Why so much hate for Harbor Freight?

They always have almost anything that I could want in stock!

While I don't have any problem buying tools there, I know that some enthusiasts do. Why?

 I finally got started on fixing the Mark VII's carbs.

 All the way from Merry Old England
Twenty dollars in postage!

As I had mentioned, I couldn't find my first order of carburetor parts so I decided to just re order the basic minimum of items necessary to do the job. They arrived within a couple of weeks, and I set them aside. I needed a break from all the Christmas stuff so I decided to fix the damaged carb. 

 Year End Wrap up.

photo source:vogue.com
Celebrate a little!

It's pretty hard for me to believe but I've been producing this blog since 2014, I will be starting my ninth year! I hope that my writing and editing skills have improved over that time. I fell into a pretty steady schedule of a new post every week. Some months have five weeks and so the yearly output varies. 

 More, On more doors.  Part Two.

Something that you might see on CL,
but not parked at your local supermarket.

Expanded edition.

My Son was visiting and I got my chance to have some car related conversations, 

We were showing each other cars that we'd seen for sale on CL or Facebook. 

He showed me a car that he seemed quite intrigued by, it was a '62 Pontiac Ventura four door flat top sedan. He found the grille and especially the tail end treatment to be intriguing and unlike any car he had ever seen before. 

 I know that it's progress, but isn't kind of annoying that new cars do everything better than old ones?

photo source: Car and Driver.
This is the '23 Cadillac Lyriq 
but you don't have to have anything this fancy.

If we are going to be out, running some errands My Wife will sometimes ask, "Which car are we taking?"

Or, if we lock the house and are walking to the car and I steer her in the direction of the Mustang, she'll ask, "How come we're not taking the Flex? "

Good question. 

 Vintage More doors, dope or nope? Part One.

Yes, I've tipped the scales in my direction. Hard to believe that this is a Packard
a shadow of it's former grandeur.

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Yeah, I know who Drew Peacock is!

Four slams, no clams. More on this later.

 What have I been searching for all these years with cars and motorcycles?

photo from the Web.
I might have had something like this as a child.

Transportation of course, but there was something more. Something that made me a lifetime enthusiast.