Saturday, April 18, 2020

Jerry was a race car driver



Project race car update: Sometimes when you try to smoke a roach you end up smoking your mustache. But so far this roach of a race car is burning pretty good and the high is pretty satisfying. They have not announced postponement or cancelation of the first race exactly one month away but I suspect... I honestly don't know what to expect. I reckon rolling with the punches, tuck and role, and roll another one are all fair expectations at this juncture in time. It all kind of reminds me of how when I was a kid I thought grown-ups had all the answers and then I grew up (sort of) and realized that nobody knows shit. In fact I am pretty certain kids know more than adults. We are currently becoming aware that there is no wise protecting leadership figure to keep us safe and show us the answers to life's reason to be. We are all only helpless toddlers rolling around in our own shit. Anyhoo, Here is some VW crap I have been up to in after hours at the still busy, conducting business, business as always shop....
I cut the oil pan down -or is it up? Some tricky welding and for once I even worked wood outside of the shower and built a jig to make sure I got the pick up within 1/4" from the bottom to allow proper oil pick up without starvation.
I picked up a free loader freddy water temp gauge but the sender was long enough to please the most hungry of cock holster so I had to weld up a bung holster holy hole whole thing. Yeah.
The Colorado Hill Climb rules say the windows must be laminate so I asked good old buddy Captain WOR to work his window tinting skills with some clear tint so as not to disturb my junk yard classic car patina pervert look with some gang banger dark. I learned that there are actual window tinting competitions and that VW bug rear windows are so difficult to tint that they are often used in these tinting competitions. I also learned about Captain WOR's patience threshold. It is good that his dirt bike needs a lot of work. I am actually working on his bike today. Free of charge. And will be for a long time I reckon...
On my 2nd VW bug project (not the race car but the Joker purple Baja) I welded in some rear torsion tube brackets to convert it to independent rear suspension. Just bugging out you know.  
Keep it groovy my friends. 

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