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After selling my long-loved, lowered, widened, tweaked and otherwise modified Infiniti FX 45, I was on the hunt for a new daily driver to supplement the big diesel Ford truck. With three boys and a looming midlife crisis, I felt the pull to a true sports car. I started my list with the requirements of … Continue reading The Key Isn’t on the Right Side!!
One of life's golden virtues is patience.. the ability to delay what you want, knowing that there are other objectives or tasks that are more important at the moment. In my case, trying to rebuild carburetors has been an excruciatingly long process. Not because the job itself is particularly difficult, SU carburetors are delightfully simple … Continue reading Patience leads to progress
Enough! Enough rain and wind and lightning! Our Harley Electra-Glide had been calling for weeks, but business travel, family visits, and rain made our trips far too rare. This Monday was different - the sun dancing on the surf and the promise of no rain, except the normal Florida afternoon thunderstorms, were all that was … Continue reading 103 Cubic Inches Thundering Along Florida’s “First Coast”
Sometimes things don't quite go as planned. That's probably the unofficial motto of racing
Our family’s two Corvettes are like siblings, clearly sharing common DNA but truly unique in personality. Each is a true investment, providing a positive rate-of-return, but with very different approaches and measures of value. These Corvettes were born about 18 months apart, the yellow coupe in late 1964, the blue roadster in mid … Continue reading Investing in Corvettes; Insights From Sting-Ray Siblings
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