I grew up tuning 60's and 70's Chevy's doing tune ups every 3,000 - 3,500 miles. Later, I had a 1981 Mazda RX-7 with the double timing and a tree-like distributor rotor. The only plus to that ritual was that everything was accessible. I do miss doing the fine tuning with everything being EFI and controlled by the ECU. ... View more

Good points. I had no clue about the "site:" prefix. ... View more

Not something that I broke,  but an aggravating experience of installing a water pump under astere repair conditions. The water pump decided to check out south after 3 years of ownership of my 1974 Capri V-6 4-speed. With the help of my dad, we changed out the water pump without pulling the radiator since doing so in an apartment parking lot would have been really messy. What was aggravating was that the pump involved 13 bolts, 3 different lengths, and 3 different bolt head sizes. I used the old cardboard pattern of the pump to assure the proper placement of the bolts. Job done. Then there was the failed clutch cable...and then later the failed and broken shift lever the morning before I traded her in for my 1978 Firebird Formula. About a year later,  Ford had a recall on shift levers, but alas, I ditched the repair receipt.  ... View more

"At the turn of the 19th century, many of America’s first automobiles contested races along the Atlantic. In 1905, in Cape May (the beach town adjacent to Wildwood), Henry Ford and three other drivers (including Louis Chevrolet, driving a Fiat) raced on the beach in front of some 20,000 spectators... Unless they were drag racing in 1805, I think that you might mean the 20th century! ... View more