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Cars and Coffee? November 15, 2008, Mazda headquarters parking lot, Irvine California ... just another Saturday morning in ... We also have an event brewing in Central Florida: http://www.orlandoautomotiveclub.com/cars_and_cafe.html It's mostly later-models cars--Porsche, Ferrari, ... We have a micro C&C here on Whidbey Island in the parking lot of Gerry's ...	5	1 hour, 17 minutes ago by Gary
Fiat at work Today I had a dentist appointment so drove in to park near this early Mustang. ... Nice to see more than one classic at the office. Good job. I hope so as well. At least my driver door is protected from SUV attack. ...	5	5 hours, 5 minutes ago by rconlon
Fun At Autobahn Contry Club Well thane send Carl.. I tell you what as soon as I get the date ... Actually, Carl got the Fiat, I have an old Mini. (Ironically Carl did check out ... Hay David when we have it next year why not come up for it you ...	7	1 day, 7 hours ago by RCRX19
Two days, two museums As TR3only notes, we do have an odd schedule - closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so ... TR3, you need to make time to visit Lane. I promise you'll then find yourself ... I've also been to both, and they are well worth it. If you like motorcycles ...	5	2 days ago by DavidLMM
Update on Bugeye restoration Nice work. I especially like the electrolytic rust removal. I love Bugeyes also as my dad owns a 1960, sadly LHD, don't see too ... I love Bugeyes! Nice work!	7	1 week ago by wetpossum
Are new cars ugly? Good topic, I like the debate between old & new styling. There are a few ... I see lots of attractive new cars, but most of them lack the character that ... Well, they can't all look as good as this classic: Or this one: Or this: ...	26	1 week, 1 day ago by Raze
Fall Driving This past Sunday it was very nice for a drive, so I was blasting around ... Ya'll are killing me w/ these pictures of beautiful fall driving roads. I'd have to ... We had our fall tour this weekend in Tahlequah, Ok. It is very like Missouri/Arkansas ...	24	1 week, 1 day ago by Nick
HSR at Daytona this weekend We have a benefit car show in homosassa see link http://classicmotorsports.net/forum/classic-cars/car-show-needs-exotics-citrus-county-fl/3798/page1/ saturday and sunday is ... Anyone else going? We'll be there.	2	1 week, 5 days ago by Karl La Follette
2008 in my Classic Those vids were done with three different units: 1: The family JVC mini-DV camcorder (which ... Neil, I enjoyed the music you put to your video, but I kind of miss ... How did we manage before YouTube? And the rest of you know about today's low-buck ...	4	1 week, 6 days ago by aeronca65t
Would I/you dress.... Whoa! No wonder my 80-something Dad like Bridge....I've been missing out! Dougie wins for sure! ... I roll old school all the time. Pimpin a mustache, loafers, and leather driving gloves ... No doubt. Dougie wins.	18	1 week, 6 days ago by aeronca65t
Winter Park Concours in Orlando this weekend VehicleSpa was proud to be one of the sponsors for the event. If you'd like ... I know, kinda late notice, but I'll be here this weekend: http://www.winterparkconcours.com/ Anyone else going? ...	2	2 weeks, 1 day ago by vehiclespa
Happy Halloween! Didn't Cruella DeVille drive an MG? Went to my bank yesterday, the tellers were dressed as Dalmations (sp?) and their boss ... We have the puppies dressed up and are receiving a steady stream of kids.	8	2 weeks, 1 day ago by Shinsen774
Florida road trip? The best road in the state is between Sebring and Orlando. It is called 17A. ... If you make it to Ponce Inlet, the lighthouse is worth a look: http://www.ponceinlet.org/ And ... There is a cool old warplane place in between Ft. Meyers and Orlando called the ...	5	2 weeks, 2 days ago by Tim Suddard
Special car-right buttons Not in the flesh, no, but I have seen the pics. One picture I saw ... Kapt: Have you seen the 356A coupe replica from JPS Motorsports? They're located in North ... FYI: Here's a kit outlaw. It's running a Raby TIV and is pretty sweet too.	32	2 weeks, 6 days ago by KaptKaos
Season OVER! Wow... amazing how just a few miles South (I work in Somerset) we got almost ... The picture was taken in Byram Township (between Andover and Stanhope) just north of Waterloo ... You walked home on 206!?!?! Whereabouts is this pic from?	10	2 weeks, 6 days ago by Ian F
What to do?(classic Mazda content) I say the Datsun 260Z, although the 240Z is really the one to collect. I ... hey you want a way cool cheap very practical wagon. I own one of the ... Chris - "Bluebird" was the Japanese version of the 510...The Datsun performance package was/is the ...	39	3 weeks ago by dougie
Motorsports. Is it a sport? well I know that! I'm just saying that its harder to be subtle without power ... aeronca65t and I are of like mind. I've ridden a bunch of enduros and the ... Having been a competitive bicycle racer for most of my adult life, since the early ...	16	3 weeks, 1 day ago by mattmacklind
Tools you should have? The one tool I cant do with out is my old Army saftey wire pliers. ... Trevor, I don't think about that! I have a few one-time-use tools. I guess that ... Vclassics - Great list and great input. I'll be sure to contact you when I ...	22	3 weeks, 3 days ago by Leo Basile
If it ain't broke don't fix it!! Ya I knew a guy who autocrossed a RX7. He claimed if the buzzer wasn't ... Stock ported rotaries will run out of breath around 8K but will rev past that. ... Yeah they buzz like someone is honking at you once you hit 6700. A lot ...	16	3 weeks, 4 days ago by cyncrvr
More Fall Driving LOL! Spoken like a man with experience! she really is a good sport....I drag her ... If mama's happy.......................everyone's happy! Dougie Yes. Seneca Lodge is located right off the main street in Watkins Glen. I've been ...	9	3 weeks, 5 days ago by aeronca65t
Winter plans My plans include removing the motor and trans. in my '57 vintage racer. Upgrades include ... Winter in San Antonio is spanish for "not hot." I plan on adding turbo and ... My winter plans are nowhere as involved as y'alls. One more auto-x, maybe, then the ...	13	3 weeks, 5 days ago by dougie
SCCA schedule on SpeedTV Don't know if this helps but just got Novembers Dish magazine for Dish Network. It ... And that's what I'm talking about! Until you came here, no one else came across ... You guys are a hoot. The schedule David posted is correct as far as it ...	12	4 weeks ago by Bryan
Three events, one day Oct 18th - BMW show at Orange Park BMW, Porsche show at Brumos and Amelia ... As a friend once said, that and 35 cents will get me a cup of ... You now can proudly wear the "3 in one day" belt buckle. Cheers Ron	10	4 weeks, 1 day ago by Spitsix
Classic for the wife? I have been watching the M3 as prices go down. They are a bit more ... I like KaptKaos' choices. My wife wanted an early Corvair. I hated the idea and ... We used to have a Thing when I was younger, it was actually fun to ...	28	1 month ago by rconlon
Lake Mirror Classic I saw a red Spridget on display wearing a Classic Motorsports sticker, so at least ... Anyone else going to this weekend's Lake Mirror Classic here in sunny Central Florida? I'll ...	2	1 month ago by David S. Wallens
Poll question redux Having driven, and for that matter, learned to drive on cars with bias ply tires, ... On a lot of old classics wider just doesn't always equal better... or at least ... Well the real question should have been. "Do you think your classic that came with ...	10	1 month ago by TR3only
Birthday Gifts BTW is the adjustable wrench metric or SAE? Scarfs are great mother in law made me up a couple and very nice to ... Oh, Happy Birthday!	6	1 month, 1 week ago by bikesnrovers
Under-appreciated classics British Fords don't get enough attention. Anglia Zepher Cortina I am a former Cortina GT ... I have to agree the Japanese imports (excluding the Z's) are in bulk pretty un-appreciated ... I have to agree the Japanese imports (excluding the Z's) are in bulk pretty un-appreciated ...	68	1 month, 1 week ago by Sownman
New question rant No salt on the roads around here... By the way, we have some reader-submitted poll questions on the way. Yes...a '53 TD... had it in for a new set of 4.3 MGA rear end ...	25	1 month, 1 week ago by VClassics
Drove my Classic to Work Today I sent you a PM. I don't see a way to check PMs, so I ... Beautiful car. Someone should send a high-rez photo to me for the "drive it to ... Pre 1963? Other than that... no idea!	10	1 month, 1 week ago by MGAMGB
truly odd cars... "56 Panhard just popped up on Ebay, near me. http://cars2.ebay.com.au/Panhard-Dyna-LHD_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ330274117418 Sounds like a fascinating car, ... One of three known in North America (email if you know of more)...1957ish Wolseley 6/90 Not my car, but guy in our local club has this Citroen Mehari with an ...	35	1 month, 2 weeks ago by degruch
Latest addition to the family.. Nice! Yeah I think I'll have to borrow it from my Dad a bit, don't ya ... Nice. I got ~My MGB Roadster~ as a barn find in late '07, fixed it ...	6	1 month, 2 weeks ago by mattmacklind
Another latest issue comment.... I see it as a future article. Then and now as older models of the ... Honestly, the Lotus is just so small that it doesn't feel much like a Miata. ... Saw the latest issue on the news stand today (I was in too big of ...	3	1 month, 2 weeks ago by rconlon
Convert Rare Vintage Cars into Racers or Use Existing Supply? Last Friday I saw a TR-4 that some fella had turned into an electric, battery ... I had a 76 Spitfire and it was always my goal to make it a ... Good question. An ideal "classic" candidate for conversion to race car is a rubber bumper ...	19	1 month, 2 weeks ago by sharps4590
TR4/4a as dd. I frequently drive the TR-6 to work, but as David mentioned, the commute is short, ... I drove a TR4A as a DD for many years. I also drove a 66 ... I think it depends on where you live and your commute. I could use one ...	7	1 month, 2 weeks ago by Joe Gearin
In car Spares? As David said, AAA card and a cell phone. But you also want to consider ... Actually, some of that Castrol waterless hand wash stuff could be handy if you end ... In a convertible, I carry an extra ball cap. A small tool kit, spare tire, ...	14	1 month, 3 weeks ago by KaptKaos
More "ran when parked" finds... There's no direct email addresses to combat spam. A way to put an attachment on ... And the email address would be? Can't attach to the system this board uses and ... And if anyone wants to officially submit some Ran When Parked photos to the magazine, ...	11	1 month, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
David at Euro Rally school Sept 19 I'll be at the European Rally School's open house today. If anyone needs me, just ...	1	2 months ago by David S. Wallens
Interesting Abarth Coincidence in Issue #135 Ron, I really appreciate that Abarth double bubble photo link. Thanks! Ken The OTAS, Abarth Scorpione and Lombardi Grand Prix are all essentially the same car, all ... Those Italians! They take a street sedan and throw a bunch of specialty shops at ...	8	2 months ago by B02S4
Reader Ride Favorites If the right offer came up and I could replace it with the right race ... Yeah, I was going to ask the same thing. Is the GT6 really for sale? Cool! I'm glad someone likes my Chrysler! I really wouldn't mind trading any of the ...	29	2 months ago by André Rousseau
Roll Bar help Try autopower industies website, they sell a rollbar cover kit that coes on with velcro ... I think I'm gonna attempt one myself this winter I can't find something suitable off ... And if you want to put some proper padding under the cover, we have been ...	7	2 months ago by 66healey
Meadowdale reunion rescheduled Meadowdale is a really cool place. We used to go 4-wheeling, and ride mountain bikes ... From our friends behind the Meadowdale reunion: Saturday, Sept. 13, brought the heaviest rainfall in ...	2	2 months ago by Joe Gearin
CM Stickers Yes, what Lou said. It's an intricate sticker, so you do have to go slowly. ... I had the same happen to me. You just have to go very slow when ... http://www.buildasign.com/p/How-Tos/Vinyl_Graphics.aspx	6	2 months ago by David S. Wallens
Introduction Yes, welcome to the club. I have been watching the Group 44 stuff, that was my lurking! I really hoped ... Welcome, Tad. There's quite a few GT6s roaming around here. In particular, Andre has a ...	4	2 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Zippo at the Glen- Classic Motorsports stuff? I'll be down for the sat. already got my tickets So see you all there ... Kewl, I've been invited to pit crew for Bill Tobin's #6 TR6, so look for ... Andre' I'll keep an eye out for you... and look for a black Spitfire and/or ...	14	2 months, 2 weeks ago by dougie
Do you drive your classic to work? Ain't no rust on my garage floor. Cheers Ron HAHAHA Yes sir, speaking of oil. I was all proud of my new crank venting ... David, you better check the oil! Sounds like it's empty.	22	2 months, 2 weeks ago by rconlon
Like L.A.'s Cars and Coffee, but in Orlando Oh yeah, the Irvine meet is awesome. I went to one last year. I've only been to the SoCal location so I can't speak for the other venues, ... Thanks for the link. And for those in the L.A. area, it's worth getting up ...	6	2 months, 2 weeks ago by David S. Wallens
Jim's Fiat 500 Trek continues... Very cool, thanks. Here are some pics of it since I have had it. I ... Thanks for the update. By the way, look for a photo of the car in ... Rudy has been driving the 500 eastward to Knoxville since Sat. He created this blog ...	3	2 months, 2 weeks ago by Brett Melancon
Agenda 9/2/08 I have to put the next email together. I know it will include Challenge promo, ... Are the '09 and '10 dates a test to see if we've read this agenda, ... All of the magazines we subscribe to at home send paperless renewal notices (Entertainment Weekly ...	13	2 months, 2 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
Orlando car meet On Saturday morning Michele and I went to Orlando to check out the Cars & ...	1	2 months, 2 weeks ago by David S. Wallens
Agenda I'm doing Thunderhill in December. jg Read it. Some changes: 8/26 – 28 – VIR – Tim, Per 9/4 - 7 - SVRA ...	59	2 months, 3 weeks ago by JG Pasterjak
Are you a part fixer or replacer? 1. Check the electrical contacts 2. remove and look for easy fix 3. disassemble, clean, ... I wish there was a IMTA like the BMTA. Italian car replacement parts can suck ... Extreme fixer here!! While I have discovered that several items are cheaper for others to ...	19	3 months ago by Jack
Drove to work and then some. Totally, I mean I could barely see all the controls in the plane. I think ... I crawled around some of the vintage warplanes and will never complain about my car ... Yeah the owner is serious about his work. The hanger is well setup and they ...	8	3 months ago by André Rousseau
sebring 12 hour Mar 18-21 We don't have anything official planned as we do a big thing at Dayton instead. ... where coming down for this in the spring.We aleady have a place booked for lodging.We ...	2	3 months ago by David S. Wallens
Off to Monterey If you happen to post pictures anywhere on the web, do share. It is like ... You know, they have these things called cars and planes. They facilitate travel. Seriously, it's ... I second that but hate may be too harsh of a word. No, now that ...	5	3 months ago by Rev.Bubba
Did someone in the Classic Motorsports family buy a Fiat? I don't want to give anybody any ideas but I hope my 500 will be ... One of my buddies and challenge pro driver had a 360 and a 360 van, ... ""I love fast cars and underpowered cars and this car is the epitome of underpowered." ...	53	3 months, 1 week ago by Rev.Bubba
Classic Motorsports T-Shirt I don't know if it will help, but the gesture is appreciated. Thanks. Well, I got my drivers license renewed today including a new photo. My license now ...	2	3 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
X1/9'er can use some help I know we have a few X1/9 fans here. Anyone able to help a fellow ...	1	3 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Tires yes or no Yeah, I was also surprised to see so many people rolling on old rubber. When ... Yeah, I admit my classics are sitting on old tires. My 63 Midget still has ... Yeah the GT6 runs on a set of KUMHO ECSTA Supra 712 195/50/15. And I ...	6	3 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Readers rides contest I come back from vacation, and find that this contest has been going on. And ... Yes, we subscribe to CMS which is why I commented they way I did.. I'm ... Um, Rapunzell, it is: >The Fabulous 50 We Poll Our Readers for Their Picks of ...	23	3 months, 1 week ago by Coupefan
Japanese classics One of my early cars was a 78 Toyota Corona. Like a Japanese Volvo 144 ... I would love a Cosmo. 3-Rotor twin turbo. Makes plenty of power and torque (torque/rotary... I think it's more of a perception of early japanese cars that they were disposable. ...	13	3 months, 1 week ago by rconlon
Watches Ive been lusting after a black Bell & Ross chronograpg watch I keep seeing in ... Yeah, I could see all the extra numbers being a little distracting. As for me, ... I really like this Motochron piece styled to look like the speedo of an old ...	62	3 months, 1 week ago by Lennyseleven
Do you have a project under construction? That's fine. The Work in Progress item is a running bit in the magazine, so ... David, I'm on vacation right now, will be back on Sunday. Have a Triumph 2000 ... I got that Fiat, too.	16	3 months, 2 weeks ago by David S. Wallens
Free reader classified ads Well, it saves the ad when they initially enter it, before they go to the ... Sweet! With that in mind, what causes them to be listed multiple times on that ... Tom, if you look in the admin, you'll see a pub date column.	73	3 months, 2 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
Yes or No I call for a recount heheheh Too many Chad's. A. Close poll! You can click "view all polls" to see the results. New one up ... I didn't vote because "better" is too vague. Better at what? I've owned a few ...	12	3 months, 2 weeks ago by André Rousseau
Project Suggestions... It looks like I'm getting to experience the joys of LBC ownership for the next ... Corvairs are seriously worth a look. Excellent parts availablilty, and truly excellent handling on the ... Where you are is important. I think Southern Ontario from your comments. Andy's Spiders is ...	25	3 months, 2 weeks ago by L8BRAKER
Online vs local car club ? http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f246/racetearoffs/?action=view&current=008-4.jpg my new 65 after the dawn degreaser and bag to remove paint . What i really like about a local club is the "we can get a bunch ... We belong to a fair collection of both. For the old cars, we have North ...	12	3 months, 3 weeks ago by Karl La Follette
73 Jaguar XKE V-12 - $2500 not mine. Possibilities: 1. Typo, probably missing a zero 2. Horrible rust bucket with seized engine and ... Tease! And your keeping it all to yourself? That's not nice, booooo! I demand linkage!	4	3 months, 3 weeks ago by WilD
Lane Auto Museum - Z Cars A couple things about Lane: 1. Know your camera and how to work the angles ... It sounds like a date then, you get some official looking badges and I will ... They haven't even invited us! No help here. David	29	3 months, 4 weeks ago by pete240z
FINALLY! A classic of my own Now all you need is a 2.5L with Webers. Thats what my GT-6 had in ... I am jealous. I would love a Spit, GT6 or a TR-250. Strangely enough those ... That's awesome. Congrats!	10	3 months, 4 weeks ago by Leo Basile
My first classic-what will it be? JoeTR3... finding a clean, rust-free Capri isn't easy. I had a '73 4 cylinder back ... Thanks David someone links to craigslist and bam there goes 15 minutes. http://daytona.craigslist.org/car/762449595.html	21	3 months, 4 weeks ago by TR3only
Our online stores The number panel on Ben's 510 is old? I didn't know that as it's from ... In newest build of Firefox, got a weird crop for the right side of the ... David, as I understand it, any remaining '07 shirts are being sent out as freebies ...	30	3 months, 4 weeks ago by David S. Wallens
New message board feature: rotating reader rides You probably noted a new feature on the message board, as we're now showcasing our ...	1	3 months, 4 weeks ago by David S. Wallens
Holy cow, it's already Friday Scratch that its 35 degrees in the garage and I have an itching to play ... Well James went down for his nap. I should get out and do some work ... I hope to get to the airfield both days, so my son and I can ...	6	4 months ago by Jack
No Soliciitation What about one of those, "If you can read this, you're in range" signs? Too ... No Solicitation signs don't work. I used to ignore them routinely while selling postage meters. How 'bout No Solicitation claymores?	11	4 months ago by Tommy Suddard
New car reviews brainstorming I definitely agree with putting our name on it. And as a PS to my above comment, I'm calling this index thingie the GRM ... GRM Performance/Budget Index	24	4 months ago by Tim Baxter
Need help with new car reviews I think at last count we had 20-30 manufacturers. I'd need to count them up ... Do we have enough cars to group them by manufacturer? I do like the related ... Probably easiest (by far) to group by year. I think we should reconsider the list ...	30	4 months ago by Tim Baxter
iRacing demo Did an online race last night and it was awesome. Was worried that there wouldn't ... On a related note, the iRacing people are dropping off their truck Friday night. They ... Well, depends on how special you are. I guess some of us have special powers.	6	4 months ago by Scott Lear
movie cars Last night Elvis was in the building as "It happened at the World's Fair" showed. ... Not sure if your answer is here, but some people have more free time than ... TCM just finished showing the movie "The Battle of Britain". Good movie and watching the ...	3	4 months, 1 week ago by rconlon
Insanely low prices on back issues Yes, buy some back issues! Call this an inventory reduction sale. Our back issue blowout is back by popular demand. Get 5 issues (our choice) for ...	2	4 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Classic Motorsports patches and jackets Right now all of the jackets in stock have U.S. flags. Sorry about that. (I ... Nice stuff! I might as well get that Issue #105 while I'm at it too! Are the jackets the steve mcqueen ones? Any way to ah sub the US flag ...	8	4 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
ARRC Debbie got the info to me, and we'll have a news item in the next ... We're supposed to have a news item in this next GRM about our involvement with ...	2	4 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Project cars that never reall wrapped up The comment above was directed at the Mustang project, but really, most of the completed ... Which ones in particular? Pointed out by one of the masses: "It would be cool if someone could spend ...	3	4 months, 1 week ago by Tim Baxter
Daytona Brumos 250 wrap (ad and PR content, too!) First off, wow, what a race. Margin of victory for the Daytona Prototype class was ...	1	4 months, 2 weeks ago by David S. Wallens
Computer Backups Oh, and it's important to note that by default it does NOT back up any ... Well, it hasn't broken anything, so I can only assume that it's working. Aside from ... I haven't used it myself, being an idiot when it comes to backups, but I've ...	7	4 months, 2 weeks ago by Scott Lear
CMS and GRM merchandise photos GRM sticker photos have been uploaded to Jungledisk. Baxter just asked me for updated GRM sticker photos, so they have been added to ... I just uploaded a ton of merchandise photos to Jungledisk for use in ads, Web, ...	3	4 months, 2 weeks ago by David S. Wallens

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