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  • Honda Civic Project Car – part 2

      The Honda Civic spent another week in Jim’s Garage to get some miles subtracted. The owner had found that the front brakes were vibrating after some hard stops.  We had replaced the rear brakes, but the fronts were stock. … Continue reading

  • Road Trip – Los Angeles to New York in 4 minutes

    Makes me want to plan another road trip. There are a lot of places east of the Mississippi that I didn’t travel to last summer. Any suggestions folks? Continue reading

  • Farewell to Boyd Coddington

      Boyd Coddington died at the age of 63 Wednesday. Many of us watched the Discovery Channel’s show American Hot Rod as his dysfunctional crew produced fantastic vehicles that Boyd designed and always in less time than humanly possible. As… Continue reading

  • Building a Garage Video

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  • Car Commercials – human car

    And if you want to just view the finished product… Continue reading

  • CART and IRL – Is it a Marriage?

      This could be it folks.  CART teams have been told to stop working on their Panoz chassis and prepare for their new chassis, the Dallaras.  Expect an official announcement of the marriage of CART and IRL soon. Will this… Continue reading

  • The Garage Girl’s Guide

      If you have ever watched the early episodes of Overhaulin’ or Spike TV’s Power Block on the weekends you have undoubtedly seen Courtney Hansen.  She is a pretty face, is photogenic, and knows how to look good on TV.… Continue reading

  • Git-R-Done

    Larry the Cable Guy is selling his truck and you have a chance to buy it for yourself.  The proceeds will go to benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  Check out Larry’s video on eBay. Continue reading

  • Road Trip – VIR

      Yesterday I traveled just across the NC border to Virginia International Raceway (VIR) where the Tar Heel Sports Car Club (THSCC) was holding its first track event of 2008.  It was a beautiful day, weather wise.  Nice and sunny… Continue reading

  • Like I Said – No Free Lunch

     I wish the facts were different, but the latest analysis of biofuels is not encouraging.  There was already concern as regards using food crops to produce ethanol.  It meant that the food prices for that crop would increase (it has),… Continue reading