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Scott Robinson's "Bionic Wasp" 68' Camaro

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  Scott Robinson is from southern California and has been into cars his whole life, his earliest memories recount his time spent with his father and his friends. Scott's father raced all types of vehicles, drag boats, sand rails, and cars. These experiences made a major impression on Scott and he couldn't wait to be old enough to drive. When he was old enough, he got heavy into off-road motorcycles then when he got his driver's license all bets were off.  Scott forgot about racing motorcycles and went all in and started racing cars. The first car he raced wasn't car at all, it was a 1975 Chevy van. But this wasn't  any old worn out work van. This van belonged to Scott's father, it featured  a destroked 400 cube small-block built by Scott's Dad, it's backed up with a TH-400 automatic transmission and a narrowed 12-bolt rear end. Scott said it was fun ride for his first car, and when he graduated high-school his father gave it to him.   The father and son
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Hot Rod Ron Carlsten's 227 Bullet Coupe

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       Ron Carlsten Jr. is from Phoenix, Arizona, and he calls his classic 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe the 227 Bullet Coupe. He calls it that because it had 227 bullet holes in it. Ron said he and some friends  were in the garage one night, and they  had a few drinks and decided to count all the bullet holes. I was hoping for a Bonnie and Clyde type of story about the bullets, but alas that was not to be. Ron believes it was nothing more than target practice.  How Ron would end up building a classic Deuce Coupe hot rod, however, might be as good as the Bonnie and Clyde story anyway.   Ron and his friends started getting into early hot rods because all the old guys were throwing away the traditional components. “They wanted independent front suspension and air conditioning and power steering and power brakes,” he said. “And they were like ‘I don’t want that straight axle, that’s a piece of junk. Here you can have it.’” Ron and his friends developed their ideas about hot rods from
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