Who else USED TO wrench outside?

dibbons said

Back in the '90's I had a mobile auto repair business I ran from my '85 Dodge Caravan "Ram Van" (two bucket seats, open rear compartment, 5 speed, four cylinder) in Lake Tahoe, California (gets up to 400 inches of snow during winter). I still remember changing out a heater core outside a customer's house in the freezing cold (and it was a bear to remove the heater box--refused to budge for a long time). Photo is A-Frame cabin my parents built in Kings Beach back in the '60s and where I lived at the time.

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Moved to Reno just over a year ago and we spend a lot of time in Tahoe now... I've likely driven past that home several times just cruising through.

Changed a heater core in my 72 Dart in the snow in Kansas City.. blew as I was driving it... coated the windshield and I had to drive with my head out the window all the way home to see. I remember the cold.. the smell and those "joyful" little clips on the heater box. Swapped the transmission in that same car in front of my parents home... was not allowed to tool in the driveway. On a hill using a planter dolley by myself. Mid summer and triple digits on the mercury... like 80% humidity. Good times.