Let's face it, there's only so much you can do with a two car garage.

Yes, I do suffer from garage envy.

Like many of you I am in awe of Jack Olson's 12 gauge garage, it is amazing, but there is still only room for one car. That one car happens to be a Porsche 911, so maybe that is enough! 

Jack said that he first built a really big shed first, to store all the household items that used to go in the garage. That stuff has to go somewhere, and Public Storage should only be seen as a temporary option.

I shouldn't complain. Back in the day many houses only had a one car attached or detached garage. I'd seen articles in '50's hot rod mags where they described building collapsible work benches. The bench folded against the wall so that the car could still be stored inside. Back then, it seems that most people thought that it was important to keep their cars in a garage. Where did they put their Christmas ornaments and decorations?

I've written before how my Dad built a cantilevered work bench that allowed the hood of the '59 Impala to nestle underneath.

My house is not especially large, it would have been nice if the builder could have accommodated a laundry room into the design. Instead, the heating /ac, water heater and washer /drier are located alongside the back wall of the garage. I've also placed an additional Pandemic refrigerator freezer along that wall.

My garage can actually hold two cars, it even my held my '71 Riviera and '56 Cadillac for a time. But it wasn't at the same time!

Because my house was one of the developments model homes it's garage was used as the sales office. This means that's it's fully finished with plaster board walls and a finished ceiling. It also had an enclosure built to hide the heater/ ac, water heater, and washer connections. One of the best things is the number of electrical outlets. Besides the washing machine outlet, there are two outlets near the side door, one in the middle of the opposite wall, and the overhead one for the garage door opener. I use that to connect my overhead reel type extension cord. I plan on eventually hooking up my overhead reel type air compressor hose. 

My first house had only a single car attached garage. the outlet for the washer, a 220V for the drier and a single light bulb and one outlet!

My earliest project after buying this house was to open up some access to the "attic space" above the garage.

I cut an access hole then I covered the ceiling joists with sheets of particle board. I thought of putting in some attic stairs but it didn't look like the weight rating was going to cut it! The attic is kind of like Las Vegas, whatever goes up into the attic, stays up in the attic! Then it is never mentioned again.

However, while the garage can hold two cars, it can't accommodate much else taking up floor space. So I've pushed everything that I can back against the walls. I had a lot of metal shelves left over from my old shop. I've placed these against the wall in the 12 in. space along the wall that accommodates the garage door's hinges. 

I've done a lot to maximize the utility of my garage. My first project after I retired was to build two 4'x8' shelves above the main door. These are completely out of the way. 

Then I built a series of two foot deep shelves around the upper perimeter of the garage. This is the home of most of our family's Christmas decorations. Perhaps there will be a day when they take up residence in one of the sheds. 

My garage can be quite useful provided that at least one of the cars stored inside is still driveable. That car can be moved out  when the need for work space is anticipated. Wheel dollies were quite expensive until recently when Harbor Freight started selling them. I could put the in op car on those, and would be able to move it sideways to center it in the garage 

I've been using a little roll around table that I bought from the same CraigsList estate sale as my bandsaw. The bandsaw is an early Sixties unit sold by Black and Decker. It's powered by a regular hand held electric drill. Back then budgets were much tighter and tools were more expensive. The drill motor was used as the power source for bench grinders, sanders, as well as being strapped to a frame to be used as a drill press. This would keep the cost of home craftsmen equipment down, so that it would be accessible to a larger market. The table is clearly an artifact from the late '50s or early Sixties. The frame is angle iron with a particle board bottom shelf, The top is covered with a blond wood formica, and it has a single drawer. I mounted a wooden frame underneath to attach casters so that it became easily movable. It's a nice piece, but it sits in front of my XJS and crowds access to the fridge and drier. I plan on keeping that neat little table around and will find another home for it eventually.

I also have plans to build a much bigger roll around table that will be tall and wide enough to straddle the hood of the XJS or any other car parked there. It would also be handy to fold laundry.

I could pull that out and set it in the empty bay. Then set up my wood working tools and my vise, grinder, or hydraulic press.

I have a couple of little plastic cabinets on wheels that I can easily move them to position out of the way, in front of the side door. I have my air compressor tucked in along a sidewall. 

I have started thinking about my garage shelves like they do at the supermarket. Everything on these shelves is sitting in prime real estate. Do the things there warrant their favored position? If not, they could be moved to an upper shelf, placed outside or even discarded.

Do I need to have four U Haul boxes of magazines taking up space? Do I need five boxes of Beanie Babies? I have to pare down and simplify, again. 

A two car garage can hold two cars but that's about it. I have my two roll away tool boxes along the back wall. I put my stand up air compressor against the right wall. I keep my two floor jacks under my XJS, which isn't getting moved much. My new electric lawn mower will have to spend the damp Winter in the garage, then it will go back outside under the lean to. 

We had two 10' x 12' sheds built in the backyard. These were put there expressly to hold my Wife's and some of my Daughter's stuff. Better there than in my garage. I built an open lean-to shed out of mostly old materials that I had lying around. It fits between the front fence and the back of one shed. It has a asphalt shingle roof that was covered with left over shingles from the sheds construction. It's water tight but everything there is subject to moisture damage. Not the place for sensitive or valuable items but perfect for bikes, yard tools, hand trucks, and extra cans of house paint, I used to keep those paint cans in the garage!

Of course it never ends. 

I'm having an internal debate about whether or not I should be too ashamed of my mess to post any pictures. I'm sure that I'm not the only one with a messy garage. What looks the worst is the junk that I've got piled on the XJS. Any horizontal space will become storage, if you're not careful.

I think that I'll hold off on any pictures until I get things better under control.

Things are particularly bad around Christmas time, as I bring all the boxes down so my Wife can decorate the house. 

My dream, at one time, probably shared by many car guys, was to move to the country and buy a house on a couple of acres. I would build a big barn to hold my cars and stuff. Dreams die hard, but they do die. We've decided to stay put. It seems to me now that a better idea is to cut down on the number of cars, instead of building a barn. I know that this plan just makes too much sense. Maybe I do need a Porsche 911.

Maybe having a single worthwhile project/hobby car is the main takeaway from this discussion! 

Of course I've still got that side yard. It's 9 1/2 feet wide. Why not add another shed? I don't plan on storing an extra car there anymore. 

My new plan is to build a 10 x 6 ft. shed that will hold my work bench and my tools such as my drill press, vise, grinder, band saw and hydraulic press. I'll snuggle the shed up against the outside garage wall and still have a 3 1/2 ft. pathway to walk past it. 

Lately there has been a lot of progress on the garage. My Wife has taken some of her things out. 

I've almost got enough space to park my Mustang inside. 

What functions does my garage have to fulfill, besides housing my cars? 

First, there are the utilities located there. There always has to be unobstructed access to them. 

The washer /dryer are also out there. It helps to have some kind of table convenient to fold the laundry.

There's our extra fridge. 

We also store extra groceries on shelves in the garage, and even just regular items like bottled water, since our kitchen doesn't have a pantry. There is a wall cabinet on one side where I used to keep chemicals and stuff. I concentrated that stuff and gave my Wife a shelf for cleaners, disinfectant sprays and wipes for pandemic supplies. 

My neighbor gave me an old wire tack shelf that was usually mounted to the back of a door. I've placed all the spray cans of lubricants, solvents, waxes, glass cleaners and what not in that unit. 

I also keep some brooms and yard tools tucked in a corner.

I have to make sure that my cars don't restrict or curtail any household business that goes on out there. 

Having control over the garage was part of "the deal." My Wife got the living/dining room to use as her studio. I got our Son's old room which was formerly her crafting room, to use as my "den." I was also going to get the garage. She also just recently got the use of our Daughter's old bedroom. It will be used as an occasional guest room and whatever else she deems appropriate. Maybe a "sewing room?"

In the process of emptying out the garage I offered to install (finally) a 10 ft. long oak shelf in the sewing room. It had been lying on the garage floor for over a year. 

I still had another big project ahead of me that I had promised to take care of last year. When we moved in thirty odd years ago, our lot was full of trees and shrubbery. There was  a row of five pine trees in the neighbor's yard, across the rear property line. On our side of the fence there was also a heavy garden structure, an arbor or pergola that had supported a luxurious growth of wisteria vines. This arbor was twenty feet long, and combined with the trees gave us a lot of privacy from the neighbor's two story house. 

The pine trees were the first to go, they either died from the frost or some type of infestation. This was after we'd been living here for 10-15 years. The neighbor finally had the trees removed after a couple of years. Though there was still a very tall and wide pine that grew in the rear of their house. That tree finally died a several years ago. It's size still helped provide some screening. That tree was removed after we had our own tree troubles last Summer. 

This is the kind of thing that you have to deal with when you live in a house for over thirty years. Things start to die off! I had always thought that we'd have been gone long ago! 

Our arbor had fallen onto hard times as it was eaten up by termites and had enough rot set in that it started to sag and lean. I propped it up with several 2x4s over the years, and it even survived numerous earthquakes. It was still standing until last Summer when I finally tore it down. Now the rear of our house was very exposed. 

My Wife wanted me to build some type of structure to replace what we had lost. We had been discussing this for years, well before I tore down the arbor. That structure had four up rights of 10x10 redwood, I didn't know where I would find replacement lumber and was concerned that it would be more expensive than I wanted to spend. I came up with an idea of building a framework that would support five 4x8' lattice screen panels. We had bought the materials last Summer and they had sat in the yard until just now. 

Long story short, I finished building the screen, it only took me three days. For now my household project debt is fulfilled, at least for a while.

With that out of the way I can start thinking about building my park underneath, roll around table.

Details will follow.

Am I just too big a cheapskate to seriously mess around in the old car hobby?

Yeah, you're not going to find me here.

I'm thinking that the answer is probably, "Yes!" 

A couple of weeks ago I passed a dealership displaying classic 1960's cars. 

American Motors and Classics. It was housed in a Toyota dealer's previous used car center

Today I happened to be in the area and decided to stop and take a look. Maybe I would see something that would get me excited. 

From the sidewalk these looked like really nice cars, obviously restored. There were a number of cars  parked outside in the lot, as well as others in the showroom.

The car that initially caught my eye was a '69 Chevelle two door hardtop. It wasn't an SS model but it was in great shape, probably a combination of being an excellent original car, as well as being restored at some time. No bucket seats or console, just the split bench, but the upholstery looked new. The paint, chrome, and vinyl top were perfect, but not quite 53,000 dollars worth! 

Out back there was a carport and that held one of the more intriguing models, a '57 Cadillac El Dorado Brougham. This was a limited production, American built, super deluxe four door hardtop, with a stainless steel top. It looked pretty good and had a recent respray, although my trained eye could see a few defects. These are truly rare cars, almost never seen outside of a museum, this was going for the princely sum of 105,000 dollars! 

In the mix there were more impressive cars of different ages and price levels, 40's, 50's and 60's multiples of thousands of dollars in pricing.

This level of pricing of course surprised and outraged me at first, but then the shock passed. 

On the AACA website  there is a forum labeled, "Cars for sale, not mine."

Members post interesting cars that they find listed for sale from various sites. We then give our reactions and opinions on said vehicles.

Something that I have noticed is that the other members are more accepting of much higher prices than I am. I also noted that they will comment on how much time and expense will be necessary to properly restore them. If that was ever a consideration for me!  I look to see if the car can be cleaned up and squared away enough to look presentable. I have no desire or intention of ever restoring any car. 

I'm also surprised when many of the commentors say that they are not very knowledgeable mechanically and they wouldn't be doing any of the work on the car, themselves! In my mind, if I don't work on the car myself, I'm only going to spend big bucks for a new car. I'm certainly not going to throw my money at mechanics to work on my old car. 

This all goes to show me just how different I am from many of the club members. But am I being realistic?

I started out working on old cars because that was all I could afford. Then as I could buy a new car for the family I got an old car as a plaything. Something to fool around with. 

However their viewpoint has a lot of validity and is based on their experience. Anyone who has ever just fixed up a car knows that it costs money.  But those that have fully restored a car know even more how much that costs. My '96 Mustang cost me 2,800 to buy, but I've spent around 5,000 dollars to keep it in good condition. But It's not restored, no new paint, or interior, just a new convertible top. 

If I had even a low buck paint job and some new upholstery, figure at least another 2-3,000 bucks. That would add up to a ten thousand dollar '96 Mustang! 

I know that rebuilding, restoring and repainting costs are high, that's why it's usually cheaper to buy someone else's already restored car.

Just off the top of my head, throwing out some made up numbers. ( These are probably on the low side.)

Engine and transmission rebuild 5-10k

Bodywork and paint , excepting major panel replacements, rust and collision damage repair. 15-30k

Exterior trim and stainless, glass and weather stripping. 5k

Interior trim and upholstery, 15-20k

Chassis rebuilding;  brakes, steering, suspension, exhaust, and tires, 5-15k

This is all added onto the cost of the basic acquisition of the car. 5-25k

That adds up to a low of 50,000 to a high of 105,000! 

Looking at this way, it's almost like you are buying that fifty - sixty thousand dollar car just for the restoration costs! Or less. And you have the advantage of seeing how well all that work came together! 

These club members also know that if you want something nice, if that is really is important to you, then you just have to pay the price. Even if you do a lot of the work yourself and act as the general contractor for the work that you farm out, it's still going to cost. 

Even I became aware of that when I started adding up the projected costs of improving my '70 Mustang beyond what I had done to it. Besides an engine/tranny swap and chassis updating, it would need just about everything else done -"properly" to make it nice.  Or consider my '89 XJS. I often joke that it's a 3,500 dollar car that needs 10,000 dollars worth of work to be worth 7,500 dollars. The Mustang wasn't worth the investment, it was just a six cylinder salvage coupe. The Jag, is something a bit more special. So, maybe. 

I went inside and spoke to the salesman, a friendly gent exactly my age. As aging Baby Boomers we had many of the same car crushes in our youthful years. Now we are running down the years on our personal calender's and we are wondering "when?" We told ourselves that we were going to have a cool, special car someday. We've even worked over the years to fulfill that desire. The guys that have already made it happen aren't going to be standing inside that show room. 

Well here they are, take a look around, I'm sure that you'll find something that you would like to have. The prices aren't chicken feed, but then, we aren't spring chickens ourselves anymore! A complete restoration can take up to 5 - 10 years with a shop handling it. An owner directed job can take the same or longer. Have we got that much time in our lives left to waste? Probably not.

Okay here's a partial list of cars and prices, mostly the ones that appeal to me. 

'63 Corvette convertible 62,500       

66 Plymouth w Hemi ( not really my thing) 99,000

'56 Chev 210 2 door sedan 59,000

'36 Ford Phaeton (four door roadster) 49,500

'69 Jaguar XKE convertible, gulp! 189,500

'57 Ford Thunderbird 39,900

'51 Cadillac series 62 convertible, 33,000 original miles original condition car, 97,500

I remarked to the salesman that there hadn't been a dealership like this, selling vintage  cars that were really nice for over twenty years. The last one was in the neighboring town of Campbell. 

I think that the salesman has a pretty easy job; show the customer the cars, find the one that he has a connection with, talk with them about the car, the past, what it means to them, light the fire. Let them know what the financing options are.

I think that the average customer would need to make a couple of return trips, to stoke the fire. Eventually bringing the Wife down if he was really getting serious. House values in our area, have grown so much over the last couple of years that a home equity loan could be easily swung. What's 50 or 60 grand when your house has appreciated 200-300 thousand dollars or more in just a couple of years.? There will be plenty of value left for the kids when you're gone. This being Silicon Valley, there might be guys that could just plop the bucks down, though I don't see many of these cars appealing to a high tech type of guy. I see them as appealing to someone like me, from my background, who would give up buying a regular new car to get one of these instead. 

Why not, there are only so many Summers left.

I would have to compare these cars to a used '21 Mustang GT convertible that I saw on a car lot last week. It had only 32,000 miles on it and the asking price was 41,000 dollars. It was almost exactly like the one that I rented this Summer. 

This is something that I would be willing to spend my money on, and it's still quite a bit less that those cars that I saw today were going for!

The Mustang is an almost new car, like my Flex, it only has 30,000 miles on it. It's a 100%, any time, useful car. Those old classics will lead a restricted life of careful and occasional use. Which makes sense, I suppose. 

Was I fired up by looking and thinking about these cars? Not really. If I was to spend a few bucks on a car it would probably be something different. 

I spend a lot of time thinking about cars, while it has clarified my thoughts, it hasn't revealed any new truths. 

First of all, I'm really not a restoration guy. I don't mind working on an old car, but I don't want to spend ten years on a project.

Second, I'm not an "emotional tie" kind of guy. I don't have any emotional attachment to a car out of my past or to some car that I used to dream about when I was a youngster. 

So where does that leave me? Hard to say.

But there is an upside in my situation. I discussed the subject of this post with my Wife. She is currently agreeable to me buying a new car that I really want. 

This occurs with the frequency of a solar eclipse, so this bears giving the idea some serious thought! 

Why so much hate for Harbor Freight?

They always have almost anything that I could want in stock!

While I don't have any problem buying tools there, I know that some enthusiasts do. Why?

I suppose that one of the problems is that there isn't any prestige tied to the brand.

Just like a lot of people will shop at Walmart for the low prices, they don't exactly brag about it. 

At one time you could find a good selection of tools at the local J.C. Penney, or the Montgomery Wards, or if you were really serious, at Sears. 

If you chose you could find a selection of tools at a local big Automotive chain like Grand Auto, Western Auto, or Pep Boys.

You could also find a selection of tools hanging on the wall of your corner auto parts store.

There was also that "bargain table" loaded with mounds of cheaply made and priced tools. 

Unfortunately Sears has been in a serious decline. Home Depot has stepped up at least when it comes to hand tools and small power tools. 

With the decline of these sources has come the rise of Harbor Freight Tools.

They have got a lot of convenient locations as well as a great deal of inventory. 

In  many ways they are a lot like the Dollar Stores. 

As you walk around you find yourself picking up little things that you never realized that you needed, and since things are not that expensive, you might find yourself buying extra items.

I was on the Garage Forums and I was impressed by the tool chauvinism that was displayed on that site.

I get it. You're a serious mechanic, tradesman, or craftsman. You make your living from tools. You want your tools to be as serious as you are. They are something that you are proud of because they are a reflection of your knowledge, skills, and accomplishments. They have cost you a pretty penny, and they are well built and finished, quality items. They are a lifetime commitment. These guys will often pass their tools to the next generation.

Some of those serious people do not like dilettantes

However many of us, especially hobbyists, are the definition of dilettantes! 

Especially us bucks down hobbyists, will appreciate HF's vast selection of affordable tools. 

It's nice to find what you want in inventory. 

Of course there have to be compromises made when things are built to a price.

On the other hand, sometimes it seems that an unnecessary premium is expected for a prestige brand. 

One thing that even a hobbyist learns early is where they cannot scrimp on tools. Many times the quality of the metal used and the forging and machining make a real difference in the usefulness of the tool.

Some open end and closed wrenches are made of a thick cheaper metal to provide the necessary strength.

The same with sockets. The walls are too thick or worse, they are a loose sloppy fit. That can mangle or round off a bolt or nut causing more work to undo. 

A good quality set of sockets is usually an early purchase, especially after coming to grief using substandard stuff.

If you are not a professional wrench then you won't be using those HF tools everyday under extreme conditions.

They will usually provide satisfactory service.

I used to go to Sears, but have you been there lately? Their tool selection is pretty limited. Home Depot has a good selection of their house brand hand tools as well as name  brand power tools. 

Yeah, most everything at Harbor Freight is made in China. But there's "good China" and "cheap China." 

It's pretty high but you still can't get to the center of the car.
I'll pass.

I guess that I am getting old, wheeling my old heavy jacks is getting to be a chore.

One purchase that I'm hoping to make is to buy a pair of lightweight aluminum floor jacks. These are much lighter than the usual steel units. I know that a lot of guys are dreaming of some type of floor lift. Harbor has one big enough to lift an entire car, but in my mind I don't think that I really need one. I usually am not working under the middle of my cars. Wheel, brake, and suspension work is done by the outside corners. I'd have to get under the front to change the oil, lube, or change the starter. 

The lightweight floor jacks will be much easier to wheel around, and I can use both at the same time under the front or rear wheels lifting that end of the car up easily. Jack stands or ramps can be placed under the wheels. The ramps are my choice now as they allow more space under the car. The car also remains at the normal ride height which adds more height. 

When I replaced the transmission in the XJS I used a combination of ramps and jack stands. I'm not planning on a repeat of that performance again!

If you're like most car guys you have probably inherited some old tools from your father or grandfather,

I did. When my Dad passed away I was the one that took his old tools. My brothers didn't want them. My Dad was like most old school guys, he accumulated his collection of tools from various low buck sources. Flea markets, garage sales, and the bargain tool bin at the corner auto parts store. A lot of his stuff wasn't that good even when it was new, and a lot of things did not age well. I went through and kept only the tools that I knew were good enough to use. He even had a few Proto tools in his collection. The rest I donated to the Salvation Army. 

I wish that I could say that I gave them to some young kid in the neighborhood, but there aren't any kids that work on cars around here. 

Someday I will leave all my tools to my Son, I had planned for that to happen around my 70th. birthday. But now that just seems too soon!

I just can't imagine being without any tools. I'd have to at least have some basic tools for the rest of my life. Who would I be if I didn't fix stuff? 

 I finally got started on fixing the Mark VII's carbs.

 All the way from Merry Old England
Twenty dollars in postage!

As I had mentioned, I couldn't find my first order of carburetor parts so I decided to just re order the basic minimum of items necessary to do the job. They arrived within a couple of weeks, and I set them aside. I needed a break from all the Christmas stuff so I decided to fix the damaged carb. 

I ordered six items totaling twenty dollars. Add that to the twenty dollars postage and this slim assemblage cost me slightly over forty bucks. That's a lot of money for shipping, but I should be happy that the parts were still easy to acquire. Still it was important that I get moving.

That spring is part of the main needle jet, A metal cap screwed into a fitting that projected down from this area. The cap had been hit hard enough break it off. The damaged cap was sort of glued on as wasn't apparent when I first examined the engine. My guess is that when the carbs were found to be stuck solidly in place, someone hit the cap with a pretty big wrench in an attempt to free them up. This resulted in a big crack, and a spot for gas to leak out. This probably put any plan to repair the damage on hold. How long ago that occurred is anyone's guess, actually the whole thing is conjecture on my part. The reality is just that it's broken.

I had ordered a new bottom cap initially, along with a bunch of gaskets, but I forgot to get the cap on this order. The original cap had a broken brass jet tube stuck in it. I had to get that out so that I could use it. There wasn't enough tube left sticking out to get a good hold onto with pliers. So I decided to just drill into the tube  and use an EZ out to remove the broken portion. It wasn't a pretty process but I managed to drill a big enough hole to use my pipe removal tool. It worked out fine, luckily I hadn't done any more damage.

This is a reverse thread tool to remove broken 
plumbing pipes.

I had been trying to be careful and not break any of the old float bowl gaskets, planning to re-use them after coating them with a little Gaskachinch, but that didn't work out. I went to the local auto part store to see if I could source some O rings that would work.  

That would plan A.

They were a bit too small so I tried to stretch them out, that may work. I also decided to come up with a plan B. I cut these out of gasket paper. I used a two inch wood hole saw to cut out the center, then I trimmed the outer circumference with a pair of scissors. Nothing to be proud of here! Pretty crude work, but they fit!

Not too bad for the first go round!

Here' one of my masterpieces fitted in place.
Really not too bad at all.

In the morning I'm going to see if my O rings have stretched enough to be usable. I had pulled on them carefully then stretched them over various bigger items, finally stretching them around an old peanut butter jar. They had gotten better with repeated stretching. I'll let them sit overnight and will check them again.

I even came up with a plan C.

That would be to take some twine and cut it to a length that fit inside the cap. Then I would impregnate the twine with silicon seal and lay it in place. The silicon would help seal the joint, as well as hold the twine in place, especially if I let it set up over night. 

Either way, those carbs are going back together!

On the upper right of the photo the shiny new bearing cap is evident. On the upper left side a small shiny Phillips head screw replaces the original that clamped the two halves of the throttle shaft together. 

I should be embarrassed to admit it, but once again I forgot where I had put the carb mounting nuts! 

I gave a cursory look in my toolboxes with negative results.

I looked in the XJS's trunk, as well as the Mark VII. I checked in the drawer of my rolling table.

That lead to a methodical search of my tool boxes where I found them in a bottom drawer where they had been covered by other stuff. The baggie they were stored in did have a tape label identifying it's contents. 

I moved them into a large plastic storage bag along with the envelope which my parts came in. Written on the white bag in black marker are the words, "Carb mounting nuts." From now on they're staying with the carb assembly. No more "cute" ideas!

The Winter rainy season just hit our area, right about the same time that the Holiday season began. It 's a pretty good bet that I won't be getting around to mounting the carbs util some time in January. However, it's not that far off.

In fact, it's already here!

Now that the Holidays are over it's time to get back to work. After all the Christmas decorations are packed and stored away to my Wife's satisfaction, I'm going to have enough space to house another one of my cars in the garage. Lot's to do and to look forward to. 

Let's see how productive I can be in this New Year!