Where does the nozzle/plug go? What’s old is new again! #cars

| July 15, 2026

A few days ago, the social networked car guys that I follow, commented back and forth about the “hidden gas cap” locations that were part of cars and trucks years ago. I remember the occasional stumper when I was 16 years old working at a Sidney, Ohio Shell station. Full service gas stations were still […]

Discussed a couple interesting automotive items this past week

| March 8, 2026

This past week in my social media automotive group, I posted one of the rare Volkswagen vehicles: A VW Aeteon. If it were not for my desire for something a little more practical (SUV-ish) … I could see driving something like this?  While the conversation normally highlights the vehicles themselves, something else was discussed as […]

Sort of getting an itch to work on cars again. Long overdue!

| August 6, 2025

My favorite vehicle: 1994 Toyota 4Runner and first solo-drive: VW Karmann Ghia A couple of automotive triggering discussions regarding “working on cars” came about over the weekend that triggered my thinking, “I should be working on cars in the garage again.” Maybe was the pleasant low-humidity weather or just seeing the Wyze cam videos of […]

Sent the Packardbaker out for some transmission work

| August 21, 2020

My dad’s 1958 Packard Hawk, mine for the last 5 years, has hardly been touched since it was flatbed delivered from Sidney, Ohio. I moved it once … and then covered it up with a battery tender after I noticed a pool of transmission fluid all over the floor. So on the 5th anniversary of […]

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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