The Berry Island Blog

When Your Business is Selling Recycled Parts, You Gotta Stick With the Theme

When Your Business is Selling Recycled Parts, Y...

Went thrifting today and found this thing. It looks like something ladies use to wash their hair with. I'm going to use it as a small parts washer. At $6...

When Your Business is Selling Recycled Parts, Y...

Went thrifting today and found this thing. It looks like something ladies use to wash their hair with. I'm going to use it as a small parts washer. At $6...

Old School to the Max: Driving My Classic Truck as Much as Possible

Old School to the Max: Driving My Classic Truck...

During the day she hauled car parts. Tonight she is downtown for a little socializing. She's a working girl. She's a party girl. Either way she was meant to be...

Old School to the Max: Driving My Classic Truck...

During the day she hauled car parts. Tonight she is downtown for a little socializing. She's a working girl. She's a party girl. Either way she was meant to be...

Origami With Cardboard: How I Build Boxes to Ship Weird Parts

Origami With Cardboard: How I Build Boxes to Sh...

Over the years I've gotten fairly good at building boxes around weird-shaped parts. Why pay to ship air? I lay out my part, in this case a 1960 Ford Fairlane...

Origami With Cardboard: How I Build Boxes to Sh...

Over the years I've gotten fairly good at building boxes around weird-shaped parts. Why pay to ship air? I lay out my part, in this case a 1960 Ford Fairlane...

My Tried and True Method for Bumper Shipping

My Tried and True Method for Bumper Shipping

Shipping bumpers is never fun, especially if they are those monsters from the 1950s or those 5 MPH EPA mandated slabs from the 1970s. In this case it's a 1965...

My Tried and True Method for Bumper Shipping

Shipping bumpers is never fun, especially if they are those monsters from the 1950s or those 5 MPH EPA mandated slabs from the 1970s. In this case it's a 1965...

The Blog is Back! Let's Talk Classic Cars!

The Blog is Back! Let's Talk Classic Cars!

I can't believe I haven't posted anything in nearly 5 years! I built a new Facebook account and tried to ramp up interest in social media, which in conclusion I...

The Blog is Back! Let's Talk Classic Cars!

I can't believe I haven't posted anything in nearly 5 years! I built a new Facebook account and tried to ramp up interest in social media, which in conclusion I...

72 Chevy C30

Antique of the Week: 1972 Chevy C30

This was in the yard at Car Country in Newton, IA. Not rotted out like most Iowa trucks. Somebody needs to save this from the crusher. Could make it a...

Antique of the Week: 1972 Chevy C30

This was in the yard at Car Country in Newton, IA. Not rotted out like most Iowa trucks. Somebody needs to save this from the crusher. Could make it a...