Today I added some degreaser to some water in my mop bucket and mopped part of the garage. I won't show you the after-water.You're welcome.It still got only a fraction of the ick up from the garage fl…
07/27/2026 So I got that heat shield stick-em today... and like... it's exactly what they advertised.The real p…
07/26/2026 I got into Emma today and put in ALMOST half a side of Kilmat! This stuff is remarkable, actually. I…
07/24/2026 Friends, I finally ordered the right drain plugs... and installed them!One step closer to carpet!And…
07/18/2026 No pictures today, but a couple small things:The pin-hole fix that we did last week worked. Finally.…
07/07/2026 I've been on PTO since last week, but today is the frist time I've worked on Emma since... well, sin…
06/27/2026 Saturdays are that weird purgatory between the elation that is a Friday night and the existensial dr…
06/16/2026 I really feel like we're picking up steam with Emma in the last week. The summer is really great for…
06/14/2026 Friends, this is now the THIRD time I've written this blog post. The perils of vibe-coding a blog pl…
03/15/2026 Hello friends!This is not the typical Emma Blog. I want to let everyone know that I decided to migra…
03/06/2026 Welcome back, friends! As it starts to warm here in the PNW, we’ll start moving forward with complet…
01/17/2026 We decided to get into the garage today and accomplish some long-standing tasks on Emma: F…
12/09/2025 Hi folks! It’s been a while. Almost a month since the last post. It’s been quite cold here – Y…
11/11/2025 My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of b…
10/28/2025 Today is a day off from Emma, so blog it is. We really put the hammer down yesterday on the passenge…
10/26/2025 My wife’s level of motivation for this project is currently well in excess of mine. I’ll be totally …
10/25/2025 So many things have happened in the since the last post! We moved the other car out of the gar…
09/18/2025 She’s back! I reattached the exhaust, donuts and all. I used th…
09/14/2025 Look, I know I’m not an expert mechanic. I get it. But I can’t imagine that I’m so novice that I can…
09/08/2025 To my two (2) loyal readers: hello! It’s been a long time. As you know, life has been extremel…
08/09/2025 I’ll preface this with a message I sent to some friends last night:I gotta tell you guys about this …
07/30/2025 With the excitement of carpet on the way, it got me thinking about all the actual *mechanical* thing…
07/29/2025 Friends! We have ordered carpet for Emma! No longer shall we endure her spotty bleach-stained n…
07/24/2025 A few weeks ago, when I decided to “swap out the heater motor” – an affair which ended in flames – I…
07/22/2025 A few friends arrived in the mail today, and I made one small change inside the engine bay. I’d…
07/20/2025 It’s been really hot lately, and I don’t particularly like taking Emma out when that happens – thoug…
07/14/2025 You know how hobbyists can get so into their little niche that nothing is every perfect? (My stereo …
07/12/2025 After my aborted attempt to replace the blower motor on the heater, I needed to set some time aside …
06/01/2025 A very happy 60th birthday to this gorgeous hunk of San Jose machinery! So many happy me…
05/23/2025 I really did order a part for the heater blower motor with the best intentions. I was led to believe…
04/25/2025 I know, I know. We love the weekend, but honestly the amount of things on my to-do list give me para…
04/22/2025 It’s very clearly Tube month over here at the Emma blog. You see that Tube I highlighted…
04/13/2025 Hey look at that old crusty tube! We should do something about that! …
04/06/2025 Okay first thing – The piston stop tool was a wash – it ended up that the middle screw was not long …
04/05/2025 I’m a realistic fella. I had one actual goal today: replace the nuts, bolts, and donuts for the exha…
04/04/2025 My uncle was telling me recently that my Dad’s family once had a 1964 1/2 Mustang, and I find that j…
03/29/2025 Today was one of those classic old car days — the kind where everything looks fine, right up until i…
03/26/2025 Welcome back, everyone! I trust you had a great winter! What a world we’re in now, huh? Nevertheless…
01/13/2025 To follow up on the previous blog post – I GOT THE HEATER WORKING! Here’s where my assump…
01/13/2025 I spent some real time today trying to figure out how the heater in this car works, and before we la…
01/12/2025 I’ve said before, winter is difficult. I know that it really doesn’t get that cold here in the PNW –…
11/27/2024 Well, this 3D-printed piece of shit was too small… Waited like four days for i…
11/25/2024 Earlier, I referenced the fact that this car came with an automatic transmission and yellow paint. S…
11/21/2024 In the summer of 2024, I paid way too much for a cherry red 1965 Mustang with a manual transmission …
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11/21/2024 I made this TikTok to explain some things I learned about electricity while putting new bulbs in the…
