Many older cars did not have relays to switch power for their headlights. Modern bulbs can draw much higher current than older units and can cause failures in dash or column switches. Fortunately, adding relays to resolve this issue is pretty straight forwards. For extra credit, add inline headlight fuses if your car does not have them. While the specifics here pertain to most g-body (1974-1989) Porsche 911s, they can be applied to any older vehicle. I installed headlight r

I knew I would be working on the 911 quite a bit when I bought it, so I ordered an inexpensive home "lift" to help facilitate the work....

"I hate buffing out wax, it's too much work". If you like a shiny car, and this is you, try this quick & easy approach. When my new old...

One of the first things I did after I bought the car was clean it and then buff out the paint. I also replaced broken or cloudy lenses on...

With an older car it just seems to make a lot of sense to send out a used oil sample and see what is going on inside the engine. This...

My old 1997 M3 4dr enjoying a blast through the snow. Proper snows and a limited slip differential made this fun rather than scary. Our...

Our old cars would have a hard time being more different. The odd couple? I thought it would be fun to look at some of the engine design details that went into both the Spitfire and the 911 and see how the teams did what they did. 4 cylinder pushrod vs 6 cylinder overhead camshaft. Water cooled vs air cooled. 1920's carbs vs 1980's electronic fuel injection. Front engine vs rear engine. In researching the cars, I found it interesting that both cars were introduced within a co

(This is kind of an homage to the kinds of articles the great Peter Egan wrote in Road & Track) The year was 1984. I was newly out of...

One thing that happened when I took the car in for its inspection was we saw the front turn signals were not working. It felt a bit like...

There is a good chance, if the car you are buying is >25 that the stereo (such as it was) is dead. I didn't buy an old 911 for the...