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Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 3 of 3)
Posted on May 22, 2017 | 12 CommentsImage: NASA/JPL – CalTech Launched on November 6, 2011, and alighting on Mars’ surface on August 6 of the following year, the most recent US rover to reach the fourth planet was the […] -
Craterside Classics: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 2 of 3)
Posted on May 18, 2017 | 4 CommentsImage: NASA/JPL; Spirit Launched in June and July, respectively, of 2003, the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity became the second successful mission(s) to land mobile planetary probes on the surface […] -
Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 1 of 3)
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 12 CommentsImage: NASA To date, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in California, have launched three successful mobile exploratory missions to the surface of Mars. A total of four wheeled […] -
Future Hydro-Classic? 2017 Toyota Mirai – Toyota’s Big Bet On Hydrogen Going Poof?
Posted on March 14, 2017 | 63 CommentsI’ve finally seen enough of these uncamouflaged in the wild to know that they are real. As hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars, they certainly are unique. So are they a preview of […] -
A Preview Of The Autonomous Future, And A Podcast Commentary
Posted on October 20, 2016 | 109 CommentsTesla announced last night that all of its cars now being produced are fully equipped with all the hardware (sensors, cameras, and a 40x more powerful processor) to allow them […] -
Automotive History Capsule: Mechanical Power Brake Servo: Invented In 1919, RR Was Still Using It Up To 1978.
Posted on April 13, 2016 | 31 Comments(first posted 12/27/2011; updated 10/26/2022) The development of brakes pretty consistently lagged the development of engines and speed, which made most really old cars very hairy to drive. One of […] -
QOTD: How Would You Have Designed the Flathead Ford?
Posted on February 29, 2016 | 44 CommentsThe Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI recently raised the hoods for its “Engines Exposed” exhibit, and among its many exhibitions was this unmachined Flathead Ford engine block. The flathead’s […] -
COAL Repair: 1974 Pontiac Firebird–Repairing the Classic GM Saggy Headliner
Posted on February 22, 2016 | 45 CommentsRegular readers may recall that I recently bought a ’74 Firebird Esprit from that most dangerous of online rabbit holes, eBay. It’s the second car I’ve bought sight unseen, the […] -
Mystery Monday: Getting to Know Your New Junker – VIN and Fender Tag Decoding
Posted on January 4, 2016 | 41 CommentsThere’s nothing like that old car smell, at least to someone addicted to dilapidated vintage machinery. One of the formative moments in my bonding with said machinery is “decoding day,” […] -
The Niedermeyers Trade AWD For Snow Tires
Posted on January 1, 2016 | 127 CommentsWe tend to be contrarians. While seemingly everyone else is buying Subarus or other AWD crossovers, we sold our 2000 Forester and bought a FWD Acura TSX Sportwagon. Given that […] -
CC Mini Project: Piston Powered Shop Towel Holder
Posted on October 28, 2014 | 8 CommentsLast time on CC Mini Projects we built a Rambler hub cap clock. This time we will try something a little more practical for our garage decorations. I did not […] -
CC Mini Project: Rambler Hub Cap Clock
Posted on October 2, 2014 | 23 CommentsI recently restored a very poor condition Rambler partial hub cap I’d purchased on a whim at the local scrapyard. It cleaned up but rather nicely, but I couldn’t think of […] -
CGI: Not What You Think It Is
Posted on December 20, 2013 | 36 CommentsWhen NASCAR allowed Toyota to design and fabricate a two-valve pushrod V8 specifically for Sprint Cup competition, it marked the first time that it had allowed a purpose-built racing […] -
Stereotype-Defying Neon With A Half-Million Miles
Posted on October 19, 2012 | 12 CommentsI’m also of the opinion that Chrysler got overly ambitious with its heady expansion in the 1990s, and that quality suffered because of that. When the Neon came out, Toyota and […] -
2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV / 1917 Detroit Electric – There and Back Again
Posted on March 6, 2012 | 23 CommentsMy good friend Paul Wasson recently took delivery on the first Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car in Oregon. Having recently done a CC on my neighbor’s 1917 Detroit Electric, I’m struck […]