Springfield1952
11-03-2005, 05:25 PM
I spent the last two days at the high church for testostrone-filled, car loving males - the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. There is over 2,000,000 square feet of exhibit space with 9,000 exhibitors of automotive parts and accessories. My aching dogs!
The most impressive exhibit was the Ford GT that had be sawn in half and you could walk through the center of the car. The cutting was perfect and went through the dash instruments, screws were cut in half and the entire transmission was a wonder of split gears and synchros. Way cool.
The most unusual display was in the OverHaulin' exhibit where they are filming an episode of the TV show. The work is being done in a big tent structure with an army of workers busy on various parts of the project car. One guy from BF Goodrich tires was hand carving a custom tread pattern in a blank tire casing. When I saw him yesterday he had finished one tire and was about half through the second tire. Since Mopar was one of the sponsers, the Mopar M logo was a key element of the design he was carving.
There was a new water pump for e34 BMW's that was shown. I spent some time talking with their engineers and I'll post some information tomorrow when I dig out the notes I took.
I'll try to post some photos tomorrow.
Curt.
The most impressive exhibit was the Ford GT that had be sawn in half and you could walk through the center of the car. The cutting was perfect and went through the dash instruments, screws were cut in half and the entire transmission was a wonder of split gears and synchros. Way cool.
The most unusual display was in the OverHaulin' exhibit where they are filming an episode of the TV show. The work is being done in a big tent structure with an army of workers busy on various parts of the project car. One guy from BF Goodrich tires was hand carving a custom tread pattern in a blank tire casing. When I saw him yesterday he had finished one tire and was about half through the second tire. Since Mopar was one of the sponsers, the Mopar M logo was a key element of the design he was carving.
There was a new water pump for e34 BMW's that was shown. I spent some time talking with their engineers and I'll post some information tomorrow when I dig out the notes I took.
I'll try to post some photos tomorrow.
Curt.