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For Sale: A Rare Ford 427 SOHC Cammer V8 Crate Engine @Silodrome

EXTRAORDINARY ENGINES FOR SALE This is an unused ex-Holman-Moody Cammer V8 in original zero hour condition. The Ford 427 SOHC Cammer V8 is one of the rarest and most desirable big block V8 engines ever made. Unusually for an American V8 it has overhead cams rather than pushrods as it was built specifically for racing. It’s been called the “90 Day Wonder” thanks to its compressed development…

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For Sale: An Oldsmobile Jetfire Turbo Rocket V8 – The World’s First Turbo V8 Engine - Ben Branch @Silodrome

This is an original Oldsmobile Jetfire Turbo Rocket V8 engine, it was pulled out of a 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire, and it has the unique distinction of being the world’s first turbocharged V8 production engine. The title of world’s first production turbo V8 would be historically significant enough, but the Jetfire Turbo Rocket was also just the second production engine with a turbo fitted after the…

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1910 Cadillac Racer – A $35,000+ Brass Era Competition Roadster - Ben Branch @Silodrome

This 1910 Cadillac racer is a brass era roadster that was built with one thing in mind – competition. In 1910 the automotive world was still in its infancy, the first gasoline-powered car had been built by Karl Benz just 25 years earlier, and they still largely resembled horse drawn carriages with missing ponies. This didn’t stop people from racing them with gusto of course, and I think it’s…

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Ford Model T/A Dirt Track Roadster - Ben Branch @Sildrome

Dirt track racing is an American institution, the simple set up of the race track means that it’s a style of racing that could be enjoyed in both country towns and larger cities – and as a spectator you can get close to the action, often separated by just a flimsy wire fence. The cars that were built for dirt track racing were typically very simple, and often assembled from parts available at…

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For Sale: A Rare “Jet Age” American Sports Car – The La Dawri Sebring - Ben Branch @Silodrome

This is a La Dawri Sebring, it’s a rare American sports car from the 1950s and it’s believed that just a handful have survived to the modern day. This one is being sold out of Ormond Beach, Florida and it’s previously been featured in ReinCARnation Magazine. The La Dawri Sebring was offered as a fiberglass body that could fit a wide array of sports car bodies, including both front and…

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The Handbuilt CNG-Powered “Magnolia Special” Roadster Is For Sale - Ben Branch @Silodrome

This is the “Magnolia Special” Roadster, it was built by well-known motorcycle designer J.T. Nesbitt of Curtiss Motorcycles based out of Birmingham, Alabama. Unusually, this car is powered not by gasoline, diesel, or electricity, but by compressed natural gas (CNG). Nesbitt built the car between 2009 – 2011, once it was completed he drove it from New York to Los Angeles over a span of 89 hours…

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Turbocharged Prototype: The 1980 M81 McLaren Mustang - Ben Branch @Silodrome

This is the M81 McLaren Mustang prototype, it’s the first of a planned 250 cars that were built as a partnership between McLaren Engines and Ford’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO). Just 10 vehicles were built in the end due to the high price, and today they’re among the rarest production Mustangs ever made. McLaren Engines had been established in the United States in 1969 by New Zealand racing…

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