Care and Feeding
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Flyin’ Miata!
If you have a Mazda Miata or have a friend with one you probably have heard of Flyin’ Miata. They have been around since the beginning of the Miata and continue to produce some fantastic products that not only make… Continue reading
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How About a Nice $400,000 Westfalia?
Transporter Werks out of Dunn, NC has this fantastic project they are working on. It is a Westfalia Syncro, which means that it is based on the VW AWD transporter. It is a completely rebuilt and customized version of the… Continue reading
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Scrunch! The Sound of Your Front Lip Scraping.
If you have lowered your street car or have a car that you drive to the track for track day events it is likely that you’ve experienced the down side of getting your car closer to the ground. All of… Continue reading
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Stuck at Home with the Covid Lockdown – Car Projects
So here we are being asked, requested, directed, etc. – to shelter in place at home. Sure you can get groceries and other essential things, but many of the things we car enthusiasts like to do are currently verboten. No… Continue reading
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Hanger 18–a gem on the side of the road
As I travel around I like to stop at car museums, cars and coffee events, and once in a while I come across an interesting car on the side of the road. This shop really caught my eye. The colors… Continue reading
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Fast Lane Auto Service–Nashville
The Discovery Channel has a series called Garage Rehab that features Richard Rawlings as the guy who finds and rehabilitates service garages that are in real trouble. He also has a show called Fast n’ Loud that featured his own… Continue reading
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Mercedes 190 SL Restoration
As I was growing up a friend of the family bought a Mercedes 190 SL that was bright red and would carve up the country roads of Cape Cod for decades. Sometimes being driven topless by the owner and sometimes… Continue reading
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The Chick Magnet gets bigger brakes
In the past I’ve shared my adventures with my 1992 Toyota Pickup truck, a.k.a. the Chick Magnet. I’ve had the truck for about sixteen years and it has been a journey of repair and improvements. It got the Name “chick… Continue reading
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Automotive Shops–Torque
Automotive service shops are a tough game to play in. The dealerships do everything they can to hold their customers captive to their own service department. Obtaining factory diagnostic tools and information can be difficult and is always very expensive.… Continue reading
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