Category: cars

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New Fan

The Westfield has been in the garage for a few days. Chasing cooling problems – again. This time it seemed to be the motor for the radiator’s fan. It was occasionally conking out when...

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Roadtrip

The last couple of weekends have been pretty busy around our house. First we had microcar weekend. The weather was wonderful, and we spent a couple of days driving backroads with a bunch of...

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Euphoria

We finally had a chance to play with the car today. On Friday, I went into one of my favorite coffee shops to get beans, and the kid behind the counter said “we’re having...

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Dan Gurney

Barn Find Hunter recently posted a video that I think is pretty exciting. They visited Dan Gurney’s shop and got a tour from his son. Dan was my favorite driver when I was young....

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Microcar 2024

Last weekend was our yearly favorite – Microcar Classic. It started out a little damp: But it dried out pretty quickly and was sunny for the rest of the weekend. We saw a bunch...

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Wilbraham Hill Climb

Today we went to a hill climb in Wilbraham. That’s a small town near Springfield MA. In the early 20th century, that area was a hotbed of automobile manufacturers like the Duryea brothers. In...

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Boring Suspension Bits

The Westfield’s suspension is completely adjustable. That’s a good thing, because it is very sensitive to how the suspension is set up. That’s great in theory, but it’s a bit more complicated in practice....

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25TH Microcar Classic, at Last!

The 25th anniversary edition of our favorite car event was originally supposed to happen two years ago. Unfortunately, like so many other things in the last few years, it got cancelled because of COVID....

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British Motor Museum

The other day we stopped at the British Motor Museum. It’s an interesting place. It’s sort of like your grandparents attic, if your grandparents were a British car company. Piles of oddball cars, old...

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La Baleine

Here’s the car we’ve been driving in the UK. No, not the Jaguar. The one behind her. We call it the “French Whale”. The same thing happens every time we come to the UK....