Resto & Mod

Last week, I described driving the insured but unregistered Lama a bit farther than the around-the-block sort-out runs I’d been...

This week’s winner of a $25 Shell fuel card in our Fill-Up Friday contest is Puget Sound Chapter member...

A few weeks ago, as I was closing in on getting the Lama (the worse-than-expected 535i I’d bought sight-unseen...

Our Shell fuel card winner this week is particularly cool, being one of our regular entrants and with perhaps...

As I write this, it’s the day after we hosted Thanksgiving for 30 people and it’s 15 degrees out....

Congratulations to Boston Chapter member Doug Ingram, our latest Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Doug has won a $25 Shell...

After I submitted last week’s piece describing reassembling and reinstalling the Lama’s head, I thought that I might have the...

Congratulations to New Jersey Chapter member Ken Herskovitz, this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Will’s Instagram shot of his...

Last week I began addressing the broken rocker arm in the Lama, my 1987 E28 535i. I had really, really wanted...

Congratulations to Roadrunner Chapter member Christopher Kohler (IG: @phyverindustries), this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Christopher’s Instagram shot of...

Last week, I discussed the broken rocker arm in the Lama, the 1987 E28 535i that I bought because...

Congratulations to White Mountain Chapter member Will Gran (IG: @amityalize), this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Will’s Instagram shot...

Yes, I did a “Decapitating Bertha” piece just a few short months ago. But it’s a good title. And...

Congratulations to Los Angeles Chapter member Ian Robert (IG: @summereskimo), this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Ian’s Instagram shot...

Congratulations to Los Angeles Chapter member Noah Thanos, this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Noah’s Instagram shot of his...

For the 28 years that my friend Alex owned Bertha, the 1975 2002 that I sold him in 1990...

Congratulations to Sacramento Valley Chapter member Carlos Fernandez, our latest Shell Fill-Up Friday winner! Carlos’ post featuring his 2005...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about my sight-unseen purchase of the Lama, a 1987 E28 535i that had appeared...

As I wait for the logistics on the Lama (the E28 I just bought sight-unseen in Tampa) to settle,...

I expected to be writing this week’s piece on the brief road trip I took last weekend in Bertha,...

In last week’s piece, The End Game, I went full left-brain on you, detailing Bertha’s four separate driveline noise-and-vibration...

That’s a silly title, really: There is no end, and thus no end game, to vintage-car ownership. If I...

Surely you don’t think I’d go to all this work, buying back and resurrecting Bertha, the 1975 2002 I...