Aging light colored convertible tops. Environmental litmus paper. A musty Rhode Island garage put the hurt on this one. The pine sap is my fault. Mark Lambert told me to cut some Purple Power with water and get at it with a small brush, super gently. He did a test spot at his shop. Found [...]
Purple Power
January 20, 2010
August 17, 2009
When I was a kid our cool old house in snowy Rochester, NY, no longer had a garage. Apparently the previous owners couldn’t open the doors to their matching Continentials once parked inside. The pool table and metal fireplace was cool, but I wanted a garage. Despite our lack of space to take on an [...]
August 13, 2009
A 5,000 pound car with a tankful of gas but barely a drop in the carburetor leaves you with plenty of time to think while waiting on the flatbed. You see yourself re-routing the fuel line to pass just inside the driver’s door on the floor, equipped with one of those squeezable rubber primer bubbles [...]
July 15, 2009
I hate giving up. But it was time to consult the Oracle.
June 24, 2009
My ’63 Continental didn’t start giving me fuel problems until, you guessed it, I had the fuel pump replaced. My Lincoln Jedi Master, Steve Ouellette up at Bakers Auto in Putnam, CT, is a great guy and I couldn’t be happier that one of the premier Lincoln shops in the country is an hour from where [...]
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