Mark Hayward Is My Hero

This weekend the 3-River Region Model A Ford Restorers Club had a garage seminar about motor oil.  It was great.

The question of which oil to use in my Model A was a difficult one for me from the beginning.  It seemed like there was a lot of conflicting information out there, and I didn’t know what to believe.  This may not be the final word on the subject, but I feel like I now have the answers.

Our guest speaker for the seminar was Ken Pyle from PPC Lubricants.  He gave us some history on oil in general (I didn’t know that oil native to the Pennsylvania area was the best natural lubricant, and that crude oil from different regions was not all the same), and then we got into the info that we really needed for our cars. (more…)

One of the great things about the 3 Rivers Region Model A Ford Restorers Club is that it is a driving club.  Twice a month in the summer people organize Sunday driving tours where we drive up to about 150 miles and go to a museum or some other attraction.  I recently went on a tour with the club for the first time.  It was awesome.

All lined up and ready to go

We met at a McDonalds south of Pittsburgh, and there were 13 cars: 10 antiques, and 3 modern ones.  As we pulled out and got on the road I had an enormous grin on my face.  It was just so cool to be driving in the middle of a pack of Model A’s.  I was a little giddy.

Elizabeth Bridge

We lost a few cars on the way to our first stop… twice.  Normally the group stays in touch with CB radios, but there were a number of new people on this tour, and the leader’s CB wasn’t working.  Eventually we got everyone together and took a group tour of Nemacolin Castle. (more…)

Yup, I’m in the news again.  Thankfully, once again it’s for juggling, and the photo is not a mug shot.

Article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the Not Quite Pittsburgh Juggling Festival this weekend.  I’ll be in the gym hanging out and juggling, as well as closing the show on Saturday night.  Maybe I’ll see you there.  (QuakerValley Middle School in Sewickley.  Show starts at 6:30 pm Saturday.)

If you live in the USA make sure you vote today.  A lot of great Americans fought and died so that we had the right to vote, and this election is the most important one in most of our lifetimes.

If you’re not sure who to vote for, I’d recommend Barack Obama.