Resto & Mod

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...

One of my steps in preparing Bertha for drives longer than around the block was dealing with the charging...

Last week I discussed how, in order to continue drive Bertha, I needed to make her completely legal, which...