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VW Type 3 Replacement Carburetor Linkage
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I'm working on an old Volkswagen Type 3 for a friend, she's sort of an automotive foster child. The car in question is a 1972 VW Squareback named Adelaide and she is in surprisingly good shape except for her motor. But fortunately I have in my warehouse a spare Type 3 engine that
Guest Post: The Ferris Hybrid
By Brandon Boyer In 1901, Queen Victoria of The United Kingdom passed away. The same year Ferdinand Porsche developed the first ever hybrid vehicle, the Löhner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid. Today the spirit of Victorian ingenuity and know-how lives on. In Chilly Big Rapids Michigan, a small group of international engineering
Fixing a musty smell in my 2007 Toyota Yaris
Towards the end of last summer my 2007 Toyota Yaris developed a musty smell in the cabin whenever I ran the A/C. This is a common problem in many cars but the Yaris seems particularly susceptible, probably because it lacks a mesh screen behind the air intake vents below
A Visit to the Seal Cove Auto Museum
This past August the ladies and I took the bus up to Acadia in Maine for a week long vacation. We stayed at the Bar Harbor KoA and had a lovely site right at the water's edge. While we were there we visited the Seal Cove Auto Museum on Mount
Steam Trunk Industries Ratrod!
I love Ratrods, but many of the ones that you see at shows have become so formulaic that I now find them dull. Stream Trunk Industries has done a brilliant job taking the best of the mainstream Ratrod scene and blending in some Steampunk to build a car that
Toyota Yaris Battery Light On – Repair
The day after I returned from SteamCon in Seattle I got into the car to go to the day job and discovered that my battery light was on in my 2007 Toyota Yaris. Being an old Volkswagen man I resisted the urge to get out and hammer on the