From 1987: Ultimate Top Speed Shootout Is a Gathering of Eagles
From the Archive: Gunning for 200 mph and beyond with the fastest street cars in America, among them an AMG Hammer, a Ferrari Testarossa, Callaway Corvettes, and more.
From the December 1987 issue of Car and Driver.
It was hard to believe it was actually happening. At ten o’clock on a summer’s eve, in a garage in the middle of nowhere, the cars began to arrive. One by one, the fastest street machines in America rolled out of the pitch-black Ohio night and through the double-high garage doors, as if drawn by the bright lights inside. The Eagles were gathering.
And, on the face of it, a Honda-powered, 1000-horse, fender-flared Ferrari seems like more of the same – a raft of intrigue in an ocean of hyperbole. This one’s wild, for sure. But it’s also deeply considered, designed for racetrack glory, and interesting as hell.
The canary-yellow 308 is being screwed together by Mike Burroughs. BMW nerds will likely recognize the name. Burroughs was a lightning rod within the bimmerforums online community in the mid-2000s, slamming one vintage BMW or another on airbags and a set of gleaming deep-dish wheels. His builds garnered venom or praise, depending on who weighed in, but his efforts spring boarded the term “stance” into our lexicon, while reviving lowriding culture for a new generation of enthusiasts (check his site, stanceworks.com, for more).
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One of my favourite pastimes is watching other people make progress on their wacky build projects on various YouTube channels. I subscribe to literally hundreds of car channels, and these are a few of my favourites to watch right now, you know, while we’re in between Project Binky episodes. Electric swaps, body swaps, engine swaps, and wholesale ground-up builds are totally my jam, and I could watch them all day. Here are a handful of my favourites on the internet right now.