Howdy all, Johnny here.
With all the snow here in West Michigan, there are days you notice "special features" of previously enjoyed autos (aka beater cars, rolling junk heaps and so on). Johnny noticed one of those aforementioned special features just the other day.
I was driving along one of our scenic backroads when I hit a nice thick drift, only to have a fairly large plume of powder white explode next to me inside the car. Hmm. It would appear Johnny's floor boards might be a lil more shot than previously thought.
So until I get the old beast thawed out, I will offer this ugly but effective solution; I sprayed some expanding foam insulation into the hole, then slapped a cookie sheet from good will on the floor over the formerly gaping hole (a whole quarter in cost!). Once it cured, I shaved off the excess foam with a spare steak knife. Then I put in my floor mats to hold it in, and continued down the road.
Hey, at least I didn't use duct tape this time!
Keep it between the ditches, Johnny out!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Friday, December 10, 2010
Johnny's Back!
Hey all, Johnny Marbles here.
Ok, so it has been over a year since I posted anything on the reviews sites I started last fall. Here's the skinny; Johnny's life tanked a little. It happens, right? Just as things were starting to pick up here at West Michigan in Review (and all our sister sites), Johnny and the missus had a falling out and I decided to go back to driving truck over the road. Months passed and I couldn't keep everything going on the review sites, so they hung in limbo.
But now I'm back in the area and should be stable for a while (cross your fingers for me, would ya?). Some of our reviewers left the area, others moved on in their lives and so on. So it will take a little bit of time to sort out a new crop of folks to bring you clandestine reviews of places to eat, play and shop here in West Michigan. Once we get everything back in place, WMR will be back up and running full tilt again. I hope to have all that in place by the first of 2011 and we can start a new year fresh.
So that's that, let's hit the road again and see what we can find to review!
Johnny Marbles.
Ok, so it has been over a year since I posted anything on the reviews sites I started last fall. Here's the skinny; Johnny's life tanked a little. It happens, right? Just as things were starting to pick up here at West Michigan in Review (and all our sister sites), Johnny and the missus had a falling out and I decided to go back to driving truck over the road. Months passed and I couldn't keep everything going on the review sites, so they hung in limbo.
But now I'm back in the area and should be stable for a while (cross your fingers for me, would ya?). Some of our reviewers left the area, others moved on in their lives and so on. So it will take a little bit of time to sort out a new crop of folks to bring you clandestine reviews of places to eat, play and shop here in West Michigan. Once we get everything back in place, WMR will be back up and running full tilt again. I hope to have all that in place by the first of 2011 and we can start a new year fresh.
So that's that, let's hit the road again and see what we can find to review!
Johnny Marbles.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Whups, forgot a link for ya.
Hey all, Johnny here again, I screwed up and forgot to post the link for ya in the last post.
If you drive an older car like Johnny's Heap O Rust, you either already know about JC Whitney, or you need to. This is like a toy catalog for us old guys; all kinds of weird after market parts you don't see in other places and a lot of body repair parts you need but never seem to be able to find. If you ever wanted to put a RV style sunroof in your Dodge Dart, they have em. If you want a musical air horn that plays Dixie, so you can paint your car up like the General Lee, they have that too. Give em a look and see if the parts you need for your 1941 one off are in there, you never know.
Tell 'em Johnny sent ya! They won't care though, just so you know that.
The MarbleMobile need a little pick me up... What do you think? Too much?
If you drive an older car like Johnny's Heap O Rust, you either already know about JC Whitney, or you need to. This is like a toy catalog for us old guys; all kinds of weird after market parts you don't see in other places and a lot of body repair parts you need but never seem to be able to find. If you ever wanted to put a RV style sunroof in your Dodge Dart, they have em. If you want a musical air horn that plays Dixie, so you can paint your car up like the General Lee, they have that too. Give em a look and see if the parts you need for your 1941 one off are in there, you never know.
Tell 'em Johnny sent ya! They won't care though, just so you know that.
The MarbleMobile need a little pick me up... What do you think? Too much?
Another writer may be joining JAB
Hey all, Webmaster Johnny here.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am the proud owner of an old piece o' junk auto. Sure sure, some might say it's a classic, but that implies former owners haven't used it for off road entertainment or pulling a motor-home up a mountain. I don't actually know for sure that the people who previously enjoyed my ride did so with it, but it sure seems like it some times.
Now it turns out I am not alone in my wondrous experience with previously enjoyed autos. When I was sitting over at a buddies house having a few barely pops, I was bemoaning that I really should get working on the old sled and see if I can get it back up to being slightly less than “an eyesore”. My buddy Tim also pointed out that he too had a formerly enjoyed pile of rust and tires. I asked him to show me and he told me it was parked next to mine in the driveway.
Huh?
Ok, so a '78 Plymouth Volare isn't exactly a car to brag about, but his looked pretty good. So I am gonna try to talk him into writing some stuff for the blog about restoring old cars, and I will try to cover keeping the beater out of the scrap heap (if all goes well and the barley sodas hold out).
More soon. Stay tuned!
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am the proud owner of an old piece o' junk auto. Sure sure, some might say it's a classic, but that implies former owners haven't used it for off road entertainment or pulling a motor-home up a mountain. I don't actually know for sure that the people who previously enjoyed my ride did so with it, but it sure seems like it some times.
Now it turns out I am not alone in my wondrous experience with previously enjoyed autos. When I was sitting over at a buddies house having a few barely pops, I was bemoaning that I really should get working on the old sled and see if I can get it back up to being slightly less than “an eyesore”. My buddy Tim also pointed out that he too had a formerly enjoyed pile of rust and tires. I asked him to show me and he told me it was parked next to mine in the driveway.
Huh?
Ok, so a '78 Plymouth Volare isn't exactly a car to brag about, but his looked pretty good. So I am gonna try to talk him into writing some stuff for the blog about restoring old cars, and I will try to cover keeping the beater out of the scrap heap (if all goes well and the barley sodas hold out).
More soon. Stay tuned!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
First Post
Howdy all, Johnny here.
Just a quick first post to be sure everything is set up and working like it should be. This will be a place for me to talk about keeping that old beat up ride of yours going for a little while longer.
If you are like me, with times like these, you are probably gonna drive the family grocery getter a few more years, and I hope to have some articles on keeping that beast on the road til you find something better. Hey, we might even spice it up a little along the way too!
Just a quick first post to be sure everything is set up and working like it should be. This will be a place for me to talk about keeping that old beat up ride of yours going for a little while longer.
If you are like me, with times like these, you are probably gonna drive the family grocery getter a few more years, and I hope to have some articles on keeping that beast on the road til you find something better. Hey, we might even spice it up a little along the way too!
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