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How to Never, Ever Let Brake Loss Happen to You!

Kristin Cline
December 8, 2015
Automotive, Garage DIY, Illustration, learning about cars
7 Comments
Ever since I lost the brakes in my Studebaker five years ago, I take any opportunity given to share my misadventure with other classic car owners when I hear they haven't upgraded their brake systems (you'd...

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...

How to Progress When Your Project Gets Stalled

Kristin Cline
September 30, 2014
Garage DIY
1 Comment
Most car people I know have been at this place one time or another - money or time limiting progress of a car build. My regular readers are probably wondering why Operation Stude wasn't completed months ago,...

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...

It’s About Time… Engine Install, Finally!

Kristin Cline
June 27, 2014
1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Garage DIY
5 Comments
Rounding that corner to where my car is actually being put together again seems a little bit like turning that last curve of a race, when it's the home stretch and you can finally see the finish. Months have...

How to Paint Headers & Other Final Tasks

Kristin Cline
June 12, 2014
Garage DIY, how to
2 Comments
Finally, the last thing on my engine rebuild before putting it back into Stude - at times it seemed like I'd never get here! With Studie's Small Block Chevy (SBC) looking so good, I could hardly just bolt my...

7 Life Lessons Learned While Rebuilding Stude’s Engine

Kristin Cline
May 23, 2014
Diary, Garage DIY, learning about cars
3 Comments
*This post was first sent out via newsletter! Be sure not to miss exclusive content in the future, and sign up for our monthly newsletter today! Sure you need to have the "how-to" for rebuilding an...
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