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Try 32/33 Essex Terraplane? they had 6 or 8 cylinders and a low windshield. If there are fold-out louvers in the hood, it's probably a straight 8.
Hey, Sled, If you ever get a chance to drive that Tatra, be VERRRRY careful-- that V8 with swing axles makes special handling habits. Imagine a...
To a greater extent than here in the USA, "society" and race drivers were often the same people in Europe. Since it was an amateur sport over...
Another Alfa, so rare that none exist, only a replica body or two. 1939-40 2500 SS 'Ala Spessa" won a 1,000 mile race in Libya, running on a mix...
1964 Alfa Romeo TZ 1600 cc, 14th at Le Mans, sold last year $1M [IMG]
On the east side of State St., the main drag, at the north corner of Victoria, address would have been 1300 to 1320, the parcel stretched to the...
For accuracy's sake let's call this a Panhard-Levassor, which is where the L in the logo comes from. They kept the full name at least through the...
You guys are making Californians jealous. Out here we have to deal not only with insane prices but insane city zoning. I shared a shop that...
I've seen odd things like that made aftermarket for van conversions
The simple and parsimonious explanation: A Canadian growing up in Shanghai or Hong Kong would naturally pick up a British accent from his...
After a vinegar bath, steel parts want to rust very quickly. Wipe them down to get the black crud off, and wire brush to finish. Either primer...
At least the Gremlin had some kinky character and a useful hatchback, but the first Hornet 4-door had no virtues what ever. A writer friend...
X3 for waxes in general. There's one made for disk sanders, applied before working aluminum, keeps it from loading up. There's also "chain wax"...
Hi Sled. Your mystery care is a bit of a mystery, since the curved area in the front looks to be the famous 1903-04 "Curved Dash" Olds. OTOH, the...
Was that Mussolini in ALFA #8 ? Yikes!
Here's more of the story, one of the more stirring incidents in motor racing history. Even if this is not all completely true, I'm after the film...
From the middle of page 2 of 5 re Scuderia Ferrari serial numbers, very confusing and makes me dizzy. Part of the context was cars that Alfa...
That ALFA is odd in that it has no numbers, nor the Alfa Corse, nor Scuderia Ferrari insignia. The cowl louvers are like a 6C 1750 and I've never...
Get the little spring-loaded leads that hook on, and don't let sunshine onto the LCDs, it wears them out. Get in the habit of turning it face down...
It may be that someone straightened a bent fan at some time, guaranteed to explode some day. That design makes an old tweak hard to spot .
CPAs are often a waste of money, since they are designed for corporations. Look for an "Enrolled Agent". These are cheaper, certified by the IRS...
Freeze it, colder the better, then go at it right away. Don't have a freezer, use a fire extinquisher.
Thank you, Ricardo, never heard of that scooter, and now I want one. Is your avatar a photo of Santos-Dumont? What a hero!
Surrendered could mean scrapped at a licensed junkyard. It could then have been rebuilt without having to change the number, if this all happened...
Those coat hangers that aren't painted are clear-coated and it needs to be removed too.
Probably better for working aluminum--you can go up to about .041 thick. With steel, shearing 18 ga. can break it in half.
This is how it works, MODS please delete if this is too much info. This is often an inside job, which is why the banks don't want to prosecute and...
[IMG] That Nash-Healey is a 51-only body style, which also had SUs rather than the Carters? on the '52 motor above. Some motors had the carbs...
Thanks, compadre, if anyone can do it, you're the man. I found out a little more about the little BMW 2-door sedan in that other garage. It's the...
#14 above is Enzo Ferrari, finishing second in 1920's Targa Florio, driving a 4.5 liter ALFA.
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