Shade Tree Wrenchin'

06/24/2026

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone. Lost our best friend of a dog in Scrappy at 8 years old a few days ago. We’ll try to update and post progress moving forward like we were!

06/19/2026

Enjoyed Beech Bend with everyone this Father’s Day weekend. Met a few nice people at the car show and enjoyed a little bit of racing. Sadly the hot rod reunion seemed a lot smaller then previous years but was still a fun escape from life and slingin wrenches all the time in the spare time lol.

06/18/2026

Old cars always look cool with the older grain and shade like pics from back in the day. That is all.

05/05/2026

Pretty happy with the decision to put the aluminum wheels on the old farm truck! This looks like a different truck than it did when we first got it already! there’s plenty more to come! It’s a one owner 79k mile truck as well! Talk about a score!

04/22/2026

Fresh wash for Frank, hopefully be back to cruising the old beast again 😎

04/18/2026

Unfortunately Lt. Dan has bad news, after measuring due to my dads suspicion, it is a long bed and not a short bed. So no stepside bed in the future, however I still plan on trying to fix this truck up and make a super nice truck. It’s not everyday you find one with 4.11’s and a granny 4 speed and a 360-4 barrel carb. In other brighter news, hopefully soon with the better weather we’ve had, maybe we can get some more progress and content going regarding other projects.

04/13/2026

Everyone be sure to stay tuned and like and follow my page to keep up with this as well as my other muscle cars and old trucks I’m saving and trying to keep their story alive!

I’m not a Chevrolet man personally, (guessing the Mopars made it hard to tell lol) but dads 78 Corvette is one car that just screams cool. Idk how anyone could not look at a C3 corvette and just think they are the epitome of a sporty muscle car. Dads has a small cam and has that sweet spot between too much and just right. We got out and cruised it a little yesterday and it’s such a good car minus the wore out seats. Hopefully we can get some carpet and seat install videos done soon to help make it a little more comfortable!

04/13/2026

I’m not a Chevrolet man personally, (guessing the Mopars made it hard to tell lol) but dads 78 Corvette is one car that just screams cool. Idk how anyone could not look at a C3 corvette and just think they are the epitome of a sporty muscle car. Dads has a small cam and has that sweet spot between too much and just right. We got out and cruised it a little yesterday and it’s such a good car minus the wore out seats. Hopefully we can get some carpet and seat install videos done soon to help make it a little more comfortable!

04/09/2026

We’re really hoping to get to go and it not rain out this year, the Shade Tree family has missed the last 2 years due to rain, and it’s mine and my dads favorite thing to do on Fathers Day!

Mark your calendars for The National Hot Rod Reunion! June 18th-20th, 2026! Spend Father's Day weekend celebrating

04/09/2026

How can you not love a 50’s car styling no matter the brand, this really was peak automotive design in my opinion. Really hoping to get back to bodywork on this old gentleman soon!