http://www.news-star.com/section/business news-star.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:57 +0000 http://www.news-star.com/article/20130506/NEWS/130509798/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 6 May 2013 16:17:36 By Silvio Calabi, More Content Now http://www.news-star.com/article/20130506/NEWS/130509798/1025/BUSINESS The good news, early in ‘08, just before Capitalism collapsed, was that the Enclave was a modern unit-body, three-row, front-wheel/all-wheel-drive crossover vehicle that managed its [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130506/NEWS/130509800/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 6 May 2013 16:15:57 By Greg Zyla, More Content Now http://www.news-star.com/article/20130506/NEWS/130509800/1025/BUSINESS A: Chuck, the year 1958 was one of those years that the stylists went crazy with “big.” Regardless of model, from Buick to Chrysler to Ford, manufacturers flooded [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130408/NEWS/130409746/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:43:58 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130408/NEWS/130409746/1025/BUSINESS But, as mother used to warn us, pretty is as pretty does. As it happens, though, the Azera does quite [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130408/NEWS/130409747/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:42:11 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130408/NEWS/130409747/1025/BUSINESS Q: Greg, what changes have to be made to put overhead valves on a flathead engine? Thanks, Dennis “Mike” Scott, Manson, N.C.
A: Dennis, the Flathead Fords have really caught on again with hot rodders as the nostalgia market continues to boom. As for those heads, the person behind much of the Chevy Corvette’s success, namely Zora Arkus-Duntov along with his brother Yura, built and sold a hemi style overhead valve Ardun Head for the Flathead V-8. They were purchased mostly by [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130401/NEWS/130409978/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 1 Apr 2013 14:12:19 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130401/NEWS/130409978/1025/BUSINESS You are right the car will never be worth what a Cyclone with a 428 Cobra Jet engine. But that is not to say his Mercury is worthless. Although they will never bring an equal price as the muscle car, family sedan prices go up. It seems everyone restored muscle cars and scraped out the family sedans so fewer and fewer [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130401/NEWS/130409979/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 1 Apr 2013 14:09:41 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130401/NEWS/130409979/1025/BUSINESS SHO stands for [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329842/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:02:46 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329842/1025/BUSINESS Which means no more, “Sir, I see you have no violations so I’ll let you off with a warning.” Which in turn means tiptoeing [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329843/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:01:56 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329843/1025/BUSINESS A: David, yes and no. The track you are talking about is a 9,000-foot-long private airport used mostly by DHL business delivery airplanes. The landing strip is 150 feet wide and offers two 33-foot lanes. The GPS address is 2870 Old State Road 73 if you have navigation in your vehicle. [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319960/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:09:51 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319960/1025/BUSINESS Jeep can’t build Wranglers fast enough and many dealers have waiting lists. Wranglers are cash cows, too — the sticker on [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319961/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:08:50 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319961/1025/BUSINESS We always had fun in the back seat of this car as it was so big. I think it had an eight cylinder engine, too.
Any help you can give is much [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130305/NEWS/130309870/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:12:49 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130305/NEWS/130309870/1025/BUSINESS That was then. This is now—late February 2013, and a 2014-model-year Subaru sits in my drive. Do they care about making me feel prematurely older? Of course not; Subaru wants to impress us with its new technology. [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130305/NEWS/130309871/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:10:24 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130305/NEWS/130309871/1025/BUSINESS Loved your Tri-Power article
Greg, I really enjoyed your “tri-power” article, which I found in yesterday’s Canton (Ohio) Repository. As one of your “older readers,” the first tri-power that came to my mind (before reading the article) was the ‘57 Olds J-2.
I agree, the early ‘60s Pontiac Catalina/Ventura bubbletops were great (348 hp). Back in ‘61, my neighbor had a beautiful black ‘60 Impala bubbletop with a three- [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130225/NEWS/130229822/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:33:48 +0000 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130225/NEWS/130229822/1025/BUSINESS The blizzard of demographic desirability that BMW has brewed up for the X1’s American [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130225/NEWS/130229823/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:30:19 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130225/NEWS/130229823/1025/BUSINESS Q: Hi, Greg. What exactly are the pillar that so many car articles mention, such as in A-pillar, B-pillar and so on. I know this is probably an elementary question, but to a retired older gal like myself, I always wonder. Amy L., Illinois.
A: Amy, no problem as every question is a good one. The pillars mentioned in these articles refer to the pieces of steel that attach a roof to the car. The A-pillar is the windshield of the car’s support system. It is the only [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219732/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:44:49 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219732/1025/BUSINESS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219735/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:38:14 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219735/1025/BUSINESS A: Kevin, with the Daytona 500 scheduled for this week (Sunday, Feb. 24), I still derive a great amount of pleasure and excitement from watching “The Great American Race,” which it was dubbed in 1979 by Ken Squire on CBS TV’s flag-to-flag [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130211/NEWS/130219961/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:58:36 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130211/NEWS/130219961/1025/BUSINESS Each year the group puts its collective heads together and pools a couple centuries’ worth of snow-driving experience to come up with the official Winter Vehicle of New England. There are also a dozen or so class winners, divided up by price and type — SUV, sedan, luxury car, sports car, pickup truck and so on. [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130211/NEWS/130219962/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:36:01 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130211/NEWS/130219962/1025/BUSINESS A: Matt, Pontiac is the “godfather” of the “tri-power” setup and the very first car that I can recall utilizing a three two-barrel carb setup. And, it was way back in 1957 that Pontiac introduced the engine on a 347 cubic inch V-8. This [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130204/NEWS/130209904/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 4 Feb 2013 15:19:23 +0000 By Silvio Calabi, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130204/NEWS/130209904/1025/BUSINESS At this the Tacoma seemed to sulk a bit, and occasionally threw balky [...]]]> http://www.news-star.com/article/20130204/NEWS/130209905/1025/BUSINESS?rssfeed=true Mon, 4 Feb 2013 15:16:43 By Greg Zyla, GHNS http://www.news-star.com/article/20130204/NEWS/130209905/1025/BUSINESS A: Ray, I receive several letters like your every year, and in your case, I’ll try to be as specific as possible. First and foremost, your 1968 Mercury [...]]]>