Posts by Kugel Komponents
32, My Way
Well here it is. 32myway. Really excited to get going on this ’32. Just gathering and ordering all the parts needed for this build. @tavishighlander did an awesome job on the rendering of what I wanted. Got some neat ideas for this roadster, I just wish it was done already. I want to drive it…
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Speed Week 2013: After many months of work to make all the necessary changes and with a brand new engine built by Kenny Duttweiler, we went up to the salt flats in August 2013 to make a few “shakedown” runs before going back in October with Mr. Butler. We definitely benefited from having a couple of…
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Speed Week 2012: A year for realization and change – after 2 consecutive attempts to set a record in the F (180 cu in) blown modified roadster class resulted in complete failure; it was decided to make somemajor changes. The owner (Rhett Butler) decided to allow us to change to a completely new and different engine/trans…
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Kugel Gen III Hits The Salt! 2011 Bonneville Speed Week was all about the next generation. Not Joe & Jeff – they’re old news, not even Jerilyn – she’s real old news – we’re talking about Jourdin Kugel, youngest daughter of Jeff & Stefani Kugel and Jerry’s second oldest granddaughter. After achieving our fastest speed…
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Well, we made it back for the October 2010 meet – didn’t make the August meet this year – too much work left to be done on a new car build for a customer from Texas. The new car was a rebuild of an old salt car from the 70’s. So we were able to…
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It’s absolutely crazy how fast time flies, it’s been a year and a half since we drove our little suede black hot rod (it’s actually one of our own custom built “Muroc” roadsters, this one is #5 of 10 full fendered less the fenders & running boards) to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Anyway, we thought…
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