As near as I can tell, an extended winter (on our part of the map at least) sprouted right into: Bam! Pow! Ninety degrees, skeeters, t-storms and dewpoints... So now, the days are starting to get shorter but there are still plenty of drives yet to be made. Yup, my Chevy II is still a garage car. Updates might be …
MSRA Then & Now: Tinker Powell Benefit Run
(As published in the June 2013 MSRA "Linechaser") Kudos to everyone who’s taken the time to relate stories in the [Minnesota Street Rod Association Linechaser] "MSRA Then & Now" column; it’s been great reading. During a phone conversation with Gary Magner quite some time ago, he told me that the history related there has generated a ton …
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Starting Small
Quite a few of the confirmed gearheads I know will tell you the same story: They started out small, playing with plastic. Specifically, the scale car models that came in those colorful boxes... the ones with the eye-popping artwork and the artists' renderings of all the extra parts included that would let you build any one …
Construction Zone: April 2013
Here are a few "teasers" for projects that some friends of mine are putting together in some of the other shops around here. If you like bikes, check this baby out! The plan was to debut this two-wheeled terror at the 2013 Willmar Car Show. Below, you see a '36 Nash LaFayette project that belongs to a long-time friend of mine. It's yanked by a …
The “Minnesota Street Rod Nationals”
The year was 1974. The NSRA brought the Street Rod Nationals to St. Paul, and that first edition turned out so well they did it again... and again.. and again! Several times. As host club for the Nats, the Minnesota Street Rod Association handled its duties well enough that the Minnesota State Fairgrounds became one of the Nats' most favored venues. …
Mister Rebers’ Neighborhood
(As published in the November 2012 MSRA "Linechaser") Saturday, September 29: When my friend Bill and I pulled in, we figured the Rollie Rebers early Ford auction was going to be big - one of the first things we saw was a tow rig with Texas plates. There were other pickups and trailers and campers from all …
Terry's Garage 