Cars
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Just How Smoky are Those Mountains?
While enduring the isolation of COVID 19 we found a bright spot coming into our future and it was perpetrated by Classic Motorsports magazine. Starting the Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend was this year’s Smoky Mountain Tour. We applied… Continue reading
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Visiting an Old Friend and Making a New One
A few years back I shared my experiences turning a 1996 Miata M Edition into a track purposed car. for me it was a great and fun journey being able to do things “my way” and just focusing on the… 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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Does This Car Regulation Make Me Look Alike?
Every automotive brand has their own distinctive look, or at least they used to. Get out on the highway and quickly scan the cars around you. For one thing, SUV’s predominate. Be they crossovers, full fledged Sport Utility Vehicles, or… Continue reading
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One KEWL chic
3 year old driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 with 320hp MUST SEE! – YouTube 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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Studebaker on the Side of the Road
We were traveling back from the “Claw of the Dragon and went through a small North Carolina town when we spotted this store that was no longer in business. Off to the right you can see there are some old… Continue reading
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What a Great Day for Cars & Coffee!
It was fantastic day to go to a Saturday morning Cars & Coffee here in the middle of North Carolina. The weather was beautiful with cool breezes and partly cloudy skies. Hundreds of cars and more than a thousand people… Continue reading
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Ancient Ways and Rides to Nowhere
When I was a young lad, prior to obtaining a drivers license and having a vehicle at my disposal, my father would ask me from time to time (usually on a weekend) if I would like to come with him… 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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