Fastest 1957 Pontiac In The World

Happy Labor Day! To celebrate, our good friend, Mark Crutcher, gave us some recent photos of his 1957 Pontiac Chieftain 2-door hardtop. This is the same car featured in High Performance Pontiac. Mark claims it is the fastest 1957 Pontiac in the world with stock suspension designed in 1940 and a genuine Pontiac engine. To back-up the claim, he points to his 1/4 mile times at Speedworld Dragstrip in Whittmann, Arizona: 11.51 seconds at 114.39 mph--about the same as a McLaren F1, Ferrari 458 Italia,  Ford GT, Nissan GT-R, or Porsche 911 Turbo. We won't argue.

1957 Pontiac Chieftain Coupe in Clark Kent disguise

Mark Crutcher in his 1957 Pontiac on his way to 11.51 second quarter mile

Rear whitewalls exchanged for racing slicks

What's IN that thing?!! A 455 cubic inch Pontiac engine, bored to 470.

Thanks, Mark!

1993 Honda Civic Paint Job

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1993 Honda Civic, this dependable little car came to us with its original paint in rough shape. We took care of that by removing the peeling old paint, preparing the surface with a sealer primer, and finally painting it back to its factory red color.

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Horrific End to Goodyear Formula Car Challenge

Amazing video of the last lap of the 2012 Goodyear Formula Car Challenge from the driver's seat of Lloyd Read in the #16 Almost Everything Mazda. In the lead with only a few turns left to win the overall series championship, Read & another driver tangle, tangle again, finally wreck & go airborne. The amazing part is that Read drives through to the end of the race with one wheel hanging off the car. As he finally crosses the finish line his tire starts to burn. Read finished the season with 5 podium finishes and 2 wins.



Look for Lloyd Read in the Star Mazda Road to Indy Championship.

For more information on Lloyd Read and the championship series, visit:

LloydReadRacing.com
Facebook.com/Lloyd-Read-Racing
wikipedia.org/Star_Mazda_Championship
StarMazda.com/
FormulaCarChallenge.com

1995 Ford Mustang

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1995 Ford Mustang Convertible. The owner did not want to keep his fading, red factory paint. He opted to change the color to our "black cherry effect," a deep black paint with red metallic flake.

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1998 BMW Z3 Complete Paint Job

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 BMW Z3. This car came to us with its original paint in terrible shape. The primer beneath the paint had failed, creating a condition known as "microchecking" which we removed, re-primed and painted back to its original factory color.

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IndyCar Races Aug. 24-26, 2012 at Sears Point

Join Almost Everything, Lloyd Read Racing and US Olympic Gold Medalists Tyler Clary and  Erin Cafaro this weekend at the 2012  GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sears Point, California. Almost Everything's Lloyd Read will contest races 9 & 10 of the Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear between Indy Car races. Read won the championship in 2011 driving for Almost Everything. So far in 2012, Read has put Almost Everything on the podium in the 4 out of 4 races we've competed including a 1st place finish.

In addition to all the IndyCar stars, Tyler Clary who won gold in the 200-meter backstroke and Erin Cafaro who won 2 consecutive gold medals in rowing will be guests at the event.

The Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear is part of the "Road to Indy" that trains drivers and showcases talent to F1 and Indianapolis 500 teams. Read joins a very elite alumni that includes NASCAR and Formula One star Scott Speed, Indy drivers Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal and NASCAR/Champ Car/GTP driver Michael McDowell.

For more information on Lloyd Read and the championship series, visit:

LloydReadRacing.com
Facebook.com/Lloyd-Read-Racing
wikipedia.org/Star_Mazda_Championship
StarMazda.com/
FormulaCarChallenge.com

2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse Bumper Repair

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse, when it came to us it had a severely damaged front bumper. We repaired and resurfaced what was left and painted it to a factory quality finish.

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Infiniti design to become 'leaner, more athletic'

Infiniti design to become 'leaner, more athletic'

We met Lindsay Chappell, Automotive News Bureau Chief, at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Read his articles on changes coming from Infiniti.

1998 Honda Accord

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 Honda Accord, we resurfaced the severely damaged factory paint and changed the color to a dark metallic plum.

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2004 Toyota Highlander

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2004 Toyota Highlander, when it came to us it had a severely damaged rear bumper, which we replaced, painted and restored to a factory finish!

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2004 Toyota Highlander

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2004 Toyota Highlander, it came to us with a badly damaged rear bumper, it left the shop looking like new!

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