. The product is Beachkhana 1.0 – Wild on the Beaches of Australia, is a funky little stop-motion feature using tiny, 1:43-scale cars in much the same manner as Mr. Block drives his Fiesta rally car. It even pokes some fun at Mercedes-Benz's hilarious Magic Body Control ad. Check it out. Related Video: News Source: Ford Australia Facebook, Ford Australia via YouTube Ford Hatchback Racing Vehicles Videos Ken Block gymkhana ford australia

J Mays' legacy

Fri, 15 Nov 2013

Mays is by far not the first designer to use heritage design cues in his work.
The announcement that J Mays will be leaving his chief creative officer role at Ford Motor Company on January 1 ends a 13-year run in one of the industry's top design roles. While best known for having a hand in reborn classics like the Volkswagen New Beetle, Ford Mustang and Thunderbird (above), Mays' legacy is more complicated and nuanced than being considered the father of what is known as "retrofuturism".

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