Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Dream Machine

C’mon Ice Man

Root for Raikkonen.



Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend.

Fuck Sebastian Vettel.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Twin-Turbo DeSoto Hemi

…with Hilborn Injection. In a 67 Valiant. This guy is fucking insane.







Friday, July 12, 2013

DRUNK HISTORY on Comedy Central...

...made me laugh so fucking hard I re-tore an injured Rib Muscle last night. It was worth it. Check it out Tuesday's.

Couldn't be more Ron Swanson

via reddit

Fuck Buying a New Radiator

It’s not uncommon to question the condition of something mechanical that’s over four decades old.

I have the original 22” radiator for my 72 Plymouth Duster. A replacement piece is $300 goddamn dollars.

I took the original piece down to A-1 Radiator for a flow-test and leak repair. For $65 they fixed two little leaks and told me she flows 22 gallons a minute. Not too shabby; should work for the open road.

Except when I got it back from the shop it looked like this:



Some sanding brought her back to the land of respectability.



Figured I would give this stuff a shot, Eastwood Gloss Black Radiator Paint, at $13 FUCKING BUCKS a can. Eastwood recommended two cans per radiator as this stuff is super-thin.



Regular high-heat paint isn’t wise to apply to a car radiator, as it’s remarkably thick in spray-form, and will prevent the key word of “radiate”.

After many, many coats and extensive coverage, I only used three-quarter of one can. Assholes.



Looks sharp though, and the car runs nice and cool with the factory piece. I need a burger.

Thursday, July 11, 2013