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  • 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

  • What to do with that old Chevy

    OK, you’ve got this 1965 Chevy Impala that is sitting there with a 350 HP V8 but it is just not tripping your trigger.  What do you do? How about handing it over to the folks at Galpin Auto Sports… 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

  • Project Miata – part 1

      The latest resident of Jim’s Garage is a beautiful Mazda Miata.  It is a 1996 with just under 33,000 miles on it.  The owner had already had some modifications done primarily to the suspension a few years back.  It… Continue reading

  • Have You Ever Seen an F1 Engine Tested?

    Formula One Engine being tested in open. This is an amazing video of a F1 engine being tested. Continue reading

  • BMW 1600 and 2002

    It was the late sixties when I first heard about one.  Something that could only happen on a place like Cape Cod in the summer.  The Cape, with its curvy and undulating roads was perfect for it to make a debut.  I first heard… Continue reading

  • A SAAB in Barnstable Village

    With the announcement of the passing of Kurt Vonnegut many memories come back to me.  Kurt and Jane were friends of my parents.  They met through the Great Books Club that was held at the Osterville Free Library.  It was the… Continue reading

  • Don’t Do This At Home – or Anywhere Else

    Sometimes bling can go a little too far:   Continue reading