by William Eric McFadden
revision 03272012-1633
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by William Eric McFadden revision 03272012-1633 |
Table of Contents
Read my disclaimer.
"Without a real car, I'm only half a man"--Jim Douglas, The Love Bug
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"Bond's car was his only personal hobby. One of the last of the 4 1/2-litre Bentleys with the supercharger by Amherst Villiers, he had bought it almost new in 1933 and had kept it in careful storage through the war. It was still serviced every year and, in London, a former Bentley mechanic, who worked in a garage near Bond's Chelsea flat, tended it with jealous care. Bond drove it hard and well and with an almost sensual pleasure. It was a battleship-grey convertible coupé, which really did convert, and it was capable of touring at ninety with thirty miles an hour in reserve."--Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, 1953 |
By Peter Egan (does his work belong in Literature?):
A Dream of Lost Gloves
Small is (Mostly) Beautiful
My Toxic Biosphere -- December, 2009
The Resurrection of the Body: Peter's Last Restoration? -- December, 2008
Shopping for Trouble -- December, 2007
So Many Summers -- December, 2006
The American Driver -- December, 2005
Total Jaguar Immersion--December, 2004
My Old Pal, Clark Gable--December, 2003
To Start an Engine--December, 2002
Buying Mileage--December, 2001
Road Test: Corvette Fever by Peter Egan
Heraldry of the Crash Helmet
Going to the Glen
First Drive to Connecticut--in a Very Fast Cadillac
The Good, the Bad, and the Lovely
Archaelogy and the Ancient Oilpan
A Cadillac Not Yet Old
Flathead Revisited
All the Modern Inconveniences
Thinking Outside the Soapbox
Ferraris and Other Used Cars
The Timeless 911
The TR-3 that was Lee's
The Road to Santa Fe
Winter Tires, Summer Cars
Still Life, with Yellow Sting Ray
Dog Years and Englishment
Six and the Single Girl
A Mighty Wind
The Cars of the Parents are Visited Upon the Children
A Car We'd Most Like to Drive Home
Talkin' About My Generation
The Pros and Cons of Race Cars Past
Hang Up and Drive
Signs That You Might Be a Car Guy
The Vehicle Nobody Makes
Cash for Clunkers -- November, 2009
All the Time in the World -- October, 2009
The Alternate Elan -- September, 2009
Failure to Dodge a Bullitt -- August, 2009
The Lost Art of Hitchhking -- July, 2009
She's Real Fine... Living the American Graffiti Dream Vicariously -- June, 2009
The Eight Stages of Restoration -- May, 2009
The Retreat of People Who Make Things -- April, 2009
The Classless Car -- March, 2009
The Peristence of Automotive DNA -- February, 2009
A Sprite Called Walter -- January, 2009
A Few Good WeekendsWeekends: Elkhart Lake and Oshkosh -- November, 2008
Aerodynamics and Aero-Lack-O'Dynamics -- October, 2008
A Tale of Two Insights -- September, 2008
Under the Same Blue Sky -- August, 2008
In the Shadow of the Red Car -- July, 2008
Big-Bucks Classics Reconsidered -- June, 2008
The Roving Eye -- May, 2008
A New Ariens Snowblower and a Gallon of Gas Equate to Near-Invincibility -- April, 2008
Sand Through the Hourglass, as Defined by a Rotting Bugeye Sprite -- March, 2008
Serf City, Here We Come! -- February, 2008
The Lotus Seven Chronicles -- January, 2008
Reconnaissance Missions of the Car-Lot Kind -- November, 2007
Summer's Here and the Time Is Right -- October, 2007
Death of a Triumph -- September, 2007
Ferrariville -- August, 2007
Blizzard 2, Driver 0 -- July, 2007
Slow Blues in A-flat -- June, 2007
Keys to the Highway -- May, 2007
A Pound of Feathers -- April, 2007
Demographics Made Simple -- March, 2007
Time, Tools, and Talent -- February, 2007
Polo Helmets & Terrified Haybales -- January, 2007
The Things We Do for Cars -- November, 2006
Morning in Le Mans -- October, 2006
Another Narrow Escape from Hawaii -- September, 2006
Lessons from the Masters -- August, 2006
The Other Side of the Counter -- July, 2006
A Guide to Collectible Sleepers of the Lowest Rank -- June, 2006
Purr, Growl, Rattle, and Hum -- May, 2006
Resuming the Elan -- April, 2006
Crazy Mixed-Up Hot-Rod Speed Junkies on Wheels -- March, 2006
Insolent Chariots, Revisited -- February, 2006
Extinguishing the Midnight Oil -- January, 2006
Running with the Big Dogs -- November, 2005
The Fabulous '50s?--October, 2005
Vermin of the Dashboard--September, 2005
Rust Sometimes Sleeps--August, 2005
The Cadillac from Cyberspace--July, 2005
Rebirth of the Car Worth Having--June, 2005
Minis, Strats, and Other Instruments of Transport--May, 2005
Our Old Pal, the Prince of Darkness--April, 2005
Deer in the Headlights--March, 2005
Bringing Home the Mini--February, 2005
The New Incivility--January, 2005
Gullwings and the Ghosts of Sindelfingen--November, 2004
Phony Flourishes--October, 2004
Dread of Wiring--September, 2004
Mileage Highs and Lows--August, 2004
Restoring Today's Cars Tomorrow--July, 2004
Fetching the Lotus--June, 2004
On Being Favourably Disposed Toward the English Car--May, 2004
The Mysterious Case of the Huntingdon Gumption Trap--April, 2004
Driving the Jaguar--March, 2004
Our Friend, Gil--February, 2004
The Empty Garage Syndrome--January, 2004
Close Encounters of the Corvette Kind--November, 2003
Ends of the Road--October, 2003
The Ferrari Sharknose--September, 2003
The Great Mini-Blitz--August, 2003
Random Reflections at 55--July, 2003
The Two-Car Time Machine--June, 2003
Driver's Ed--May, 2003
Charts of the Ancient World--April, 2003
My Brother's Cars--March, 2003
Mercury Blues--February, 2003
Tales of the Dreaded Comeback--January, 2003
The Power of Style--November, 2002
Garage Cleaning Tips--October, 2002
TVR Short Courses--September, 2002
Rental Cars of the Mayans--August, 2002
The Unoriginal Owner--July, 2002
Alabama Getaways--June, 2002
Another Band of Brothers--April, 2002
The Exploded View--March, 2002
Special Report: The 24 Hours of Rapide by Peter Egan
First Drive: Volkswagen Passat by Peter Egan
Comparison Test: Camaro SS Convertible vs. Mustang GT Convertible by Peter Egan
Special Report: Porsche 911 Timeline by Peter Egan
Special Report: Ultimate Porsches by Peter Egan (and video)
Special Report: Indy @ 100: Bobby Rahal Drives the 1912 National by Peter Egan (and video)
Special Feature: Heart of Gold, Electrics by Lucas by Peter Egan
Photo Gallery: Porsche Cayman S by Peter Egan
Photo Gallery: BMW Z4 M Coupe vs. Porsche Cayman S by Peter Egan
Photo Gallery: BMW Z4 Coupe vs. Porsche Cayman S by Peter Egan
Road Test: 2010 BMW Z4 by Peter Egan
Road Test: The 600-Horsepower Club by Peter Egan
Road Test: Pratt & Miller Corvette C6RS by Peter Egan
Road Test: Far Northern Exposure: Subaru Impreza WRX STi by Peter Egan
First Drive: 2008 Lotus Exige S240 by Peter Egan
First Drive: 2006 Jaguar XK by Peter Egan
First Drive: BMW M6 by Peter Egan
First Drive: 2003 BMW Z4 by Peter Egan
Comparison Test: The Pony Express by Peter Egan
Racing: Runoffs at Road America by Peter Egan
Racing: Return to Road America by Peter Egan
5 to Drive; Peter Egan on the Road by Peter Egan
Ferrari's 60th Anniversary: Men in Red by Peter Egan
Phil Hill 1927-2008 by Peter Egan & John Lamm
Hank's Last Drive by Peter Egan
Viva Terlingua! by Peter Egan
Viva Las Vegas - and Jaguar by Peter Egan
A Moveable Beast by Peter Egan
Cross-Country by Cobra by Peter Egan
Leo Betgen 1940-2002 by Peter Egan
Tire Manufacturers and Retailers (return to top)
Manchester Honda--discount parts
AllDataDiy.com--"Leading Source of Online Automotive Diagnostic & Repair Information"
OdyClub forum
VintageBus.com
Kris Trexler's 1967 Split-Window European SO-44 (and U.S. SO-42 Westfalia Campmobiles
Volkswagen Bus Advertisements at Vanagon.com
Renault Racing (return to top)
Campers for small cars (return to top)
Compact Camping Concepts
Lees-ure Lite -- "light-weight popup tent trailer for touring motorcycle or small car"
Trailmaster Inc. -- lightweight pop-up campers
Lite Tent Camper
Kamparoo Campers (new URL)
Aliner
Starcraft
Palomino (new URL)
Nancy's Serro Scotty Sportsman Site (gone?)
Tiny Tears--teardrop campers (new URLs)
Teardrop Trailer Plans at Kuffel Creek Press
Build Your Own 'Rolling Station' in a teardrop camper, by Scott Evans, N4ZOU
Central Ohio Rally Club -- CORC
World Rally Championship (WRC) official site with video and photos
RallyAlbum.hu--with a veritable cornucopia of rally video
Pro Rally Pages by Tim Winker
VintageRally.com by Tim Winker
TapPoint.com offers a free hundredth-reading Rally Clock for Palm OS
Alfa Rally Computers
Timewise Rally Computers
TerraTrip -- computers, intercoms, and cockpit lights
Helius Designs -- odometer
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Jack Christensen at Timewise repairs other makes of rally odos and computers. Estimated repair cost for a Zeron 800 TSD is $50 (minimum) to $300, with typical prices in the $75-$150 range. Mr. Christensen maintains a stock of replacement components including the CPU, but there is no schematic or block diagram available. (2005-02-11) |
Rally Odometer/Clock Manuals at Rally Racing News, including Zeron 800
Search eBay for...
Susquehanna Motorsports: lights, computers, etc... (new URL)
Halogen bulbs:
What's Wrong with My Car? at About.com
The Truth About Cars, a blog
Hypermilers Push the limits of Fuel Efficiency at Wired.com
EcoModder.com--Fuel Economy & Hypermiling
Ariel Atom (and Top Gear video)
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"We cannot afford to wait for a series of Katrinas or other natural disasters to take action. We are slow in acting on long term sustained solutions because of a failure of political/business leadership, and low level of public awareness. The idea of the Automotive X PRIZE is very powerful because it hits all roadblocks without pre-judging a solution. It is designed to encourage innovation and risk; it is designed to shake us out of the status quo; it is designed to raise public awareness of the issues; it helps open up possibilities without imposing a solution. Let the solution(s) emerge." -- S.M. Shahed, Honeywell Turbo Technologies, past president of SAE International |
GreenCarCongress.com "Energy, Technologies, Issues and Policies for Sustainable Mobility"
WrightSpeed Cleantech Supercars
Tesla Motors "Burn Rubber, not Gasoline" (and article by Mark Morford)
Plasma Boy Racing -- homemade fast EV cars (and OPB TV video)
A123 Systems -- nanotechnology lithium ion batteries "Enabling a New Era of Sustainable Transportation"
Down on the Street by Jalopnik (and archives: 1-200 & 201-250)
The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum
The Mini WWW Directory--links to Austin Mini sites
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
Autotrader.com
Eddie Runner's Unimog
Unimog Network Int'l
Unimog Forever
MaxiMog: "a modular high mobility vehicle designed for exploring this (or similar) planets"
How to Convert a School Bus into a Motor Home by Bob Sokol
Buy "C'etait un Rendezvous" at Spirit Level Film
View "C'etait un Rendezvous" here (34MB)
View an 11-minute drive around the Périphérique in Paris here
The Detroit Project -- "by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars"