RCNMag.com WINTER 2020 Ferrari-Based Lancia Stratos Shelby GR-1 Concept Gas Ronda’s Galaxie 500 Page 50 History repeats itself in a 427- powered Daytona Coupe that coulda, woulda, shoulda been SECRET WEAPON Scratch-Built Sauber Mercedes Page 56 Factory Five Speedstar Kit costs $22,990. Factory Five Racing All-New Speedstar We launched our ’33 Hot Rod at the SEMA Show 11 years ago! These days, you can build our award-winning '33 as a coupe, as a roadster, with fenders or without. The same performance chassis is found under our '35 Hot Rod Truck, and now under this beautiful Speedstar body! The Ridler Award-winning Speedstar body now drives as good as it looks with the proven Factory Five performance Hot Rod chassis underneath! We bought Rat’s Glass Bodies last year, and this all-new shape is the first result of that acquisition. Build your Factory Five today! For a free brochure and DVD, call us at 508-291-3443 or visit factoryfive.com. Dave Smith, President Factory Five Racing 9 Tow Rd. Wareham, MA 02571 508-291-3443 factoryfive.com Contents 50 COMING NEXT ISSUE On the Cover Racing in the Rain’s Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Repro CSX2286, one of the most contested Shelby projects, was powered by a 390 ci Shelby GT350 from the Original Venice Crew big-block for Le Mans in 1964. The car was never raced, but lives on now as an Rick Dore’s LT4-Powered Speedliner exacting Kirkham continuation. Photo by Ted7. Tribute to the Teardrop-Shaped Talbot Lago THROTTLE STEERING FEATURE CAR 6 Electric Vehicles — Where’s the Juice? 28 The Great One By Steve Temple, Editor The Shelby GR-1 takes the Cobra Daytona Coupe to a whole new level. By Steve Temple RCN ONLINE 8 @RCNmag.com TECH A preview of current online exclusive content. 34 Cobra Cowling How to improve airflow and dress up your ride. FEATURE CAR By Dan Burrill 10 Numerical Advantage FEATURE CAR The figures all add up on this race-ready 818R from Factory Five. By Steve Temple 38 Mathematical Methodology Lynx Motors crafts a derivative Jag with a Le Mans legacy. FEATURE CAR Courtesy of Fantasy Junction 16 Feral Cats FEATURE CAR Bruce Meyers’ wild inspiration for the Meyers Manx and its evolution into a high-performance machine. 44 Sky-High Stratos By By Steve Temple and Joshua Golabi Launching a lofty reincarnation of a legendary rally car using Ferrari mechanicals. FEATURE CAR By Joe Greeves 22 Stellar Street/Strip Tribute COVER STORY Recreating a high-performance Galaxie 500 XL that famed racer Gas Ronda preferred on the street. 50 The Secret Weapon By Steve Temple History repeats itself in a 427-powered Daytona Coupe that coulda, woulda, shoulda been. By Steve Temple 4 CONTENTS 10 28 Racing in the Rain’s Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Repro Shelby GT350 from the Original Venice Crew 16 38 Rick Dore’s LT4-Powered Speedliner Tribute to the Teardrop-Shaped Talbot Lago FEATURE CAR 56 Scratch-Built Sauber C9 Emulating a Le Mans-winning Mercedes Group C prototype. By Jim Youngs TECH 62 Bright Idea How to create a shiny finish using Barracuda glass instead of metal. By Dan Burrill READER’S RIDE 66 RSK-y Business 44 56 This boosted RSK has been an exhilarating ride. By Jim Youngs READER’S RIDE 74 Dream Interpretation Visualizing a supercharged big-block surrounded by a street rod. As told by Bob Warren EVENT RECAP 78 RCN Drivers’ Choice Award Recap READER’S RIDE 84 The Exterminator Working the bugs out of a giant-killing Bugatti replica. 66 84 As told by Lyle Kruger reincarnationmag.com | Winter 2020 5 DO IT YOURSELF do it yourself PRODUCTS THROTTLE STEERING REINCARNATIONElectric Vehicles — Where’s The Juice? ome automotive pundits feel that electric vehicles consumption and the use of toxic chemicals. Besides are the next big thing. Increasing numbers of these issues of pollution and energy reserves (not to S OEMs shifting hundreds of billions of dollars mention the risk of fire from lithium-ion batteries), take into the development of EVs. a look at the density of chemical versus electrical energy, But are they all they’re cracked up to be? They sure and the differences are even more dramatic: look cool, for the most part, and many clearly perform • It costs less than 50 cents to store a barrel of oil, or Steve Temple well with instant power and sporty handling. its equivalent in natural gas, but it costs $200 to store Editor There are some downsides, however, such as “range the equivalent energy of a barrel of oil in batteries. anxiety.” That can be alleviated as battery technology • About 60 pounds of batteries are needed to store improves, resulting in greater energy density, faster the energy equivalent of 1 pound of hydrocarbons. charging and longer life. At least 100 pounds of materials are mined, moved Higher prices for EVs are a concern as well, but and processed for every pound of battery fabricated. cheaper sodium-based, solid-state batteries are in the • It takes the energy equivalent of 100 barrels of oil works (from the inventor of the lithium-ion technology to fabricate a quantity of batteries that can store the among others). energy equivalent of a single barrel of oil. While these blue-sky promises might sound appealing, Granted, some of these statistics might alter somewhat here are some facts to bring us back to earth. According in favor of EVs as technology improves. And we have to a report from the Manhattan Institute by Mark P. no problem with covering replicas and specialty cars Mills entitled The “New Energy Economy”: An Exercise with battery-only power. But EVs won’t be replacing in Magical Thinking: our petroleum-powered vehicles anytime soon, despite • A 100x growth in the number of EVs to 400 million government subsidies. That is a comforting thought for on the roads by 2040 would displace only 5% of our enthusiast hobby that pays tribute to all sorts of cars global oil demand. with internal-combustion engines. • Replacing U.S. hydrocarbon-based electric Here’s one final thought that might be yet another generation over the next 30 years would require a game-changer. Army researchers recently discovered construction program building out the grid at a rate quite by accident that an aluminum alloy powder, when 14-fold greater than any time in history. mixed with any water-based liquid, produces hydrogen. • For security and reliability, an average of two This fuel could in turn be used for either a fuel cell or months of national demand for hydrocarbons are an internal-combustion engine, without the need for in storage at any time. Today, barely two hours of high-pressure cylinders. The raw materials needed are national electricity demand can be stored in all massively more abundant than lithium — and utility-scale batteries, plus all batteries in 1 million environmentally friendly too. So maybe Doc Brown got electric cars in America. it right after all, in Back to the Future with his DeLorean’s While lithium-ion is the current state of the art for beer can-fueled Mr. Fusion energy generator. EV batteries, there are some environmental concerns with the use of lithium. Even though lithium mining is Steve Temple relatively cheap, it comes with huge drawbacks in water [email protected] 6 reincarnationmag.com | Winter 2020 7 NEWS & ALERTS Visit RCNmag.com and sign up for our newsletter. RCNmag.com Get exclusive content delivered @ right to your inbox. Visit the site daily for new, exclusive content. Read our daily content and get the most out of ReinCarNation Magazine. 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While on location at the world’s largest Corvette party, we picked www.RCNmag.com/fresh-finds/ out eight exceptional custom cars delightful-dino-aluminum-bodied-196s-recreation that stuck out from the crowd. www.RCNmag.com/news/ corvette-reincarnations- at-mid-america-motorworks SEMA Sues US DOT Over Low Volume Act Thursday, Oct. 17, SEMA sued the U.S. DOT for its failure to enact its portion of the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act. This vital piece of legislation is nearly three years delayed, and paves the way for bespoke turnkey classics. www.RCNmag.com/news/sema-sues-u-s-dot-over- delayed-low-volume-legislation RCN’s Top 10 Car Films Fast cars, beautiful women and cliffhangers: the RCN movie vault features a few familiar faces with a tasteful smattering of cult classics and road films. 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