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The paint got left behind on the Donut run... [emoji12] I would like to say we were going so fast that the paint peeled off, but the highest speed limit sign I saw was 40... [emoji6]

 

Today I took my car out and washed all the crud off of it from this last weeks excursions and parked it back in the garage before the thunderstorms.

 

Oscar Wilde once said: I have the simplest of taste, I'm always completely satisfied with the very best..[emoji41]

 

Staged at the Dublin Car Show. Stop by and sit a spell of you attend today.

 

I put the parts I painted yesterday back on the Porker, then went for a rather interesting drive with MINI-COW. [emoji41]



(More pic's and info in the Porker's thread where it belongs. [emoji6])

 

Did some prototyping/fabricating.

 

What I really like about this MINI....

It looks even better when it could use a good wash and doesn't get one....

 

Full detail, done!
Took me a few days as I have to work in bits and pieces.
Here's the process so far,
Day 1
Clayed, top to bottom, including the glass.
Washed. Dried
Applied a coat of Adam's Paint Sealant to painted surfaces.
Applied a coat of Adam's Glass Sealant to all the glass.
Rinsed and then applied a coat of Adams' H20 Guard and Gloss (I LOVE THIS!)
Day 2
Cleaned interior surfaces with Adams Leather & Interior cleaner.
Applied a coat of Adam's Leather Conditioner to leather portion of seats, the dash and doors.
Day 3
Light wash and dry.
Thorough wheel cleaning and dry.
Applied coat of Adam's Quick Sealant to wheels.
Applied coat of Adam's Super VRT to tires and rubber trim around roof.
Applied coat of Adam's Quick Sealant to all the hard plastic trim.

Going forward I can just wash and use the quick detail during drying. I will re-apply a fresh coat of H20 Guard and Gloss every few washes.
I'm really pleased with my results and hope that doing this when it's brand new will protect the various finishes.

 

Warsched the MINI just now....

Going to the Shell station for some V-Power...

 

I went for a little exercise spin this afternoon. Look closely at the hills in the background and you'll view the latest of the many fires we've been having out here. While it doesn't look like much from 30 miles or so away, it's approximately 1800 acres burning. I used to work up in that area for nearly 20 years and am happy to now be retired.

 

Installed OS Giken LSD and started moving parts over to the Stroker.

 

I drove across this long bridge up north. Had a blast.

 

Welded a new flex joint into my header, and added a bung for wideband O2. Did the under-car engine connections on the Stroker, and filled the tranny with Eneos gear oil. Hope to get it running tomorrow...

 

Dropped over to a grand opening car show at a local Bike and OHV dealer.

 

I put on the recently powder coated wheels.
(technically I did this yesterday...)

 

Just another reason to embrace the fact that I don't do FB. No extra butt holes for me.

 

Go for it, Dick.

The greatest thing about that photo, is I was barely conscious. But my first coherent thought, as I sat on the roadside, bleeding, with a concussion, was "I gotta get a picture of this". And I had happened to forget to put my phone in the dash cradle when I left home... so it was safe in my pocket. Somehow, in my head-injury fog, I pulled it out, unlocked it, pulled up the camera, and shot that.

See, I'm an ARTIST.