Author: Carmine

1969 vacuum operated heater control valve

What’s everybody using? Rockauto? Good good part number substitute? Thanks

Defeating 2000-era Chrysler anti-theft system

No, I’m not planning a rash of PT Cruiser thefts.

I bought an ’02 Chrysler Town and Country roughly one year ago, mostly for the AWD viscous coupling. Since then it’s been sitting behind a building I own. Occasionally I’d start it up, but eventually …

Where do you search? aka No one shall buy/sell/trade without the Mark of Zuckerberg

Where are you guys searching for cars and "stuff"? I know that the default answer is usually "Facebook" but unless I’m missing something, it REALLY sucks. For example, I’m planning an extended working-vacation in the Phoenix area th…

Collecting a pension while in jail.

Here’s a topic I haven’t heard discussed yet, lol…

(this ended up being very long. If you want to get to the question, scroll down to the red text below) Pic for attention…

I know a lot of the members o…

As seen at the junkyard…

Just some random pics I snapped the other day. Trivia: This automotive recycling centre (at 18 1/2 Mile & Van Dyke in Sterling Heights MI) is “built on top of” the old Warhoops Junkyard. This is where GM sent its show cars and other interesting artifacts to be scrapped in the 50s/60s. Many of them weren’t scrapped, but were hidden in trailers. Decades later, collector Joe Bortz purchased many of them and had them restored.

This Magnum is the…

As seen at the junkyard…

Telling a story with nothing but Fakebook screen captures

(I have to type some words)

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Where do you search? aka No one shall buy/sell/trade without the Mark of Zuckerberg

Where are you guys searching for cars and “stuff”? I know that the default answer is usually “Facebook” but unless I’m missing something, it REALLY sucks. For example, I’m planning an extended working-vacation in the Phoenix area this October. By working, I mean reconditioning a small condo I’ve owned since 2012. I plan to either re-rent it at a higher price, or I might consider selling it. But in either scenario, it will need the basic paint-flooring-updates. It would have occurred last…

Where do you search? aka No one shall buy/sell/trade without the Mark of Zuckerberg