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What the Hell Were You Thinking?

“Where’d you learn to drive you !#!@+!!”  “What were you thinking?” Since 1983, I’ve yelled these same phrases dozens of times. If not out loud, then certainly in my head. (It depends on who else is in...

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The ‘Cool’ Uncle’s Car

I would guess, if we all thought hard enough, we would be able to trace back to a first real memory of a time when we realized our affection for the car. Mine would be visiting an uncle and his family....

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“How ‘Bout ya Southbound. Ya Got It On?”

So last week I posted a few things that any driver should be thinking about when they are driving. This week, let me show you something that I use quite frequently on long trips. Back in the ’70′s a...

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A New Life for an Old Fad…I said FAD!

In a continuation of the last post, let me quickly show you how I added a red-necky CB radio in a Denali without making it look like Larry-the-Cable-Guy did it. First, I have two CB’s left from older...

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Rules to Mod By, or Don’t Screw Up Your Car

I’m sure this won’t come as a big surprise to you but, I just LOVE to modify my cars. I really like doing things differently than most others. I spend a lot of time, on a new car, considering what...

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How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways…

Nope, I’m not trying to pass this title off as original, but since beginning this blog, I’ve seen numerous ways that guys and gals are car guys. I’ve got a buddy, who is a Ferrari nut. He owns a mid...

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Driving Lights, Bright Idea or Dim Witted?

Wow it’s been a long time since I’ve been here, my apologies. Let’s get to it. Since I was a kid, I’ve noticed those that like to modify their vehicles really love to install fog lights. There are as...

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Deep Breathing Therapy

Today it is not uncommon, when modifying any modern car, to start with a CAI, or Cold Air Intake. If you’re a gear head, seeing the paper, fluted cone underhood is almost standard. But making an engine...

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Gadgets To Help You Get There Faster and Safer

I’ve never heard the word “Derecho” before, but evidently it’s a storm. A bad one. With very strong winds and no warning. At least that is how I will remember it. June 29th, 2012 I was driving most of...

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Dad Was A Pontiac Man

There may not be gold in them, there hills, but there’s Sylva! OK, bad pun, but I couldn’t wait to use it. My wife and I were visiting one of our daughters in western North Carolina this weekend and...

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And So It Begins Again

Sometimes life just gets too busy. There are things we WANT to do, and there are things we HAVE to do. The blog is a want to. I can’t tell you how many times I have thought that I would like to restart...

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It’s About The Stories

As much of a car nut that I am, I have always really enjoyed the back stories and the people telling them. I recently attended a very good car show in Raleigh NC where I met Mike W. He has a beautiful...

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A Bit About Da ‘Bird

So how did I decide which Trans Am to get? I wasn’t in the market for an original high dollar collector or a trailer queen. I wanted a driver and a project. I really wanted a later, second generation...

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I’ll Just Fix a Few Things

If you read the previous post, you know I’ve determined that I had a burnt exhaust valve on the #6 cylinder. Now I had done some digging to figure out what kind of engine was in the firebird. Knowing...

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If You’re Gonna Do It, Do It Right!

If you take things apart to improve them, and you find more problems than not, at some point you just have to decide to strip things to the bare bones and start all over. That’s where I found myself at...

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Rochester Quadrajet Overhaul

OK, so I’ve heard the comments, ‘quadrajunk’, ‘bogjet’ -whatever! You have to know, the feds were mandating that everything ran on the ragged edge of lean bach in those days. So if you take a good,...

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A Complete Engine

At the end of the last post we had a complete short block and prepped heads. I remember how excited I got with the installation of each component. Getting closer to that picture of a pontiac engine in...

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Its About Time

With the engine complete, the time has come to tune it properly. The main two ways to go about that are tuning the air/fuel ratio via the carburetor, and controlling the ignition advance. Today I’ll...

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