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...
Picture of the Week: Inspiration Kristin Cline February 1, 2012 Car Folk, Events, picture of the week 1 Comment Inspiration @ NHRA Museum During the Grand National Roadster Show this past weekend, I made my way over to the permanent NHRA Museum just off the Pomona fairgrounds. They continually have rotating exhibits...
Stude’s Famous! Kristin Cline January 17, 2012 1955 Studebaker Coupe, Cool Stuff, Events 2 Comments ...well kinda. She's been featured in magazines before - but never a book! That's right, my 1955 Studebaker is one of the featured cars in a new book, Rat Rods: Rodding's Imperfect Stepchildren by Scotty...
Lookin’ Forward to 2012! Kristin Cline January 10, 2012 Diary 4 Comments 2012 New Years Car Resolutions I always look forward to starting things fresh each January. While most people focus on life goals - I love making garage goals. Looking back in my archives for the last...
Merry Christmas! Kristin Cline December 24, 2011 Events 1 Comment Christmas gifts have been a good excuse for me to practice my pinstriping! It's finally getting to the point that I feel ready for bigger projects (like cars!) Speaking of presents, I got my Christmas...
Picture of the Week: Competition Falcon Kristin Cline December 22, 2011 1960 Ford Falcon, picture of the week High Performance 1964 Falcon I received this great image in my inbox from graphic artist, Brad Leisure. He'd just finished it for Trumpeter Models for a '64 Falcon "Competition" model kit they're releasing....
Building My Toolkit Kristin Cline December 9, 2011 Garage DIY, learning about cars 2 Comments In my quest to learn about working on cars, I'm realizing that there's a lot I've learned about tools alongside learning about cars! When I first started working on my newly purchased Studebaker around...
Moving Right Along – Ford Falcon Project Kristin Cline December 6, 2011 1960 Ford Falcon, how to, learning about cars, project 5 Comments This past month I've gotten rolling on my 1960 Ford Falcon Project. First I had to get it into the garage and begin disassembly. Now I've finished clearing the engine compartment and detaching everything I...