Don't really care what it looks like. A square box that bolts up to common motor mount configurations and transmissions might be the way to go. Just leave the hood closed 😉 ... View more

Love them all, especially one of the last good-looking El Caminos.  ... View more

I'm guessing the Hanlons don't have any involvement in this 😉 ... View more

Electric vehicles are supposed to be quiet. I suspect Tesla truck owners will have to wear earplugs in city driving to block out the laughter at red lights. ... View more

Good for them, more choices=mo' better. The cost over a conventional ½-ton should/could be paid back through fuel cost savings. There a lot of PU trucks that don't ever do 100 mile days except maybe for pleasure on a weekend, so there may be a lot of business buyers that just make short runs with a few hundred pounds of cargo. Totally not for me, but I don't have a dime in it so no big deal. ... View more

One of my favorite Quad pics ... View more

It's future? Museums. It's biggest feature was hype. In an industry that lives and dies on CAFE  numbers and a shift away from gasoline power, it doesn't have a chance and really never did. To generalize, 100 HP from the weight of a 70 HP with the fuel consumption of a 130 HP engine?  ... View more

During my earliest years in the skilled trades, the general rule was, "first time you need something new, borrow it and get the job done. Second time you need it, borrow it again, get verbally abused, then buy one ☺ Once you got your journeyman's card and a little overtime, when you need a new tool, borrow it if on the jobsite, then buy it on the way home. (that was when there were still actual stores) ... View more

Well, you can screw up with any tool you are not qualified to operate (wheelbarrows come to mind) Even a non-ratchet spindle micrometer requires the right touch. Most any backyard car repair measurement will be fine with an average touch on a dial calipers. Or watch rummage sales for machinist's tools and look for a 1" gauge block to verify both measuring tool and it's operator are suitable for use 😉   ... View more

Hard choice, and opinions will vary. You could already jack up a pickup, but the venerable small Jeeps were loved for the reasons listed, could go up narrow trails, crawl through snow with a fresh battery for a stranded car, nimble behind a small plow back when gas stations weren't convenience stores that happened to sell gas. Personally, I think the Bronco became a nothingburger when it got the size of a K5 Blazer. Might as well get a small pickup like the cute little Toyota 4x4s.  ... View more

Jim Farley came to Ford from Toyota 13 years ago, and Toyota is still nursing shoulder injuries suffered during 10 consecutive days of high-fiving each other. Ford has perhaps the best-documented history of economic guys running roughshod over car guys, often running off it's car guys to competitors. ... View more

My '64 Avanti R1 (stock 240HP 289, 10¼:1 Comp.) Factory shop manual called for SAE 30 for use above 32° but lists SAE 10-30 & 20-40 as "acceptable alternatives". Since it only comes out in the warm months and doesn't go too far per trip, I use conventional SAE 30 with original STP additive, just like it came from the factory. Snake oil to add the STP, despite the valve cover sticker to do so? Possibly, since Studebaker owned STP at the time, but it's inexpensive for one oil change every late Fall when it goes to hibernate. It's got just over 100K on it, so it seems to be a good plan.   ... View more

Dumpy is a real beauty, thanks for sharing the story & pics. ... View more

Thanks for sharing this. Here's looking at you, Vern. ... View more

Guess I'd have to say I'm surprised anyone could FIND 10 awesome cars from the 90's, unless they were just awesome compared to the 80's offerings. Slim pickings, for sure. ... View more

Taking "Yellow" home from an auction. ... View more

My '07 Solstice GXP, "rescued" from the dealer's lot that Jan. and delivered by truck so it wouldn't get salt on it's shoes. That was about 35k miles ago and it still looks underneath, like it was built last month.  ... View more

Thanks for sharing 🙂 ... View more

Thanks! ... View more

As one who worked around 40 years in mfg, including a glass factory and most of the time in skilled trades, oil cups have very few advantages over a Zerk, in only a few applications. Annnnnd you can use a Zerk for filling an oil cup 😉 ... View more

I wonder how many people realize how quickly any/all special exemptions for SUV vs "regular cars" can disappear? ... View more

Awesome, never heard of it. Some of those pieces are gorgeous! ... View more

Am I the only one who can't find the usual link to the full article? ... View more

Guess there's more than one bottom line. Regardless of how many times you repeat, "it's hoarding", situations are often different from what's correct at your house. ... View more

Bummer, so glad he appears to be ok, though. At least it wasn't on Canada Corner or uphill from Turn 5, where there's no straight length to land & slide like at the RA start/finish.  ... View more

Or the equivalent of a respirator, pumping breaths out of something that would've died trying to breathe on it's own?   " Almost since the beginning, Holden’s business was dependent on protectionist tariffs first instituted during World War I. The Australian government—and, by extension, Australian taxpayers—shoveled in billions in subsidies over the decades to preserve local auto manufacturing in this small market, but it couldn’t last. " Sounds like the Canadian automotive industry before it gave up and survived soley by building US cars for US makers that went that way to avoid protectionist tariffs and various import limits by Canada, just like the Japanese "one-way" trade policies. ... View more

Looking forward to more info 🙂 ... View more

OMG, I'm sorry, but I just burst out laughing. Has the motoring world been crying out for the combination of a Grand Am and a Ridgeline? Why not just take a sawzall to an Aztek, and put the savings into a good ad agency? ... View more

Why is is so hard to believe that GM didn't do a very good job designing so groundbreaking and complicated a concept as a rear-hinged, forward-placed hatch opening? Was this a common problem with the Yugo, or are we to believe Yugo owners are/were simply more intelligent, with better hood-closing skills than the average C8 owner?  ... View more

Shutting down the factory/division(s) that built the Sols/Sky was what they were so wrong about. Considering the amazingly short amount of time allowed for design/build of the 1st Gen cars, they turned out fantastic. Too bad we've been denied a 2nd Gen. In a world that suffered through Mustang IIs, C4s, and some really terrible later Camaros/Firebirds, I don't think GM had it's head anywhere that fresh air can be found when they killed off the Kappa cars. (only mentioning the Mustang II so peeps won't think I hate GM) ... View more