Memorial Day – 2018

DC3 Nathan B. Bruckenthal KIA 24 Apr 2004 SM2 (SW) Christopher E. Watts KIA 24 Apr 2004 BM1 (SW) Michael J. Pernaselli KIA 24 Apr 2004 SGT Regina Reali KIA 23 Dec 2006 SGT Cheyenne C. Willey KIA 23 Dec 2006 Memorial Day – Remember the Fallen

The Joy of Project Cars

Back in November of last year I introduced my latest project vehicle, a 1963 Chevrolet C10. At that time I had redone the gaskets, rebuilt the carburetor and pulled the gas tank to fix the filler neck. As is so often the case with project cars, a lot has happened since my last article but not much has changed.

Our Roadkill Adventure

Roadkill is a YouTube by two guys who take sketchy, clapped out vehicles, do crazy modifications to them and then take ridiculous road trips to God knows where. My son and I did our own Roadkill episode when we rebuilt the top end of a 1973 Chevy C10 and drove it to Big Sandy, Montana.

WordPress vs Static Site Generators

When I first started blogging I built my web site on Moveable Type. After a couple of false starts I finally joined the rest of the blogosphere on WordPress. Jekyll looked like more work to set up than I was willing to do. Further investigation led me to Hugo. Hugo looked so simple I decided to give it a try.

1963 Chevy C10: First efforts

The truck originally had a 230 CID inline 6 engine connected to a column shifted, 3 speed transmission. At some point the 230 was replaced with a 1976 250 CID 6 cylinder. The truck ran well enough to drive it the 125 miles home but there was plenty of work to be done.

GOP on Healthcare…

One of the GOP’s main talking points this election season is repealing Obamacare. The real point of that is to keep Obamacare at the fore since the American public is still unconvinced that it is a good thing. In general, I agree that Obamacare is not a viable, long term solution in its current form. … Read more