by Mark S. Taylor | Oct 29, 2025 | Maintenance
There are few sounds as gut-wrenching as the tink-tink-crack of a pebble hitting your windshield. Or the sudden, eerie silence from a power window motor that just gave up the ghost. I’ve been there, both as a car owner staring at a broken car window and as a...
by Mark S. Taylor | Sep 4, 2025 | Maintenance
There’s nothing quite like driving a classic car—the deep rumble of the engine and the feel of the open road. But I’ll never forget the freezing winter morning when my ’69 Mustang’s heater stopped working. My breath fogged the windshield, and my fingers went numb. It...
by Mark S. Taylor | Aug 31, 2025 | Maintenance
I still remember the first time I had to fix a radiator in my ’67 Mustang. It was a hot summer day, and suddenly, the temperature gauge shot up. Steam came pouring out from under the hood. I had to pull over fast. My heart raced as I realized the radiator was...
by Mark S. Taylor | Aug 29, 2025 | Maintenance
If you’re a classic car owner, you know the thrill of turning the key and feeling that engine come to life. But when the carburetor starts acting up—rough idles, hesitation on acceleration, and that lingering smell of unburnt fuel—it’s like a sudden disconnect...
by Mark S. Taylor | Aug 27, 2025 | Maintenance
I’ll never forget the first time I got my ’67 Cougar’s C4 transmission shifting like glass. It wasn’t some major overhaul that did it; it was a simple fluid and filter change, and the difference was truly night and day. That moment erased the...
by Mark S. Taylor | Aug 23, 2025 | Maintenance
I’ll never forget the sinking feeling I had while cleaning out the garage and discovering rust eating away at the quarter panel of my ’65 Mustang. A local body shop quoted me nearly $3,000—a figure that felt like a death sentence for my project. But that major...
