Inoperable Vehicle Transport
Well, after about 3 years of legal and so forth, it looks like I’ll get to restore my brother’s ‘78 Datsun 280Z. Backstory here: https://oppositelock.kinja.com/not-what-id-planned-1715106743 if you really want to know.
Vehicle Jenga. Any Storage Thoughts?
Any thoughts on non-home-based classic car storage? Are the LifeStorage and similar outfits any good, or good values? Better to go with one of the dedicated classic car facilities around most cities?
All Good Things Must End
Update: First thing first, thanks to Oppo for the great feedback. Your thoughtful responses, whether or not I agreed in the end, made me think hard about what I really needed this vehicle to do. I pulled the trigger last Friday, 23 Feb. I drove my new 2018 Golf AllTrack SE home in the midst of a some-inches snow storm…
Another Car Event Gone
This is why we can’t have nice things. I can’t say I’m surprised. Sometimes “car people”, like all people, are pretty terrible. The biggest amateur CO car show, probably 2,000 or more cars, is this Sunday. I’m pre-registered but really disinterested at this point. Putting my son’s car seat in the Z and just going for…
Just Replace Old Gas. It's Not Worth It.
When we bought our house in 2001, it hadn’t seen more than a cursory lawn mowing in years. So, in addition to a mower (small Briggs and Stratton powered push mower), I bought a Poulan Pro 220 42cc 16" chainsaw. It has served me well ever since, starting reliably and working very well. Together, we’ve cleaned up a lot…
Lovely Sign of Spring: Car Events
It’s unseasonably warm here in Colorado, and has been for a while now. We usually get a weird few days or so in January or February where it gets up to about 70F, but it’s been pretty much 60s for weeks now. Yes, we had an odd couple of inches of snow this morning and I’m sure we’ll have snow here and there through…
Parts Yard Salvation
26 year old emissions parts (‘89 22-RE AS System, shown here) for my truck, obtained in 2 hours of drive time and fun gear-head conversation at a yard dedicated to only Toyota trucks, $65. One piece alone, if it could be had at all, would be $130 at a parts store. I didn’t even have to pull it myself. A splice in to…
Planelopnik, DC-10 tanker
24 August 2015, John Lindsey photographer, as best I can tell. A DC-10 pilot drops in to combat the Chelan fire in WA. Google “Chelan tanker” for other good images. I like how it still has the windows from its former life as an airliner. How many passengers would pay *extra* for that ride? Embarrassed to say, I…
Crossroads: repair, replace, or both?
My truck failed emissions. It actually failed for a legitimate reason, and the (no charge) tech appointment laid out an easy fix. I converted my ‘89 Toyota 2WD 22R pickup with the awful carburetor to a 22-RET, using an SDS EFI system, a T3/T4 hybrid, ARP rod bolts, and connecting bits from LC Engineering. There are a…
Not What I'd Planned
Hello again, Oppo. I’m sorry there are no great pictures or links in this post to entice you. I’m very sorry I haven’t posted much. It’s busy being employed (in a wonderful job, I might say), husband, and Dad to a 2 year old. I do check in to read frequently. I just don’t get to post. This won’t be short. So, TL;DR,…
One Last Reminder, CO Car Show
One last reminder for any CO Front Range (or near by) Opponauts. Giant car show today in Westminster! I’d expect just about 2,000 cars, judging from previous years’ turnouts. I’m taking my black ‘78 280Z. It’s 0100 here in Boulder. I just finished up with the clay bar and wax. I’d like to do another round of polish on…
CO Car Show This Sunday
Giant car show on the CO Front Range, this Sunday, 3 May! From 1 to 4 PM at 10685 Westminster Blvd, Westminster. If you want to show your car, pre-registration is free until 11 PM Thursday 30 April. Day-of registration is $20. Spectating is free! If past years are any indication, there will probably be not quite 2,000…
Hired! Car Related Most Certainly.
Thank you, Opponauts, for the support, camaraderie, and entertainment over the last 3 months! I was laid-off at the end of August. It wasn't unexpected given the company's performance, and I was happy to have survived the first few rounds and make it out while there was still a good severance program. I had started…
Nice Datsun Video From Petrolicious
A guy in our local Z group just emailed around a link to a new Datsun Z video from Petrolicious. I always like their videos, and of course Z's, but I found this especially interesting with it's English setting. Enjoy!
Careful Out There, Opponauts
Drove from Boulder to Fort Collins and back on Saturday evening. Coming back on I-25 southbound, a Cherokee-ish SUV thing in the left lane and just ahead of me drifted in to the snow on the (left) side right on the yellow line, began skidding and slid to the right across both lanes, through the right shoulder,…
Time to Winterize
We've had a long, warm, pleasant autumn in the Rockies, but it's over now. Today started out near 60 F, but it will be cold and snowy by this evening and a high of about 19 on Wednesday. I took it as a warning to me that this was my last chance to store the mower properly for the winter. So, what's that involve?…
Baja All The Aircooled VWs
There was a thread a week or two ago about some Ghias that had been given the Baja Bug treatment that I enjoyed. I'd never seen one done like that, and I like it. Today I got to wondering, "Have people Baja'd any of the other aircooled VWs?". That's like asking, "I wonder if there's an internet porn site for that?".…
Some Halloween Appropriate Music...
...for this eve of the Eve. Having a fun conversation in another thread and this tune came up on my newly fixed network. I'd forgotten how creepy the song and video were. The poem spoken by Gil Scott-Heron at the end (starts at about 3:45) is chilling.
Overly enthusiastic oiler
Today, while working through the long list of house projects while I'm between jobs, I finally got around to pruning a bunch of bushes. It's a very old landscape job, and I'm not ready to rip-out-replace just yet, so "trimming" means using a chainsaw.
Bad Fire With Classic Car Casualties
Other than no one being hurt, there's not much good to say about this one. Curious that a facility that rents space and does restoration didn't have at least some sort of basic fire suppression. On the other hand, rural side businesses here often skirt some best practices.
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