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67 Mustang HID headlights/Halo install

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Hi! dne’ here with another mod to my ’67 Mustang coupe! I thought a set of these HID/Halo lights from www.Prostreetlighting.com would really dress up the front end! The sealed beams are so, “old school”, whereas these lights will light up the road and look great!     First we need to back up and […]

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HID projector headlights installation ’02 Honda CRV

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It’s raining and cold! So it’s a good day to blog about something! HID projector headlights seem to be the “In thing” these days and I can see why!   Hi, dne’ here~ recently (give or take a month), I installed some HID projector headlights in our youngest daughters ’02 CRV. I had bought some […]

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59 Chevy Truck sway bars

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Good evening Classic car lovers! Since I’ve been driving our 59 Chevy, I’ve noticed when going around corners/curves, the truck tends to lean a bit, or body roll. So, I purchased a set of sway bars (front and rear) for the old truck from Performance Online.     The price for front and rear sway […]

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Aprilia RS250 Race bike (past bike)

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OK, back to reminiscing again:(  Back in 2004, I was experimenting with race bikes, or in my case, track bikes. Even though I had my race license and had the number 298, I had only raced officially twice in my life, I came in last:(  But I was out there baby! yeah!   The Aprilia […]

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HF Paint Shaker (pneumatic)

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  HI Classic Car enthusiast fans! Just a short mention of my new, now used, Harbor Freight Tools paint shaker!  I had a gallon can of 2k primer that had sat on a shelf, and it had a slight leak, so I took it to the paint store where I buy my automotive paints to […]

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2002 Honda CRV air conditioning repair

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  Hi! Dne’ here;) Though this ’02 Honda CR-v isn’t a classic, I felt compelled to put this repair on Classic Cars and Tools because there are many people out there having problems with this particular AC system(including yours truly), mainly due to the HS110R scroll AC compressor blowing up!   Recently we purchased our […]

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Geo Tracker paint job

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Hi Gang! I took a little time and labor to give my ’97 Geo Tracker a “face lift”! After spending great deal of time on the mechanical aspects of making it reliable, it was time to make it look fresh again. It’s had some years of neglect (not by me!) and lots of whiskey bumps, […]

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The Keihin HS100R Scroll AC compressor

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Howdo~;) dne’ here, It’s raining here, so not a bad day to put information out on Classic Cars and Tools!;) The following is not about a classic car, but about an AC compressor that seems be causing a great deal of grief! This blog is about the Keihin HS100r scroll AC compressor used in 2002-2007 […]

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97 Geo Tracker brake job

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Hello! Today I want to share what I did for my Geo Tracker. When I bought this little Toy Truck, I didn’t realize just how much work was going to be needed to make this a daily driver! For such a small vehicle it has a lot of maintenance! Under normal circumstances however, If previous […]

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59 Chevy apache rear end

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Good evening! Dne’ here;) The past few weeks I’ve been having a battle with my rear end or differential! However, before I go any further, I have to say, the rear end has to be the most neglected part of a vehicle except for underneath our car seats!! Unless one hears a howl or grinding […]

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