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The family '65.

I imagine a lot of us knew these cars would always be special; I also imagine that more than a few of us, like me, didn't have the extra money back then to buy them up before they hit the junkyard. I clearly remember some pretty nice 3-deuce GTOs, 440-6bbl GTXs, and Road Runners sitting on car...

My 98 Intrepid ES 3.2 has 145,000 miles on it, and my 2001 300M 3.5 has 76,000 on it. Both have been ultra-reliable. Both have had routine service-brakes, tires, oil/trans. fluid and filter changes, etc. I did a scheduled timing belt/water pump replacement on the Intrepid at 90,000, and...

One of these will help you learn how to "double-clutch"; one you master this, you can roll up to a stop light and slip the transmission into "1st" while rolling without grinding the gears. Harder to explain how to do it than it really is. Learned how to do it on a '61 Econoline pickup truck in...

That's the "bellows-style" power brake booster. When you step on the brake with the engine running, the rubber bellows compresses to assist in the braking effort; makes a "whooshing" noise. The reserve vacuum tank is mounted close by on the inner fender, good for a couple of brake applications...

The auto-body repair shop I use charges $50 per hour labor plus shop supplies/welding-fabrication for body work on older cars. (I supply all sheet metal parts) and getting the car structurally ready for the paint shop. Paint shop fees are separate. Their paint shop fees (including paint...

Standard Motor Parts is now a major component supplier of ignition and switch/relay parts to Echlin, who reboxes them. Standard used to be sold under the Blue Streak line of ignition/electrical auto parts. I worked for a while at a NAPA store where some of our part numbers came in mistakenly...

Back in 1970, I was cleaning the carpets in a 67 Barracuda Formula S fastback I had just bought; found a pair of blue bikini undies stuffed between the back seat cushion and the rear panel where the armrest goes. Size 4.; car had been traded in on a new Mustang by a knockout 30-something female...

The 67 Formula S fastback I owned in 1970-72 was purchased straight off the car lot when the original owner (a nurse) traded it for a new 70 Mustang. It was box stock, with the 273-4 bbl, 904 Torqueflite, and a 7 1/4 open rear end that I had to eventually rebuild...the howling and clunking...