I don’t recall who I was chatting with or what it was about but I was about to go home when the call came in. We talked for a while during which I got to watch the reactions of passers by. One family that passed by included several children who reached the building first. The...

Not long after I got the car, it suddenly lost the ability to shift gears and the clutch didn’t allow free wheeling so I had the car towed. I pulled out the gear box and bell housing. Upon inspection I found no fault that would cause the failure to shift. The parts seemed worn and...

Rather than just live with it, I’ve decided to investigate the grabby clutch. I may have found the problem already. The components all look good but there were a couple of items to address. First, I over greased the shaft that the release bearing carrier slides on. That flung lubricant onto the inner area of...

It appears that my Type 54 Lotus front suspension has been altered by a previous owner so that the parts are Triumph GT6 components. This explains why my outer bearing set didn’t fit. I noticed that the Golden Gate Lotus Club parts cross reference mentioned both Spitfire and GT6 and thought that meant they were...