JR's Korner of BillyBob's Garage

WHAT'S NEW is a chronological listing of updates to the BillyBob site.

TRUCK LINKS including vendor sites for old parts, custom parts, and tools as well as sites for classic car and truck organizations

STORE Operating in association with Amazon.com, books, recordings and tools can be purchased.

PLANNING for the restoration including project schedule and cost estimates.

TRAVELS WITH BILLYBOB With apologies to Steinbeck, this area of BillyBob's Garage will be used to log the trips BillyBob and I make together.

WORK-IN-PROGRESS was the restoration of parts of BillyBob that I could accomplish without a garage up until the summer of 2010 when I finally got enough warehouse space to work in. Now, it also includes the continuing work on BillyBob in the shop.

PRE-RESTORATION includes log entries of minor repairs and adventures between time of purchase and the time when I started restoration, a piece at a time.

JR'S KORNER JR's Korner is the history of BillyBob before I got him authored by my brother, Wm. C. Kephart.

BILLYBOB MAINTENANCE Ever changing detailing, oil change, lube, etc. maintenance routines specifically developed for BillyBob, including required tools, materials and procedures.

PARTS SHOP The Parts Shop is a repository of How-To articles. Things that I have done over and over enough times to have developed a procedure. This gives me a checklist and saves brain cells.

STEALTH SHOP Urban residence design with large integrated shop and separate living quarters for a relative or renter.

4. Street legal

It was surprisingly easy to get five gallons of used motor oil. When I mentioned my need at work, people were standing in line to give me their personal collections of used motor oil. You see, although the tree huggers have made oil recycling mandatory they have not provided any consistent and easy way for an average home mechanic to recycle oil. The old oil ends up being stored in home garages in any container available. Everyone saw my need as an opportunity to rid themselves of an on going problem. Note: the Service Station Owner's Association may well be in league with the tree huggers on this issue in order to increase their oil change business.

I get to Yak's. He hands me another Stoneys, takes my registration papers, a twenty-dollar bill and disappears. By the time I finish the beer Yak is back with the inspection sticker. Yak has a connection in the conspiracy. Yak didn't tell me his name and I didn't ask. The less known the better. We put the sticker on the windshield, I thank Yak and head home. I make it home without a problem and I still have three gallons of oil left in the can.

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Issued Wednesday February 18, 1998

Updated Thursday April 19, 2018

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