For a little while now I have been updating a twitter stream. A snap shot of it is over on the right to make it easier to watch. It seems like a good way to get out small updates that don’t warrant a full blog post...

Several of you have emailed me to inform me that the forums are down. Thank you. I have been working on getting them back up. I have a situation that I cannot resolve on my own and am awaiting help from my web hosting provider. I have to admit...

Over the past few weeks I have been spending considerable time on a strategy to upgrade the forums. This was prompted by the increase in bogus forum registrations which were followed by several spam posts under those bogus accounts. This problem was also observed on other sites that use...

Joe over at 5pt0joe.com has put together some details on a cruise down to the 2010 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals on June 3, 2010. He has a page devoted to the topic. Joe and I did the drive together last year and it worked out pretty well. His banner graphic,...

I generally don’t like to focus on the negative in my posts but this time I need to vent. My laptop is driving me nuts. It is an HP dv8000 purchased about 4 years ago. That’s probably a good life for a laptop but given that I take very...

The storm of last weekend didn’t have a large impact here but still left 5 or 6 inches behind. In early December, I came upon an article on a method to get better traction in the snow with running shoes. The article is called The Screw Shoe and is...

Ron E. emailed me to tell me about a web site which has a very large number of car brochures and other car-related articles, images, wallpaper and other digital material. If you like cars, you’ll find something you like on this site as it covers many years, makes and...

I have been following the discussion in the forums from new member gokstate74 who has 45k on the clock. I mentioned in that thread that I am close to passing 50k on mine. When I filled up on the day I put the car away for the winter I...

Tom G. (noac) yesterday brought my attention to the fact that registration for Carlisle All-Ford Nationals for 2010 is open. I don’t know how long it has been open. I have tried to get to the registration form quite a few times yesterday and today and have experienced a...

Jim Curry emailed me to inform me that his 1992 Feature Car is going to be in three upcoming magazines. The first one is out now. It is the December 2009 issue of Modified Mustangs & Fords. The article is available online on their web site. You might remember...