40+ year old cars can have a lot of gunk built up in those hard to reach places. Many many washes of missed detail work really shows up when you’ve cleaned and polished nearby areas. Take this backup lense for instance. I’ve polished around all the letters but you can see the grunge left behind [...]
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I was finished with cleaning up and re-assembling my tail lights and noticed the attaching nuts didn’t look so good. I could run each of them on the wire wheel to clean them up but that would take a while. I recently got my blasting cabinet up and working and thought that would be a [...]
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I think this image might have been a bit too geeky and for that, I apologize. I usually like clever uses of visuals and comments but they’re only good if they make sense. I guess it’s sort of like reading a customized license plate and having no idea what the message was intended to be. [...]
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I was working with my father-in-law a couple years ago and he was doing some detailing on his intake manifold. I watched his technique and I was amazed. It was amazing partly because what he did made so much sense and partly because I felt so dumb that the technique never occurred to me. In [...]
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Cody is my Cuda-Challenger forum friend who helped me get my dash frame media blasted and painted. It looks beautiful now and much better than I had expected I’d be able to do. Well, he’s the president of the Automotive Restoration Club and really knows his stuff. I just finished rebuilding and installing my steering [...]
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Yeah, yeah, it’s been a long time. The end of summer came far too fast and I had too many (non-car related) projects to complete. It’s really easy for me to get out of the writing habit and it didn’t take long to start focusing on other things and not want to start at [...]
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I love this story. I hope I’m still able to change oil and spark plugs at 101. I guess that would mean I have at least another whole life to live from now and I’m only a couple years older than my car. Such a beautiful car and so well maintained. Get out there and [...]
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As you probably already know, the key piece of growing the popularity of a book is having good reviews from readers in places where lots of people will see them. Unless you’re already a well known author, this comes by sharing copies with those who will promote your title. I’d like to give away a [...]
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Part 2 has been too long in coming. Summertime makes it very difficult to want to be working on the computer when I could be outside. Who would build a tower without first calculating the cost? Like any project, a car show costs money. Unless you’re simply getting some folks to meet at a parking [...]
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