December 20 .. My Lucky Day Craig’s Blog 2020
On December 20, 1977 Van Batenburg’s Garage opened up for business. It was warm for that time of year in Massachusetts. The shop I worked at all summer has closed [...]
Fall 2020 Covid19 , the US election and in person classes
The US election is over, Covid 19 is out of control and has ACDC suspended our in-person classes until February. Great ending to a very weird year. For those of [...]
Summer of 2020 Corona Virus … Covid 19
ACDC has re-open for live classes ACDC is playing it safe when it comes to Covid 19. We are limiting classes to 4 students and not using hotels or restaurants. [...]
June 2020 Civil Unrest
Civil Unrest There is another virus in America and other countries as well. If a Democracy was started while slavery was part of that beginning, racism is still a part [...]
Joe Bolger and the local Honda Motorcycle Shop .. Blog May 2020
I was a motorcycle mechanic before I was paid to fix cars. In 1972 Honda came out with the Civic and once I was trained by Honda on this little [...]
A word of en”Courage”ment April 2020
As a former shop owner turned hybrid / electric car trainer, this pandemic is the most disruptive event I have lived through. I have lived close to seven decades on this [...]
February – March 2020 Craig’s Blog … LIVC? What is it?
LIVC Contrary to what you may have seen or heard, a real “Atkinson Cycle” engine is not used in any motor vehicle sold today. LIVC stands for ‘Late Intake Valve [...]
New Year 2020 .. January Craig’s Blog
December 2019. End of a year, end of a decade. It was just about ten years ago when electric cars, that were affordable, were close to production. The Tesla roadster [...]
November – December Blog 2019
As the year winds down, ACDC hopes that it was a year worth living. The classes we hold are small so Deb van Batenburg and I get to know many [...]
October Blog 2019 … Wisdom
Sometimes we all need some wisdom, like this quote below. People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, [...]