Jake Nemecek's Senior Project: Can't Touch The Lug Nuts

Well Bloggers, it's been a long run. 2 cars and 3 gallons of paint later, we've arrived at the end of our project's course. We set 3 goals for this project; let me tell you about them. Our first goal was to learn about vehicle maintenence. To say that we have acquired an improved mechanical toolset would be to undercut how experienced I feel like we have become. We turned a car which barely ran into a beautiful pegasus of a vehicle which could traverse the Rocky Mountains. We learned everything without using the internet, and I am incredibly proud of us for doing so. Our second goal was to learn how to navigate the second hand market. We showed the van to several people and we bought a car from someone on Craigslist over the course of this project. Using these markets is quite difficult at first, but we learned quick. We learned that some people don't always follow through with deals. We also learned that not everybody is willing to make a deal, especially when they h...

Greetings Fellow Bloggers! I apologize in advance for the shorter blog post. A memorable moment from this week was starting to decorate the interior of the Lug Nut Mobile. Me and Andrew ventured out to Jo-Ann's fabrics where we waited for a sweet, old woman by the name of Roberta to cut our beautiful tapestry. Once we had our materials, we stapled them to the ceiling of the vehicle and I've got to say, our work looks rather cash. This week, I learned how to repair a car door. The driver-side door of the Lug Nut Mobile was slightly damaged from years of dealing with Ronnie's brute force. This made it so that the door had to be shut with brawn rather than grace. We bought some replacements for the nuts on the hinges of the door and replaced them. It was a difficult job, requiring me and Andrew to use our strength to hold the door at the correct angle so that Nate could screw in the bolts and washers. This was quite a physically taxing job, but finishing the task made me f...