WDID – Reenacted the Exxon Valdez
Things rarely go as expected when working on a project in the garage. Inevitably, one will discover a part is missing, something needs to be removed and there is no… Read more »
Author Archives: needmorecars
Need One Less Car
I am excited to announce that there is a new addition to the Need More Cars garage – a 1976 BMW 2002. The model in question was featured here… Read more »
WDID – Installed a Piece of Foam
Sometimes I perform jobs in the garage that may not be quite as technical as others. I might do something that requires no tools whatsoever. It’s possible I would perform… Read more »
WDID – Dam my Corvette
My 1971 Corvette will see some fairly hot weather. We intend to drive it down to Napa, CA next summer. Napa itself is fairly temperate, but to get there from… Read more »
On “Convenience” Features
When I was a young boy of about eight, my grandmother would take me to the grocery store in her 1969 Ford Thunderbird. It was dark blue with a white… Read more »
Apparently My Daughter Will Need a Truck
“64 Ford F-100 Pick-Up” by Greg Gjerdingen is licensed under CC BY 2.0 My 11 year old daughter has taken an interest in riding horses in the last few years.
I Need This Car – 1967 Nova
“1967 Chevy II” by Tony DiGirolamo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Look at the clean styling of this 1967 Chevy II Nova. Introduced in 1966, the second generation Nova was smaller and… Read more »
What Did I Do? I Built An Engine For My Corvette
I purchased my 1971 Corvette with the specific intent of building an engine for it. Little did I know that it would take almost twenty years to achieve this. The… Read more »
A Flat in Oregon – A True Story
In August 2011, my wife and I were driving home to Seattle in her 2002 Porsche Boxster S, having left Napa, CA that morning. The drive is about twelve hours… Read more »
LeMans – A Bit of Pontiac Rumble For Your Day
I love the sound of a big American V8 at idle. Enjoy a little video of the ’72 LeMans warming up.