Broken English: Mended Classics
Welcome to the workshop of Shin Yoshikawa. He left his home in Japan 40 years ago, traveling to England and Italy to learn the fine art of vehicle restoration. Shin is now based in Lebec, California. His English is broken, but the pictures on his site speak thousands of words – in every language.
#GTKY: 3 Words & a Theme Song
2012 is here. We’ve taken a bit of a holiday the past couple weeks, but now we’re back behind the wheel.
Rotterdam RX-7 Type R is Damn
The FD3S RX-7. To spot one on the streets these days is a rare treat. If you’re lucky, you might see the odd FD in traffic on a major street through town; an older gentleman behind the wheel, simply enjoying the rich rewards of proper vehicle maintenance practice. If you’re really lucky, however, you come across someone like Kenji taking their FD for a spin, because, damn.
FSBO: 6-Second DSM
It’s a totally tubular, 1400hp, RWD DSM dragster. Brent Rau’s “OSO Fast” car. I remember seeing this car run at the DSM Shootout a few years back. Ridiculous. And now it can be YOURS!
Modify Your Life, Part 5
One of the neat things about being a gearhead and knowing how the various systems and assemblies on our vehicles work is that we can use our understanding of them to help us better understand other things. I like to think of this as “automotive metaphor.” Today, what say we see what we can learn about life by thinking about traction and handling on a car.
#GTKY: Road Tripping
Remember that least before getting your driver’s license? The promise of personal freedom was so close we could taste it. Soon we would be able to top off the tank and go anywhere we wanted. The world was ours.
Why I’ve Fallen in Love with My Wife’s Juke
Turbocharged, all-wheel drive vehicles have a special place in the hearts of Mitsubishi owners. We always want to give them them the benefit of the doubt. We can see the potential. Which is perhaps why the only positive things I can remember anyone saying in the thread on the Mitsubishi forum where I first saw a picture of the Nissan Juke have to do with the powertrain.
Thinking Big: The Caterpillar 793F
Not to demean your 7.3L Ford Powerstroke and its years of supremely reliable service hauling the tools which put food on your table in any way, but THIS is a work truck. I Want One SO Bad. Doesn’t matter if it’s slow and they won’t let me drive it on the street. These things are tough.
