Category Archives: our cars

Here’s a trick that has been around for a while, but it’s a simple way to help to maintain the original appearance of your vintage car. Old electrical parts do fail after a while – this Niles thermal flasher can … Continue reading →

It’s somewhat of a tradition for me, while the everyone else is watching the Super Bowl I like to take a drive. It’s like starring in The Omega Man – no one on the streets, no traffic, and usually, no … Continue reading →

Wow! It has been over a year since I brought home the Frankenroadster – a 1967.5 Datsun 1600 with the body from a 2000 and an H20 engine from a forklift. Here are a couple of desktop images for you … Continue reading →

Well we all know how this one goes: you start out checking the air in the tires and before you know it, there is a new set of Panasports wrapped in fresh rubber on the project car. “While-you’re-at-it-itis”. My friend … Continue reading →

My daughter bounces out of bed somewhere between 5:45 and 6:15 AM with a “Daddy, I wake up!”. On the other end of the baby monitor, I usually just roll over and hope she’ll go back to sleep. The new … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 my friend Exit64 (also known as “Mike”) dropped off my new “interim” car – a ‘67.5 1600. This car came from San Jose and looks like it was someone’s auto-x toy – there were time … Continue reading →

Just before Christmas the new owner of my ’69 2000 came to pick it up. Maddie posed next to the car for me. I bought the car in February 2005 as a non-runner and got it to be a good … Continue reading →

This story goes all the way back to July, 2003. I found a couple of roadsters parked in a yard full of junk in an industrial area of Seattle. One of the cars had been pushed out in the street … Continue reading →