Being a gearhead means you’ve got oil in your veins and curiosity in your bones. It’s someone who loves how things work, especially anything with an engine, gears, or moving parts, and isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty figuring it out. A gearhead doesn’t just drive a car or ride a bike—they listen to the sounds, notice the quirks, and feel when something’s not quite right. It’s about the joy of tinkering, fixing, improving, and sometimes breaking things just to learn how to make them better. Sure, it can look a little obsessive from the outside, but to a gearhead, that hum of a well-tuned machine is pure music.
I would be willing to bet that there are quite a few gearheads in this group. This Garage Shop Sign is for you. I have two brothers who were very good car mechanics. They both had vintage automobiles over the years and did most of the work they needed themselves. My younger brother, Kevin, keeps is family cars running, and he has three grown children, so they have several cars to keep running.
Now let's talk about my ability to repair my truck. I spent 37 years as an electronics technician and worked on half a million-dollar equipment daily. That, I was good at. Working on cars for me is so bad that I had to ask my brother to help me put a headlight in. Headlights used to be easy repairs, but not anymore. I was not clueless but pretty close. I believe that my issue with cars is that I detest working on them. Maybe because when I was young and broke, I spent most of my cash trying to keep my junk cars running.
Whatever the reason for my inability to work on cars, I really respect those of you who can. An oil change now costs over $100 at the quick-change places. When they add on filters and wiper blades, it can get closer to $150. You guys save a lot of cash with your skills.
This Gearhead Garage sign is 8" tall and cut from 1/4" and 1/2" thick wood.
Gearhead Garage Pattern
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