Category: Monthly Column

Thank you Mr. Hipp.   I always was and still am the type of guy that does not embrace only…

Good things come in small packages.   Being the Hot Rod Farmer, I got engaged in a car…  a Wixom,…

Soul searching.   The year was 1976 and all was well in my world. My beloved America was preparing to…

Blue plate special   I cannot tell you when it took hold, my love for license plates that is. I…

Slow poke.   To those of us that truly love machinery and especially engines, the equation for horsepower is branded…

The inflection point.   Trying to understand a camshaft is one of the great mysteries of how an engine operates.…

Stationary dreams.   A basic principle of physics states that it takes more energy to move a body at rest…

My proudest accomplishment.   Though I share much with the audience of my website and podcast, there is a distinct…

All night radio.   I may be showing my age, but I remember when it was a big deal to…

It is more than steel.   It was 1974 and a time of flux in my life. The speed limit…