ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Looking for a Rad-Era bargain? Here’s a guide Rad-era classic cars are becoming more and more popular. Higher demand is pushing up prices. But according to Hagerty’s Sajeev Mehta, you can still find great showable classics for under $15,000. And ... Aug 24, 2025
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Hemmings features “junior supercars” of the 1970s Folks are rediscovering cars from the 1970s that could be sporty without breaking the budget. This was my era. After our West Bremerton High School (Washington State) drama club rehearsals, my friend ... Aug 18, 2025
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Auto Designer Michael Mauer The inside scoop on auto designer Michael Mauer German auto designer Michael Mauer is noted for his sporty designs. After starting his design career at Mercedes Benz in 1989, he moved to Saab under Ge... Aug 9, 2025
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Oldsmobile Celebrates the Space Age The’52 Oldsmobile Shop Manual Blasts Off This week we observe the 80th anniversary of VE day (the end of WW II in Europe). German-developed V-2 rockets, parts, and rocket scientists were eagerly snapp... May 9, 2025
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Our Web Store Is Online! Check Out Our New Web Store Our new web store is online. Now you can buy your automotive service manuals, shop manuals, parts catalogs, electrical manuals, and other books you need for fixing your car... Apr 25, 2025
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Celebrating the Volvo 240 at 50 The classic Volvo 240 is celebrating it ’ s 50th anniversary. And, hey, we have a manual for that! Find it in our web store. And read more about the Volvo 240 on Hagerty ’ s automotive history blog. F... Oct 1, 2024
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride We have a new eBay Store Our new eBay store is up and running. We’re adding books every day. Here’s the intro video Alex made. Click on this link right here to go to our eBay store . Browse the latest selection of original au... Oct 3, 2022
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Check out our collectable automotive books A Few of the Rare Collectable Automotive Books for Sale at Ethyl’s Garage Automotive Bookstore We’ve been unpacking more special automotive books. Here’s a sample. Just a few of the many special rare,... Oct 2, 2022
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Now We Can Take Snack Breaks While We Unpack Books Unpacking, sorting, and shelving our 50 tons of automotive factory shop service manuals is a lot of work. So we need snacks to keep up our energy. In this video update, Alex installs a snack counter. ... Jul 19, 2022
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Alex Builds an Extension for the Shipping Desk We will be using eco-friendly packaging to ship our books. The “cohesive corrugated paper” wrap sticks to itself and is 100% recyclable. In this video update, Alex installs the holder for the roll of ... Jul 19, 2022
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Assembling More Shelves and Our Shipping Workstation In this video update, Alex puts up more bookshelves in our second room. And sets up our shipping workstation in the warehouse. We got our shipping bench slightly used from a company that liquidates su... Jun 18, 2022
ETHYL'S GARAGE LLC, Melinda McBride Alex Installs More Bookshelves and Adds Earthquake Protection The latest batch of bookshelves and shelf frames get unpacked and set up. Our warehouse is in an earthquake zone in Washington State. So Alex is adding seismic anchors to the bookshelves. Check out ou... May 28, 2022