Category Archives: Body and Soul

This morning Eric shot primer over the fixes so far: Three little dings in the hood Replaced both front fenders, a black one near-perfect on the left, one straightened and smoothed on the right (an earlier fitted left fender — which … Continue reading →

Gradually making some progress in removing imperfections in the Blue Rascal’s skin. Stay tuned.

Remember the driver seat issue that arose some time ago, as cited in an earlier post (http://944folly.com/2013/11/as-time-goes-by/)? Deciding now to do something about it, I sought out Lanny, a car guy/hot-rodder/car customizer, who goes way back.  He specializes in custom … Continue reading →

In black & white & gray, however …

Finally, after all this time, today I got around to replacing the driver side door stop/check that had annoyed me for the past couple of years.  Now the door can be opened and it stays put.  Just like new.  Funny … Continue reading →

Up early this morning, even before the accursed leaf blowers and lawn mowers were started by overzealous neighbors, I was able to quickly strip out the disintegrating foam insulation.  Took all of fifteen minutes and brought it down to remaining … Continue reading →

The other day I discover that my shabby under hood insulation is crumbling and is now occasionally depositing bits onto the engine.  So I need to take action on this right away.  My research starts, as usual, with Clark’s Garage … Continue reading →

Opened the hood and took a look.  My idea was to start detailing — well, cleaning up a bit — the engine and its home.  But I discovered a project that may take precedence.  Coming up soon.

Mark.  Seems that in a former life he raced dirt track sprint cars.  Our meeting came at a recent, more inauspicious time.  This was when he drove the tow truck we summoned from the Middle of Outer Nowhere — actually only … Continue reading →