18, Life and 1 Million

 Eighteen years ago today I started this blog to share some of my automotive knowledge and put all the stories floating around in my head in writing. What used to be called pen to paper is now keyboard to computer. I wanted so badly to get a writing gig with an automotive magazine like Hot Rod, or Popular Hot Rodding, or Car Craft, or basically anything in print. Had I landed a writing job this blog probably wouldn't exist and you would not have the pleasure of reading all of my drivel. It also dawned on me that I probably would no longer be employed at said automotive publication because most magazine publishers have gone the way of the Dodo bird or got bought up in some corporate deal and shuttered. Ask David Freiburger about that last one. It's funny how unanswered prayers are actually blessings in disguise. Life is good. Heck, I even got to retire early! I will probably never be "published" but i'm okay with that. This blog will continue for the foreseeable future with yours truly at the helm churning out the stories, not AI. Also, another milestone reached here at the Amberlight Garage is that we have just surpassed one million unique views! That is one million individual people that have visited Frank's Classic Car Blog. I know, that's a mere drop in a bucket to some social media influencers on TikTok or even a lot of the music videos on YouTube, but they are my one million views and I am very grateful for every one of them.