Turbos Used to be Fun
Leave it to government to suck the joy out of everything. Like turbos, for instance.
Turbochargers were something special. If you saw a car - it was once always a high-performance car...
The Cars We Could Have Bought…
The cars you're allowed to buy today are the cars government allows to be manufactured. But what kinds of cars might we be able to buy if the government (which, always...
2021 Chevy Blazer
How far can you stretch a name?
The Chevy Blazer was (once-upon-a-time) a full-sized, two-door, truck-based SUV with a removable roof and a V8 engine. Lee Majors drove one in The Fall...
No Smoking Within
A reader pointed out an interesting parallel between the wearing (or not) of the Holy Rag and smoking (or not).
Both are moralizing crusades - in the name of public health.
Smokers were...
Do Buy an Old Car – Better Yet, an Old Truck
For several sound reasons, political as well as economic, the purchase of a new car in this new environment is arguably a very bad idea.
For more on that, see here.
For several...
Don’t Buy a New Car
There’s a very sound reason to not buy a new car, given the (s)election of El Presidente Biden. It is that the incoming jefe seems determined to make whatever you buy...
Parts Store Archeology
Once upon a time, oil came in cans.
They stacked nicely but made a mess when you tried to extract the oil, which you did by using a punch/funnel. In addition to...
Diaper Report 11/25/20
This Diaper Report issues from the parking lot of my local Kroger supermarket where, as you can see, the wearing of the Holy Rag remains an article of . . ....
The Forgotten Last Muscle Car
It’s a strange but true thing that one of the last real muscle cars was - here it comes - a Buick.
The 1973-1974 Century GS Stage 1 455.
You have probably never...
Orange Rubber Chicken Circuit
I've seen it before so I ought to have seen it again but hope often blinds a man to ugly truths. I had been hoping the Orange Man was not just...