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Starsky and Hutch; and rocket power too.

Old Feb 3, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Anyone else seen the March issue of Hot Rod yet? They did a nice story on the Starsky and Hutch remake Torino's. Out of twelve cars they bought and painted for filming only two made it through intake. The cars look exactly like the Torino's from the series except they won't have the "big and littles" wheel and tire thing going on this time around. But, the two survivors do have 400+hp Windsors in them, and I know that is better than what they were running in the series cars back in the day.

Hot Rod also did a story on something well before my time. Honestly, I had never even heard of it, and wouldn't have believed it without a fairly reliable source and some pictures. They did a story on the "Turbonique" turbine powered drag axle from back in the late fities to early seventies. Yep, you could hook up to 1000hp worth of "microturbine" to your cars rear axle. They even had a class for racing these things back in the day. An instant hit of a few hundred turbine driven hp through the wheels is just what the doctor ordered!
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 07:27 AM
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Not to hijack your thread but i saw a preview for the upcoming Starsky and hutch movie. Its gonna be a comedy of sorts with Ben Stiller and Owen somthing...... i cant remember his last name. Looked funny.
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Old Feb 9, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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Owen Wilson... He starred with Jackie Chan in the 'Shanghi' movies

Hopefully, this movie will be a hit... Then maybe people will buy up old Torinos to make look alike cars and put an end to the Elenore fad.
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Old Feb 9, 2004 | 03:03 PM
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I saw the preveiw for it last night during the Grammy's. Something about Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson both make me want to , but Snoop Dog in it seemed to be hilarious!
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Old Feb 9, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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Check the trailer out here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/starsky_and_hutch/
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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 09:04 AM
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Elanor fad's overblown. The real funny one is all the rap stars buying Olds and doing them up to look like the Sabre Turbo in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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