OT: All Better

Got my Miata back from the shop after the jackass hit and runner bent the front fender.  All better and even better, it still has the parts it left Hiroshima with.  Millen Autobody did the excellent work.

NA meets ND

Had a pint with my friend and fellow Bothell resident, Terry at the Hop and Hound.  He just took delivery of a 2016 MX-5 Launch Edition.

Ford Mustang

Mazdaspeed Miata

Subaru GL (Leone) Hatchback

SAAB 900 Turbo

Toyota Pickup

I'm too lazy to look up exactly what model.  What struck me was how small it was compared to the $50K Barcaloungers with open air trunks today.

Chevrolet El Camino

Toyota Landcruiser

Alfa Romeo Special

Another Steve Walker Close Enough Engineering car.

Powered by a '58 Veloce engine. 

Here's a link to the story of the car's creation by Steve Walker on the Old Car Nut Book site

OT: Dirtbag

My son bought himself a Miata this week:  a Montego Blue '97.  He spent the other evening cleaning out the dirt trap in the front fender:

OT: Mom, Dad, look what followed me home!

Can I keep it?

Ford Crown Victoria

Beer Patrol!

1948 Diamond T Grand Prix Truck

1948 Diamond T GPT

Commissioned by privateer Colin Case for the 1948 season of Grand Prix Truck racing.

Long distance Grand Prix Truck racing started up after the Second World War. Races were held on demanding transcontinental roads built to move men and material during the war such as the Alaskan Highway, Burma Road, Trans Siberia and Trans Sahara.

Sportsman – entrepreneur Colin Case, (an avid yacht racer who also sponsored formula and sports car racing teams, gravity racers, bicycle racing teams and a hockey club), decided to enter the wildly popular new sport of Grand Prix Trucks.

Colin selected Diamond T to fabricate his GPT racer. The premier truck manufacturer in the world from 1911 to 1966, founder C. A. Tilt started out building race cars and established a reputation for innovation and reliability.

Colin commissioned an entirely new design inspired by the forward thinking pre-war Auto Union Grand Prix cars. His mid-engined vehicle features a welded tube space frame, independent suspension, power steering and a straight six engine.

After many seasons of hard campaigning followed by long neglect, this vehicle was in sad shape when abandoned in the Close Enough Engineering parking lot by the last owner, Charles Van Ness.

The ongoing restoration has stretched over years due largely to the shifty character and slack work habits of the occasionally paid personnel of Close Enough Engineering.

Story by GPT creator Steve Walker

Here's the real story of GPT on The Old Car Nut Book

Buick Century

My Grandma had one in this color.