Resto & Mod

For most of the first four months of 2019, my head was living in Lotusland as I worked like...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Brandon Watson (IG @southpawww), who won a $50 Shell fuel card...

Last week, I was offered (and accepted) a free faux (fake) 1973 2002tii. I’d looked at the car last...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Great Plains Chapter member Ben Zimmerman (IG @benbimmerman), who won a...

I’m a big believer in pay-it-forward. Oh, to be sure, when I have a car or a part that’s...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Rocky Mountain Chapter member Vic Kolev (IG @tehestorilblaum345), who won a...

I tend to go full-on in all things. For a glorious week 27 months ago, I was full-on resurrecting...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Tejas Chapter member Joey Nielsen (IG @ugosplodes), who won a $50...

A few years ago, I wrote a series of articles about the Turkey, a rusty, long-dead 1973 2002 that...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Oregon Chapter member Cole Roth (IG @coleroth_8), who won a $50...

It was back in the late 1980s. Maire Anne and I were still living at my mother’s house in...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Sandlapper Chapter member Matthew West (IG @westy696), who won a $50...

In my first book, I have a chapter titled “The Rhythm Of Repair.” It describes how those of us...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Golden Gate Chapter member Evan Baytan (IG @loompia_m2), who won a...

Yes, the neglected stepchild in the corner of the garage, the usurper of space, money, and attention needed by...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Delaware Valley Chapter member Michael Son (IG @m3cs_pomsaeng), who won a...

I’ve long said that I am not a car-collector; that word conjures up images of straw hats, silk suits,...

There’s a chapter in my first book that details a number of techniques for removing stuck fasteners. Near the...

Last month I reported selling the Lama (my resurrected 1987 E28 535i) to sight-unseen buyers Jim and Susan Strickland...

You may already have read the sad news: Bob Merhrman, BMW CCA Member #1, passed away on February 17...

I didn’t plan that last week I would look at two very different niche German wagons and have the...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Jarrod Coleman, who won a $50 Shell fuel card thanks to...

Last week I made the surprise announcement that, to ease my cash flow and simplify my life a bit,...

Congratulations to the winner of this week’s $50 Shell fuel card, E30 Chapter president and all-around BMW enthusiast, Chris...

I gave a talk in Huntsville Alabama last weekend at the Heart of Dixie chapter’s annual kick-off party. In...

Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Sacramento Chapter member Lacha Kayavong, who won a $50 Shell fuel...