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...
