Car Stuff
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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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IMIS–Road Trip, sort of
This past Friday I hopped on to a flight to Indianapolis, IN, so that I could attend the International Motorsports Industry Show there. Known as IMIS, it is an annual showcase of racing products and fabrication gear open only to those… Continue reading
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Small Block–REALLY small Block
Back in 1955 Chevy offered what became known as the small block V-8 in the ‘55-‘57 Chevys. They were a huge hit and have become a mainstay of hot rodders looking for a powerful, and relatively light weight V8 power… Continue reading
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USA Road Trip–the Vehicle Emerges from Paint
Work by CM Autowerkz is progressing on the “ultimate road trip vehicle” and here are a couple of photos of it as it comes together: Continue reading
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USA Road Trip–Filling the map
Thanks to a great deal of your input I now have more places to visit on a lap of the USA than I ever imagined. At the moment the number of sticky posts tops 80 and may climb higher. Some places… Continue reading
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Thinking About It–License Plates
We see them every day as we drive. Probably once a year we are required to pay for another year of being able to display them. Many states offer users the opportunity to choose what numbers and/or letters are on… Continue reading
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Follow Up–what happened?
Sometimes a blog entry stands by itself and the story it tells is enough. Other times there is a future that adds to the original entry and provides you, dear reader with some insight into the credo of Jim’s Garage… Continue reading
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Track Day Weekend–The Miata at VIR
Finally I could make it to an event at my favorite track, Virginia International Raceway (VIR). It would be a chance for me to see what it was like to track a great handling, but low-powered car and brush out… Continue reading
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What Would You do…if gasoline was $10 a gallon?
I was getting my drivers license about the time gasoline was selling for twenty-four cents a gallon. All gasoline was infused with lead as an anti-knock ingredient at the time so there were no catalytic converters in use nor were… Continue reading
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On the Road–It’s Not a Drag
As I returned from a recent road trip to Tampa, Florida, I made it a point to stop off at Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Florida. Known to his fans as “Big Daddy” and the “Swamp Rat”,… Continue reading
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