Who's Your Sweetheart?

Let’s leave women out of this and chat about something that we know about and can understand. In this case, that means vehicles that we have owned, driven and perhaps for some of you — stolen. While cars are inanimate objects, they nevertheless have personalities. Some are real bitches that defy your desire to travel … Read more

WHAT'S IN A PET PEEVE? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS

INSTRUCTIONS – FROM DIRECT TO ARE THEY KIDDING? I was born in an era when communication between people, business and governmental entities was both sparse and simple. An extreme example: You got killed in action, and your next of kin received a four-line telegram. Now every communication has become very verbose, too frequent and often … Read more

The Intersection of Memory Lane and Highway Lane

THE OLD MAN REMEMBERS It is traditional at the end of the year to take some time and review the past (particularly the last year) to recall some important events as well as some interesting trivia. Now with 84 years behind me and 85 coming on strong, there is a lot to look back on, … Read more

Car Clubs and Dealers

The Culture of Car Clubs Over many years I have belonged to several car clubs. This includes Corvette, Chrysler, early Ford and now Lincoln Continentals. Each club has its own personality and a variation of how a local dealership responds to the presence of a club devoted to their brand. A dealership exists to sell … Read more

The Haunted Mind

With the recent celebration of Halloween, I got inspired to write about the “tricks” of this holiday and how a haunted engineering mind sees the imaginary world. THE HAUNTED MIND Every year at Halloween, my next door neighbor fills his yard with a “Hollywood-esk” display of horrors that looks like the remnants of WWII. It … Read more

Classic Clarification

Classic Clarification In a previous blog post, I extolled on how it takes a team of specialists to do a true restoration of a classic car. By the way, do not call a 57 Chevy a “classic” car. It is an old and great car with a large following. “A “classic” car is a “fine” … Read more