Hoopty Rides

    The 1960 Ford Vanette ran so poorly that it took me 1.5 hours to drive back to the shop from Leimert Park. Backing the idle mixture valv...

I'm fully loaded with hoopty projects, but I want this wagon so bad that I could spit in your soup and poke momma in the nose. You coul...

    Despite the previous owner's expert duct tape rewire, the Milwaukee Polisher/Buffer deserved an upgrade. Enter Tool Shack Could ...

Wrinkle finish Halliburton case from garage sale last week: $5 New foam from Foam Mart in Burbank: $41 Beeman Webley Tempest from garage ...

I must admit that it has been a few years since I have trolled the junkyards. The weather is beautiful in Los Angeles - perfect for a Georg...

Bought a sweet little quartersawn oak desk the other day and removed hardware for cleaning. Like finding change under the backseat of a use...

  From a Craiglist ad and a period photograph for inspiration, this looks like a lot of fun. A 'Caveman' style paint job on this ...

Realizing this doesn't look like much of a car, I must defend (and honor) this Caprice. Cheap high gloss black paint job, Police Interce...

I recovered an old bike saddle with a Kate Spade knock-off bag as a fabric donor. I must admit, I was capably assisted by my garage sale fi...

I am happy with how this turned out. We Loan Tools on Coco's Variety Apologies (and thanks) to those that read Coco's and D+R