Two years ago on April 8, 2020 my father passed away. Besides being my father, since 1991 when I returned home from the Navy, he was my best friend. My Satori, my sudden awakening, happened May 31, 2019 when my dog of 14 years passed away. Her passing caused me to explore the fragility ofContinue reading “Shop Update: Capstone at 1 Year”
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Shop Update: 2 January 2022
Without making any excuses, the fact is that my day job is very demanding. I don’t talk about my job very much, here or on social media, and I don’t plan on mixing business and personal now, but I will say that in over 30 years of employment in the private sector, I have neverContinue reading “Shop Update: 2 January 2022”
Shop Update: Mid August 2021
I knew progress would slow in August. When you live in a place that has long, cold winters, the populace becomes accustomed to getting together literally every weekend in July and August, preferably outdoors, to enjoy our summer. Summers here can be a mixed bag: Too much rain, too little rain, too hot, too cool.Continue reading “Shop Update: Mid August 2021”
Shop Update: Mid July 2021
I reached that point that if I were a nervous person, I’d be pretty concerned right now. Since the last update I stripped the interior out, and removing the carpets allowed me to get my first good look at the interior of the inner sills, the left and right front chassis legs, the bulkhead behindContinue reading “Shop Update: Mid July 2021”
End of June 2021 Shop Update
With June coming to a close this week, the Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 project planning is starting to take shape. As I suspected, the stripdown of the car would help me develop the major steps in this project, and the deeper I get into the teardown, the more this car is starting to give upContinue reading “End of June 2021 Shop Update”
Update from the Shop: June 2021
Since the last update, work finished on the shop infrastructure (for now- more shop work later this month) and work began on the Alfa disassembly. The shop lighting circuit #1 was finished. I now have a bright U shaped bowl of light on the car. It was the first time I ran conduit, and theContinue reading “Update from the Shop: June 2021”
Music Matters
It’s been some time since I posted my latest mix (YouTube) Albums. I do these mostly for myself, for long drives and when I’m in the workshop, but I do have friends that tell me they enjoy them. When I was a younger man, music was my affiliation: I was a British New Waver fromContinue reading “Music Matters”
Lineage
Does history matter? My thesis statement more refined is, does the history of an inanimate object matter? On a macro level clearly the answer is yes. Museums are filled with with inanimate objects, left by the ancients in the dirt, in the dusty corners of time, passed on or stolen through the ages. The objectsContinue reading “Lineage”
Update from the Garage: May 2021
Welcome friends. Satori! When I last updated my readers, the Alfa had been purchased but not yet arrived. That changed on April 7th when the car carrier arrived after leaving Los Angeles. As my brother in Law Joe and I push it off the truck, my son Jae did the driving. It was delivered asContinue reading “Update from the Garage: May 2021”
Capstone 01: The 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000
I did not choose to make this Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 my first Capstone project easily. I studied many marquis and cars: Porsche 356 and 911, Mercedes W108-109 and W116, BMW 3 Series and 2000, Ford Mustangs and VW Squareback and Karmann Ghia. All had qualities interesting to me, all were eliminated for one reasonContinue reading “Capstone 01: The 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000”
Satori: A Sudden Awaking 