Fall looms, and with it the prospect of packing your hotrod up and stuffing it away again for the winter. Ugly scenario, but an unfortunate fact for those of us in the northern tier. So you’ve been thinking about a season wrap-up road trip? Follow along - you might like this. Every year since 2004, …
Willie and Me
Kind of a cryptic title for a post, but what I'm referring to is that classic Willie Nelson tune "On the Road Again". For some odd reason, that song crept into my head as I was on the road home, behind the wheel of the newest old garage-stall-filler. This is a veteran with more than …
Just Down the Road – Part 2
Sometime ago I wrote about a couple of short weekend road trips that some gearhead friends and I had made. The destinations were pretty much in my back yard, just down the road from where I live. You can read that post by clicking here. This time around, the trip was something of a detour …
A Perfect Ten
The indoor-friendly weather earlier this year led me into some off-season organizing, sorting through my meager DVD collection: "keepers" in this pile, "sellers" over there. The disc I now held in my hand, I realized, was released ten years ago. 2006? Whoa, ten years? You kidding me? I figured that milestone at least deserved a …
Fresh Year, Fresh Air?
In my neighborhood, most people would think it's a little odd to be cruising around in any kind of old car this time of year... let alone a channeled, fenderless open-air "A". So let's break some rules. The above pic, taken years ago in front of the old Venturas club garage, was a legit midwinter …
Terry's Garage 