all these red cars…

I’ve said this before but it was a while ago, so I’ll repeat: The TDr is cooler than the Cobra replica and the Speedster replica. It’s not only rarer—a plus at any car show or on the boulevard—it’s also more pedestrian. It’s a $5,000 copy of a $15,000 car. That makes it cooler because it’s not at all about status (which, let’s be real, both the…[Read more]

You got it, Jack. The sender location, and the accuracy of the gauge matter. As does out tendency to worry.

Glad that worked out, Jack. And thanks for the good info. I’m sure you’re not the only one who overthinks things to the point of screwing them up!

Sorry for your loss, Rick. We’re with you, and glad you can be with your mom right until the end. I lost my Dad on Father’s Day, 2006. He’d forgotten my name just the week before that. It was a long, strange trip.

We’ll remember them, and others will remember us. Look forward to your new car–she’ll be all new with a new name, and a named spare…[Read more]

I like to call it “mechanic’s wire.”

I once needed a coil. Borrowed it from a fellow VW person. And my voltage regulator (in)famously failed on the way out to Pittsburgh a few years back, but the P.O. had thoughtfully stowed a good one under the passenger seat, so no problemo.

Great tutorial, Jack. Extremely helpful for those who would follow in your footsteps.

Very cool!

Super cool!

Yeah, Schu. I think Karen is in.

Great article. I love that the Miller (later Miller-Offenhauser) engines were running dual overhead cams, four valves per cylinder and boost during the Prohibition Era. Kind of puts into context the 1988 Olds Quad 4, eh?

I don’t understand Mossberg at all now. It’s like he’s gone all soft and Teutonic. Heat?!

We don’t need no steenking heat!

And there you have it, folks: proof (as if any were needed) that the Brooklands aero screen is the racer’s edge.