2 Car Projects in 6 Weeks: The Thrilling Conclusion of Operation Viva Kristin Cline May 25, 2016 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Diary 6 Comments After working their arses off to get both classic car projects done in time for Viva Las Vegas, many of you have been eager to hear how it went! (Insert sorry excuses here for why it took so long for an...
Operation Viva: Just 3 Days Left!!! Kristin Cline April 13, 2016 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Diary, Other Cool Cars 2 Comments Time is a-ticking away as Viva Las Vegas is looming! Catch our 3 day update... it's been a busy past week! Kristin's valvetrain parts finally arrived from Lunati and she got straight to work on her 1955...
Choosing a Cam: Passing the Learning Curve Kristin Cline April 1, 2016 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Automotive, Car Projects, Garage DIY, learning about cars Amongst us gearheads, there’s a lot of good knowledge and there’s a lot of misinformation. When it comes to changing your cam, or really making any performance modification to an engine, the stakes get...
Finding Studes in the Hot Rod Dictionary Kristin Cline March 24, 2016 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Cool Stuff, learning about cars 1 Comment A number of years back, I found and purchased a book called "The Ultimate Hot Rod Dictionary: A-Bombs to Zoom ies" from Amazon. I thought it fun & novel - and actually, learning classic & custom car...
Shifting Gears: How to Install a Cable-Operated Floor Shifter Kristin Cline August 4, 2015 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, how to You've done all the planning and you're 100% ready, so how to install a cable-operated floor shifter? Let's get to it! Ready?!? Let's get greasy! Wait. Have you read the directions from the...
Prepping to Install a Cable-Operated Floor Shifter Kristin Cline July 27, 2015 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, how to 4 Comments I've already gone over my reasons for choosing to install a Lokar cable-operated floor shifter for my automatic 700R4 transmission, so now prepare with me to install it. If you don't regularly follow along...
Making A Shift | Moving On From a Column Shifter Kristin Cline October 27, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, learning about cars 2 Comments Why the Switch? When Studebaker got on the road way-back-when (7 years!), I'd insisted on making the original column shifter work. Being that it was originally linked to a manual Studebaker transmission...
Houston, We Have A Problem Kristin Cline August 18, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY, learning about cars 8 Comments While you've all been waiting for the epic conclusion of the Studebaker rebuild...so have I! With Speedweek and busy schedules, there wasn't much going on in the garage the past couple of weeks - but this...
Working Out the Gremlins: Getting Past the Small Engine Rebuild Problems Kristin Cline July 30, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Engine, learning about cars 4 Comments Anytime major mechanical work is done, expect there to be some "gremlins" to work out before the job can actually be called "done." These small engine rebuild problems have been keeping me busy the past few...
Fire it Up! Studie’s Engine Rebuild First Start Kristin Cline July 3, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Diary Although it was only last week when I posted that I'd dropped the engine back in my '55 Studebaker, that happened awhile back...I'm behind in my posting. While I have a couple more things to talk about in the...
