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Interview, Podcasts and the Shop Stereo

Interview Yesterday was an exciting day. I landed an interview about my book that will be aired on a podcast. It’s yet another effort into marketing and gaining exposure. This was related to the website and podcast of Rob Kibbe on The Muscle Car Place. Rob started a podcast a few years ago and turned [...]

Prepare to be Judged Update

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about my book. I’ve sent out some review copies but honestly I haven’t been working on it much. Since this fall and our decision to get my Challenger back on the road, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the shop with lots of new parts. [...]

Emblem and Lettering Cleanup

40+ year old cars can have a lot of gunk built up in those hard to reach places. Many many washes of missed detail work really shows up when you’ve cleaned and polished nearby areas. Take this backup lense for instance. I’ve polished around all the letters but you can see the grunge left behind [...]

Hardware Cleanup Tip

I was finished with cleaning up and re-assembling my tail lights and noticed the attaching nuts didn’t look so good. I could run each of them on the wire wheel to clean them up but that would take a while. I recently got my blasting cabinet up and working and thought that would be a [...]

Hans Shot First – Reprise

I think this image might have been a bit too geeky and for that, I apologize. I usually like clever uses of visuals and comments but they’re only good if they make sense. I guess it’s sort of like reading a customized license plate and having no idea what the message was intended to be. [...]

Hans Shot First

Spray Paint Touch-Up Tip

I was working with my father-in-law a couple years ago and he was doing some detailing on his intake manifold. I watched his technique and I was amazed. It was amazing partly because what he did made so much sense and partly because I felt so dumb that the technique never occurred to me. In [...]

Stainless Trim Repair and Polishing

Cody is my Cuda-Challenger forum friend who helped me get my dash frame media blasted and painted. It looks beautiful now and much better than I had expected I’d be able to do. Well, he’s the president of the Automotive Restoration Club and really knows his stuff. I just finished rebuilding and installing my steering [...]

A New Year and A Bit Rusty

  Yeah, yeah, it’s been a long time. The end of summer came far too fast and I had too many (non-car related) projects to complete. It’s really easy for me to get out of the writing habit and it didn’t take long to start focusing on other things and not want to start at [...]

Still Truckin in a Packard

I love this story. I hope I’m still able to change oil and spark plugs at 101. I guess that would mean I have at least another whole life to live from now and I’m only a couple years older than my car. Such a beautiful car and so well maintained. Get out there and [...]