Studie’s First Drive Kristin Cline July 9, 2015 Adventures, Diary 6 Comments You all may have given up on me and my #OperationStude project by now. Six months has turned into a year and a half to complete this segment of work to my 1955 Studebaker Champion and crickets have been...
Learning What NOT to Do From a 1964 Women’s Car Guide Kristin Cline November 24, 2014 Adventures, Diary, Illustration, retro 7 Comments While browsing the web about automotive marketing to women, I stumbled upon this splendid women's car guide - put out by Studebaker no less! Entitled Going Steady with Studie, it was geared at making...
Fire it Up! Studie’s Engine Rebuild First Start Kristin Cline July 3, 2014 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Car Projects, Diary Although it was only last week when I posted that I'd dropped the engine back in my '55 Studebaker, that happened awhile back...I'm behind in my posting. While I have a couple more things to talk about in the...
7 Life Lessons Learned While Rebuilding Stude’s Engine Kristin Cline May 23, 2014 Diary, Garage DIY, learning about cars 3 Comments *This post was first sent out via newsletter! Be sure not to miss exclusive content in the future, and sign up for our monthly newsletter today! Sure you need to have the "how-to" for rebuilding an...
Bonneville Bound Kristin Cline March 3, 2014 Adventures, Bonneville Salt Flats, Diary, Events 3 Comments As soon as I drove the stretch of road leading up to the Bonneville Salt Flats, I knew I wanted to be racing there one day. I've attended five of the past six years, and each time the yearning in my gut...
Welcome to a New Grease Girl! Kristin Cline January 10, 2014 Diary, Feature 1 Comment In celebration of Grease Girl's 5-year anniversary, I've completely re-vamped the blog into a brand new site! These past five years have brought unimagined adventures and tons of garage learning, and I can...
Thank You Amelia Kristin Cline November 1, 2013 Diary 2 Comments Halloween's just over, and I just wanted to take a moment to say Happy Halloween, Happy Fall, don't forget to set your clocks back this weekend (which is also a great time to do some yearly car maintenance),...
From Pinewood Derby to Real Steel: A Garage Adventure Kristin Cline May 5, 2012 Diary This post originally appeared in Tinkernation, see it here. My first car-building experience didn’t involve grease and engines at all – it involved a block of wood and four plastic wheels. Just like...
What It’s All About Kristin Cline April 26, 2012 Diary, Other Cool Cars For those of you who don't subscribe to my car club's blog, I had to share this. The rest of the Gasoline Girls and I were nearly all in tears last Saturday during our meeting as a big surprise rolled into...
Stude Rules the Road Once Again! Kristin Cline March 26, 2012 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Diary 3 Comments It's been pretty dusty around GreaseGirl lately...I apologize for that. Life has been going at warp speed lately - with a new job (yay!), just engaged (double yay!), and pending move (meh) - I've been just...