So this whole process of merging households and getting married has taken quite the toll on the car front. I've been spending 90% of my non-work time trying to ensure that everything my wife, daughter and forthcoming baby needs are taken care of.

For the car folks, this is actually a good thing. I've agreed to clean out my 20'X20' storage unit of car parts. I'm starting with the Studebaker related items, and will be moving on to the Austin Healey and finally Jensen Healey items. So check my ebay page frequently. http://motors.shop.ebay.com/merchant/jodyfkerr

Once I get myself out from under my present mess (and work's been crazy on top of it all) I'll be finishing up the door anel assembly article and then figuring out how to recover the center console on the Jensen Healey. We've settled on the name Jensen if it's a boy. :) If it's a girl, well, we haven't figured that out yet.

Also, I'm going to be focusing on the non-cost related aspects of the restorations in the near future as apparently babies need diapers... I figured those blue shop towels were good enough, but then I got one of *those* looks from SWMBO.

upcomg article | 6/17/2008 9:10 PM

So I'm presently taking a break from the latest project and picking off the adhesive stuck to my fingers. I figured I'd put in a plug for this article, as it's going to be a good one. In this next article I'll be covering the process of recovering the door panels for the Jensen Healey. I just finished up 90% of the first panel, and as far as I'm concerned it looks damned skippy. Now that I've got the JH specific kinks worked out I'll film the second door panel and publish the article!

Cheers!
Jody

Components article - Stereo | 6/8/2008 8:52 AM

Yesterday was spent cleaning the garage. This morning I've added an article on the basics of the car stereo component. You can find the article here

Cheers!
Jody

Update | 6/4/2008 10:14 PM

So it's been a crazy month over here. We've had two weddings in my family this month, and I also found out that I'm going to be a dad. Needless to say, cars took a seat on the back burner for a little bit.

This being said, we were out in Las Vegas this weekend and I snapped ~400 photos of the car collection at the Imperial Palace. It's my favorite stop on the Strip. You can see the photos here!

Jody

Sandblasting Cabinet Modifications | 4/26/2008 5:45 PM

Hey Folks,

Published the following article on useful modifications for Meda (Sand) blasting cabinets: Media Cabinet Modifications

Also made a video:

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