Category: Cars
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Schiefer Aluminum Flywheel & 7.25″ Twin-Plate Racing Clutch
NOS flywheel, never installed. Schiefer No 493 I have not been able to confirm which engine this flywheel fits, but I did determine that it is not for a BOP 215 V8 as I had hoped. The dimensions are similar to a 302 Ford. Check your bolt circle and center hole size. Six bolt circle,…
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Winter Clean-up, Items for Sale
Happy New Year from Reno, Nevada! I’ve got several items to clear out of my storage spot, stuff that hasn’t managed to find a home after six months of lackluster efforts. All items below are best offer: 2003 KTM 950 ADV Motor 105,000 miles Ran very well when changed out Does not include carbs, air-injection…
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Making Your Mark
I worked for a long time in one location, almost ten years, taking apart cars and putting them back together. Any old car shop has shelving storing parts, and some shops have bits from jobs that were done twenty or thirty years ago. Parts may sit for a week before going back together, and some…
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Back to Work
After spending the last year gallivanting around the country, it’s time to get back to work. I’ve landed in Reno, Nevada for a stretch to clear up some unfinished business… the Austin Healey that’s had a happy home in Mom’s garage needs to move on. It’s always the last few percent of a job that…
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A Bad Day of Fly Fishing is Better Than…
I spent Tuesday afternoon on the Firehole river in Yellowstone National Park. It was reputed to be “on fire” (yuk yuk) by the West Yellowstone fly shops, and I’ve long wanted to fish the stretch where geysers are steaming away stream-side. I walked and waded for about five hours, but the afternoon started with me…
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Volvos
Back in the ’80s, I was into Volvos, and I had this idea of IMSA GTU prepared 142E, which is the car I drove from 1989 to 1995 (not the racy one, of course). Note the telemetry antennas on the roof. I was way ahead of the Factory, as they didn’t go racing until 1994…
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Bananas!
Some automotive design innovations last (Otto cycle 4-stroke) and some do not (Bugatti Brescia cam box design). Today I dove into the cam box of a 1923 Bugatti Brescia, a model with which I had not previously been introduced. I had heard of the “banana tappet”, but not held one in my hands. For some…
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