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NOT long ago there was just one cable channel, Speed, devoted to cars; the few television shows for enthusiasts included MTV’s “Pimp My Ride,” since canceled. These days, the offerings are more plentiful and comprehensive.  Read More...

Well-versed Detroit car enthusiasts will recognize the name of the Vinsetta Garage. Located about 20 miles from Detroit on Woodward Ave., the garage opened in 1919, and was a landmark  in Motor City history. Vinsetta was situated in a prime location in the heyday of cruising and drag racing.... READ MORE AT FORBES

This weekend on Powerblock Royal Purple’s Mark McFann and  Ken Lingenfelter, CEO of  Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, join Courtney with an update on the auction of the Royal Bird. Royal Purple wanted to give back so they put their ’69 Firebird on the auction block and Ken was the highest bidder with all the proceeds going to benefit Hot Rodders Children’s Charity. Plus Mark will announce a sweepstakes in conjunction with the release of “Real Steel” on Blu-ray combo pack and DVD Tuesday January 24^th. Royal Purple and FunJet Vacations are giving away a V.I.P. trip for four to California to visit Legacy Effects; the effects team that did all the robots for the movie. Catch it all on Powerblock January 21 & 22, plus we’ll have a gorgeous ’70 Super Bee too. For more go to www.RoyalPurple.com  and for more on Ken’s car collection: http://www.thelingenfeltercollection.com/

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Formula Drift Series champion Vaughn Gittin slides his way into Powerblock this weekend with 3 Mustangs! Courtney and Vaughn take over the back lot of Ford Lincoln of Franklin for a special Powerblock shoot on location, filled with the sights and smells of burning rubber. Vaughn brings his 800 horse competition Mustang, the Mustang RTR-X he built for the video game Need For Speed The Run, and his personal vision of the Mustang; the RTR. Vaughn designed this sexy 420 horse Mustang with his performance and styling package available at premiere Ford dealers worldwide. Vaughn will explain his involvement with Ford’s Octane Academy and how you can enter. Now the big question: will Courtney strap in for a drifting demo with Vaughn? Find out January 7 & 8. For more www.OctaneAcademy.com and www.VaughnGittin.com

He is one of the robots from the new movie Real Steel hitting theaters October 7th. Courtney welcomes John Rosengrant, the Robotic Animatronic Supervisor for the film. John and his team built 27 robots in five months, starting with steel tube frames. The 8 foot robots are hydraulically controlled and are interactive with the actors on the set. We'll take you behind the scenes of this robot boxing movie and show you how they built them, how they operated them during filming and show you some cool scenes you may not have seen yet. Plus Royal Purple is the official oil of the WRB; the World Robot Boxing league and has a sponsorship presence in the film; similar to how companies are involved in a stock car race. You can build your own robot and battle your friends on-line at www.RoyalPurple.com. To see the trailer for Real Steel click here.  Check it out on Powerblock October 1 & 2.

The creator of Ubisoft’s original Driver video game franchise, Martin Edmonson, joins Courtney this weekend to talk about Driver San Francisco; the next installment. Our sponsor Royal Purple is involved and we’ll tell you how to unlock a limited edition Royal Purple Cadillac El Dorado that you can race in the game. Martin and his team of up to 400 programmers spent 5 ½ years creating what Martin calls a tribute to all the great Hollywood movie and TV car chase films. The game features some of the most iconic cars from all our favorite car chase scenes with a realistic feel and handling to the cars. Martin loves muscle cars with tire smoke and big tail spins! Look for Royal Purple in the game now on store shelves and check out Powerblock September 24 & 25. For more on how to unlock the El Dorado go to www.RoyalPurple.com and click on the Driver button.

This is one stunning custom ’55 Thunderbird. Owner Penny Weiss showed up at Randy Borcherding’s Painthouse, just outside of Houston, for a quick scuff and paint. A few thousand man hours later and Blue Belle was born. It has a 312 Y block with two four barrels and Edelbrock carbs. Randy and his team stretched the hood scoop 4” forward just to fit the carbs. They replaced the bench seat with buckets and it’s another gorgeous interior by Ron Mangus of Rialto, CA. The whitewalls are a classic touch and they painted the car a Painthouse custom color called “Blue Belle”.  Randy was rock solid about not ruining the essence of a T-Bird and we think it’s one beautiful car you need to see for yourself on Powerblock September 10 & 11.

For more on Randy visit www.PainthouseTX.com

Check out these matching Mopars on Powerblock August 27th & 28th.  On the right is an '08 Challenger and on the left is a '70 Cuda. Owner Tim Holifield wanted twin muscle cars so he turned to Dennis Lyons of Impatient Creations to finish them off. Dennis joins Courtney this weekend to talk about the Cuda's 6.1 Hemi that makes 500 horsepower, fed by a wild set of custom induction tubes. The front air dam has a custom splitter and it rolls on Boze wheels and Mickey Thompson rubber. The Challenger has a custom interior and both cars are painted in Viper Orange with Charcoal accents. The beauty in the Pearl flame job is that both the Orange & Charcoal are in there to pull it all together.

For more go to www.ImpatientCreations.com

This weekend on Powerblock we salute all of you guys who work on your cars and trucks on nights and weekends in the never ending pursuit of automotive perfection. Courtney showcases Leonard Johnson's daily driver, a 1985 F-250 that's been his work in progress for over 24 years! The former Air Force jet mechanic added lots of polished stainless steel, bored out the original factory 351 to 362, added suicide doors and painted it House of Color Candy Gold. He calls it Gold Dust. Check it out on Powerblock August 6th & 7th.

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