Jay Leno's 620 hp 1955 Buick RoadMaster

[Bustov]

Very good article in this weeks Autoweek about Jay Leno's latest addition to his collection. A 1955 Buick Raodmaster w/ 620 hp GM crate motor, C4 vette rearend and C5 vette front end.
Leno's First Love: If You Had It To Do All Over Again, Wouldn’t You Drop A Crate Motor In It?
(http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=coverstory&loc_code=&content_code=06494089)

Also short article about a few of his other cars
Jay’s Addiction
The car’s we’d all buy if we could all buy cars
(http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=specials&loc_code=&content_code=06248277)

Wish Jay would put his collection online or offer tours of the warehouses.

[BADMIHAI]

Jay Leno is COOL 8) 8) 8) 8)

I like it how he's so open-minded and so friendly. He really is a nice guy (or so he seems). And his car collection is just.....WWOOOOOWW.......I can only think of the Sultan of Brunei to have a bigger collection that's actually driven.

[kompressorlogik]

yeah, that car was on the cover of the latest hot rod magazine, too. good article as well. also mentioned his motorcycle powered by a helicopter engine and his mclaren that comes with complementary titanium tool-set.

[Bigdaddytwon]

i'm surprised no one actually manufactures "new" frames for these old cars.. I've seen a few for the Deuces.. but they're mostly redneck engineering jobs, bigger tube means stronger and such..

I say make a fully hydroformed chassis ala C5 vette to swap under old musclecars, you could probably double the torsional rigidity, and it could even allow for the addition of an IRS, immagine a 68 camaro with modern ride and handleing.

Oh yeah.. and Jay Leno is the shit.. i never thought a deusenberg could be cool till i saw his.

[Bigdaddytwon]

i'm surprised no one actually manufactures "new" frames for these old cars.. I've seen a few for the Deuces.. but they're mostly redneck engineering jobs, bigger tube means stronger and such..

I say make a fully hydroformed chassis ala C5 vette to swap under old musclecars, you could probably double the torsional rigidity, and it could even allow for the addition of an IRS, immagine a 68 camaro with modern ride and handleing.

Oh yeah.. and Jay Leno is the shit.. i never thought a deusenberg could be cool till i saw his.