Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Been a while

So the automotive front has changed a bit around here, cars and truck have come and gone and the whole flavor of the place is different. The S10 is still around, the Chevy was C4C'd to by my lovely new bride a Forester, and even the project cars have ebbed and flowed a bit the past year.

The location for my auto adventures has changed as well, now no longer in the south I have to deal with weather and such in MN. Trade-off was well worth it, though, no matter how cold it gets: Coming home to my lovely wife is always better than any old car project.

The one downfall to the move is a scaling back of the shop facilities. No longer is the a 6-car garage with 220 and air tools, now everything has to be done in a 2-car garage. I'm not sure which is more difficult, not ever having the wild assortment of tools available to you or having them but not having the room to set them up?

Why is this scaling down important, anyway? It's forced me (with some prodding from aforementioned lovely wife) to focus on one project at a time. Naturally my automotive ADD clashes with this rigid approach to getting something actually done, but I know I'll be the better for it. Not that it's totally stopped me from trying to do more than one thing at a time, but there simply isn't room for more than a couple.

So, what's first up? Let's just say it's mighty cute in baby blue.....