Driver’s window rehab started — barely!
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026 My intent was to shoot video of me disassembling the driver’s door window mechanism; unfortunately, I couldn’t get as far as I wanted. The screws that secure the bottom of the
Category: 55 Chevy wagon
Success saving a 40-year-old Craftsman grinder
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 I’m in a good mood this evening because — after months of trying over the past year — I finally was able to save the original Craftsman 4-1/2 inch grinder that
Anxiously awaiting a return to the Shade Tree Garage …
Saturday Jan.24, 2026 Well, three weeks into the new year and I haven’t created ANY new content for the Shade Tree Garage YouTube channel — though not for lack of planning. Our son Elijah was
Back to making content … if I don’t freeze
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 Well, I’ve been back in the garage trying to record some video content for The Shade Tree Garage YouTube channel, but its been a struggle. My first idea was to shoot
Returning to the garage for project work …
Oct. 31, 2025 – Halloween Well, Fall arrived with a blast of about a week of rainy, cold and damp weather. I have moved my torpedo heater back into the shop and filled the tank
Bezel changed, work nearly complete
Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 Spent the afternoon working in the 55 Chevy to change out the three-gauge bezel and installing the 4-gauge bezel. It came out looking nice — and quite a bit larger than
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
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
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