Cars I have known and loved

Tweakin' the Lil Monster *

After several trips with the little beast, I figured it could ride better. The inside is cozy and dry and everything works well as a...

Classic Car Projects from the Dim, Dark Past.

My god, look at that hair. This is a dusty EK Holden I found in a shed out in western NSW. The engine was seized because someone did an...

Saturday morning adjustments.

The engine had a slight miss at idle and it was getting decidedly lumpy. I did some preliminary checks and narrowed the miss down to No 3...

Neopol; new bottle, same wonder gunk.

A bit of spit and polish was called for this week as I was chauffeuring the missus and one of the grande dames of NZ ceramics to the NZ...

Best use of royalty payments; a new set of mags.

Bit of a mission actually getting them on the hubs though. First problem, the front wheels were hitting the tie-rod ends so I had to...

Special Effects.

"...having forgotten that you previously sprayed another vehicle black..."

XMmmmmm Ford

I once owned a 1964 metallic blue XM Ford 4-door sedan, like the one in the image above by Ben Hosking, They're a bit harder to come by...

Cars I have known and loved

When the car was finished I drove 1,375 kms from Sydney to Adelaide with my dog Sophie for the Grand Prix .