Tiresmoke from a long-time MSRA member and incurable gearhead!
A look back at some older events…
We're deep into the indoor show season. And the web is jam-packed with current photos and show coverage so even if you can't make the scene you can still keep in touch and lap up some of that tasty eye-candy. Since indoor shows are a big part of our gearhead tradition, I figured it might …
In previous posts I've made here, I may have casually mentioned some comparisons between the days of limited exposures from a film camera, and the current monstrous cell phone and tablet cameras that can hold thousands of images. And although those big batches of photos from one event might lean toward sensory overload, we really …
During the month of June, car folks from across the country pack the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for the Minnesota Street Rod Association's legendary "Back to the Fifties" weekend. It's an event like no other. And this year, the 48th annual, a good share of those folks (in other words just about anybody who can carry …
It was May of 1973. My dad and I were in Newport News Virginia visiting my sister and her family. And.... one of the "tourist trap" stops we made just happened to put us right next door to what I presume was the host hotel for the Tidewater Street Rod Association's Colonial Williamsburg Rod Run. …
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Welcome to Terry's Garage! Although it no longer exists online, the previously hosted version of Terrysgarage.com had a photo page that displayed some of my past four-wheeled frustrations. I figured that was a good way to explain how my system got soaked with 40-weight... sort of like the garage floors those cars were parked on …
Terry's Garage 