We’ve officially entered my favorite time of the year for driving. Like magic, our local weather changed from daytime highs in the low 90s a week ago to mid 70’s all this week, just ahead of the official start of fall. I haven’t had the top up on my car […]
If you’ve ever bent a paper clip or opened a soda can, you know that you have to push the metal beyond the point you want it to rest. This effect is called “springback,” essentially an internal memory that results from the metal’s inherent resistance to changing shape when force […]
We did it! The original cargo area floor and rear crossmember are fully extracted from the back of the body, thanks to a little help from our favorite little seam buster tool. The new crossmember has arrived and looks good sitting in its place (albeit temporarily) while we await the […]
In the decade that followed WWII, sports car racing skyrocketed in popularity in the United States. Early sports car clubs set up makeshift race courses on the public streets of now legendary towns like Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin; Watkins Glen, New York; Pebble Beach, California; and countless others. Coatesville, Pennsylvania was […]
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. Fresh out of Temple University with a degree in marketing, Ed Sweeney hit the streets in search of his dream job with a carmaker. Any carmaker. He wanted to work in advertising, make legendary commercials, do the fun stuff. Subaru passed. So did […]
The Volkswagen enthusiast has long been defined by the divide between fans of the company’s early aircooled (Beetle, Bus, Karmann-Ghia) and later watercooled (Jettas, GTIs, Corrados, etc.) models. But in reality, today’s VW community is far more complex than simply whether you prefer a radiator or not. In fact, it […]
It’s been about 15 years since I did my first at-home paint job. And I’m still hearing all about it. Probably because I primed and painted the car in the attached garage that backed up to our family room. Every once in a while, my wife catches a whiff of […]
This has probably happened to you. You’re reading through an auction listing for what might be your next dream ride. The car looks great in pictures, the equipment matches the spec you’re looking for, and there are stacks of receipts for professional work. Then you get the mileage and it […]
After Mark moved the Trans Am project to Florida, some surface rust appeared where there was bare metal. In this update, he shows us how he quickly and easily dissolved the surface rust using acid-based Fast Etch and After Weld, followed by a quick D/A sanding before sealing the bare […]
