Category: Cars

Another one of those “could be easy, could be hard” cars. I bet some pathetic car geek nails it on the first guess. 😉

It is certainly a weird machine.

Sorry for the light blogging of late… work has monopolized my time recently.

I’m going to add another site to my “blogroll” today, namely The RPM Blog.

RPM is a noted restoration shop in Vergennes, Vermont. I have gotten to know the Markowskis through my participation in several of Rich & Jean Taylor’s Vintage Rallies, where the big black RPM truck & trailer serve as ‘sweep’ vehicle. Steve & Eben from RPM saved our butts during the New England 2000 by fishing a clutch hinge pin from the bell housing and replacing it in-situ using surgical tools(!) This was accomplished overnight and the car ran fine for many years afterwards!

RPM has built a reputation for excellence over the years, and Peter & Stephan are great guys. Being so far away it is unlikely I would ever have the opportunity to do business with them, but if you are in New England and need service I’d highly recommend them.

I have their blog in my RSS feed because they often have unique and interesting machines in the shop and document their projects there. At the moment they are dealing with one of those legendary dream cars… a Miura. Go have a look.

This image is begging for a caption. Got one?

This is sufficiaently oddball that I think (hope) it will keep folks guessing for a while.

Of course… knowing my car-geek readership somebody will get it on the first guess. =\

Continue reading “Car Photo Of The Day: name that car”

Those dancers are REALLY annoying.

Petula’s choice of wheels is impeccable however.

Found this lunacy over at Winding Road‘s RSS feed.

Looks like another weekend of NASCAR to me. 😉

Winter is just around the corner.

Roger called me yesterday looking for a high-res copy of a photograph for his 2008 XKEdata.com calendar. Next years contribution will not be a photo of my car (though he is holding one in reserve in case he can not contact an owner for permission to use his photo) but will instead be a car I photographed from the passenger seat of my car. Well, technically I was hanging out the passenger DOOR of my car but that is a mere detail. 😉

Anyway it reminded me of my car’s FIRST calendar appearance, as “Miss January” of 2006. I love this photo.

To those that do not know the story it was taken on Super Bowl Sunday of 2004. I had just replaced the leaking cam cover gaskets on the car and took it for a test drive up the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River near my house. This spot below Whitehorse Mountain is about 12 miles from my house and a convenient spot to turn around. The view isn’t bad either. I stopped here to check for leaks, and sure enough found one and tightened up the acorn nuts on the cam cover just a wee bit. Sharp eyed observers will note the drops of oil on the road from my (then)leaking engine. I then closed the bonnet and took some photos.

The original photos posted upon my return home can be found here. The weather looks ominous, but it was actually a “nice” day by Seattle area standards for winter time.