Gil Rodger’s 1949 Chevy at our new website!

If you’re here looking for your weekly dose of hot rod awesomeness, go somewhere else.

Not to be rude, but we have officially moved to a new web host, and with it a new web server.  We’ve still got the great things you’ve come to expect from us-stunning pictures, witty commentary, and even the occasional beautiful woman.  However, we’re also (slowly) adding new features that we can’t do here;  things like an online store to order copies of our new book, easier-to-access archives, and much, much more that we haven’t figured out how to do yet.

To visit the new site (and check out this week’s article on Gil Rodger’s 1949 Chevy Kustom coupe) click here or on the image below to be whisked away to an all-new SundayCruiseFever.com.  While you’re there, enjoy the new design and layout-just don’t forget to bookmark our new home on the web.

If we haven’t said it before, thanks for visiting (we really do appreciate it) and we look forward to seeing you at the new SundayCruiseFever.com!

Top Video Wednesday

CW McCall might have made the song “Convoy” a classic, but Canadian country star Paul Brandt made the song his own.

When you think about it, it was only a matter of time before Brandt made a song like this. The Peterbuilt rig he’s driving is property of his father’s trucking company, Paul Brandt Trucking. The logos on the side of the trailers are the actual livery paint for his fleet of Petes that roam the prairies around Morris, Manitoba. Even though his son didn’t follow in his trucking footsteps, Paul Brandt Sr. still shows off his pride with a list of his son’s gold records and CMA awards down the side of each truck.

Lookin’ for something?

If you’re here looking to order yourself a copy of “Class of 2009,” you’re in luck;  we’ve got a line on the elusive genius who wrote this amazing work of art (HINT:  it’s me).  If you’re into shopping online, shopping in a store, or shopping by coming to Winnipeg to buy it directly from me, Click on the image to your right!

1955 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer Convertible

Ever have one of those cars that keeps breaking down, no matter how many times you restore it?  Rebuild the engine, the transmission blows.  Replace the rearend gears, and the driveshaft U-joints wear out.  Every time you fix it, you think “that’s it, it’s all done, it’s ready to rock cruise night,” just in time to have something else snap.

Chrysler owns one of those companies.

As anyone who doesn’t live under a rock knows, Chrysler was recently “saved” by President Obama’s help (and money).  Before that, it was “saved” by Daimler-Benz.  Before that, it was “saved” by the Intrepid sedan.  Before that, it was “saved” by Lee Iacoca and the K-car/minivan.

This is the Dodge Custom Royal Convertible, a.k.a, “The Lancer.”  It was the highest trim level available, and was also the most rare.  This particular specimen is only one of six allowed into Canada with its Super Red Ram Hemi engine.  Of course, back in those days they didn’t call it a Hemi.  The 270-cubic inch V8 had a double rocker shaft, so old guys like your Grandpa called it a “double rocker.”  While pushing this car to school.  Uphill.  Both ways.  In a snowstorm.

Want to see the rest of this article?  Head over to the new SundayCruiseFever.com to see this page (and more like it) the way it was supposed to be experienced!

Weekend Project – TheBidClub.com

Welcome to the first edition of “Weekend Project,” where we bring you a new project every week.  And by “Project,” we mean “car you can buy, take home, and do what you will.”  You know, as opposed to the “projects” your teacher would give you for homework every Friday.

Click Here to continue reading “Weekend Project:  TheBidClub.com”

Random Thursday-Home Built Hybrid edition

According to a recent review by Jeremy Clarkson, the new Honda Insight still blows goats.

(not pictured:  Honda hybrid car’s optional goat blowing attachment)

The amazing part of this crappy car is that none of it is really new technology.  Granted, there’s apparently some sort of newfangled “tree” that grows more leaves as you drive slower and slower.  Well, that and growing middle fingers in your rear-view mirror from all the traffic you’re holding up as you crawl along the road.

Click here to continue reading “Random Thursday-Home Built Hybrid Edition”

Top Video Wednesday

Anyone who’s spent any time on the internet knows about Fail Blog.  All of us here have been big fans since it first made its appearance a couple years ago, especially when cars are involved:

Want to read the rest of this article!  Click Here to visit the all-new SundayCruiseFever.com!  We’ve got all the same content, but in a much better looking (and easier to navigate) package.  Check it out today!

Happy birthday to Miss Lou Motor Mafia!

A few hundred miles south of where this site is created, you’ll find a part of Louisiana rich with beautiful scenery and even more beautiful cars.  It’s a fertile land, ripe for the creation of another great website named Miss Lou Motor Mafia.

The brainchild of Trey “Blasterhappy” Frederick, it’s a great resource for anyone who’s into cars, pin-up girls, and history.  Trey’s insight and his personal commentary on the local Louisiana ’scene make for a great read, and great entertainment.

To find out if the hype is true (it is!) click on the image below and find out for yourself!

History of the Camaro, part 2

While the first generation gets all the glory in car magazines and eBay auctions, it was the second-generation of Camaro that General Motors truly put their heart & soul into.  Although it was still a unibody with sub-frames, the new pony car was built longer, lower and fatter than the previous generation, with aerodynamic styling inspired by much more expensive European sportscars.  Of course, being a good ol’ American-built machine, they had to add a slightly more aggressive touch to the elegant styling-namely, a front grill that’s going to eat you.

The new hardtop-only machine screamed across dealer lots in February of 1970, with engine options ranging from an economical 250-cubic inch 6-cylinder producing a respectable 155 horsepower, to the all-powerful 396 big-block with 375 horsepower.  Chevy kept many of the packages and options from the previous generation, including the RS, SS, and Z/28 packages, the latter of which came with an early version of the LT-1 350 ci small-block engine.  It was indeed a powerful beginning to what should have been a powerful series of cars.

Want to read the rest of this article!  Click Here to visit the all new SundayCruiseFever.com!  We’ve got all the same content, but in a much better looking (and easier to navigate) package.  Check it out today!

Hottie Wheels: Christopher Allison

Today’s pin-up girl comes to us compliments of San Diego photography maestro Christopher Allison.

Christopher’s been shooting semi-pro (read: family portraits) for five years now, but only started doing pinups in the last two years.  As can be seen, his work has been inspired and influenced by car shows, something made evident by the way Christopher balances the car and the model within the frame.  Recently, his work has started appearing in calendars, magazines, and model’s portfolios, as well as being followed by hundreds of people on Flickr.

If you agree with us that Mr. Allison is on the up & up, check out his website (Click Here) and add him as a contact on Flickr (Click Here).  If this is what he’s capable of in a couple years of shooting Pin-Up, just imagine where he’ll be in a couple more years!

Like what you read?  Check out some of the work by our close friend PJ at Appleblossom Photography.  Or for something closer to home, have a look at local guy Jay Bourke and his beautiful mix of women, bikinis, and Mopars.  And don’t forget to come back tomorrow for The Big Article-History of the Camaro part 2!