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
Category: 55 Chevy wagon
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
Gotcha covered … mmm, well, sort of …
30 June, 2026
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55 Chevy wagon
Garage tools and hardware
Shade Tree Garage
3:14 am
Monday, June 29, 2026 Well, I missed the local car group’s monthly cruise-in yesterday. My stomach was a mess (thanks to the delay in getting my latest GLP-1 script filled) so I spent part of
Time to install 12v DC in the wagon …
12 June, 2026
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12V A/C
2025 Tri-Five Nationals
55 Chevy wagon
Shade Tree Garage
6:41 am
Thursday, June 10, 2026 I’ve been in the garage a lot of late, but just not working on the 55 wagon (despite the looming deadline for the Tri-Five Nationals and my wife’s requirement the car
1st Depot Street car show — beautiful weather, great turnout …
17 May, 2026
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55 Chevy 2 Door Hartdtop
55 Chevy wagon
Other projects
Shade Tree Garage
6:48 am
Saturday, May 16, 2026 Friday night was the second Bloomfield Depot Street car show of 2026. I missed the April event, but did not want to miss it this month! I nearly did, however —