Who let the dogs out!?!?!

Ok, sure it's a silly reference, for a silly thing, but the Baja men song has been running through my head for a while. So I accidentally left the laptop open while I was at work today, and the dogs read the site.

Worse, they decided to provide commentary. Think Stadtler and Waldorf from the Muppets.

So, now, interspersed in the site you'll see commentary from the dogs either providing useful tips or shortcuts for the lazy.

The dogs even created their own page on the site: About the dogs

Monk, Melba and I say hi! and happy motoring!

(and yes, I fully realize this is my own idosyncratic anthropromophizing of my pets, but it's also bloody funny, so if you think it's wierd you can go take a long walk on a short pier. :)

Late nights and car picture breaks

So I find myself burning the midnight oil again working on work related stuff. It's part of the territory, but still doesn't mean it's enjoyable. I took a little time tonight to upload some pictures from a trip we took last year. They are of cars at the San Diego Autmotive Musem which I highly recommend visiting if you get the opportunity. The pictures are here: San Diego Automotive Museum

We also had some great news this week. We went in for the wife's second ultrasound and we found out that it'll be a baby boy joining the family in December (which means I'll no longer be outnumbered by the females). We've already decided on names, unless something changes at the last moment, so we're preparing for the debut of my new Juior Greasemonkey Jensen Findlay Kerr!

Cheers!
Jody

Accents and such

So I'm in the midst of a software install at work. This is normally a painful experience. As is turns out the company's central desk, at this hour, is in Australia. I've never had my wife made greater fun of me than the immediate drop into an Australian accent on the phone. As much as I love a proper Australian accent I sound wierd in the office. Should make monday fun.

Jody

1953 Studebaker Champion - Cleaning the project

Wrote up an article about cleaning up the Studebaker Champion. When you're doing an In-Situ restoration having the vehicle clean and appropriately protected is really the first proper step of the restoration. Sure, the clean car may not resemble what's in your head for the final result, but it will help set the stage and clean up the bits you'll be working on. Now that this article is done I'm hoping to get the car up on stands so that I may get underneath it and diagnose what needs to be done to the fuel system to get her running correctly. The article can be found here: 1953 Studebaker Champion Restoration - Cleaning the Project

Cheers!
Jody

1953 Studebaker Champion first look

Just published the first look article on my 1953 Studebaker Champion restoration. It feels really good having old Annabelle back in the driveway. I spent so many years driving her daily, that things haven't felt right for me since I put her in storage. Now, she's got some issues at present that keep her from running, but at least she's home. The article can be found here: 1953 Studebaker Champion Restoration First Look

Site updates

So I finally managed to get all the E-Bay stuff shipped. There were some mishaps along the way and I think I'll hold off a bit before the next round. In the meantime I had to charge the AC system on my car, so I went ahead and wrote a small article about it. You can read it here.

At the same time I corrected a small error in the logic of the Jensen Healey Parts database. Nothing major, it was just displaying too many rows of data. I also exposed the Plate # and Plate Ref data for those of you who have the graphics.

Cheers!
Jody

Garage, rediscovered

"to clean or not to clean, that is the question"

So, I can now walk (*mostly*) around both of the cars in the garage. I've been placing and sorting, and it's made things easier, but I wish I had a much bigger shop.

Now I'm stuck in a bit of a catch 22. I can work, but not clean, or I can clean, but not work. So I'm attempting to solve this by working on the Studebaker in the driveway while cleaning the garage that supports it. This will work great unitl I need a part for my Studebaker that's in the garage (like the vibration dampener).

As with anything else, it's progress onwards, then upwards.

Cheers to my mate Dale, who's been driving his JH while I've only been looking at mine.

Jody