The #KidWrencher Category features stories and inspiration of Youth Engagement in the automotive/cycle world. What started with our nephew Marcus and his ’66 Mustang we have featured stories such as Sophie Cambra building her Super-Comp dragster and Garrett Baldwin building a ’40 Ford Truck. Follow along social media with #KidWrencher tag.
SEMA awarded more than $270,000 this year in scholarships for current students and loan-forgiveness awards to employees of member companies. 2019 SEMA Memorial Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Award Winners Announced The SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded $272,000 to 97 individuals this year, including scholarships for current students and loan-forgiveness awards to employees of SEMA-member companies. […]
An Intimate Evening At The NHRA Motorsports Museum After spending the day at Mitzi’s Pinup Pool Party, I rolled Project Riff-Raff over to the NHRA Museum for the Vinyl Inspiration exhibit opening reception. It was a big day, May 18, 2029. Over at the Irwindale Dragstrip was Nitro Revival 3, a great day for drag […]
Part of our #KidWrencher series we meet up with Branden Wells, Co-Founder of Apprentice Builds, a non-profit teaching at-risk youth mechanical skills. They are in desperate need of your help. Check it out: Be sure to see more info at ApprenticeBuilds.com
Dad and Grandpa help Garrett build his truck I got wind of this story of a teen building a 1940 Ford Truck through Scott over at Ron Francis Wiring. Scott introduced me to John Quinn, co-host with Ben Notaro of “Show and Go Garage” on WVLT.com, a local New Jersey radio station. The show’s focus […]
Another #KidWrencher Project While on a test run of his son Marcus’ ’66 Mustang, Tim knew something wasn’t right when smoke started curling up under the dash and quickly filling the cabin. He pulled over, shut off the key, popped the hood and without any tools ripped the ground wire off the solenoid avoiding a […]
The Save Your Life Car Show It seems like just yesterday when I went to my first Cruisin’ For A Cure Show back in 2002. There is quite the variety of events to celebrate cars in Southern California. From the weekly local cruise night to the big shows such as the Grand National Roadster Show […]
Installing a Borgeson Power Steering Unit in Marcus’ ’66 Mustang 200 Coupe. “ It’s OK. You can blame it on me, your knucklehead uncle.” I tell Marcus. Marcus bought his first car; a ’66 Mustang in a dirt lot that is just one dog short of a junkyard. I walked around it with him and […]
It’s always something, even on the simplest of jobs. With all projects in the garage, we first discover a need. Like: Why do we need a new radiator? For this reason we go back a week or so. Marcus came over to the house to get some help installing a Borgeson Power Steering kit in […]
I gotta hand it to my nephew Marcus. He doesn’t mind just diggin in and gettin’ all greasy. Something of a rare trait for a 16 year old suburban kid. He grew up in a three generation house hold and focused a lot of his efforts on Baseball, from T-Ball up to High School and […]
RUNNING HISTORY Teen driving sensation Courtney Crone drives Jim Gilliland’s 110 Offenhauser powered 1947 Kurtis-Kraft racecar at Irwindale Speedway. Courtney was trained by famed circle track driver Wally Pankratz. The car is available for purchase at Car Crazy Depot
Installing Pulstar Plasma-Core Spark Plugs on a 2004 Harley-Davidson Road King Custom Photos/Story: Tony Colombini Sometimes a story may take on a life of it’s own. This simple project in the garage started out as a quick installation tech article, then became an opportunity to share some time with my nephew. We just finished an […]
