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!


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Project Locomotion: Phase 1 - Power Train - Update

A few weeks have gone by, and my truck still sits. I replaced the radiator, got new batteries and tried to run the engine for a while to get air out of the coolant. But, air was getting into the fuel line and caused it to die seconds after it was running. I got the fuel line replaced where the air was getting in, I hope, but after trying to start it so much, the starter has gone out and now just clicks. So, I get to add a starter to the to-do list. And I really hate putting starters in. Oh well, the sooner I fix it the better. Then I'll just have to concentrate on getting new tires ASAP. So, that's the latest update as of July 26th, 2011.

So, until the next post, God Bless, keep the rubber side down, and get to wrenchin'! I hope my posts can be an inspiration to all who read them. John, "Pop"
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