Gauge install completed, blown fuse fix ahead …
Friday, July 25, 2025 Today I made progress on my new set of Autometer gauges in my 55 wagon. I had the gauges connected by late yesterday,, but didn’t have each gauge securely mounted in
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Sometimes gauging progress isn’t always easy, accurate or simple as it seems …
Thursday, July 24, 2025 It took some time today, but I successfully mounted my Autometer 3-gauge panel below the glove compartment door on my 55 Chevy wagon. The new Autometer gauge cluster — consisting of
Gauging progress? Here’s hoping!
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 I spent the afternoon trying to remove the old cheap-ass trio of gauges from my 55 wagon and replacing it with the Autometer 3-gauge panel with larger 2-5/8 inch gauges. The
Have a modern, aftermarket tilt column in your Tri-Five? No need to reinvent the wheel to column mount that tach!
Sunday, July 20, 2025 After fabricating my own tach mount for use with my CPP tilt steering column in my 55 Chevy 2-door wagon, I decided to avoid reinventing the wheel this time around. Unhappy
New: Added a GPS speedometer; Chinese carb update
Saturday, July 19, 2025 Been a while since my last update, so I thought it time to post again. CHINESE ELDEBROCK CLONE CARB. The 55 wagon hadn’t run smoothly since I drove it home the
2 hours from home feels like forever …
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 I’m sitting in a hotel room in Bowling Green, the home of the Tri-Five Nationals the first week of August. My wife and I are driving the wagon down, though I
Busy day today in the Shade Tree Garage …
Sunday, June 22, 2025 On Thursday I completed my homebrew “Old School” type mount for my inexpensive chrome-bodied tachometer. I had to make a few tweaks to my design, mostly because my tach was ,
Welcome to my 1955 Chevy wagon journal
June 18, 2025 — Well guys, welcome to the journal version of my YouTube channel, the Shade Tree Garage. This space will be were I ruminate / discuss / whine / bitch / moan about