I work for an import truck manufacturer, which offers a wealth of opportunity to discover people and places I never would have encountered if I were behind a desk. You see, I travel throughout the northeast US to scout for new dealers to handle our truck line and to work with existing dealers to maintain market share, customer satisfaction, and to monitor their general well being. What I find in the surrounding automotive landscape is undiscovered treasures from small hot rod shops to large flourishing dealerships, and they all have stories to tell. When I have some down time, I reflect on the industry in general, from obscure makes that are long gone to the turmoil within the car companies today, so writing about an out of the way machine shop or a particular model that just went out of production started almost by accident. Come along for the ride.