Tuesday, March 24, 2026 I’m still working to get my 55 wagon’s window regulator removed from the driver’s door. I’m down to just one stuck, nearly stripped out mounting screw on the regulator that I
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 The weekly Burger King meet up of the Whiskey City Cruisers was notably lightly attended this evening, and I realized what was different: Recently deceased Jim Boles, the guy who had
Sunday night, Feb. 15, 2026 Spent some time this afternoon working on the driver’s door windows on the 55 wagon with mixed results. Basically, I have the screws on the left side of the window
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
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
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
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
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
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
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