"Ever since I was 16, I've been into cars and hot rods. I'm definitely an oddball in what's still mainly a man's world," relates Pam Jacoby. "Guys are surprised that a girl owns and drives old ...

If your engine was directly affixed to a transmission, it would die every time you came to a stop—and that would be a problem. The solution to this issue is a torque converter, a fluid coupling device ...