Welcome to Pop's Garage!

Pop's Garage, not a real place, so don't look for it in the Yellow Pages, lol. Actually, my wife has called me "Poppa" since before we got married, and I thought it would be a good name for a garage if I were to ever open one. So I'm using it here.

On to the purpose of this blog. I love pretty much anything to do with cars. Mostly old muscle cars, classic trucks, mini trucks, diesel trucks, hot rods and some sport compacts. Some times, I either get to working on a project, or have ideas for one and I like to share the info with others. There are also times I am working on a car for someone and I need to complain about the engineers bad ideas, or rave about the good ones. So this is my place to do that.

A little background on me and my automotive experience. I have been driving since 1992, when I turned 16. I have worked in the automotive industry in some way since 1994, off and on, either selling parts, delivering parts, installing parts or making parts. I have been in to building custom cars for just as long. I have built about 10 cars of my own and helped my friends on dozens more in the past. I have been in 5 car clubs since I was 16, and president of 3 of those 5. The club names were Syndicate (Dayton, OH), Furious Stylez (president), Crossroads Customs, 0-60 of Dayton (President), and Positive Perception (President, current club my wife and I have been trying to start since '08).

So that's all about me. Later I'll post about some past, present and future projects. C-ya!


Monday, November 2, 2009

Project "Locomotion" - 1982 Chevrolet C10 Silverado Diesel - Part 1

I will break this into 2 parts. The first part is the background on the truck. Part two will be the project plans.

Through the years, I have had many projects. And as you can see from my car list, I don't have any of them any more. Except my truck. This one I have managed to hold on to and not sell or part out. This is one that I would to keep a very long time unless God has other ideas. Whether it's finished or not, I would love to hang on to it and pass it down to one of my kids when they get old enough to appreciate it. And according to the Ohio BMV, it is now considered a "classic" because it's over 25 years old, which also means I can get historical plates that stay on the truck for 45 years, and they only cost me $27.00.

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