Any serious enthusiast who has ever contemplated pulling an engine, and has peered beneath the bonnet, will realize immediately that because of the angle of the mounting flanges on the front engine plate it would be mathematically impossible to slip the engine onto the motor mounts if it were not for the fact that the…

More on Dust Valves Tom Holdener Pinole, CA Tech Tip #58 (Summer 1992 Moss Motoring) makes a mountain out of a molehill. There is a much easier way to get the mud out of your dust valve. Simply “roto-root” the drain hole and tube, using a coat hanger wire or a welding rod and a…

When Count Giovanni “Johnny” Lurani took the starter’s flag at Brescia beginning the 1933 Mille Miglia, the young nobleman already had been racing sports cars for nearly a decade. The previous year. 1932, had seen the already famous amateur finish 9th overall in an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750. The 1933 event saw British cars competing for the…

Sometimes we take familiar things for granted, and it takes an outsider to bring things into perspective. Recently, a Lufthansa pilot visiting Santa Barbara, California, stepped into the Moss Motors showroom and asked the receptionist where the car show was being held. It seems he’d stopped at a gas station in the early morning and been…

We all use gasoline, but rarely give it much thought. We have come to accept the lack of lead, seasonal volatility changes, local differences, and the presence of “gasohol”. But most of us still have some concerns about how these affect our cars’ performance and what adverse affects they may have on the components of our cars’…