2018 Toyota Tacoma – 100K Miles
When your stick shift and rear-wheel drive Tacoma tips 100,000 miles and your kid’s friend gets in and asks “is this a new truck?”, that is a good day. Except I don’t have any pictures of the interior after my … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – I’ve Been Humbled
Some people look at the work I’ve done and query “how do you find the time?” But it never feels like I’m taking an exorbitant amount of time to play cars. It just feels like the right amount mixed in … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – BMW Carbs Rebuilt and Running, Car Sold
Does it come to anybody’s surprise that I’m still working on cars despite not writing for a couple years? I’ve also been buying and selling. More selling than buying because cars are big, tough to store and deserve to be … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – Rebuild Them Carbs
Rebuilding carburetors does not take much. A little patience, some photos and good organization. I probably did these two yutes in 3-4 hours. But Paul.. why didn’t you do it when you got the car running in the first place? … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – Ready Fire Aim, Injector Rail Rebuilt
If you know anything about the Jaguar V12 engines, you know they run hot. Hot like cooking in a wood fire oven hot. Hot like it’s a dry arid desert and we ain’t got no sun block. When I removed … Continued
Merry Christmas!
I’m a little late this year on the Christmas card post. But once again, we took one of my favorite cars to the sustainable tree farm, swaddled pine needles with two strings onto the roof and hoped for the … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – Not Really
Brake pad replacement does not qualify as restoration work but I wanted to write about it anyway. I decided to buy Brembo rear pads for my 2001 Audi S8 with 266,678 miles. I spent about twice the amount of … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – It’s Back
The smallest touches can make the difference. Like having my car parked outside waiting for me as I drove up with truck and trailer. The stance was right. All my work restoring the entire front end suspension paid off. And … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – Blame Game, Changing Plugs
I can hardly blame engineer Claude Baily who started developed on the Jaguar V12 as early as 1951. But somewhere along the line Jag added fuel injection, an a/c compressor and cruise control blocking any reasonable access to simply … Continued
Restoration Wednesday – Before & After, Fixing the Tail Light
I used the rock-chip touch up method for a big divot. Blend it the best you can, so from 10 feet you don’t really see it. At this point, I just don’t see the car being worth it to … Continued