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I am 63, so watch retirement planning and issues subjects constantly. The old saying “your results may vary” certainly is true when people talk about retirement due to all the variables involved; how much one has saved for retirement, legacy planning, in other words how much if any one wants to...

I was putting my T/A back together to complete its restoration, and when I went to start it for the first time, I couldn't get the lines to not leak like crazy. I contacted the engine builder, and he told me to put a little red grease on the threads of the fuel line fittings, then tighten them...

This years MCACN is full, the Barn Finds section was full by last spring. Do a ground up restoration and it can be a MCACN unveiling in a few years! If you're from the northern part of the state, you might consider joining the Chicagoland Mopar Connection. Lots of great members there eager to...

I owned this '90 T bird SC for over 10 years and really liked it. Fit me like a glove, very comfortable front seats. 5 speed manual and great low end torque. Sort of a pain to work on and I'm guessing some parts are getting hard to find, so I am not sure I'd want to get one now despite my...

Show is only about a month away! Here is a link to this years show magazine that just came out: Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Magazine 2025

I’m sort of in the same boat. I have more than enough invested to retire and keep telling everyone I’m retiring. But so far haven’t pulled the trigger. I don’t have much in the way of family, my friends for the most part are always tied up with family stuff or work if they’re still working. I...

My dad was a gun collector and dealer in vintage firearms. In my youth I’d help him out going to gun shows setting up his table and watching it while he was out scouting the show. He had a saying he’d tell other collectors at shows often that I’ve carried with me in my car collecting. “Rare...

I ran across the movie on YouTube recently

We had a pretty miserable hot and humid summer in my neck of the universe. It really put a damper on our already too short car show and cruise season, as attendance was down significantly at most of the shows and cruises I attend from about mid June through August. We got some nice weather for...

Sounds like Gateway is closing their Atlanta facility too.

I get vintage car articles recommended in my online feeds daily and I really think the majority of them are AI created. This one isn’t any different.

Looks like Echlin is part of the SMP company now. In all the restructuring and companies being bought out, Brake Parts and Echlin went separate ways at some point so are not part of the First Brands financial fiasco. Echlin® | Brands | Standard Motor Products

I worked for Brake Parts Inc, who owns the Raybestos name, until 2005 when the company started closing down North American manufacturing shortly after getting sold off. It was part of Echlin when I got hired, and in around '98 Dana bought Echlin. Dana started struggling in the early 2000's when...

My ultimate find would be a 69 Coronet RT convertible with a hemi. Unicorns really excite me, so my other choice would be a V code 70 Sport Fury GT.

I left early Sunday from the hotel after breakfast myself, I’ve only gone to Moparty Sunday the first year I went. But there is still racing going on, I thought the autocross racers did the “3G” runs Sunday. So even though most of the car show participants don’t return Sunday I thought there...