Sometimes it’s radiator week at the shop..
And sometimes it’s brake week. It seems like it’s been brake week; I just finished the big brakes on the Mustang and the kit for a 1963 Biscayne showed up.…
Read moreBig Brake Upgrade: Pro-Touring Car Part 4
My friend Joe always tells me about his C10. He put a hopped up big block in the full size truck and was sliding through every intersection. Sure, he now…
Read moreI see a red car and I want it painted black: Pro-Touring car Part 3
A little background and a little background–The 1967 Mustang Pro-Touring car continues.. I was wondering whether or not to put a fourth coat on as I sat down to watch…
Read moreEngine assembly: Pro-Touring car Part 2
To put a good engine together is always fun. I bought a whole car because it had low miles and I need the whole drivetrain. Also, it ended up being…
Read moreHow to build a pro-touring car
The term pro-touring has come up a lot lately. It seems like a lot of the builds that are coming out of shops nowadays are focused around this movement. Except…
Read moreSo Big Brown is up for sale
and is probably going to her new home tomorrow. Here she is on craigslist: The perspective buyer wanted me to do a compression test for some reason. So I did.…
Read moreThe Shop Truck finally runs
We got it running! It seemed like we dropped the distributor three or four times after I got the points installed in it, but we got it to fire. Of…
Read moreTrying to get the shop truck to roll over
So we finally got around to trying to get the ole bucket to turn over. Popped the hood the other day and got the borrowed carburetor from a buddy to…
Read moreTexas Road Trip Day 2
I robbed the front desk of an apple on my way out the door and climbed into the car with my backpack. We made it a whopping 200 miles before…
Read moreTexas Road Trip
Are there any sayings about road trips? There should definitely be some. Maybe some like this: When they start out bad, it usually means you got all the bad stuff…
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