The “Repaint”

On May 17th 2004, I drove the car into the garage.  The goal for the next 3 days was to repaint the car a nice white color.  It had two visible spots of rust on it which I wanted to fix before it got worse.  If anybody has any idea how far I’ve taken this…

WCC and everything autobody

In 2003 I found myself always wondering how a car was painted.  With as much as I knew about cars, I was intimidated about automotive paint.  I had heard that WCC (Washtenaw Community College) offered classes on the topic.  I looked up the program online, figured out how I would pay for it, and signed…

EVERY DETAIL is born

In 2000 I started “EVERY DETAIL” after being canned from a local detailing shop 2 weeks into the job.  I was let go because I was spending too much time on the vehicles.  I was incapable of cutting corners.  In an odd twist of events, I ended up with a large client of theirs because…

ProbeTalk and car meets

In the year 2000 I found www.probetalk.com.  An online forum for fellow car owners.  The car meets and garage time in the following years introduced me to extensive knowledge and lifelong friends. Most importantly I met my best friend Ryan.  He was far more skilled than I was, and always will be.  Although I had…

The basics of automotive knowledge

The next few years of my life were filled with tinkering with the 89GT on a budget.  I always had a job so I would do what I could with what little money I scraped together. My first few months of owning the car were filled with trips to the mechanic and exhaust shop.  I…