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This is mine, so far. Still a few days to go I suppose but I don't think I will top this. Date is today. I have just driven legally for the first time since 1983. Car is now roadworthy, certified, registered and warranted ( certificate of fitness or WOF in NZ ) I drove from the vehicle testing station around to one of our local cemeteries. The car has Alick's grave in front. He bought the car new in 38. I am the second owner. A cool thing to be able to do...

Hard to pick a favorite…..

My favourite photo of 2022. This year a special photo was sent to me. Its my 1938 Chrysler. The photo is dated Oct 1962. They found me on-line and sent me the photo. It seems there are so few of these Canadian built coupes its pretty easy to keep track of them. A young boy is standing behind the seat of this coupe. The very person who reached out to me. His father owned the car. The young boy loved the car dearly.

Advanced in auto terms means Before Top Dead Center (BTDC). motor rotation. Old cars running old low octane gas were often run at Top Dead Center (TDC) (piston at top of rotation or even after reaching top ATDC)) to prevent knocking. No knocks and a LOW power out put from the fuel. AS fuel quality improved and additives added allowed for the ignition to fire the fuel before the piston reached top dead center of rotation (bdtc) without knocks the fuel actually burned more completely and yielded more power and most often increased fuel mileage It has been Many years since any car needed the ATDC or even TDC spark timing was used. Even the old cars with the ATDC or TDC recommended back in the day now love the BTDC timing as the modern fuels make it run way better. Advance he timing more btdc until when motor is up to temp and doing a heavy pull it knocks slightly and retard the timing until the knock completely disappears. Hope I finally wrote this such that it makes sense. ? DJ

Since trucks count too, here is mine.

Couple of rules. Gotta be taken this year and gotta be your car. This is my favourite and was taken August 4. I live in southern Alberta (look it up if not familiar) and we were getting a lot of smoke from forest fires in BC (British Columbia). I was coming back on some country roads after a car club event. Car is a 1948 Dodge D25 Club Coupe.

Got my engine back from the machine shop. Unfortunately I have 3 more weeks of hernia surgery recovery before I can get started. The engine is a 58 truck motor that has been bored.040 over. Should give my Coronet a bit more pep.

I tell my wife that I have been playing with cars longer than I have been playing with girls............she thinks I'm joking..........have had the 1940 Dodge since 1971, its been a hotrod since 1973, see pic........have been married since 1980.............lol...........seriously tho' your car, you build it your way..........welcome aboard from Oztralia......Andyd

Thanks for the kind words. I just wish I could convince my wife to stop thinking I was stark raving mad!!

I used windshield adhesive from the local auto parts store.

Great photos , thanks for sharing and I really appreciate that I will never have to be there to enjoy the weather, temp, and the snow to see it! ? DJ

Trucks count too!

I did take apart the H300 rear brakes today off one of my 2-3/4 ton Timken axles. This shows the coil spring and some retainer plate and how it holds the shoe to the dual sided lever assembly. Could you use the same spring and retainer on your larger shoe and lever?

Dropped the rad/fan assy in last night. OOOO boy is it tight! But clearance....is clearance. I have about 1/4" on the passenger side. I will modify the mounts to allow me to loosen and tip the assembly forward for serpentine replacement (thank you middle of the night engineer brain).