Riley Plays Cars

Riley Plays Cars "Our Lady of blessed acceleration don't fail me now!"
Multiple Winner Texas Auto Writers Association Excellence in Craft Awards Is Garage Deluxe a real place?

Well yes and no. My personal workshop has been known as Garage Deluxe for many years. You can see photos of all of my crazy adventures and projects old and new. Garage Deluxe is also a virtual place me and my car friends to gather and bench race and spin a few wrenches.

Rebuilding two '64 carburetors to temporarily replace the power enrichment carbs on Cinderella. One of the cores is unus...
12/17/2025

Rebuilding two '64 carburetors to temporarily replace the power enrichment carbs on Cinderella. One of the cores is unuseable. Main jet is stuck solid and the idle air bleed is broken off into the body. Good cores are increasingly difficult to find.

Teaching Collin how to prep crankshaft for delivery to machinist. They want the fuel pump eccentric removed and the cran...
12/17/2025

Teaching Collin how to prep crankshaft for delivery to machinist. They want the fuel pump eccentric removed and the crank must be "clean and dry."

Cut the sockets and connectors of my old trunk harness cause you never know...
12/16/2025

Cut the sockets and connectors of my old trunk harness cause you never know...

 #3 son Collin ( #5 child) is one step away from his license and wants a Corvair for his first car. I gave him Tweety wi...
12/15/2025

#3 son Collin ( #5 child) is one step away from his license and wants a Corvair for his first car. I gave him Tweety with the understanding he does all the labor. We are raiding my Corvair junkyard and are going to build him a 102hp out our best used parts plus a few new parts from Clark's Corvair Parts and some basic machine work from our friends Vilas Motor Works

🎉 I earned the emerging talent badge this week, recognizing me for creating engaging content that sparks an interest amo...
12/15/2025

🎉 I earned the emerging talent badge this week, recognizing me for creating engaging content that sparks an interest among my fans!

Never hurts to consult an expert
12/14/2025

Never hurts to consult an expert

Was planning to drive Cinderella to today's Corvair Houston Christmas party, but blinkers developed a problem that chang...
12/13/2025

Was planning to drive Cinderella to today's Corvair Houston Christmas party, but blinkers developed a problem that changing fluid didnt fix ;) Appears to be resistance in the frunk harness. Only lasted 63 years. Im writing a hot letter to GM 😊

This is out of Tweety. Went through several steps before installing into Cinderella. Polished the spokes with 000 steel ...
12/13/2025

This is out of Tweety. Went through several steps before installing into Cinderella. Polished the spokes with 000 steel wool, metal polish, and wax. Cleaned the wood with Murphys Oil Soap and hot water. Dried thoroughly and applied tung oil. One more coat of tung before I install.

Let's go play!
12/12/2025

Let's go play!

Our resident shop dog thinks he's a purse puppy ;)
12/12/2025

Our resident shop dog thinks he's a purse puppy ;)

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12/10/2025

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PO Box 1157
Pointblank, TX
77364

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