The Excursion didn’t have a grab handle on the drivers side. Pulling oneself up bu the steering wheel or door is a sure way to damage the truck over time. I’m usually good about grabbing the pillar, but when it’s rainy, that metal is slippery, and now I’m at risk for hurting myself.
A bit of eBay shopping and I found a pair of pillar covers and handles in the right color, with bolts & bolt covers.
When the tree came down into our backyard last month, it took too many trips to get all the chainsaw bits to from the garage to the yard before I was able to start working. And even more, it seemed, to put everything away.
I also know that I need to take the chainsaw to the old house soon & don’t want to forget anything.
Whipped this up this morning without leaving the garage.
One more garage project – sixteen more square feet of storage above each garage door.
Continue reading “Ceiling Hung Shelves”At the old house, we had an ancient wooden swing set for the kids to play on. I wasn’t going to move it to the new house. My wife convinced her father to buy one for the new house as a Christmas present to the little ones. All we had to do was to pick one out & he would break out the credit card.
Continue reading “The Cursed Swing Set”I’ve been loving the new mirrors and the increased rear view. As promised, here’s the write up on getting the marker lights and turn signals working.
One sheet of plywood and three 2×4’s
I call these my afternoon shelves, because that’s how long it takes to build them (including the run to the store for lumber). They aren’t pretty by any means, but they are perfect for the garage or basement.
Continue reading “Utility Shelves”I replaced the factory paddle mirrors with some eBay special towing mirrors this weekend.
The stock mirrors had power and heat when Fessick left the factory. By the time he came into my life, the heat was completely non-operational. The left mirror moved correctly, but the right only moved left to right. It wouldn’t move up and down.
The replacement mirrors have marker lights and turn signals behind a smoked lens as well as turn signals mounted in the glass. Additionally, I can pull the mirror further away from the truck to increase the view when I’m pulling a trailer
This was requested by the wife.
At the old house, she ran a string across the kitchen window to dry her herbs. She wanted something that looked better and would be more permanent.
Continue reading “Herb Drying Rack”
Modern Anachronist 