Nice job Ed. I will always count myself lucky to have been one of Brock’s merry band of miscreants. His writing and sense of adventure touched many of us. Farewell Brock.

Yeah...I’ve put like 5-6000 into mine over the course of a year.

RIP to one of the greats

A great story, a great heartfelt informative write-up...cheers, mate

He wasn’t just a cameo, he wrote the script for the original Cannonball Run movie. It was initially slated to be a much more serious film with Steve McQueen as the star but when he died, Hal Needham hooked him up with Burt and the rest is wonderful cinema history.

I loved the movie as a kid, and loved it even more when I found out it was based on a true story, right down to Yates and Gurney doing the run in an ambulance. Brilliant. His audacity and his passion will be missed.

Brock Yates has always been such a huge reason I became so enamored with cars from an early age. I remember one night in 1982 or 83 when my parents called me into the TV room an introduced me to the movie. I got to stay up late and watch the whole thing. Later on, learning about the back story and who Yates was to the…

Damn fine job of writing, and a very good read about one helluva man....! Thank you Ed.

Thanks! Don’t pay attention to the user name. You, I like.

Does that list really suggest they used USED air filters & diff oil?

My aluminum cell liked to “breathe” a bit of gas fumes. It was a sealed unit that was plumbed directly into the stock fuel system and gravity fed. Gravity feed is nice since nothing more than a valve was needed for fuel transfer into stock tank (at the cost of slightly higher center of gravity).

All the GPS!

Actually, this looks better because they can be removed. Sad...

I love W220 builds this is a great read thank you!

This makes the BITOG guy in me squeamish.

whoa nasty.

Alternative car: any VW diesel. The market price should under $2,904 by now.