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Well, I hated my job and needed to do something about it. I decided to open a detail shop. I've been remodeling the place for a month and can proudly say that this coming Monday, Attention to Detail will open for business. It is a four bay shop and I will start with 3 employees. I have a lot of...

I have a job I absolutely hate and have decided to open a detail shop. Looking for a good, catchy name. Rub One Out will not work. So far I am leaning towards Attention to Detail. Anyone want to chime in with a good, usable name?

My oldest daughter had her first baby on Thanksgiving. Adelaine Evalyn Krogsveen, 5 lbs 13 oz and 20.5 inches long. Such a beautiful girl and what a head of hair! Grampie is pretty dang proud!

It's beat up and the interior looks like a beat up old couch from the 60's, but the body style is cool even to me, who didn't like El Caminos. It's a 1959 with an original 348 motor. The guy takes it to back to the 50's and a few shows, but never has plans to fix it up. I like the fins.

It's 63 degrees on March 10th in Minnesota. That just doesn't happen here. The snow is almost all gone and the sun is shining. I'm starting the Dart tonight. I may not be able to resist going for a spin, but it hasn't rained and there is salt on the roads, so I'll probably back it into the...

We are working on a 2005 Impala, replacing the intake gasket as is common on all 3.4l engines. We noticed the #3 and #6 intake push rods have the chrome rubbed off and are slightly pointy on top. The rockers look good with no unusual wear, so I went with a couple lifters as well thinking that...

I get the fact that we have neat stuff to sell. However, I use the forum to find advice for my car and help others. The last week or so when I open FABO the opening page is covered in for sale posts. Three times now there were 16 for sale posts and 4 technical posts on the opening page. I would...

I want to buy a GoPro. Holy crap there are a lot of choices. It looks like the Hero3 is the new one. Then there is white, silver and black edition. What is a good one to buy? I will use it on my car almost exclusively.

Working on a Mini Cooper, and it has no compression from the sound of the engine turning over. Try to pull out a spark plugs, but guess what? They can't use a standard spark plug with a hex like everyone else, they have a 14mm 12 point freaking spark plug in it. I don't, and none of the other...

This wheel was on a Ford Windstar that got towed into the shop for a flat repair. Sad to say, it required more than a patch. The brake drum was ground down a bit as well. How long do you think it was making noise before they finally stopped the car? What a bunch of morons.

After a very windy opening day, I spent the next morning way off the beaten path still hunting in a noisy, leafy woods. I took my time stopped every ten steps or so. I was about to go a different direction when I heard a grouse drumming an decided to see if I could see the grouse. I walked and...

People are idiots. I may need to find a new line of work, because every day it drives me more and more nuts. A lady had an oil change and had us diagnose a rough idle. No real issues, the fuel trims were off a bit. We cleaned the throttle body, reset the fuel trims and sent her on her way. Today...

Brantley William Deyo born Monday July 15 at 8:54 pm. 7 lb 10 oz and 22 inches. My first grandchild.

This car came in the shop today. It was just a worthless 2000 something Impala SS, but the plate was awesome. I can't believe the state issued it.

For better or worse, I brought the Dart home today. The snow is mostly gone and it's 50 degrees today. It's going to hit 60 tomorrow, and mid 70's by the weekend. It's about time!

My sister in law died this morning from cancer. It was caught early, but it was pancreatic cancer, and that is nearly 100% terminal. They caught it extremely early and were optimistic. Usually you don't catch it until stage four, but they found it at stage two. Chemo and radiation, then surgery...

So .... a young, good looking girl comes into the shop with this license plate. It is actually QUIK, but from a distance it looks like DICK. The owner of the shop, who is a young, in shape, good looking guy asks her what the license plate means. She looks him in the eye and says "I like dick."...

I have waited long enough. The snow is mostly gone, the roads are dry. I can't wait any longer. I am taking the Dart out for a drive. I'll likely put it right back in storage after, but damn it! I'm driving it! Thursday calls for 48 degrees and sunny.

Wow. The breadth and depth of people's stupidity continues to amaze me as always. We got a 2001 Land Rover Range Rover towed in yesterday because "the transmission is slipping. It has no acceleration." We find out that the daughter is her at a christian college and dad is in South Carolina. He...

I wish it was light enough in the shop to get pics of all the timing belt wrapped around the crank pulley, the rubber burned onto the frozen idler pulley, and the locked up water pump. This 2004 Hyundai XG350 with a 3.5 was towed in for died while driving. We found no compression, recommended...

As some of you know, I haven't been on in months. I have a sister in law dying of cancer. She was thought to have been cancer free after chemo, radiation and surgery. Two months later she is stage four as it moved to her liver. She is my wife's best friend, and is only 41. She has a short time...

My long time hunting land is no longer available. My parents both passed and we sold the house and land. I was invited to hunt with an old friend and his family at public land they have hunted for years. It was very nice of him to offer. I take my hunting seriously. I get up very early and am in...

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Heavy wet snow this morning, though thankfully none of it stuck. I have been waiting for a dry day for almost a week to get my Dart into storage. Now it's just sitting in the garage, waiting for a dry day. It's only going to be a high of 42 on Saturday...

This is my little rant. Before I came to FABO, I was restoring a Triumph Spitfire. My forum there was so helpful, and no one had any negativity about your posts or any weird stuff you wanted to do. They were there to help and encourage you any way they could. When I first came to FABO, I felt it...

I ordered a Coolflex radiator hose for my Dart. They look cool, and I always wanted one, even though they are really expensive. I also saw they had matching recovery tanks and ordered one of those as well. It's only money. I got an email from Coolflex on July 24 confirming my order. I waited...

I had a gopher problem when I first built my house 15 years ago. They dig up and leave huge piles of dirt in the yard. Originally I would see one, shoot it and stuff it down the nearest hole. That would take care of them for a year or more. After 6 or 7 years of this, I haven't seen a gopher...

My daughters 2002 Hyundai Elantra had a very low brake pedal, almost to the floor. It has rear drums so I figured either rear brakes or clean and adjust the rears. The rears were so far out of adjustment that they barely touched and that was the low pedal. The front brakes were worn to almost...

Every Wednesday American Motorsports has a small car show in the parking lot. It's an hour drive for me, but my brother lives in the town, so I go a couple times a month for the show and dinner. The owner has a Challenger that is pretty heavily built. It was a cold and cloudy day, so the turnout...

I know, I know! But I can get it very cheaply, it is in great shape mechanically and body wise. And I have a built 318 and 904 just laying around waiting to go into something. Talk about a sleeper! I could picture it with a supercharger sticking out of the hood, too! This is not it, but it's...

Gotta love the first car. I remember mine ... a 1974 Chevy Nova. It's an exciting time. My nephew just got his permit and turns 16 in October. My brother found this very clean and very nice 1975 Ford Elite on craigslist. He got it for $1800. A few bubble of surface rust in a couple of spots is...