Recent posts
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Driving in the UK
I had been in Scotland for a couple of days. The trip from the airport was fine and I managed to find the hotel alright. It is one of the advantages of driving in a country whose road signs were… Continue reading
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About Garages
I suppose that the garage was a natural progression from the barn. After all it was once called the horseless carriage. Today this progression appears to be heading toward that of a first floor attic with a huge door. When… Continue reading
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Dream Car
It was a summer evening in the late 1960’s and my father and I dropped by Roy’s garage. A handful of people crowded around one of the bays as a car was slowly being let down by the lift. This was the… Continue reading
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Car Movies – an addendum
The Internet has provided some interesting car videos that are worth a mention. A few years ago there was a short film by Claude Lelouch C’était un rendez-vous – 1976, which consists of squealing tires and the sweet song of… Continue reading
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Driving in China
Driving in other countries can be quite an exposure to culture. I find it can provide quite a bit of insight. A while ago I had an opportunity to see how it was to drive in and around Beijing, China. … Continue reading
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A Balanced Approach – on to the brakes
As I mentioned earlier it is great to go fast, but such a relief to be able to stop or slow down when you really need to. Hydraulic brakes have made some big improvements over the years. The transition from… Continue reading
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A Balanced Approach
Several folks have asked me what modifications I have done to my cars and why. It has been an iterative process. As I learned more about cars I integrated my performance goals with an approach that fit my budget and available… Continue reading
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Let’s have a … Fiesta!
Back in 1977 Ford tried their hand at a world car. They were aiming squarely at the market that Volkswagon’s Rabbit and in a lot of ways they had developed a winner. In the early seventies the American automobile industry… Continue reading
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Bill Putman’s Garage
Cape Cod has some interesting places for those of us infatuated with the automobile. Heritage Plantation in Sandwich is a great spot for some fantastic antique cars such as the Duesemburg and the Cord. All of them are displayed in… Continue reading
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Roy’s Garage
Growing up in the village of Osterville there was a time when there were several gas stations to service the populous. It is strange because when there were just a few folks in the village there were five or six… Continue reading
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