Recent content by sinister blue

BIG CHANGES COMING!!!! A friend of mine owned a small repair shop in a former Texaco station and recently retired. At one point, we were talking about me buying his building (an original Walter Teague designed Texaco station) but alas the building was in such bad shape and a local developer...

Since we moved to our "retirement" property, I quickly put up all the Texaco stuff on the outside of the barn and put the inside collection inside my attached garage. The white Texaco barn was just used for storage ands was a general mess inside. Well since moving I have taken on another hobby...

I also use threaded rod into concrete. It works well, and if someone wants to steal a pump, they will have to work for it! y security camera's will alert me long before they can get a pump loose....

Haven't done a very good job posting all the new stuff to the collection, so here is my haul from an online auction last week....

well during this COVID-19 "Stay at Home" order.... our little Barbershop Bar and Grill has been busy... Only two patrons (my wife and me)... but I have taken a woman home with me each night so I ain't complaining.... lol

First pics taken this year with my Vega and old Ford truck in front of the Backyard Texaco station...

no its just an old truck, I won't be racing it..... lol no I don't race the Vega either... I "retired" from racing many years ago. I was racing so much that I got burned out on it, and it was no longer fun for me, so now I just drive it around town and to cruise-ins and car shows and enjoy it.

no its just an old truck, I won't be racing it..... :) lol no I don't race the Vega either... I "retired" from racing many years ago. I was racing so much that I got burned out on it, and it was no longer fun for me, so now I just drive it around town and to cruise-ins and car shows and...

Just bought a new toy... this will become my Texaco shop truck! It is a little newer than I wanted but couldn't pass up the deal. It is a 1979 Ford F150 Lariat edition with a 460 big block and ONLY 16,000 documented miles. It did spend a fair share of its life outdoors but still in great...

a few quick snaps of my little Vega in my garage... my two favorite hobbies converge when my hot rod is hanging out amongst all my Texaco collection...

We hosted our annual party (we call it a Car B Que) and had about 100 people join us Saturday night. Always a great time! My wife spends two days smoking and cooking: BBQ Brisket, Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Smoked Hot Wings, plus all kinds of sides and desserts. We open up the bar and all...

Just finished restoration on another pump and got it on display just in time for our big annual party we throw each year. Party was Saturday night and we had about 100 people attend... our front yard looked like a car show as we had 19 hot rods in the front yard and all of the daily drivers...

finally added some flavor to the white barn...

it is a 1976 Chevy Cosworth Vega. It has a 1971 front clip thats why it has the small bumper versus the larger 76 bumper and grill.

I haven't logged on in a long time so I thought I would do an update.... I haven't done any more work to the Texaco barn, the Texaco garage or the outdoor bar because I took my hot rod down to the frame to rebuild. Now that its done I will start back on the garages... until then, here is what I...