Welcome to the we'll make it fit bonus trick edition of Tool of the Week. If there were an equal amount of space around every nut and bolt, we would all only need one kind of wrench. The reality is getting the twist to the fastener in just half the battle. What goes together like butter at the factory usually puts up a fight in the garage. Why did they put that bolt up there … [Read more...]
Gap and Replace Spark Plugs
Changing a set of spark plugs is a task that always sounds like an easy job, because most of the time it is. Swapping out a crusty spark plugs for a freshly gapped set is one of the few routine things left to tune up on modern engines - with modern being a relative term around here. Problems start with certain engines and spark plug designs that can turn changing the spark … [Read more...]
Concours Photo Bonanza
While one will occasionally run into a Pinto at a classic car and hot rod show, or a Gremlin at a drag strip, these occurrences are relatively sparse. Convention is often the guiding rule over exception at your average judged car show. The first annual Concours d' LeMons set out to change all that. While the rest of the Monterey Peninsula sipped on old fashioneds and attempted … [Read more...]
Slant 6 Gathering
Leaning Tower of Power fans should mark their calendars for the upcoming Slant 6 Gathering on September 27th 2009 in Redwood City, California. This annual social event is the place for an old slant sixer to learn new tricks, a new slant sixer to find new pals, and the stalwart few who are hardy enough to want to race a slant six to find out how. Since we know you've been … [Read more...]
Victoire de Citrons!
Michael Harrell owns two out of an estimated two thousand KV Mini 1 automobiles ever made. He occasionally drives this one to work. With those facts in mind it seems only fitting that his 1980 KV Mini 1 took top Worst of Show honors at the first annual Concours d'LeMons show in Monterey, California. The KV company manufactured scooters and other motor contraptions like the … [Read more...]