Care and Feeding
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Be Careful What You Wish For…
You may remember an oft told tale of a genie that immerged from a magic lamp and would grant three wishes to a mortal human. You may also remember how, in the story, that the human struggled to deal with… Continue reading
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The Bouncing Speedo
As you may know my daily driver is a 1992 Toyota Pickup truck. Pickup is capitalized because that was the model name that Toyota gave its mini-truck. This red truck started its life as the most basic (cheap) truck that… Continue reading
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What do You Do with a Porsche 912?
The other day I met a fellow named Karl with a Porsche 912 that he had had since 1966, when it was new. For those of you out there that are not that familiar with Porsche cars of that era,… Continue reading
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Fiat 600–small car Big restoration
The other day I made the acquaintance of Giancarlo and had the pleasure of seeing his beautifully restored Fiat 600. Now you may be more familiar with the Fiat 500 of yore, or you may be thinking of today’s Fiat… Continue reading
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Another Bullitt Mustang Project Car
Ford produced the Mustang back in 1964 and it kicked off the era of the pony car. Soon Chevy had the Camaro and Pontiac had a Firebird, followed by Mopar’s Barracuda. Carol Shelby was tapped to produce a performance version… Continue reading
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Robotic Gas Pump–Coming Soon?
In the old days, prior to 1972, you would pull into a filling station and a person would come out and greet you. They would ask how much and what type of gasoline you wished to purchase. They would pump… Continue reading
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Ate BLUE–we’ll miss you old buddy
Ate has been a favorite brake fluid manufacturer for those of us that are higher performance car floggers, or at least think we are. It has a nice high (dry) boiling point 536 F and wet at 392 F. It… Continue reading
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P71–a Tune Up
This morning I took a trip over to Piedmont Custom Motorsports so that I could get the P71 on a dyno and have it tuned. The modifications that I’ve done were not a lot, but they were substantial in terms… Continue reading
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Cars & Coffee in Cary, NC
Last weekend was a familiar sight to many in the Raleigh area as car owners started packing the parking lots in Cary at a shopping center known as Waverly Place. Cars were arriving as early as 7:30 and different areas… Continue reading
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A Visit with Ford–Dearborn, MI
The P71 purred its way north to Dearborn. I was looking forward to this opportunity to meet with an engineer or two at the Ford Product Development Center. I have been to that neighborhood as an Autoweek Fantasy Camp member… Continue reading
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