So my husband bet me a $1,000 ...

that I couldn't take off the front wheels without putting the car on the ground. I probably would have laughed it off, but he made the mistake of posting it on FaceBook .... so it was ON!!

Last night after we had done a few things on the Valiant, I continued to clean and sand away as the sun went down. He FINALLY went inside and left me alone to figure out how I was going to make him eat his words AND pay up. I NEED a new convertible top and I want it NOW!

Under the front tire, I wedged the hydraulic jack and behind the jack 2 tires, kind of in a line, against a cabinet in our garage. I sprayed down the lug nuts with WD40, found a socket that fit and gave it my all. NOTHING!! I remembered husband had a steel pipe that he put over a wrench when he had a tough one to break and tried again. To my amazement ... it WORKED!! I got the wheel off and was just posting a picture of my work on FaceBook just about the time that husband was coming out to see what I was up to.

He SERIOUSLY didn't believe that I had done it! My response: "What, the tire change fairy came and did it?" "I called AAA and they came and changed it for me?" "No, I jacked the car up, removed the jacks, lowered it, changed the tire and got it all back together?" So I showed him! He admitted today that he was actually impressed that I had done it ... that I had improvised and overcame.

What DOES crow taste like?

So far, I have a new air breather, new center cap for my old Cragars that was missing, a new pin-up dress AND should have my NEW convertible top next month.

Silly man, he should know by now to NEVER tell this REDHEAD she CAN'T do something!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BEMA MEMBERS ... GIVE HIM HELL!!!!!