I got my license in 1989 at 16.5 years old, the youngest possible in the great state of Massachusetts. I bought my first car based on a Creature Double Feature movie called Duel, Stephen Spielberg’s first ‘Made for TV’ movie (side note, I would later ‘work’ with Spielberg as an extra in Amistad). Anywho, the car was a 1970 Plymouth Valiant. The movie came out in 1971. I bought my car based on memory and guessing, as it was well before the innernets, and I got pretty dern close with a 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger, which I bought for $500. It had the same interior pretty much, only in black. The only problem was, I bought my car 18 years after the movie came out, when cars barely — barely — lasted 100k miles. So when a fella with no budget buys a car of this vintage, that same fella has to learn about fixing the thing on his own.

Now, 33 years later, as you can imagine, particularly after starting an illustrious late-in-life stage rally career, I’ve learned how to fix a thing or two with no money and a lotta charm. I mean, I survived a Fiat ownership spell. Not today’s Fiat mind you, the Fiats of yore, that rusted to pieces on the boat over from The Boot.

That said, be forewarned that while I have a perspicacious knowledge of automobiles and their inner (and outer) workings, I am not… by any stretch… an ASE-certified mechanic. I’m not a mechanic at all, as a matter of fact. I’m a writer and a graphic designer. I write stuff and play with digital crayons for a living. I got into cars because apparently I hate money and don’t like free time.

So, if you choose to do anything on this site that I or Steph do, you are doing so on your own. It’s all you. While I do have some building-project knowledge, including plumbing and electrical, neither of us have built an RV out of a school bus before. Steph picked up a grinder one day and got after it and now we’re knee-deep in the DIY track at YouTube University.

With all that out the way, we hope you enjoy our shenanigans and get something out of all of this crazy business.

Cheers,

Kris