See that picture up there? That’s David’s garage. See how much is packed up? The number you’re looking for is called, technically, “fuck all.” As in none. This man that I’m in business with, that I’ve tied to my literal financial future, is a monster. Plus, I learned that he eats in the shower. Who does that? Spaghetti! He fucking eats fucking spaghetti in the shower! Who is this animal?
On the plus side, major shout out to this little electric winch that says it can pull 2,000 pounds but more than doubled that rating when it slowly, slowly inched 4,300 plus pounds of inert Golden Eagle up onto the tow dolly.
Otto is being a great sport about all of this and, while not technically helping, is keeping things fun. Plus, he got to visit the backrooms:
We’re now getting back on the road, hoping to hit Joplin, Missouri tonight! Who’s in the area and wants to hear me kvetch? UPDATE: Readers, go meet the boys!
-Cars-Talking about cars-Talking about rust-BBQ A fun time will be had by all, guaranteed! — The Autopian (@the_autopian) December 27, 2022 Otto, put your foot down! Show those jokers who’s in charge and get yourself to the City Museum! Safe travels, guys! After a closer look at the pic, it appears you might have used the winch for the bulk of the work and then switched over to the come-along for the final positioning – yes? Either way, the joy of the manual approach is written all over your face. If I were David, I would make that your contact pic. 😀 Have fun at the meetup tonight! Well at least he doesn’t shit where he eats. Or at least, I hope that’s the case… https://i.imgur.com/SzrJUyk.jpg https://i.imgur.com/2A4V7q3.jpg My electric Triumph GT6 is currently my only legally-defined “car”, but it is not yet road legal, so that was not my vehicle of choice. Pics of that here: https://i.imgur.com/E4pduC3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/fhtXgK2.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1g7dh1a.jpg?2 Instead, I took the unmotorized Milan SL velomobile that I bought last year, which I’m using as a template for the next body design for my pedal-electric microcar: https://i.imgur.com/27RDHrX.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0uyALPF.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KufY24X.jpg Here’s some photos of The Minion, a project I helped a friend with, whose design is based on my microcar: https://i.imgur.com/82gCI0U.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Clqm3Qn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qAJ4S92.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dDrugym.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ouPexI0.jpg And here are old pics of the microcar before disassembly: https://i.imgur.com/1KvhZN8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/j75uGn7.jpg And since David is gradually warming up to all things “Strong and Bitey”, here’s little Nippy, a friendly, cuddly, tail-wagging venomous scale-puppy I used to keep: https://i.imgur.com/31rYo2C.jpg Meeting David and Jason as well as fellow Autopian Will was a treat. We talked about a wide variety of automotive topics. We also discussed the possibility of a less-expensive long range EV using a smaller battery pack. We also took a look at Will’s Jeep XJ, with a surprisingly clean underside. I took photos of the group for them(I choose not to be in photos given the type of society we currently live in). It was cool to meet them in meat space and I look forward to contributing content to this site in the future. Hope you all make a safe trip to LA. Enjoy the weather there, David. I’m glad they invited me to join. I hope Jason can get the Chang Li running again. A bit more honest statement: David’s garage looks slightly worse than mine, so I now feel slightly better about this. An even more honest statement: David’s garage looks slightly worse than mine, so I now feel far better about this than I should. Complete honesty: David’s garage, although in slightly greater disarray than mine, nonetheless looks significantly emptier and therefore probably more usable with less preparatory effort, but I shall now arbitrarily define its condition as “worse” as a sop to my feelings. Also I want an engine hoist. For most people, that would involve their garage being cleared and becoming home to all the “ready to load” stuff. David clearly had premonitions that his might flood, and didn’t go that route.
