Hello, welcome to our web site.  I try to document a few things that I think other people might find useful, or just enjoy reading.  Feel free to email me if you have questions or comments.

Brian Contact:

What's happening in the shop:

This is a description of a project where I installed a small-block Ford V8 motor (289/302) into a Datsun 240Z:

Here's a motor stand project:

Here’s a project where I made a new Harley Sportster look old, and from a different continent:

I enjoy a Model-A Ford, here’s a little about it, and modifications I've made:

I tried doing my own metal plating, here's a report about it:

Trip Reports:

I usually let some friends and family know that I am OK via email when I'm out on motorcycle trips.  The following PDF files of the emails ended up turning into informal travelogues.  Feel free to read through them if you want to follow along on some adventures I've had with Gertrude, my BMW R1150RT.

What happened to 2008 Gertrude trips?  I guess I only made one trip down to the San Francisco bay area, and there wasn't much to pontificate about.  You lucked out!

In about 2004, my brother Mark and I headed east to recover a Bugeye Sprite that he had purchased.  It didn't go smoothly, here's the story:

I went to truck driving school to get my CDL. If you're interested in big trucks or getting your commercial driver's license, maybe you will enjoy reading this:

Shop and Instruction Manuals:

I've run across a couple of older manuals that might be of use to you as PDF files. I don't suppose the manufacturers would mind since they don't sell them anymore.

Ramblings:

Once in a while I write something for submission to a paper or magazine, or just for fun – here are some:

Here’s a handy chart to print out and hang on your shop wall. If the wrench you are using doesn’t fit, it’s an easy way to find out which wrench (metric or US) is just a little bigger or smaller. Also includes a conversion chart for Newton-meters to Ft-lbs for torquing fasteners:

Commerce Section:

See this web site to see a product that will make almost any tachometer work with almost any ignition system, even if they weren't designed to work together. Such as after an engine conversion when the tach is designed for an engine with a different number of cylinders than the engine.

Good-Works Department:

Here's the volunteer schedule for manning the rest stop on I5 to benefit the Millionair Club of Seattle

Web Site Department:

I've been converting this site from the use of various HTML files and Front Page, to hopefully somewhat consistent XHTML documents with CSS formatting that are uploaded via DreamWeaver. So if you see some formatting errors, please cut me a little slack. Better yet, let me know what you see with messed up formatting. Thanks, I'm still learning.


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