Miata Time: The Sequel

The last time we had a Miata in the garage, it was our 1996 project that we more or less raised from the dead. I wrote a ton of posts about our progress on it and, ultimately, we sold it back to the person we got it from for what we put into it. Ever …

Fixing This F-150’s Godawful Knock Pt2: Humble Pie Edition

There are only a small handful of topics in life where I'm reasonably confident in my abilities and knowledge, and one of them is automotive. Whether it's the mechanical bits, performance terminology, or just about anything else short of actual track time, I feel like I generally know my way around. I guess after a …

Malibu Makeover: Part 2

This is the final installment in the exciting Malibu saga, truly a story for the ages. We finish up the last few things on our to-do list, post the car for sale, sell it, and figure out how much we made for working on this car for a few weeks and occasionally giving our brain …

Malibu Makeover: Part 1

https://giphy.com/gifs/queereye-queer-eye-fab-5-3-bbrYGGq7JNARRp0FuY I don't know how long this project is going to take from start to finish, so I figured I'd just include as much as I could while keeping the covered time frame to about 2 months. Initially I was hoping to only have one post, but that wasn't realistic considering the amount of cleaning …

Christmas Eve Soldering Adventure

There's a common saying in our household as of late: what do normal people do with their time? This week, that saying took on new meaning as we were sitting in my mother-in-law's apartment complex surrounded by power cords, folding chairs, soldering equipment, and a Bluetooth speaker blasting Christmas music. This is what we did …