by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
If you never got to know the late Clarence Betsill, the man who created the popular liquor still exhibit at Inman Farm Heritage Days, you missed a real treasure. He was a simple man – a mechanic, farmer and yes, a moonshiner. And he was one of smartest,...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned over the years is to never leave an engine sitting without an air cleaner over the carburetor. Even with the hood closed on a vehicle that sits outside – or maybe even inside – water will get into an engine and...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
The first time I saw this old 1978 Ford F250 a friend of mine came by as we were preparing for Inman Farm Heritage Days a couple of years ago and offered to sell it to me. I was stretched pretty thin at that point and passed on buying it even though the price was...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
I ran into my old-car friend Garry McWhirter (the guy at NASCAR races and car shows wearing red shoes) at the Cumming Steam and Gas Exposition last weekend. We were talking about the state of the old car/old truck/old tractor hobby and he said that when he...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
Back in the day, one of my favorite cousins, the late Weldon Stubbs, was well known in these parts for his slow driving. He rarely drove over 45 or 50 miles per hour, and even though there was a lot less traffic back then, he could stack up some cars...
by Rick Minter | Rick's Rusty Relics
Anybody that knows anything about me knows how cheap I am. I’ll spend money at the parts store or the junkyard, but not a lot. When we go out to eat, anything over $10 a person makes me uncomfortable. I’ve made trips to Daytona for the races and spent...
