Charge!
Alternator Woes Sideline my Lincoln My ’89 Town Car’s original factory alternator decided to go on strike after 30 years of service (must mention this to FoMoCo’s customer service department!). Continue Reading
Tech Q&A
Q: I’m considering buying a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, but the smog pump is seized. What can I do? A: You can always have the original smog pump rebuilt.
$18,000 for 3 Cylinders
Internet auction site Bring a Trailer recently gaveled a super low mile Chevy (nee Geo) Metro for $18,000. The shockwaves were palpable yet we feel this to be more of Continue Reading
Can’t we all just get along…Yes, we can
He was cantankerous, angry, old and white. Did I mention cantankerous ? As a gay man I instinctively defaulted to “heteronormal male mode” but the lingering fear that he’d Continue Reading
Malaise Daze Iola
A New Wave in the collector car hobby has begun. 1972-1995 year model cars are shown with pride at Malaise Daze, July 12,13,14, Iola Wisconsin. See you there !
A Tale of Two Sixes
This is not a technical treatise on Jaguar’s postwar inline six cylinder power plants, merely a clarification of the difference between the XK engine and the AJ6 that superseded Continue Reading
Caught in the Crossfire, Mr Malaise drives an ’82 Corvette
The C3 Corvette is a piece of high automotive theater, it demands the onlooker’s attention and has no shame about it. The form is bosomy with razor sharp creases that Continue Reading
Personally Yours, the Rise and Fall of the Personal Luxury Car
Luxury ain’t what it used to be. In the modern world even a Cadillac has firmly upholstered seats and is expected to lap the Nurburgring at warp speed. Continue Reading
Reduce, Reuse…Rescue
Citroen’s stellar SM may have been the last French “grand routier”, conceived and built in the same vein as Delage, Delahaye, and certain Buagttis. It deftly combined suave French suspension, Continue Reading
Malaise is Magnificent
I can feel a bizarre 60 Hz electric sting at regular, rhythmic intervals on my left shoulder. Buzzzz, buzzzz, pause. Buzzzzz, buzzzz, pause. The sensation, unlike anything I’ve felt before Continue Reading