ALWAYS GOOD TO START THE NEW YEAR ON A POSITIVE NOTE. Somewhere in one of my other writings I observed that “At one point in our lives, life begins to take back some of the things we gained.” It could be our health (or some things we simply have less of as we age), our… Read more »

LETTING GO: Over the years I have turned down a number of offers for my ’62 Bel Air- sometimes less than politely. Lately, I have had a change of heart- the old girl needs a new caretaker. Notice I didn’t use the word ‘owner’? There is no doubt in my mind the Bel Air will… Read more »

AFTER having missed the entire Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event, I have to admit that the whole thing pisses me off. We used to be able to watch hours of coverage on television. Seems that no network was willing to pony up the cash to cover the show- BUT, we can live-stream it on our computers or… Read more »

Tis the Season of Giving. You begin the month by giving your bank or landlord a big chunk of your last paycheque or savings. And then, there are all of the sales like BLACK FRIDAY and Boxing Day that seem to go on throughout the month. Needless to say, I’m NOT falling for it. We… Read more »

JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DEBATE: What would you pay for a RUST FREE project car? That is, a rust-free rolling body. Most of us don’t want the original drivetrain unless you are going the full resto route. There are project cars out there for sale that have drivetrains where the owner has dumped a… Read more »

THEY SAY that there is none so blind as THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE. I couldn’t tell you who ‘they’ are. Could possibly be from a Simon & Garfunkle song. If you have read some of my previous rants, you will know that I have little tolerance for idiots. Mostly, it is people who begin… Read more »

END OF YEAR MESSAGE It looks as though this year will end much the same as the last. That is, we hope that the coming year won’t be another Train Wreck. Any way, I have a couple of points to discuss here. The first is a continuation of my last rant. Besides the “Is this… Read more »

I recently posted a new page (Chrome n Rust ‘G’ Bodies) in order to market another portion of my ‘collection’. I have recently been ‘outed’ on some Facebook b&s sites, so before I go public (I joined the sites) I thought I would post a few rules that would make interactions with me go better…. Read more »

I recently received an email telling me that one of my ‘old’ project cars was for sale on kijiji with a substantial markup in price. Frankly, I couldn’t be happier. When the two vehicles in question (one was just a body without even a frame under it) left the chrome n rust world headquarters, I… Read more »

LATELY I have been wondering what it takes to sell stuff online. I have posted vehicles and parts on kijiji and the last few years on FB Marketplace sites. Thanks to idiot governments and ‘plan-demics’, things have been less than predictable. The fact is that when you sell goods that are ‘wants’ rather than needs,… Read more »