• Garage Projects

    The Mighty Merc – Oil Pressure Low Warning Light

    I’m a bit leery of running remote oil filters, they just seem to add unnecessary risk and complication to a critical part of keeping a motor happy. I am terrified of this thing losing oil pressure while running down the highway at 2500 rpms due to a hose blowing off. So I wanted to add a little extra warning in case that scenario were to happen. I picked up a Jegs universal low oil pressure warning light kits. The Part…

  • Hikes,  Michigan,  Trips

    Michigan 2014

    After life became a bit more stable since the addition of our first born son, we decided to run up to Michigan for a short vacation. This was our first long ‘family’ trip out and I was impressed at how much stuff a kid needs to travel with. This is only half of the stuff that was crammed into the Merc, thus killing my dreams of a 2 door build: We bunked up with the Grandparents at a nice little…

  • Hikes,  Missouri,  Trips

    Castor River Shut-in 8-18-14

    We ran down to the Castor River Shut-Ins to look around on Sunday, taking the back way in on the rock roads and dodging the rain the best we could: And for another rare sight, I don’t recall the last time I saw a Tin Top running down the road: