my Italian's that require "50 series" end up on Race/hybreds ... View more

i'm in automotive repair for 30+ years and in spite of that quite often bumping into difficulties to find solution for technical issues, in case of which official service manuals provides no help at all. particularly when vehicle for last 30-60 years was amateurishly modified and went trough harsh abuse in use. also we should consider fact that majority of old cars/trucks enthusiasts aren't billionaires to fork out unlimited fund to revive such vehicle and usually trying to do this job in affordable to them way, often adapting parts and elements which never was in original assembly of that unit. automotive forums in most cases do provide wealth of info and tips in such cases as very often someone before you faced similar situation and been kind enough to share own experience and way of solving that issue. sometime i can't find direct answer to an issue but often did found something like unrelated one but which hinted me to find own solution. definitely printed media doing it's own contribution but it cannot have volume of information which can be found on internet. i old enough to do comparison of pre-internet and present times and can tell you - hands down i much more like present possibilities. ... View more

Most any books I've acquired over the years have gone with the vehicles when they were sold. I'm currently taking care of an 8 car collection consisting of a senior Lincoln ( FDR's parade car) , 33 Packard,a RR , Austin Healey, 48 Merc conv. , 71 Caddy,a T-bird, all the way up to modern day Maserati Mc-20 and do wish I had an apprentice to pass on some of my experience to. I've been restoring cars for well > 55 years with 3 classics of my own with tons of others in the past and just can't find anyone that wants to learn it seems. We do have a fairly active car show seine going on in the VT area and it's rather surprising that I can't ? ... View more

Excellent list and still going through it as we speak at my job...lol.....But, well said and I concur with the annual oil change. I change my oil annually and factory tune up maintenance requirement for my "97" Eldorado to maintain strong and car longevity. ... View more

I have a multi out tender for my Cougar and my Harley.    My testimonial thst they work is that after 7 yrs of owning my softtail, I finally bought a new battery. Not because I had to. The battery still test good under load. Until I started using one, I was replacing batteries on my Vulcan 88 every season. ... View more