In my younger military days, I popped the trim rings and center caps off of my '68 Corvette's rally wheels, scuffed the light silver finish and rattle-canned them gold. When I replaced the caps and rings, the car was transformed! At least to me. Of course, everybody knew my car, so I couldn't claim it wasn't me that did the smoky burnout behind the PX... ... View more

We always disassemble and deburr oil pumps for our engine builds, and lately have found it necessary to crack open the solenoid on a well-known brand of gear reduction starters to ensure that the energize wire is correctly attached (three out of the last five were loose.) And we have had to recheck the workmanship of another brands distributors as well, after a no-start condition made us go nuts trying to find the cause, which was the pins in the two-wire connector  becoming unseated when it was snapped together. Ah, the rewards of working on cars... ... View more

The Hannibal 8 from the movie "The Great Race" is one of my favorites, because it actually ran! Add the too-cool scissor lift option, the cannon ("push the button, Max!") and the tandem rear axles: perfection! ... View more

If it was named after the airplane, why does it have a horse emblem? ... View more