The musings of a madman...

I am pretty sure that among my 5-7 readers, 3 of them know that my 240SX is white and it has been in the plans to paint it ever since Frankie offered to sell it to me in June of 2004... Well, given circumstances surrounding changing employers early on, blown head gasket, and a me-being-cautious clutch replacement, not to mention other little things that have taken her off the road for as few as a week or two and as long as several months at a time, I am finally preparing to go in for paint within the next couple weeks... While I was in Atlanta (no real pictures of the proceedings, weather was shitty and we didn't do a whole lot in places where pictures would have come out), my tax moneys came in and moms deposited the checks for me while I was on the way home that Monday. On the way home from the A, I texted back and forth with my buddy Jason, who will be painting the car for me in the booth he has converted his garage to about which paint kit to get and all that goodness. Immediat

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I had to MAKE myself do this... See, I had the money no problem, but I DETEST the color red, especially on cars, so this was hard. I sucked it up and did it for the collection: Ferrari F40: Ferrari 575 GTZ Zagato: Ferrari 125 S: They had 2 more there, but I had gotten them last night in different colors due to my aversion to the color red in general... These will be going into storage as SOON as I get them home and then never thought of again.

3, in fact! Enzo Ferrari: Ferrari 250 GT California: Ferrari Mondial 8:

But wait, I ain't done! (hey, the Hobby Lobby nearest my job opened last week and has a Grand Opening sale going) 2006 Chevy Corvette Z06: Assess box contents: Wheels on (yes, I chose black): Really simple, interior sits in body, body on frame and 7 screws, game over: And back in the box: I will need to grab a display case for this one soon, as this box does not house it securely, but I like it.

Don't judge me, I actually owned a box Caprice once... Back to the task at hand, we were talking about a 1987 Chevy Caprice: Survey the contents of the packaging: Engine and door panels installed: One-piece front seat, nothing more: Black or chrome, black or chrome?: Let's go with black, mount some tires on them and load them up with brakes: Put the exhaust on: Slide the body on the frame and take pics: Now GET BACK IN THAT BOX!!!: Also, make note that this one is slammed and on what appear to be equivalent to 20" wheels, not raised and cooned up on 28". If I was to get another Caprice, this would be close to what it is, only not this color.

Up at insane hour, ran through pictures taken from the weekend's acquisitions... Good ol' fashioned 4-fer this time, for the weekend... BMW M6 Convertible: 1958 Chevy Impala: And now, I will work with my hands... 1969 Dodge Charger R/T Let us see what we're up against: Engine and interior installed: Fun fact about that engine, it is not any carbureted V-8 that SHOULD appear in a car like this, rather a Fuel-Injected V-10, like in a VIper. Interesting. Cockpit installed: Sit the frame down on it and twist a couple screws: Chose the brushed wheels instead of the chrome, and we were all done: Now get back in that box!!! Lamborghini Murcielago: What are we up against, here: Doors and dash on: Interior together...: ... and installed: Decision time: ... I'm gonna go with the chrome. And like that, we're all done: Get back in that box!!!

Been a few days since an update on these from me. But... Got some of my tax return, picked up a few things when I got back from my road trip this weekend. 1987 Buick Regal T-Type: Mitsubishi Pajero: (yeah, I know, "what?" but why not?) Mini Cooper: BMW Z4: 2008 Opel GT: