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Again, thank you. More to come. Takes a while to cut, edit, post. Then nothing happened for over a year. I had fired it up and driven it around the block on a few occasions but that's about it. There was a show coming up in early June (2012) in the town (250 miles away) where it spent most...

Mini thread within a thread -- My '79 Cutlass. It was purchased new by my grandparents in early 1980. Apparently it sat on the lot for a while. This was their "good" car that got the single spot in the one car garage. It was used primarily for long trips so most of it's miles were freeway...

Thanks. It really did turn out nice. He sold it to a guy who said he was shipping it to Hawaii but it was spotted later in Seattle.

Found another one. Our dad's 1997 Roadking. Was red. He liked the color combo of an '07. My brother made it happen. He's been all over the country on it and it's been very reliable and still gets 50mpg. I replaced the rocker assemblies last year due to a ticking caused by worn shaft bushings...

Some Z projects... My 1970 series 1. Got full mechanical restoration and was painted in my grandma's shop over Thanksgiving break with no heat. This was one of my brother's first completes. Sorry about the boat trailer wheels. It was all I could afford at the time. It sold to a guy in Mukelteo...

More El Camino sickness: My '66 got a 400/MY6 transplant for towing. It pulls like a diesel now and the overdrive keeps the mpg close to 20. My wife's grandpa bought it new and the original 327/Muncie are safely stored away. My grandpa passed away in fall 2010 and my dad inherited his '68...

I picked up this wagon. Got it running and stopping. Picked up some missing pieces. Once I bought the mustard wagon, I sold the blue one. It changed hands a couple more times then eventually got parted out. Shame. This second (mustard) one has been ongoing. It was an auction purchase that...

My 1936 Chevy pickup. Got the body from my buddy Jerod. At one time it was mounted on a school bus frame with a tow hook and used as a yard goat in a Boise wrecking yard. I put it on a Toyota frame and rebuilt the 283 and powerglide from my dad's '64 El Camino. Last picture is in my driveway...

My buddy Greg's 1968 Firebird. I did a 4-speed swap and disc brake conversion. My brother painted it. My brother's 1965 Rambler Classic 770. Low miler that needed new crossmember, tune up and paint. This car was sweet. It had like, 12 ashtrays.:D My 1964 Rambler American 330. I did a Chevy 283...

A bit more background: I'm a mechanic by trade. My younger brother is a body tech. Our recently retired dad is an all around car guy. He has an uncanny ability to find sweet deals and I think he actually likes that chase more than the actual project. There were always some cool projects...

I know how it works:). I'm mid cut/paste. Plenty more to come.

The pole barn will be referred to as the paint shop. Homemade booth in the back corner. Room for 3 other cars to be stored. The main shop is a stick frame 30x36. Left side has 18' ceiling and the right side is 2 story with storage and a party annex. Standard stuff like a pool table, big...

Projects from The Compound -- Pics back up! First, some background. The Compound is the nickname for my little spread. It sits on an acre in the middle of suburbia a few miles west of Portland, Or. My grandfather built the house for my parents after they got married so I grew up here. Later...

Bam! Back from the dead. The little one in the main shop... '40-something Frigidaire in the paint shop... '41 Kelvinator currently waiting pinstriping... '46 Frigidaire lives in the lounge right now but my wife wants it in the kitchen... Man, I really need a new camera.

Very cool. Never seen a stool like that.

Thanks for the welcome, guys. Still fine tuning my profile.

That's exactly what it is. Small angle iron -- 2 in the front and 1 in the back with some 1/4 round stock to triangulate it. It's actually completely stable. I built it to be semi portable. The socket tray has handles and lifts out. There are magnet bars on the inside of the lid that opens...

I didn't even realize that. I just thought it was a different box in the middle. That's good to know. Makes me want to do that even more. Just wish there were other color options. I guess it's nothing some time in the booth couldn't cure.

When I first got started I bought almost exclusively from my Mac rep. He was always just more reasonable than the guys on the other trucks. Unfortunately his truck burned down one night and he just decided to retire. There hasn't been a steady Mac presence in the area in over 10 years. Wish...

Lumidor. No idea how old it is. My grandma let me take it out of her garage probably 20 years ago. My grandpa died in '87 and was in poor health for many years before that. It's safe to day that it was old and well used 30 years ago.