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Autonomous Driving–who’s to blame?
The year is 2020 and I am driving east in Nevada heading for a meeting I am hosting in the morning. Well, I’m not really driving. Instead my car it doing the chore. I’m tired and have had a couple… Continue reading
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P71 Road Trip Car
The folks at CM Autowerkz did a great job getting the car in shape for delivery to me and I enjoyed the drive back home in it. Typical of the police version of the Crown Vic it sits almost an… Continue reading
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Steve McQueen’s Pickup–on eBay
If you’ve ever dreamed about owning a Steve McQueen vehicle his 1941 Chevy Pickup truck is for sale on eBay right now. The bids have reached over $57K, but still needs to go higher. Here is your big chance! Continue reading
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Cars & Coffee in Cary, NC–its not that cold
This past Saturday was the monthly meet of car buffs and aficionados in the Raleigh area of North Carolina and despite the cold temps (OK- its not Minnesota cold), plenty of folks (hundreds) showed up to show there cars and… Continue reading
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Road Trip Preparation–a road trip around America deserves a special car
Last week I climbed aboard a plane and headed south to Orlando, FL. My mission was to pick up a car that will serve as my vehicle for an extensive road trip later this year. I had polled my readers… Continue reading
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The Red Pickup–to Live Again
Over the past couple of days I have been devoting time to pulling the damaged engine and performing the installation of the new motor from LC Engineering. Once the intake parts were bolted to the new motor Mark couldn’t resist… Continue reading
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Road Trip to FLA–a Special Car Museum
Thursday last week I flew into Orlando on my way to pick up my road trip car and spend a couple of days in Tampa. While in Tampa a friend and I checked out a car museum in St. Pete.… Continue reading
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Rusty Gold
I traveled to Florida for a couple of days this past week and while I was there on a car matter (which will be covered in another post) a friend of mine and I checked out an auto recycling yard… Continue reading
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The Red Toyota–a solution in sight
After a valiant attempt to find a quick solution to the problems with the motor in the red Toyota pickup things went bad. Very bad. First it was discovered that a cam lobe was worn way down. So a new… Continue reading
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How to Tell When You are Too Much into Your Cars
Who would whine about this: Must be something about turbo spool with this one: The VW guys take the cake: Thanks to Dale P. for the photos… Continue reading
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