RichC | October 18, 2018
For years I’ve known the odd hood ornament on my dad’s Packard Hawk (above) was not accurate or something that was original to the car, but had no idea where it came from? Last week after an online chat and a little digging with a car-loving friend of mine, we did a little digging and […]
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Tags: aero, collectible, hawk, hood, ornament, packard, willys
RichC | July 5, 2016
As mentioned on Saturday, the project over the July 4th holiday was to put the new plastic parts shielding the engine bay from the cabin air and water drains back under the hood of our 2010 BMW X5 35d. I’m not sure it quiets the diesel engine all that much, but should be an improvement […]
Category: Automotive, BMW, Diesel |
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Tags: bay, BMW, brakes, diesel, engine, hood, plastic, SUV, x5 35d
RichC | June 8, 2014
I was planning to just work on yard and home chores Saturday while Brenda was working, but got completely distracted by a thought that a 2 gallon fuel container would fit under the hood of the Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel nicely. Hmm, looks like it might even work if I plumbed a secondary fuel line […]
Category: Automotive, Biodiesel, Diesel, Mercedes |
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Tags: 300d, fuel, hood, idea, mercedes, turbodiesel, W123, wvo