SAM'S GARAGE — EST. WEEKENDS & LATE NIGHTS

Some people collect stamps. I collect torque.

Three decades of grease under the fingernails, a rotating cast of project cars, and a standing rule that any road trip worth taking is worth taking the long way.

Cars in rotation

Years wrenching

12k

Miles this year

Engines rebuilt from scratch

The Garage

What's currently taking up floor space, in order of how often it actually runs.

'69 Fastback

The one that started it. Bought running rough, rebuilt twice since.

351WV8

4-spdManual

Daily?Rarely

911 SC, '82

Track toy. Sounds like an argument and handles like a promise.

3.0LFlat-6

5-spdManual

TrackOnly

Ranger, '04

Hauls parts, tows the trailer, forgives every mistake. The actual MVP.

4.0LV6

5-spdManual

DailyDriver

Track Days & Long Roads

A running log of the drives worth remembering.

MAY 2026

Tail of the Dragon, finally

318 curves in 11 miles in the 911. Brakes needed a rest before the drive home did.

SEPTEMBER 2025

Fastback's second engine rebuild

Pulled the 351, rebored it, and put it back in over a long weekend with two friends and too much coffee.

JULY 2024

Coast highway, no schedule

Nine days, one route, zero hotel reservations. The Ranger and a tent did all the work.

1994

First time under a hood

My uncle's carburetor, a Saturday afternoon, and a habit that never really stopped.

Under the Hood

Numbers that matter more to me than they probably should.

6.2

Seconds, 0–60, best run

Transmissions rebuilt by hand

Oil changes logged (and counting)

Car that's never once let me down