Sports Cars

  • On the Road – Midland, TX

    This town in Texas became Midland after the Texas Pacific Railroad situated itself midway between El Paso and Fort Worth.  It has some notable residents. OK, the President and First Lady are from Midland.  Even more impressive is the fact that Jim… Continue reading

  • The Miata Project – part 4

    This is the part you have all been waiting for.  This weekend we return this pocket sports car to its owner.  I cannot wait to find out what he thinks of it. It started out as a request to fix… Continue reading

  • The Miata Project – part 3.7

    OK, so I’m drawing this out, but understand that I’m still waiting for the Chaparral wheels to show up so we can get the new Bridgestone Potenza tires mounted and complete the package. Yesterday I spent over four hours installing a… Continue reading

  • Project Miata – part 3.5

    I returned the Miata to the owner after completing part 3 (yes, really) and as part of the service we perform at Jim’s Garage we provide a write up of what was done and often some suggestions or advice.   The… Continue reading

  • AT&T Williams at the Spanish Grand Prix

    As many of us celebrate Mothers Day here in the US, the AT&T Williams F1 team is celebrating the results of the Spanish Grand Prix of Saturday.  Nico Rosberg has again shown that he is a driver to be watched… Continue reading

  • Project Miata – part 3

    Hey, aren’t we done yet? I don’t know if cars are ever done, but tomorrow we return this little gem back to the owner.  During all the service and care and feeding the owner was kept up to date on… Continue reading

  • The Australian Version of NASCAR

    http://carvids.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/v8-supercar-prodigy-mashup/ I like it! Tim will enjoy seeing the Holdens I’m sure.  Plenty of bumping and paint trading, but they can turn right too! Continue reading

  • How About Some Help Here

    Folks – I am planning a long road trip around the US and I would appreciate your input.  The purpose of this trip is to get to see some of this big country of ours and not spend the majority… Continue reading

  • This is for Esteban

    Red Bull Racing on public roads in Sao Paulo I wish it had been dry! Continue reading

  • Project Miata – part 2

    This 1996 Miata is a really great car.  After doing the brakes and cleaning up the combustion chambers and intake of carbon it was time to really go over all the maintenance items. We flushed the anti-freeze, changed all the… Continue reading