This is a eulogy of sorts, for my old truck. It has taken me a while to write this, work kept me busy, and processing the whole deal also took some time. On August 1st, 2017 I was hit while driving this noble machine to work. Someone in a 1993 Dodge Shadow decided that stop … [Read more…]
State of the Garage Address – 1 January 2017 Today is January 1st 2017, the first day of a new year. I have always found the start of a year to be a good time to pause and take stock on the operational state of my fleet. Last year started with the smallest fleet in … [Read more…]
I grew up at the tail end of the era that reads “Four on the Floor” as something special. While the four-speed manual transmission was common for decades and produced around the world, I picture it in it’s American incarnation. As a robust four-speed manual transmission behind a massive chuck of iron known as an … [Read more…]