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Do you drive your classic to work? I don't want to push the envelope too far on what's a classic, so I ... My MGB is sitting in the faculty parking lot of my college right now. Next ... '73 MGB, drive it every day.	15	1 day, 10 hours ago by Nick
Zippo at the Glen- Classic Motorsports stuff? 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 ... "WPTA and Moss will have a dart tournament " My crew chief is a Brit, ...	13	2 days, 14 hours ago by André Rousseau
Agenda I'm doing Thunderhill in December. jg Read it. Some changes: 8/26 – 28 – VIR – Tim, Per 9/4 - 7 - SVRA ...	59	3 days, 18 hours ago by JG Pasterjak
Under-appreciated classics There's also a review in last month's Hemmings Sports & exotic cars, a profile of ... Nah, the motor is a really interesting design, but wholly unrelated to any other motor. ... Thanks, Trevor. That's more than I found. Thanks also to, Tim. I will be finding ...	59	4 days, 12 hours ago by mattmacklind
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	1 week, 1 day 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	1 week, 1 day 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	1 week, 5 days 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	1 week, 6 days 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	2 weeks, 1 day 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	2 weeks, 3 days 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	2 weeks, 5 days 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	2 weeks, 5 days 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	2 weeks, 5 days 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 weeks 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 weeks, 1 day 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 weeks, 3 days 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 weeks, 4 days 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 weeks, 5 days 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 weeks, 5 days 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	4 weeks, 1 day 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	4 weeks, 1 day 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	1 month 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 1 week 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	1 month, 2 weeks 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	1 month, 2 weeks 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	1 month, 2 weeks 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	1 month, 2 weeks 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	1 month, 2 weeks 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	1 month, 2 weeks 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	1 month, 3 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	1 month, 4 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	1 month, 4 weeks ago by David S. Wallens
Monthly report It's still a good idea that keeps getting pushed back, first by general issues, then ... Whatever happened to the idea of inviting the GRM regulars back to the message board ... Again, for the tenth time, I need these reports emailed to me every month. I ...	4	1 month, 4 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
Jungle Disc There's a link from the monitor thingy to http://www.jungledisk.com/desktop/download.aspx basically, updating consists of downloading and ... How do we get the update? If Jungle disc is giving you problems, and you don't have the latest update, go ...	3	1 month, 4 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
Porsche 914 project, anyone? I "think" that these have been vetted by the 914world.com community, but I will double ... This would be a good time to mention, if you're interested in the 914 project ... Someone just sent me this e-mail, but right now we don't need any new projects: ...	3	2 months ago by KaptKaos
Fuel ecomony/classic/cool rides How about a Vespa? Classy looks and easy on gas. Plus it doesn't take up ... I have several old cars that do pretty well on gas . best one is ... Although it may get you yelled at, it seems that if you drop an LSX ...	41	2 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Car books Books are really expensive to ship. Tom took them. Coulda had another contest! I have some car books that need to be stored somewhere else--like your house, Mandala ...	3	2 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Chimney Rock Hillclimb One of the first events I did with the magazine was Chimney Rock. JG wrecked ... Well, I went to the WRHC with the main goal of not falling off the ... YES!! The 2008 Wolf Ridge Hillclimb is only 3 weeks away now on June 7/8. ...	16	2 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Ran when parked Gainesville FL One is still parked on the side, yellow with hardtop and one in the back. ... Tim, what is a good price for a GT6 parts car? There's one on Knoxville, ... Sorry but this was the before picture. Similar to the one that was in Grassroots. ...	7	2 months, 2 weeks ago by alfabeach
North Carolina Ran When Parked. Tim Nines? Actually, we have the full-res versions you uploaded to "ran when parked" If you have high-rez versions, send them my way.	12	3 months ago by bluevr6
Beta testing Switch to new site has begun... I'm now directing everyone over to the new site ... Yea, that's his MO. He's a young curmudgeon. Thanks JG. I think we're looking pretty solid. Dave Hardy hates it, and that sucks, ...	7	3 months, 1 week ago by Tim Baxter
Project car updates I'll take it. I have been giving the CRX some attention, so the Mini hasn't gotten any. I ... Once again, I'm dry on Classic project car updates. If anyone has anything, please post ...	3	3 months, 2 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
What's your favorite Japanese classic? The wail from that SM600 was really something. racerdave, thanks a lot for the Supra pics. I've never seen those before and I'm ... honda s600 http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/HondaSM600_shell.shtml jay leno is one lucky sob	67	3 months, 2 weeks ago by wjones
Mitty post mortem Overall, I thought it was the smoothest one on our end. I think a larger ... On the club front, I think we need to do a better job on selling ... I realize I'm horribly biased, but I think the turbo install generated some traffic. The ...	5	3 months, 2 weeks ago by David Wallens
Reader Rides Nick, currently there's just the one, although you can link to more on a website ... Nice addition, I also like the reader rides section. I've looked through all of them ... Seems I'm in with some very very nice company. Not a lot of comments, but ...	31	3 months, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
Looking for next project, suggestions? I've owned maybe a dozen X1/9's throughout the years, and they're easily one of my ... X 1/9........:omg::nice: Of course, I am a bit biased but I would suggest an X1/9 as well. ...	30	3 months, 3 weeks ago by racerdave600
Let's start testing GRM Subscription help will work when the domain is in place. There's a few other pages ... Looks good. My notes: - 404 error on sub help link. - security certificate error ... If you haven't already -- or even if you have -- please poke around the ...	21	3 months, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
The one that got away.... Wow! That car looks great! :omg: I wish I could stumble across deals like that ... On the other hand, late last year, I bought this really nice, low-mileage, garage kept ... Ones that got away... a few... Back in '90, I was working and had a ...	24	3 months, 4 weeks ago by Ian F
Speedfest at the Mitty Looks like the whole gang made it up to the track just fine. We just ...	1	4 months ago by David Wallens
surveys Cool: The survey app gives a nifty graphical representation of the answers: http://classicmotorsports.net/survey/answers/08-cms-reader-survey/ Note: that's ... And MOST of the GRM one: http://classicmotorsports.net/survey/08-grm-reader-survey/ The only way I can think of to ... Classic survey: http://classicmotorsports.net/survey/08-cms-reader-survey/	8	4 months ago by Tim Baxter
Ponte Vedra Beach show Sunday The show was great. Fantastic weather, and some great cars. '74 Daytona coupe, Abarth, 3 ... So, how did the Ponte Vedra Beach show go? I wasn't able to get away ... There's a big European car show in nearby historic Williamsbug, Virginia on Sunday. Last year ...	5	4 months ago by Burke Bell
Camera tech tip I dropped off the 20D for a cleaning today and learned something: Changing lenses while ...	1	4 months ago by David Wallens
Digital Meeting 4/28/08 I got the meeting info. The up selling and cross selling info is helpful! I ... A good question that's floating around the office: do we wear Grassroots Motorsports apparel because ... Here's the traveling schedule: Gary - 407.766-4673 (Pathfinder towing small trailer), Greg - 703.200-3764 & ...	14	4 months ago by Rhonda Heath
GRM site look and feel Can a link to the staff blogs go in the lower-right space under "community." Where are the staff blogs? Oh yeah, what about a link to Classic Motorsports?	5	4 months ago by David Wallens
Online articles and blog entries Budget Ferrari works for me. The Italian guys have been pretty buzzed about the site ... Tim, Susan and I have been discussing this topic this morning. I vote for the ... Online articles and blog entries are no longer intermingled in the new site admin. This ...	3	4 months ago by Tim Baxter
CLASSIC Motorsports. Right? And they use metal keys. :grin: Now there's one point I will add to the official definition of a classic car: ... I figured it out. I finally have the answer. A classic car does not have ...	56	4 months ago by KaptKaos
Unsafe At Any Speed I, too, have a 1966 copy, bought new by my dad back then. It was ... I hope you bought the book. I've been told the mention of the Corvair in ... Also won't start a debate, but.... the last 8 years have been pretty miserable.	12	4 months ago by gjz30075
hardtops vs. convertibles Owning a MGB Roadster and a Porsche 928 (the essential GT) - I must say ... Quote by Gary: "The factory steel hardtop for my Spitrod isn't restored yet, but when ... The top on the TR3 has only been up for real rain and once on ...	31	4 months, 1 week ago by Bret
Keys (please humor my Car Magazine writer fantasies - thx!) hehehe In the catacombs of the black castle, if you took the bridge into one of ... Way simpler than those. You could easily cut a duplicate in shop class. And yeah, ...	7	4 months, 1 week ago by KaptKaos
Drive your classic to work Condidering that just over 60k were maded between 1977 to 1995 parts aren't really that ... I really like the 928, but worry that one parts failure can total the car. ... Normally I drive a rental or drive my Supercrew 4x4. But Been taking the Shark ...	42	4 months, 1 week ago by Bret
Art for the new building Had a thought. The car companies are putting more and more old PR photos (and ...	1	4 months, 2 weeks ago by David Wallens
Chrome restoration LOL@racerdave600 sjd ...and home depot. sjd It works wonders on stainless kitchen sinks after you've cleaned something in there the wife ...	7	4 months, 3 weeks ago by steved033
Site content Anybody got any online article suggestions for either site? Heard any requests, whatever? I'm planning on bring out the Mini this weekend. I'll try to do an update. Anyone? We're running out of time to get one in and proofed for next week.	4	4 months, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
David & Scott out Thursday morning We're going to the metropolis of DeBary Thursday morning to photograph a SIATA and meet ...	1	4 months, 3 weeks ago by David Wallens
$600 buying tips for Classic? Whole buncha stuff from Eastwood (or at least as much as $600 would get me). ... new top from Kee Auto Top cool artwork from Driver's Road, or Jack Pumphrey nice ... YES, Coker needs love. would help me a bunch right now. Koni doesn't care so ...	6	4 months, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
GRM.com project car pages There has been NO styling applied to those pages. Does the spec box need to be that huge? I haven't done ANYTHING to lay those pages out nicely yet. They're bad homely. For ...	4	4 months, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
New car review categories That sounds pretty workable. I see what Tom's saying though. If he's writing the review, ... I think the initial review should stick to the facts--and maybe that bit should be ... I think we might also want to evaluate our third-person perspective on these. For instance, ...	17	4 months, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
GRM work shirts The GRM work shirts are here. I'll get it photographed pretty darn soon. I'll shoot ...	1	4 months, 3 weeks ago by David Wallens
Amelia Island Hello, new to the forum. I live a few minutes away from Amelia and go ... It was an awesome show--something for everyone whether your poison be vintage Trans-Am, Ferrari, brass-era ... A couple from our local club was down there with their turquoise MGA (Virginia plates).	10	4 months, 3 weeks ago by Burke
John Fitch can use your help Where do people come up with this stuff? I don't know anything about Mr. Fitch's ... I don't want to start a flame war, so I will keep is short and ... sorry ... http://vgmdays.com/fitcharticle.htm	11	4 months, 4 weeks ago by PerryPasu
Another article topic .... 'Tis true, my BMW race car (still street legal) carries the PA emissions exemption. Not ... That would be awesome David!! I would support that for sure. I have to check the exact wording of the ...	5	5 months ago by ddavidv
Fuel Pump Location I'm seeing if Carl has a better photo or more details. The pump used was ... Bob, From what I recall, the article pointed out they moved the pump because it ... In last months magazine the article on TR6 supercharger had the team mount the fuel ...	3	5 months ago by David Wallens
David at doctor on Wednesday While we're all announcing our medical stuff, I have a doctor appointment at 3:00 on ...	1	5 months, 1 week ago by David Wallens
Tom Wheeler Is Tom still coming here on the 31st? I won't be here. Which might mean it's a GREAT day. Tim won't be here ... Tom wants to come visit on March 31st. I'll be here. anyone have a compelling ...	3	5 months, 1 week ago by David S. Wallens
Marketplace We could pass it on to the saferacer guys. I got an email about it, ... Do we care if there's a bogus-looking ad in the Marketplace? Who do we tell? ...	2	5 months, 1 week ago by Tim Baxter
$600 I don't have much to add since my check went to the mouse, but to ... all good things. I know Traqmate is a great advertiser, and deserves love, but how ... And the source box: 949Racing: (949) 716-3111, www.949racing.com Autopower Industries: (619) 297-3300, www.autopowerindustries.com Brembo: (800) ...	17	5 months, 1 week ago by Tim Baxter
The forgotten SL? I had a 1989 560SL for quite a few years. I decided to sell it ... A manual 280SL is a much nicer driver than a US spec 380SL auto of ... Me too. Sweet cars. Jack	13	5 months, 2 weeks ago by vaderdave
I don't think... My parents sent me some pictures from Ottawa's last storm that look a whole lot ... A, My heart goes out for you. I used to live in the east and ... I dont think the 6 will see the payment till late May. Going to be ...	12	5 months, 2 weeks ago by Keith
SEMA Show I'm in the process of getting us booth space for the show. I know it's a long way off, but I just got my SEMA Show registration ...	2	5 months, 3 weeks ago by Debbie Brozyna
Where is it I know, I know... Five Ws and all that... but somehow this one didn't get ... If it's in a press release, a good way to give more info is to ... Well, I would have thought people would know Road Atlanta was somewhere near Atlanta, but ...	5	5 months, 3 weeks ago by Tim Baxter
Classic Mazda pre-Sebring party follow-up I emailed back and forth with Chad last week. I will follow up with him ... +1 on what David said. Someone from the sales force might want to follow up ... Just got in from the pre-Sebring party at Classic Mazda, and it went really well. ...	3	5 months, 3 weeks ago by Greg Voth
Staff blogs It is weird. Doubly so reading them all out of order, and not being sure ... Wow, man. You just made a rough weekend of weirdness for yourself. I'm glad I ...

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