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Comment on No recalls for 1982 Toyota Starlet! by "Sparky" Pete

"Sparky" Pete — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:14 +0000

“But officer, I SWEAR it just accelerated all by itself!!”

“Calm down Mr Bumbeck. I’m not worried about your speed. You have a taillight out.”

Comment on No recalls for 1982 Toyota Starlet! by JA

JA — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:14:44 +0000

Oddly enough, I had my accelerator stick on my 78 Corolla years (and years) ago on the freeway. It caused me to accelerate slightly and approach speeds of 60 mph! Kidding aside, I turned off the ignition and coasted to the side of the road. I started it back up and it mysteriously fixed itself. That car went over 250k miles on the original engine and was absolutely amazingly reliable.

Comment on Hydropneumatics and Design Together in Pasadena by Citroëns Invade Hillside Campus « The Dotted Line

Citroëns Invade Hillside Campus « The Dotted Line — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:05:29 +0000

[...] Read more about the outing and see great photos of the event at clunkbucket. [...]

Comment on Bring the Amber Lamps! by Mike Harrell

Mike Harrell — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:56:49 +0000

It’s a nice look, but check local requirements for headlights first. I had to switch the French headlights in my KV

http://clunkbucket.com/victoire-de-citrons/

from yellow to white to keep the State of Washington happy. In that case it was the bulb, not the exterior lens, that was yellow. Fortunately the same obscure size and wattage (except in white) was used on certain Belgian scooters. This guy bought out the stock of a retired Belgian bulb dealer and has all sorts of spares:

http://www.donsbulbs.com/

I had no luck sourcing them elsewhere worldwide.

Comment on Hydropneumatics and Design Together in Pasadena by Dustin Driver

Dustin Driver — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:01:24 +0000

Can I PLEASE have a DS Break? Pretty please?!?!

Comment on Hydropneumatics and Design Together in Pasadena by Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:49:38 +0000

If any of you wrenchboys like these sort of car events (goofy cars with goofy drivers acting goofy) ask Paul Secord (red Citreon) about “The Drive” this April.

Comment on Hydropneumatics and Design Together in Pasadena by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:02:33 +0000

Beautiful cars. Looks like a good time. The LHM is lost on me, but I’ve heard about the magic of the hydropneumatic suspension. I love how we’ve gone from Starlet repair, to slicing up a dinosaur Dodge, to whimsical French motoring in short order recently.

As always, Clunkbucket is a must-read.

Comment on Bring the Amber Lamps! by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:55:00 +0000

That’s a pretty neat trick. I might give that a try with a couple KC pencil beams I’m mounting in the factory fog locations. As day turns to night, the breezes in the Arizona desert calm and the dust has more hang time than a young Michael Jordan. It’s hard to carry much speed in these conditions, as the hanging dust is just as damning as fog, yet typical fog light beam patterns are rather easily over-driven. I’m hoping this set of pencil beams mounted down low, and sprayed amber, will provide a better view of the trail ahead.

If it sucks, well, that’s what acetone is for, right?

Interesting tip. I’ve seen it done before, but never well. This is reassuring.

Comment on Bring the Amber Lamps! by Tamerlane

Tamerlane — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:00:09 +0000

Here are the results of my research on why French cars had yellow headlights:

http://karakullake.blogspot.com/2008/09/yellow-headlights-of-france.html

Comment on Quad Treaded Turbo Diesel by jim

jim — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:50:27 +0000

I know where you saw that beast.