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Every year Tweeks the mailorder Porsche (and Corvette and VW part supplier) puts on a huge show for its customers. Several hundred Porsches of all years gather at the company HQ in Effingham, Illinois. People come from many different states throughout the country. Tweeks provides gifts...

The Porsche survived another "Drivers Education" event at Gateway International Raceway in St. Louis this past weekend. It was FANTASTIC! I got cleared to solo and had a lot of fun. The car was running great. I was running places a gear higher than before. And added more rpm to several turns...

The 16th Annual European Auto Show in St. Louis will take place Sunday June 8th. Registration has just passed 115 cars as of today and we expect to have to turn people away at 150! We already have Astons, Bentley's, BMW's, Jaguars, Lotus', Porsches, Triumphs, MG's, Ferraris, Alfas...

I did it! Man what a job. I intended to take pictures along the way of the car in various states of disassembly but I was so engrossed in the job and then so filthy that I just forgot. It was incredible. I had to take the entire airbox system on the left side out. Not too big of a deal. Then...

I was told the oil change on the Carrera was an awful job. It cost a fortune at the Porsche dealer. Two filters, a couple gaskets, 11.5 quarts of 15W50 Mobil1, and several hours of labor at $90 an hour. So I decided to do it myself. I downloaded a "tip sheet" off the internet from Rennlist...

The 3rd annual Vintage BMW Fest was held in historic Hermann, Missouri, the heart of our local wine country. After the mid-morning rain (which kept away some participants) the sky opened to bright sunny day. The Vintage BMW Fest highlighted the BMW 2002, the car that is credited with giving...

Im bushed! Spent nine hours working with a friend on his Carrera Twin Turbo. We started with a complete buffing of his abused finish with SMR for Dark Paint and FI II as necessary. I worked and worked many areas. The car was transformed! :eek: We finished by applying three coats of Zaino Z5...

For the past week I had this mind boggling rattle that drove me nuts! It sounded like a ball bearing that was loose in a metal tray. When I would accelorate it would roll. When I would brake it would roll. Hard corners it would roll. It absolutely sounded like metal on metal. This narrowed down...

I am checking my Carrera C4S over for this weekends driving event at Gateway International Raceway in St. Louis. I am adjusting up the Bilsteins from street mode to track settings and checking everything for safety. The photo illustrates how stiff the Porsche chassis is.

Just recently I had a couple questions posted to me concerning the swirls and light scratches on 3M clear "bra" film. This can happen even during the new application process with the squeegee. Certain applications, Porsches, for example, take extreme stretching and shaping to make the film fit...

Scratchproof, dirtproof, bugproof, rainproof.....peopleproof! :D Underneath this "Ultimate Paint Protection" is a Bentley Arnage T. All $240,000 worth of it. I was at an event a Bentley dealership sponsored this weekend and they gave us the grand tour. Toward the rear was a zippered access to...

Ok, this isn't exactly Concours related, but if you like to see a bunch of perfectly prepared cars, here they are! The Porsche Club was invited by the local Bentley dealer to check out the dealership, tour the facility, speak to the techs, and get the red carpet treatment. We got a tour, were...

Continuing our look throught the archives, my Dad found a picture of his first "real car" as he calls it. The first car he had with fenders and a radio. The first car he wasn't afraid to pick up babes in! It was a '37 Plymouth. He bought in in the late 1940's. His Dad kept it running and all...

This is what I woke up to this morning..... So I guess I will have to pick some in-garage activities! ;)

Here are a couple more shots of my Grandpa, Axel Seigfreid Bloomquist in one of his beloved cars. Doesn't look like he had the tire dressing on that day :o but the paint had a good shine to it and he's looking pretty dapper in his Sunday go to Meetin' clothes! :D He obviously had a lot of...

Thought you could relate to this.... Published in the March 2003 Road & Track® Magazine

Anybody that knows me knows that I am pretty proud of my garage. Well I was going through some old family pictures this weekend and found some shots of the Original Bloomquist Garage The one that put us Bloomquist's on the map...literally. This is the original Bloomquist Garage in...

Thought you might like to see some shots of the European Auto Show held in St. Louis last year. Yours truly is on the Board of Directors this year :eek: and we expect over 100 really top flight cars. It was a billion dollar parking lot in '02! My BMW got a Peoples Choice Trophy, though...

Have you ever wanted to become a judge for concour events? Join the Jaguar Club of St. Louis as we meet and learn the proper methods of scoring these beautiful cars. Our sponsoring dealership, Moore Jaguar, has graciously opened their service bay for this event. Club members will have their cars...

There is nothing I love more than showing off my cars! Hey, this detailing thing is all about ego, isn't it?:D This forum is dedicated to those of us who love to go to car shows or who would love to learn the tricks of the trade from folks like me who spend a lot of time there. We will...