What Am I Doing?
Well it’s been a little over a month since I left/lost my job. Am I bitter? Yeah. But I know that I left a better person, even if I’m unemployed right now.
So what have I been doing in the past month aside from the omni present job search? Not a whole lot really, which is sad. I went on an awesome trip down south with some folks from ExpeditionUtah. We hit up Beef Basin just south of Canyonlands. Feel free to read the trip report here. It was a blast, my only regret is that I didn’t get to take my Samurai on the trip. In a bid to save a few bucks, I just rode with my buddy Kurt from Cruiser Outfitters instead.
Speaking of the Samurai, it’s pretty well done. I’ll post the details on sn.c soon, but for now you can hit up what is probably my favorite online haunt Rocky Mountain Extreme and read my post about it. There are a few things left, but all the mechanicals are done!
In other automotive related news, Tomi and I bought a 1970 Datsun 510 4-door a couple months ago.
Awesomeness, I know. I picked it up for next to nothing from a super cool guy at Dixieland Tire in St. George. I wasn’t even looking for it, it just was there and the next thing I knew Spencer and I were loading it up into his box trailer! Plans are a full restoration of the body and interior, dropping a KA24DE from a Silvia in mated to a five speed, hopefully a Subaru LSD rear diff (if I can find one) a subtly sport tuned suspension and old school Maglite 14″ wheels. Color is up in the air at the moment, either British Racing Green or Gunmetal Grey. This is a long term project, probably looking at five plus years to get it all done. But when it’s done, it will be a bitching unique ride!
Two of my best friends recently swapped places in the world. Eric came home from London and Jeff jetted off for Krakow. It’s nice to have Eric home for a month or so before he heads back to TU for another semester. It’s awfully nice to have someone who shares my passion of vehicles to talk to. Most ‘car guys’ that I know, aside from my Dad, are only interested in passing, or just one make/model, or only like domestics. Eric and I share our broad view of the automotive industry, enjoy any and all cars, the more bizarre a foreign the better. Hell, we even like talking about pending company mergers (Oh PSA and Mitsubishi, make it happen! I want an RCZ stateside!)
I’m sad that Jeff is gone. He was a great friend to chat about creative ideas. From photography to story ideas. Plus he was always down for whatever, which was nice. Since he left my days have definitely gotten more boring. I’ve still got his periodic updates on his website.
So to fill all my spare time with something that will hopefully be perceived as constructive and get this website going! Hopefully within the next week or so I’ll get everything the way that I want it. Additionally, I have a project that I’m working on that I hope to reveal in the next month or so. Exciting, I know!
So until then!
