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Sandy and Melanie test out the fantastic new NGGallery as a test of how it all works

F-U Prius Drivers. Just when I thought it was all behind me…

  Well it was a great day until I got on the road to work. Usual traffic, blocked some ‘short cutters’ and then almost to the 405 Freeway ramp and ...

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CarCast Open Track

Can you hang with the CarCast Crew and “The Ripper”

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Removing Powder Coating

I have been working on the Sunbeam Tigers front suspension and the spindles were powder coated but the masking on the seal surface was not so good. So need to remove some baked on plastic as it be. Looked around and didn’t find much except the ‘Commercial’ solutions. I found this on the web, cut [...]

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Wheels for the Tiger

Had to pick up a set of roller 5 lug rims for the Sunbeam in anticipation of the axle changes. I found another Tiger owner that had used the 2005 16″ Mustang Halibrand style rims with some spacers and it looked pretty good. I found a set off of ebay which was local (save $100 [...]

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Mustang Motor Back from QMP Racing

Totally forgot to post an update on the Ripper Motor. The motor is sitting in the warehouse and ready to be dropped in. The question is do I have enough time to do it. Motor made right at 5##hp at 7500 rpm. The sad part is that it was not as huge as I would [...]

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Man Down, Man Down… The Excursion is in the Shop

Well after 5+ years my trusty 2003 7.3L Powerstroke Diesel Ford Excursion had to be taken in for a repair. I had the smell of diesel fuel coming into the A/C system and decided to pop the hood. Looked at the engine valley area and saw a puddle of diesel fuel. Checked around and it [...]

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