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it's easy to avoid the chinesium $500 kit after you've replaced the hub and/or idler the 4th or 5th time. Being lifted does not play well with these rigs....

https://supercarblondie.com/91-year-...wner-corvette/


This gem was in the story. I have this theory...

We have a 2003 S10 ZR2 with over 260000 miles on the original engine.... nearly killed when DEX-POO ate through the base of the intake manifold.... patched...

We love barn finds, and I know you guys do too, and part of the fun of a barn find is seeing what it looks like after the first wash. With decades of...

The unfortunate and tragic death of Greg Biffle made news worldwide but for Garrett Mitchell, aka Cleetus McFarland, the news hit home much harder. Biffle...

I have lots of friends who drive winter beaters, and while some of them drive the same one for several years I also have friends who buy something every...

I'd put antifreeze in it and get it out next summer....

Staying within your parameters initially i thought v8 but then again you probably aren't talking AMC Ambassador. So maybe we need a Pic of this car....

New engines are significantly better than older engines in many regards, but not in all of them. And new engines being better than old engines doesn’t...

Speaking of Columbus PD, when we lived there, Maggie had a 1988 Mustang GT, 5 liter, 5 speed. The color was that not white, not gray, color. Now when...

They got it fixed by 1997 models. We had one that went 215,000 miles and the engine was still running like normal. It’s mileage was never better...

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2026 Hot Rod Power Tour
Day 1: June 8 - Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
Day 2: June 9 - Village of Rantoul, Rantoul, IL
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Is considered to be logical,

Scent

instead of providing customers what...

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Like he said !!

And I had a earlier 4.3 V6 in a Blazer.
Rock Solid, surprisingly Great Milage!!
Beware about 1994? and later,...

Good to have Cop Friends.
I have a couple of Rusty Iron Junkie retired Po Po's that will associate with me.
As you know, Capt can drift into...

When Freiburger and Finnegan weren’t able to be at the WireCare booth during the PRI Show where they were supposed to rewire the Rotsun, Finnegan...

When you hear that the Simola HillClimb is the biggest motor racing event in the entire country of South Africa, it really hits home as to how popular...

168.... Safe travels this week! Have a Blessed Christmas!

as no one trusts anyone on the internet

with the trans attached.

fun aside, leave the t-case off, loosen the core support and...

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I guess I would ask you what is your availability for parts for either one. Not cost, because I don’t think either one will be inexpensive like...

The good news around here is that we have no town police. The bad news, the NY Sate Police has their barracks about a mile from here. And the county sheriff’s...

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Howdy y'all and Merry Christmas!

Taking a break from rebuilding GM's cheap plastic dash on my 2013 Yukon to day dream about projects that...

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Plates ?
We Don't Need No Stink'n Plates !!

Just hang a Vintage Swap Meet Plate on it, call it good.
I would get proof of insurance...

Moving SUCKS !!

I'm not planning to move but only to the Crotchety Old Senior's Home by a Judges Decree !!

But I am in the Planning...

Thank ya! Needs paint to hide the technically fine but somewhat unsightly welds! Haha...

The dirt cars had spools. Try pushing a 2500 pound car with a spool, 3 inches of stagger in the rear tires, its 5 minutes to be in the lineup or start...

Cleetus’ Christmas Tree Race 2025 was a very special race. The race has become kind of a big deal since starting a few years ago, and has some pretty...

Detroit Axle has a kit that pretty much includes every thing for 500 or so. Hubs, axles, pitman, idler, ball joints, upper control arms, sway bar links...

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yield to the bean counters....

I've never try to heat it, one power outage and you'd be that guy.

Until “The Man” got too serious about having fun at car shows and cruises, folks used to rev engines and do burnouts and it drew crowds of...

A friend of mine in South Dakota used one of those block plug heaters in his '71 Vette and said it worked pretty good.

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2026 Hot Rod Power Tour
Day 1: June 8 - Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
Day 2: June 9 - Village of Rantoul, Rantoul, IL
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When Pete decided he was going to build up his Toyota 2Runner, he said he wanted this thing to be as quiet as possible so that nobody would even realize...

Looks Most Beautimus !
Iron Art. You almost don’t want to see it get painted....

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practicality because they tend to...

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Gravelrama is a hell of an event, and we dig it. With hillclimbs, gravel drag racing, tough truck races, and so much more, there is no shortage of action...

42 inch tall tires are the norm in the rock crawling world nowadays, and if you aren’t running them you are considered to be on small tires. I remember...