How to Draw, Creating a YouTube Video

I spent yesterday videoing myself drawing this 1953 Chevy  for my first YouTube video. Results leave room for improvement but it was a fun exercise.

40 Ford Gasser in Marker and Colored Pencil

40 Standard Coupe, Last Chance Gas

Tiki With Tailifins, Colored Pencil and Marker

A little blend of wood and metal.

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55 Chevy colored pencil drawing, Old Flame

55 Chevy in colored pencil and marker

Rat Rod Camper, Cadillac Blues

Kadillrat Kamper

 Winter always gets me thinking about taking an exotic vacation.

Rebuilt 351 Cleveland Engine For Sale

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Gary Jackson Memorial Car Show, Shiners Bar & Grill

Gorgeous F100 looked good with white walls on

 We went to the Gary Jackson Memorial Car Show in Lakeland, MN Saturday. Held at Shiners Bar & Grill right off the St Croix Trail the show was easy to find. They had a good turnout of great cars and people.

North St Paul Cruise Night, Old Style Cruizin'

It was great to the low riders representing at the event. reminded me of California in the 70's.

Well Done Mercury

Street Sweeper

This '60 Impala was sporting lots of vintage accessories

The North St Paul Cruise is held every Friday night during the summer. This event is the closest to the real cruising I remember as a teenager.

Meyers Manxter lookin' good

Hudson Booster Days Car Show 2017

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon for a car show. This is always a fun show at the Hudson, WI Booster Days celebration.

2017 Back to the 50's Weekend

John Skoff's Model A was looking minty fresh

It's the Holy Grail of the Street Rod Scene. The Minnesota Street Rod Association's "Back to the 50's Weekend".

Phantoms Car Show, Red Wing , MN

Super Cool Early Camper Conversion

We had a good time at the Phantoms Father's day Show in Red Wing last week.

Saw this one for sale on the way to the show

Uncle Dave’s 57 Chevy

Uncle Dave with the finished Truck

There is a lot of family history behind David Withers’ 1957 Chevy half-ton. "Uncle Dave’s" dad bought the truck in 1959 and used it as a gentleman’s farm truck. Dave and his brothers all learned to drive in “the old truck” and dad kept it until he passed away.

2017 World of Wheels Auto Show Minnesota

Gorgeous 1958 Nomad Wagon

There is an Oldsmobile Cutlass in There Somewhere

 The World of Wheels came back to Minneapolis this year after being absent for a few years. This was the second event we've attended at the new US Bank Stadium and like the first it seems like the venue could do a lot better.

Street Buggy, Floor Pans Part Two

Here we have the passenger's side floor pan welded in place.For the spot welds, I drilled 5/16" holes evenly around the edge of the new pan then clamped it in place.

Street Buggy, Shortening the Floor Pans

 Everyone here at the Real life Garage has been sick for the last couple of weeks and that has slowed progress down on the Spatz. I did get one of the floorpans welded together last weekend.

Street Buggy, VW Center Tube Repairs

I got some work done on the buggy's center tube last weekend.Thanks to long-term mouse infestation, there was some significant rust-through from the inside at the front of the tube.

Dune Buggy Restore Part 1, Spatz Street Buggy

The time has come to freshen up our little buggy. I found "Ed" years ago when I went to help a neighbor load a trailer and saw the VW sitting in the corner of his shed. It was being used as a recycling bin and was was overflowing with aluminum cans. Questions were asked; money changed hands and I pushed the little buggy home. Not as hard as that may sound, it was mostly down hill but as the buggy had no brakes I had to jump in and put it in gear to slow down  at the last minute before driving into my shop door like I did when I brought the MG home. There's a disaster for another article!