Top Video Wednesday

In this last post of 2008, we’re turning our eyes to the skies with some of the worst attempted car jumps YouTube has to offer.  First up:  Top Gear’s attempt to crash a wedding party.  Literally. Second is this compilation of daredevil jumps gone horribly wrong.  Sure, their heart is in the right place, what [...]

Oldschool 1934 Chevy Coupe

Longtime readers will recognize this close-up of Jim Hunter’s 1934 Chevy coupe.  It’s been featured on Free Wallpaper Friday a couple of times, and is even the cover of our first book, “Class of 2009.”  And as promised in last Friday’s Free Wallpaper, today is the day that this beautiful coupe is supposed to get [...]

Free Wallpaper Friday

Hey all, hope  everyone here had a great Christmas (or whatever you celebrate), and that Santa was good  to you.  I did pretty well for myself this year, with a sweet leather briefcase and a pile of hand tools.  This  year’s haul was further proof that you don’t have to be nice to score from [...]

Hottie Wheels

  Merry Christmas, and welcome to the first edition of Hottie Wheels!  This is a new feature on SundayCruiseFever.com that gives other photographers, artists, and models a chance to show off their assorted mad skills. And by “Mad Skills,” I mean skills related to having really hot women hanging off the side of a car. [...]

Top Video Wednesday

If that isn’t enough for you, here’s a video of Rally America racer Ken Block practicing his Gymkana.  For those of you that don’t know, Gymkana is a race of skill and grace, effectively testing the driver’s ability to maneuver around a very small course.  Often this can involved tight turns around a pylon or [...]

Don Crosbie’s 1954 Mercury Sun Valley

The average person today keeps a car for three to five years. It’s to the point that most vehicles today are designed for easy recycling as much as they are for easy assembly, knowing full well that after one or two owners, the car will be melted down and turned into souvenir ashtrays. Of course, [...]

Bailout Blunders Part 3: Demons of Detroit

  Finding the tiny European nation of Luxembourg on a map can be difficult.  Finding a way to lose more money than everyone in Luxembourg earned last year is apparently quite easy. According to General Motor’s annual report, the automaking giant lost $38.7 billion dollars in 2007.  By contrast, the gross domestic product of Luxembourg-that [...]

The Bailout Blunder

  First off:  my apologies if you’re an American politician from the deep south. No, wait, I take that back.  If you’re an American politican from the deep south, Fuck You. This was supposed to be an article on the history of the Hemi engine.  But to be honest, I will have the attention of [...]

Free Wallpaper Friday

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Bailout Blunders Part 2: Where’s Waldo?

  Most people get tired of playing “Where’s Waldo?” after grade eight.  Of course, “most people” aren’t involved in the current auto industry rescue package, the bailout seen as the last stand for North America’s Big Three automakers. For those that are involved, they now have their own version called “Where’s the Blame?”  And while [...]