I really appreciate DIY skills and projects. I am myself a fairly accomplished design and fab kinda guy both at home and during my career. Saving a few dollars is always important if not always the most important part of a project. That said, you lost me at CAD. While I did work as a equipment engineer for a memory chip manufacturer for a number of years and am very familiar with CAD it’s not something the average DIYer has available in their tool box. ... View more

It’s the late 70’s.  There was a yard in our area, Wades, that mostly sold rebuilders. There was a woody wagon I was interested in visible from the road. When I was there looking it over I spotted a ‘65 Mustang convertible. The grease pen price on the window was $175. WOW! When I approached Wade about it “I don’t have any $175 Mustang out there.” He checked his inventory,“Oh, that’s $575.” I explained that the price on the window was clearly $175. “Well people are always rubbing off numbers and changing our prices .”  Don’t know how you make a 5 into a 1 but ok.  I went home and decided that $575 WAS still a good deal so it came to live in my garage.  One day I was thumbing thru my Mustangs Forever book waiting for guests to arrive for my son’s birthday party. It stated that ALL ‘65s had alternators. Another place it stated that the early ‘65s (‘64 1/2) had generators. I ran out to the garage and popped the hood. Sure enough, I had bought  a ‘64 1/2 Mustang convertible for $575.  ... View more

It’s the mid 70’s. I’m pulling off the street into a pull in parking spot when a gal in a Fiat x1/9 drops a gear to pass my ‘68 GTO on the right. Say goodbye to the passenger door.  I’m calling all the local yards and one of them tells me they just got in a Tempest with a good passenger door. “You’re gonna have to paint it, it’s a really ugly green.”  Turns out it’s a dark olive metallic color.  Perfect match to my GTO! ... View more

Kyle, I’m confused. One of your picture captions states “on the left is a #2 Phillips.....the left is a JIS 2...” They can’t both be on the left in the same pic. ... View more

Ok, before anybody else comments/complains about this article being ALL GM may I suggest you go back and read the title very carefully. This article is about choosing 6 cars from a museum that is going on the auction block. ‘Muscle Car’ is in the name of the museum and apparently Mr Treworgy was a GM enthusiast. Therefore the options are limited to GM. No warning of this was necessary on the part of the author. I am known as a Ford guy from a Ford family but I have enjoyed owning many marquis including a ‘65 LeMans, ‘68 GTO, ‘48 Plymouth... Enjoy what this man was able to accomplish, morn his need to liquidate and if none of these suit your fancy, no comment is necessary! ... View more

Being a former owner of a ‘68 GTO I am prejudice toward the Pontiac Ram Air twins. On the other hand the look of cowl induction always catches my eye. As for Shakers, there’s something authentic about the fact that the scoop is attached to the power plant. My $0.02 ... View more

Looks like de Soto is on a ‘Rat Rod’ in the picture. ... View more

I think the bumper breaking a pedestrian’s knee caps is a much bigger concern than the hood ornament 😉 ... View more

I also have a stock ‘48 Plymouth club coupe with the clear/opaque Mayflower insert. It already had the light installed when we purchased it. With respect to the ‘elderly gentleman’, go ahead and light it up! I’ve never had any issues with distraction unless you count all the people that love it as distractions! ... View more

Many, many years ago I did a presentation in a college speech class on old advertising vs new. You are correct, older ads have much more information and explanation. My take away on this is that most of the products in older ads were new ideas being introduced to the public so they required more educational information. Today the buying public knows what a tire is but not much else and any explanation of details would be lost on all but a few of us. ... View more

In the early ‘80s there were three fairly severe winters in a row here in SW Idaho. During that time we had a country daily paper route of 167mi, 400 papers on Sundays. One Sunday we were blowing through drifts higher than the hood of our Corolla! One year we had Michelin studs on all four corners. One year we had all seasons on the front, studs on the rear. The last winter we had all seasons on all four and did not notice an appreciable difference in traction even on ice. With all season tread designs and rubber compounds tires have come a long way since the early days. Never bought another snow tire and run all seasons on all our daily drivers year round with out an issue ever since. We get 65-75k miles per set on average. (I do carry chains but mostly for weight as we have never installed them). ... View more

When transferring automotive fluids such as siphoning fuel or, as in the case of this article gear oil, I prefer to use clear plastic tubing.  For this application I would use a thick wall soft flexible tubing affixed to the cap by tightly installed zip ties.  First placing the zip tie that will be in the lid, threading the tubing through a hole that is just barely smaller than the tubing, to act as a seal, then the second zip tie that goes on the outside of the lid.  Clear tubing has the advantage of being able to see when the fluid is traveling through the tubing.  (It also helps avoid that pleasant fuel taste when siphoning.) ... View more

Did the Model T only come in black? Check out Ken Jennings: https://www.woot.com/blog/post/the-debunker-did-the-model-t-ford-only-come-in-black   Yup, it’s only myth!  ... View more

The year is 1972, my Sr. year in high school. My Jr. year US History teacher’s wife and her first husband road rallied. She got the car but her new husband wasn’t a car guy so they decided to sell her 1961 Bugeye Sprite. The top was off of the car and the head had been removed for a valve job. I was in auto shop for 3hr every day so, no problem.  The problem was, I was a young guy who wanted to have something to drive right now and decided to buy a 1965 Pontiac LeMans, 326, 4bbl on an Edelbrock, centrifugal clutch, T10 4spd and HiPro rear end instead.  That was the day I paid $675 for a Pontiac instead of $80 for the Sprite! A few years later I saw a salvage yard was offering a ‘61 Sprite for sale so I went to check it out. This one was complete not running with the top on. With the top on, that’s important. Not because I lived in the rainy NW but because at 6’1” I could not get into the drivers seat! ”The One That Got Away” became a “Dodged Bullet” that day! ... View more

Great history lesson. Nice discussion of a couple of guys sweet rides. Fun trip down memory lane.  As has already been mentioned, a video with some straight line action and showing how they handled the curves would be a great compliment to the article.  I was expecting more of a comparison of the two cars from different eras but am disappointed that the vehicle used to represent the early model was a highly modified example.  (Once upon a time owner of a ‘64 1/2 Mustang)  ... View more

I rather like the yellow paint choice on the Proto. Reminds me of how I remember the original 240Zs.  Friend of mine had one in that color.  Not a big fan of the grill, big square dark cave entrance, but I can see some nods to the original (and still my favorite) 240Z.  ... View more

As a side note, I really would like it if automotive writers/editors did their homework.  The pictures of a ‘65 pickup are an F100 as the F150 was not introduced for another decade in 1975.  This error seems to be repeated frequently.  ... View more

Apparition of Sprites Rumble of Rebels Assault of Armadas Expedition of Explorers Court of Judges Rattle of A’s Nuisance of Gremlins Circle of K cars   ... View more

1955 Belair convertible  1964.5 Mustang conv’t 1965 GTO convertible  or would it be my 1948 Ford 1 1/2 ton 1950 GMC 1 1/2 ton 1955 Ford COE or my  1930 Ford Tudor  1988 Bronco II 2001 BMW Z3 roadster or my 1948 Plymouth  194? John Deere LA 1966 Ford F-250 or, well, three? ONLY 3? ... View more

Or the Willys knight sleeve valve engine.  Cylinder liners with slots in them move up and down to create  the intake/exhaust valves.  Look it up for a better description.  ... View more