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Comment on Leikin Awarded the Volvo President’s Club Award for 2011 by What’s the scoop? — 2/16/12 « AndyRupert.com

What’s the scoop? — 2/16/12 « AndyRupert.com — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:27:10 +0000

[...] Leikin Motor Companies has earned top honors from Mercedes-Benz and Volvo! [...]

Comment on Mystery Car 104 Revealed by eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:38:11 +0000

A little known fact: ‘Messerschmitt’ means literally ‘knife maker’, an ironic twist for a man that was an failure at peacetime aircraft yet excelled in wartime weaponry.

Comment on Mystery Car 104 by eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:19:32 +0000

I have indeed seen one of these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eggsngrits/3498043693/

Spoiler alert! Don’t click on the link unless you want to know the make of this car!

Hint: This company is famed for creating the first operational jet-powered aircraft.

Comment on Could the Volvo P1800 make a come back? by Andy Rupert

Andy Rupert — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:50:32 +0000

Yes, I remember seeing his edition a couple of years ago.

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/vox-volvo-p1800/#photo-1536282/

It’s a good retro edition of the P1800 — very true to the original. But that’s not what sells today. Modern Volvo buyers want something that looks new not retro. At least that’s my opinion.

Comment on Could the Volvo P1800 make a come back? by Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:13:26 +0000

Mattias Vöcks has a much better re-design in my opinion. More true to the original. I would buy that one.

Comment on 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII : Leaking Air Suspension by Andy Rupert

Andy Rupert — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:17:05 +0000

Paul, thanks for the helpful guide. It makes the repair seem easy enough for a backyard mechanic.

Comment on 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII : Leaking Air Suspension by Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:20:30 +0000

Coil spring conversions are a great way to fix air suspension problems in a cost-effective way. As you note the Arnottinc.com price is just $399 for that while the original equipment price s going to be a lot more. Of course it sounds like you may have a leak and you may be able to replace that with an Arnott Air Spring for just $99. if not fixed it will burn out the compressor / dryer assembly.

Converting it won’t take long and pretty much should last for the rest of the car’s life. (Arnott gives a lifetime warrantee anyway.) Here is how you would do it:

http://www.arnottindustries.com/file.asp?Manual=TRUE&ProductID=131&Size=SMALL

Comment on 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII : Leaking Air Suspension by Andy Rupert

Andy Rupert — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:19:10 +0000

Yeah, I guess airbag is the interior safety feature. Maybe air bladder is the correct word? It’s actually a rubber bladder.

Comment on 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII : Leaking Air Suspension by Doug

Doug — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:06:33 +0000

Do you really mean “airbags” or did you mean “airshocks”?

Comment on Mystery Car 101 by Doug

Doug — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:03:01 +0000

Mercedes Benz! I would LOVE to own one! I was in Reynoldburg this past Labor Day weekend (Saturday), and there must have been a Benz show going on! They were all over the East side!