After a pretty awesome time go-karting around the neighborhood (and not jumping a curb), we had put the SLC under covers until it was time to bring it down to Hanson’s for exhaust work.  Wouldn’t you know it?  We’ve been having a crazy terrible drought this year and it seemed today was the day for…

The time is nigh!  It’s about time to get really brave and give the car its first road test.  It’s in Go-kart stage which basically means it’s mechanically (almost) complete without any real interior or bodywork. Here’s a short video of my cheesy 5ft drive.  Yep.  I stalled it. First drive I needed to prep…

That’s what you might be asking yourself if you just money shifted your brand new transaxle – something fairly easy to do if you’ve got a Graziano transaxle (I do) and the factory supplied shifter (I do). From Urban Dictionary: Usually only happens in a car with a manual transmission – A money shift is an accidental, far too…

In an earlier post I said sometimes buying a new tool is as exciting as working on this car – and so it is with the new BendPak HD-9 lift.  Our garage is a narrow 2-car garage.  I wasn’t about to park either my SLC or daily driver outside – and no way was my…