French Quirks – Yellow Headlights
From Xenon with a weird greenish tone to a yellow headlight wrap, this time I had to this properly. In 1930s French Government required that every new vehicle sold in France to be equipped with yellow dipped beams, either by military reasons or because those were smoother to the eyes of the oncoming drivers […]
Toolbox Therapy – How To Fix The Idle Speed (Easy Way)
First adventure under the hood of the Touring Panda was to go after this bit of hardware, the Idle Control Valve. The inline-6 M52 was pulling nicely but with the needle resting around 1200 rpm on idle, something was not right. After checking the intake for any blockages, it was time to also check the […]
E39 Chapter III – 520i Touring
My first experience with a 5 Series BMW E39 ended up being a very short one. Back then I was just searching for something to begin a project, to rebuild and learn along the way, and didn’t have any make, model, body type or fuel restrictions. In fact, the only condition was that it had […]
A Simple Recipe – Honda CR-X del Sol
What do you do when you have a soft spot for Hondas and your friend is selling his CR-X del Sol? That was a problem Rui Cota had to deal with very recently and like a true hero – if you ask me – he bought the car for himself. What a guy! I must […]
Another Project: At Last, An E34!
Another working day coming to an end, the weather was good and I took a different route to drive home. The short trip was almost done when I spotted an old BMW for sale that spiced up my curiosity enough to make me turn around and take a closer look, even when my mind […]
