All things about cars-classic and otherwise
The first thing I wanted to do when I got the car home was decode the VIN tag. Decoding a car can be fun. Funny how some of the simplest and basic tasks can be interesting-at least to me. I know I’m looking right at the car and can tell most of the parts of…
I know what you are probably thinking. He still hasn’t resto-modded and finished the Marlin he has and he’s buying yet another. And this one is not in that great of shape body-rust-wise and it doesn’t seem to want to start. And where is he going to put it? All valid questions. All of which…
New post coming soon.
Is that a passenger door mirror. Yes, some Marlins came with the passenger side mirror as part of a trim package but this one didn’t. I like the symmetrical appearance of two mirrors. My Torino came with just one mirror so I found a pair of Cougar mirrors, had them painted and they look perfect….
We all know wheels and tires make the car. The wheels that came with the car were three different colors and two different designs. I had three original rusty and corroded hubcaps. My first reaction was to buy some nice new wheels but stopped when I had to decide the size limits and back-set especially…
Take a look at these posts about the Kenosha Car Show (Friday, Saturday) on Paddle, Pedal, and Coffee. Paddlepedalcoffee.com is a companion website to David’s Workshops.
The car was running, driving, and stopping just fine but there were a number of issues that needed to be a dealt with. The gas tank dripped when I put more than a quarter of a tank in. There were a couple of clunks I could hear when I went over rough road, and the…
Once I got the car home, it was time to really assess what I had. You can never get a good idea of what you have when going over it at the dealer. The more time I took to look, the more things I found. It went from a 95% complete car to about 90%….