MotorCity

Welcome to MotorCity
Cars, trucks, motorcycles and racing.

MotorCity smells like motor oil and Saturday night. Restorers, race fans, minivan moms and honest mechanics park their pages here.

Featured Homesteads in MotorCity

	Project '67 Mustang by Dave R., Flint, Michigan · MotorCity/Garage A frame-off restoration of a 1967 Mustang coupe, one weekend at a time since 1997.
	Saturday Night at Thunder Valley by Kenny and Lisa J. · MotorCity/Speedway Fans' notes from a dirt-track season: standings, drivers and the best races of 1999.
	The Minivan Chronicles by Denise W., mom of four · MotorCity/Assembly Life in a 1996 minivan: car games, road-trip survival, and keeping the crumbs under control.
	Gearhead Garage - Honest Auto Repair BUSINESS MotorCity/Dealership Brakes, tune-ups, exhaust and oil changes from two brothers with 30 years between them.
	Motorcycle Touring Diary by Sandy and Jim Carlisle · MotorCity/Pitstop Two-up touring on a big cruiser: the 1999 trip to the Black Hills, packing lists and rain gear.
	The Pinewood Derby Workshop by Den leader Mike Ostrowski · MotorCity/Downs Building a fast (and legal) Pinewood Derby car: weight, axles, wheels and letting the kid do the work.
	Restoring a 1965 Ford F-100 by Luis Herrera, Bakersfield · MotorCity/Garage A father-son pickup restoration: brakes first, then paint, and a lot of Saturday mornings.
	Third Shift at the Plant by Ray Haas, 27 years · MotorCity/Assembly Twenty-seven years on the line at an auto plant: the shifts, the union, the changes and retirement in 2000.
	Ace Towing & Recovery BUSINESS MotorCity/Pitstop 24-hour towing, jump starts, lockouts and flatbed hauling, with rates and what to do when you break down.
	Second Shift JOURNAL by Lamont Pettiford · MotorCity/Assembly An autoworker in Flint writes about his father's plant, his son's trouble and the buyout on the table.
	The Corner Store JOURNAL by Samir Haddad · MotorCity/Dealership A Lebanese-American party store owner in Detroit writes about long hours, his faith and his daughter leaving for college.
	Gearhead Hector by Hector Salas · MotorCity/Speedway A mechanic's page about his '69 Chevelle, his daughters, and the smell of a garage in winter.
	Rainbow Warrior Country by Brenda Luttrell · MotorCity/Downs A Jeff Gordon fan page from Indiana: the 13-win 1998 championship season, the Brickyard, and my die-cast shelf.
	Fort Street Ponies Classic Mustang Club by Stan Wojcik · MotorCity/Dealership A Downriver Detroit club for 1964-1/2 to 1973 Mustangs: meetings, the 1999 season, a VIN decoder and our members' cars.
	IDLED by Stan Wieczorek · MotorCity/Assembly A Downriver crane operator laid off in December 1998 shares what to do first, how retraining works, and where the guys landed.
	1,000 Uses for Duct Tape by Jerry Kuhlman · MotorCity/Pitstop A Flint millwright and weekend pit crew counts his way to a thousand uses for duct tape. We're up to 101. Send yours.
	The WoodwardCam by Edward Smith · MotorCity/Pitstop Woodward Avenue live from a third-floor office window in Royal Oak, Michigan, every two minutes. Greatest hits, the Michigan left explained, and Dream Cruise '99.
	Second Time Around by Robert Ward · MotorCity/Dealership A faded '67 Mustang out of an old dairy barn near Owosso, and three years in a garage outside Flint: engine out, new floors, primer, Candyapple Red and its first car show.
	Frankie's DRIVER Page: How to Pass the Garage!! by Frankie, 14 · MotorCity/Pitstop I passed the garage test in Driver on try number 61. Here's how to do it in less, plus the missions, the four cities and Director mode.
	Childress Garage, 1953-1998 by Tim Childress · MotorCity/Garage Pop fixed cars on Main Street for forty-five years. The shop, his rules, the cars he kept running, and what his customers remember.
	BRETT'S GO-KART PROJECT by Brett, 15 · MotorCity/Garage Scrap-yard tubing, a 5 hp engine off a dead lawn mower, $143.27 and one summer. It does 28 mph (Dad clocked it with the truck).
	I PASSED!!! Driver's Ed Disasters and My License by Sarah, 17 · MotorCity/Garage Two road tests, one mailbox and a lot of my dad's hair later, I HAVE MY LICENSE!!! The whole story and my survival guide.
	1967 Revisited: Grand Prix Legends Racing by Richard Castelli · MotorCity/Speedway I saw Jim Clark win at Watkins Glen in 1967. Now I drive his Lotus in Grand Prix Legends: our league, my setups, the real 1967.
	Dulce Vida Car Club - San Jose, California by Cleveland Cortes · MotorCity/Garage A family lowrider club in San Jose since 1987. Our rides, the 1999 shows and trophies, club rules, and the Christmas toy drive cruise.
	Monday, Wednesday, Friday by Joseph Chatmon · MotorCity/Pitstop Three mornings a week I spend four hours on a dialysis machine, then I go fix buses. Kidney failure, the transplant list, and my brother's offer.
	MIKE'S LICENSE COUNTDOWN by Michael, 16 · MotorCity/Garage 3 DAYS until my road test!!! Driver's ed horror stories, parallel parking tips, and the car fund ($1,140 toward an '86 Camaro).
	Wild Lilacs Women's Riding Club - Phoenix by Helen Brown · MotorCity/Pitstop Thirty-one women who ride our own motorcycles in the Valley of the Sun: the fall calendar, trip reports, the poker run, help for new riders.
	HE FINALLY DID IT! The Intimidator Wins Daytona by Anthony Nason · MotorCity/Speedway Twenty years, twenty tries, and Sunday he won the Daytona 500! A hometown fan's page on the race, the man, and the No. 3.
	Second Shift Euchre by Leroy Foster · MotorCity/Assembly Euchre the way we play it at lunch on second shift and once a month at the Legion: the rules, our house rules, and the 1999 tournament results.
	Car #14: Our Road to Akron by Allen Martinelli · MotorCity/Downs My daughter raced in her first soap box derby this June and took second. How we built Car #14, race day, what we learned about axles and weight, and our plan to get to Akron next summer.
	Rear Engine Rebels: Saginaw Valley Corvair Club by Melvin McCollom · MotorCity/Garage Air-cooled, rear-engined and proud of it. Thirty-one members, forty-four Corvairs, one fall color tour. Our club, our cars, and the real story of the Corvair.
	Antonio's GRAN TURISMO License Center by Antonio, 15 · MotorCity/Speedway I have all my licenses including the International A!!! Tips for every license test, my garage of 38 cars, tuning, and the countdown to Gran Turismo 2.
	Honk If You've Read This Far: A Bumper Sticker Notebook by Robert Chamberlain · MotorCity/Assembly Twenty-five years, one spiral notebook per year, and every bumper sticker that made me laugh at a red light. Sorted by subject, with the cars they were on.

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