Tailgate emblem installed (18 months later!)
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026 Its been a productive day here in the Shade Tree Garage. At noon today, I met with a young man in Mount Washington to purchase his compact spare tire out of
Prepping the Chevy for possible Tri-Five road trip … IF the weather will cooperate!
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 Spent several hours in the shop today after making a run to the hardware store to by some Flitz chrome polish. Handling the air cleaner and my new valve covers with
Amazon – and an endoscope – save the day regarding my need to tear down my engine
August 3, 2026 Tonight I felt like I scored the winning touchdown in the Tri-Five Chevy Superbowl! Last night I ordered an endoscope thingie that connects to my phone. My hope was to use it
Minor *oops!* installing valve covers means partial engine tear-down ahead . . .
Sunday night, Aug. 2, 2026 Today I decided to install my new valve covers on the SBC in my 55 Chevy wagon. What should have been a relatively easy task eventually turned into a real
The clock is ticking . . . Tri-Five Nats looms large
Sunday morning, Aug. 2,, 2026 Well, the Tri-Five Nationals is less than two weeks away. I have this coming week and three days of the next week, which means I have work left to do.
Takin’ [my 55] it to the streets . . .
22 July, 2026
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2026 Tri-Five Nationals
55 Chevy wagon
Shade Tree Garage
4:43 am
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 I’ve had the 55 wagon under its car cover for more than a week, though I did take time to replace the 110-amp alternator with a 200-amp one last week. Last
New alternator, new pain (sigh) . . .
Thursday, July 16, 2026 A couple afternoons ago I took time to replace the alternator in the wagon. There wasn’t anything wrong with the one on the wagon; in fact, it hadn’t been on for
Bling! Bling! Comin’ soon to a ’55 Chevy wagon near you …
Monday July 13, 2026 Some of my new chrome items for my 55 wagon’s engine compartment have arrived and I’m anxious to get them installed. Nothing really earth shattering; in fact, no one will probably
Tri-Five Nationals trip a question mark . . .
TRI-FIVE NATIONALS QUESTIONABLE. The Tri-Five Nationals are coming in mid-August — SIX WEEKS! My wife just changed jobs and she is not going to be able to go. Our plan was to drive down on
Lighting repairs, onward and upward … ?
Saturday, July 4, 2026 The oppressive heat we’ve been having has gone as far as making my iPhone shut down, advising it was due to “HEAT.” I’ve not done much productive work in the Shade