Co-Sponsored by Rancho, LAT Racing Oils, McKenzies, Jimco, KarTek, VP and BFGoodrich, Jimmy Slaughter’s latest dominator is one bad ass, state of the art desert racer. After proving it’s metal and capability as a front runner during the Rage at the River event it is obvious this will be a machine to watch closely in [...]
SEE THROUGH TIRES Can you imagine a set of these on your slammed VW!!! Radical new tire design by Michelin were recently displayed at the Philadelphia car show. Rumored for the past couple of years, Michelin has annouced that the revolutionary TWEEK tires may be hitting dealer showrooms as early as August 2012. The next [...]
Check it out. Rich Kimball, Mr. BugIn, paid Rancho a visit recently with his fresh 2012 Beetle. Actually the new Beetle was provided by long time VW enthusiast supporter FLADEBOE VW, www.fladeboevw.com/. This was the first time we’d really gotton a close look at VW’s latest and it’s one fine ride. Initially I had thought [...]
Form meets function in Peter’s 15 year undertaking to built the ultimate “fast and fierce” piece of VW art. Text: Georg Otto Photography: Stefan Bau It’s been is three years and 20 runs, since the CSP Ghia first blasted down the quarter mile. And from the beginning crew chief Peter Köhmann promised the car a [...]
Rancho’s own Mike “Speedy” Herbert let it all hang out at the Berg BOWLORAMA prequil to this years Classic. BIG SPEEDY came to the line, chute and all, warmed his soles, staged, cut a perfect light and blistered the traps with an amazing top speed of 26.68 MPH. Actually blistered hardly covers it as even [...]
Okay, just how cool is this? Hot college coed, way cool Surf Bus, and “Best Buns to Win” contest, what’s not to like. Earlier this year Hollister, one of the world’s most sought after, trend setting lines of youth oriented clothing, held a contest to find “who looked best in our jeans”. Entrants submitted a [...]
