Retro-review: 1983-1988 Monte Carlo SS
If you were a kid in high school (or college) during the mid-late 1980s - and into fast cars - you probably have a place in your heart for the last...
Maybe the TA Isn’t Corona’d!
Possibly. . . maybe . . . if the ghost of Burt Reynolds favors me . . . the Great Pumpkin will soon ride again. The heartening news is that it...
The TA Corona’d!
I took the Great Pumpkin out the other day, to try and pump some much needed carbon dioxide into the very cold air. Some greenhouse gasses are badly needed - to...
A Good Time to Buy a Classic Car?
People who've longed to buy a classic car may be thinking now is a great time to go shopping for one.
Maybe.
But classic cars are not like new cars or even used...
Wide Stance?
My little pick-up truck - with a 2.4 liter four cylinder engine - has exactly the same size wheels and tires (225/70R-15) as the ones my 1976 Pontiac Trans Am -...
The Road Warrior Didn’t Have OnStar
It is probably a very good idea to learn how to adjust - and rebuild - a carburetor. To set point gap, even. Neither of which is a bad thing -...
Doomed: Subaru BRAT: 1977-1987
Imagine, if you can, a truck with factory-mounted seats in the bed - and spotlights the size of a 747’s landing lights mounted on its T-topped roof.
If you know this truck,...
Latent vs. Present Horsepower
We will one day look back fondly on the days just before Corona Fever hit as a golden era of vehicle design.
Or at least, a golden age of horsepower.
New cars come...
A Car Story
Today is a good time for a car story, to take our minds off the other story.
This story's related to my story of a about a month ago, about upgrading the...
The Anti-Corona
It’s hard to sustain a state of panic, a sense of imminent doom, when the sun is shining, the breeze is warm - and you’re getting your classic car ready for...