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Old Car Manual Project Website

May 19, 2010 • CATEGORIES: Website This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I feel fortunate that dad kept his old manuals around so that when I started working on my Jeep (and this was pre-internet), I had a some good resources at hand to help me puzzle through problems.  Specifically, he had a 1969 Chilton that seems to contain information about engines and transmissions related to every automobile made that year (and if not everyone, at least most).

Even in the post-internet age with Google at our fingertips (I actually keep my laptop on a special shelf that I’ve used many times while working on things in the garage), sometimes finding old information can be difficult (like the proper firing order for a 231 buick V6).  It’s these type of searches where an old manual is a godsend (and which I turned to so I could finally figure out the firing order).

All this comes to mind as Mark forwarded me a link to the OldCarManualProject Website.  There is a ton of information here, though sometimes it takes some digging to find it.  It is particularly full of Chevy Manuals.  For example, here is the complete service manual for all 1938 Chevrolet Passenger Cars and Trucks.  So, if you love or own older vehicles, this is worth some surfing (though I didn’t see many Jeep specific manuals).

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Jeeps @ Plastic Warriors

May 12, 2010 • CATEGORIES: toys, Website This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Over at Plastic Warriors, Paul has put together a site dedicated to pictures and info about 1/76 and 1/72 plastic soldiers, kits and wargaming. He has spent considerable time photographing, discussing and comparing various model types and clearly has a passion and expertise for the subject.  One item that caught my eye was his link to the five worst army men of all time.

In this archive link, you can see his examination of minature Jeeps.  He also had these matchbox covers, which were I thought were interesting.

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Jeep4ever’s Black and White Photos

May 5, 2010 • CATEGORIES: Old Images, Website This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Thanks to Wes at offroadaction.ca for creating a post about this great collection of black and white photos (how I haven’t stumbled across it is beyond me) at Jeep4ever’s website. Click here to see nearly 200 b&w photos, some you probably have seen and some you haven’t seen courtesy of Jeep4ever.ca (I’ve posted a variety of these previously, but found them through the library of congress).

I particularly like this one.

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Hill Climbing in Canada — From Antiquewillys.com

March 24, 2010 • CATEGORIES: Features, Website This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I have to say I’m a fan of Canada and Canadians.  Growing up in Seattle, Canada was only a 3 hour drive away, so I’ve crossed the border many times.  On the other hand, the Canadians keep sending me back … I don’t know what that’s about …

When I was 20, I had an opportunity to work in the San Juan Islands for a couple years, at the north part of San Juan Island itself at Roche Harbor (map).  Many Canadians boated over to enjoy Roche’s hospitality, perhaps as many as half the tourists were Canadian.  Because I had friends with boats, I had the opportunity to boat across Haro Strait and visit Victoria, BC, Canada.

There are four things I know about Victoria from personal experience:  1) The Royal BC Museum was a great place to visit; 2) There used to be a great knife store downtown that gave good discounts to chefs (I still have a couple of those knives); 3) There are places to drink in Victoria (which for a newly minted 21 year old was pretty fun); and 4) There were some very nice strips clubs downtown (which for a newly minted 21 year old … well, you get the picture).

I’ve also spent time in Vancouver.  During one memorable, well mostly memorable, experience, I attended the 1986 World Expo (and it turns out countries still hold world expos — the 2010 Expo is in Shanghai, China), which took place at the downtown facilities which held the recent Winter Olympic Games.  Me and 2 of my friends trekked up to the ’86 expo, without hotel reservations of course; instead, we spent two nights camped out in Vancouver.  The first night was on some land being developed right near downtown.  We just set up the tent, and jumped in (and a whole lot of traffic woke us up early the next morning).  The second night we found a walking trail a little farther out of downtown and jumped in the tent.  Oh, to be young again ….

With these thoughts in mind, I decided to do a search of flatties and Canada and happened across the antiquewillys.com website. After some looking around, I found a photo gallery, where I came across this image, posted by “waggone”.  I personally love to see those desert dogs reaching for the sky!

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Some good engine graphics from howstuffworks.com

March 21, 2010 • CATEGORIES: Website This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Here are some useful engine examples from howstuffworks.com. They have a number of linked pages devoted to engines. You can start here.  Here are some examples of what you will see …

Here is a classic engine (how stuff works page link):

Here is an overhead cam example (how stuff works page link):

The engine's camshaft opens and closes its valves.

This is an inline 4 example (how stuff works page link):

In an inline engine, the cylinders are arranged in a line in a single bank.

This is a V example (how stuff works page link):

In a V engine, cylinders are arranged in two banks set at an angle to one another.

And here is an electrical system example (how stuff works page link):

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