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Race Ramps Product Review
67″ RaceRamps two-piece model I finally bit the bullet and ordered a set of Race Ramps made by BruteTechnologies and I thought it might be helpful to write this product review… I’ve owned RedRock for 6...
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1937 Railton Special Limousine by Rippon Bros Coachbuilders
One of the featured cars in the August 2016 issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine is a 1937 Railton Special Limousine by Rippon Bros Coachbuilders. I had to do a double take when I saw...
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Just Because He Can
Hands on the back of a Ford, because Fords must be pushed… Today’s post falls in the class of “just because he can”… You know, “just because he can” – you have the skillz; the artistic “gift”. And my...
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That Magic Moment…
I’ve had my 2014 Camaro SS (RedRock) for six months now and it has been everything and a bag of chips – today though, was that magic moment. Slowly but surely, I’ve been testing the limits on RedRock....
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The last few days here in the Upstate of South Carolina the weather has been HOT, DAMN HOT. I mean Summer in the South – gotta love it baby! And it ain’t no “dry heat” so don’t start with that crap....
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LED Lights for a Triumph TR6
Today, I installed a long overdue improvement on bowtie6: a set of LED lights for a Triumph TR6. The “kit” consists of all new 360 degree replacement LED bulbs. This means, the new bulbs have diodes...
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TR6 Front LED Bulbs
The missing Triumph TR6 front LED bulbs came in this week. I say missing because the “kit” I bought included the wrong front LED bulbs: for the 1972 TR6, the bulb must have two “filaments”. In other...
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1980 Corvette
I am constantly in search for a new restoration project and this weekend I took a closer look at this 1980 Corvette. According to the owner, it has been stored for a decade and is in need of serious...
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Honda S2000 Organizer
Every time I drive my 2003 Honda S2000 it puts a huge smile on my face. This car is just awesome. If I have a bad day, all it takes is to drive a few miles and just marvel at the F20C engine as it...
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Triumph Bonneville T120 Black
Since the weather was just perfect last Friday, I walked over with a couple of my co-workers to the small barbecue restaurant down the street from my place of employment. They have a Friday “special”...
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Mopeds, Trucks and Mustangs
My friend Jeff sent me this photo just a few minutes after leaving work yesterday, November 22nd. I suppose this is as good an example of “necessity being the mother of invention” as any… Interesting...
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Hitachi RB 24EAP Leaf Blower
6 month old Hitachi Leaf Blower I’ve had enough of the 90th Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Anticipating company that will soon be arriving I decided to fire up my 6 month old Hitachi leaf blower and...
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Godspeed, John Glenn
It is with a heavy heart I write today’s post. Today we lost a true hero – the last of the Mercury Seven – John Glenn. I suppose I am just “old” but the Mercury Seven represent for me a time when we...
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The South Carolina DMV
Today’s post is a rant about the glorious South Carolina DMV and how bad it sucks. I’ve written about the South Carolina DMV is in an earlier post: Honda S2000 Gets a Tag. Today I have an even...
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Ridgeline Gets a Tag
My friend with the new Honda Ridgeline (that I posted about here) finally got the good-news phone call from the DMV: the tag was finally ready for him to pick up. As it turned out, my friend followed...
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Honda S2000 Soft Top
Honda S2000 soft top latch, fully locked… The Honda S2000 soft top locks in place with two latches on either side of the inner windshield frame. Unfortunately, bumpy roads can cause the latches to...
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Engine Rebuild in Time-Lapse Video
Some time ago, I posted an engine rebuild in time-lapse video of a Triumph Spitfire motor. In case you want to see what that looks like, click here. Well the history of Triumph engines is not exactly...
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Fixing a Leaking 9 Inch Ford Rear End
Note the grade-8 washers I have recently noticed that the 9″ Ford rear end in bowtie6 has started leaking. Nothing severe mind you, but just enough to make a mess of the garage floor. So I jacked the...
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2016 Mileage Roundup
I’ve thought about a post summarizing the 2016 mileage roundup of the fleet. Questions such as “who will read it?” or “who cares?” came up, but then I read a post on DriveToFive and I changed my mind…...
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Fixing a Leaking 9 Inch Ford Rear End
Note the grade-8 washers I have recently noticed that the 9″ Ford rear end in bowtie6 has started leaking. Nothing severe mind you, but just enough to make a mess of the garage floor. So I jacked the...
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