When I drunkenly bid on and won the auction for my 2007 Dodge Ram I found out the driver’s seatbelt was cut when I picked the truck, of course Chrysler no longer makes them, and of course it is a 2 year only part for only regular cab Ram 1500s. So after weeks of searching I finally found one in Texas from a low…

Make a 3 pieces of Brazilian Teak into a swim deck for a 1985 Ski Nautique

I have been wanting to get to Amelia Island for a few years and this year I did it. If you are considering it and doing it on an Oppo budget I have some recommendations.

I’ll do a photo dump tomorrow when I’m not dead from driving I-16. If any road was good for self driving cars it would be that one

As I conclude this weeks Junkyard finds, I present the Dodge Dynasty, Chrysler Corp got a lot of mileage out of the K Car platform in fact for much of the late 80s and Early 90s they built just one car, they disguised it really well though. Built to appeal to the full size sedan buyer not interested in the ultra…

Today we have a fine looking specimen here for your enjoyment a Custom Cadillac CTS. There are a few things that puzzle me though.

Continuing my quest to Junkyard upfit and Junkyard restore my 2007 Dodge Ram, I spent Saturday at Self Service Junkyards, I scored a set of Factory 20 inch sport wheels, misc missing interior trim pieces and a few other odds and ends. I ended my day at the Atlanta East Pull A Part. Where I spotted this rare look into…

Hit a few Self Service lots today looking for Truck parts some of the fun stuff from the Atlanta East Pull A Part Yard The only one I took pictures at because there was nothing to pull, Well one thing but that will come on Monday Garage Art was found.

That is all. My cardiologist will be posed but I walked 5 miles today with my 30 lb tool bag on back I’ve earned it. 

Problem my New truck needs a key chain, this is the 1st vehicle I’ve owned in 15 years that hasn’t had a key fob remote, so off to the junk drawer in my tool chest, what do I find a key chain to my 1st new car bought in 1994, yeah that’ll work

To Conclude things on I saw on my weekend adventure to the Chrysler section of the Atlanta North Pull-A-Part Junkyard, submitted for your approval have this bone stock base Plymouth Sundance. We’ve all ready seen its K-Car brothers 1st and 2 Gen Minivans, and its 70s equivalent the Volare. This car was obliviously…

Filed to Just because it is rare doesn’t mean it is Valuable. Also not all Mopars are overpriced

Headed down to the Atlanta North Pull-A-Part To try and find a few parts for my new to me beat up Dodge Ram, Needed a Driver Door Mirror (SCORE $22) Needed a Driver Seatbelt, (All ready gone) and other misc stuff that was all ready stripped by the time I got there typical as the truck had been on the yard for a…

So the other night I was enjoying a very good scotch or 3, and I ended up on this Business Liquidation Auction site I frequent (I have bought a lot of good tools a nice Air Compressor etc from this site in the past) and they had this truck for sale.

I need a trailer to haul Jetskis, some how this came up in my search,  I have no words to describe this awesomeness.

Architecture salvage piece I picked up in Michigan over thanksgiving, just got around to hanging it in my entry. 

After spending the holiday with family rather than drive straight home I decided to make sure the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was still there

I completely missed this in the last few days, but home computer pioneer Bill Godbout has died in the camp fire, He was one of the first to make computer components for the hobbyist, It could be said with out him there would be no OppO.

A Lear Jet 8-Track to be precise