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This time of year one of the work benches doubles as my fridge.

It was really built similarly to almost all RWD cars of the time (and decades previous). The primary weakness was simply that the Pinto was so compact behind the rear axles that there was no crush zone around the tank.

M80 huh? When I was a kid an "M80" was a very large firecracker reported to be 1/8th stick of Dynamite you could only buy at the Indian Reservation because it was illegal off reservation property.

They had a good run, but I'm just not interested in watching perfected show cars being build for millionaires.

It is a "WP" vin? Is there a fender tag?

I can hear the trivia crowd raising it's voice and getting argumentative already. The Imperial was still on a frame in 1960. The airflow of the 30's was uni-body. As a regular trivia player at the local brewery, I see it all the time. It's a tough job coming up with this stuff no matter how...

It seems like Youtube is taking on a lot of automotive content. I wouldn't count these guys out.

I think almost everyone expected the match to be the farce that it was. I was still hoping for a little better acting. Tyson threw limited half-hearted punches and let Paul do all the "hitting" to score points. One round Tyson did not even toss a job until 30 seconds into the 2 minute round. He...

I used to live just a couple miles from one too. Man, I miss that!

3rd grade is a pretty amazing story. Congrats!

I agree. Napa generally has the most qualified and knowledgeable people and higher quality parts. Most mechanics shops around here use Napa and pass on the rest. You pay more at Napa because you are paying for the people and better quality parts. I mentioned earlier that when I do shop local, I...

Other than so many people not working on their own cars anymore, the internet parts suppliers are hard to beat and have taken a lot of business. I try and support one of the better family opened joints in town but many times they just have to order it too - why not just order it myself? I still...

I need to race full size vehicles to overcome my natural ballast disadvantage.

Perry Mason.

That is wrong. 73-74 bars are longer.

I have KYBs on three of my cars, one only a year old, another about 12 years, another 19 years. They all still work fine... granted I don't drive them 10,000 mile per year! Maybe you got a bad set?

Thanks for the review. I do want to see this one. Geez, you know you are getting old when a historical period piece seems like recent events.

I guess I'm not as pessimistic as most. Oil is still a very effective and cheap commodity. The world will be counting on it for decades yet despite the waning euphoria over EV's.

A couple months before Hot Mag built their "cheap thrills" 440 Dart, I completed a near exact build: A 68 Dart I picked up for $500, put the six into a truck, and slipped in a used 68 440 (stock 906 heads) with used speed parts including 509 purple shaft, eddy single plane, Holley 750 double...

For the jaded racer, here is something unusual. A 77 Doba capable of high triple digit speeds up for auction. The builder (not me) has been building race cars his whole life and it is really well done. There is way more value in this car than it will probably sell for, and the auction is for a...