Tuesday, November 10, 2009

One of these days another ice age might happen and then we will all want these snow machines, I'd rather have the 400HP Subaru


















http://www.legendoffroad.com/offroad/ is the above

Cool new stuff for your diff!





http://www.zingologymfg.com/diffs.htm for the full line so far.
Zingology, located in Bentonville Arkansas, creates fine art accessories for
vehicles.
They can do any design available for a Dana 60, GM 10 or 12 bolt, Ford 9 and others http://www.zingologymfg.com/Zingology%20Web%20Order%20Form.pdf

Piss'd off Pete, the newest creation of Randy Grubb, Blastolene Brother / creator / designer extraordinaire!

What a nice guy! He was chatting with everyone about his designs and vehicles he's made, showing sketches and collaborations with the other Blastolene Brothers
Space was very limited to get a good side photo for a overall look, so go to: http://www.blastolene.com/pissd.html








Wow, I love the saddle bags and leather seats... what a cool touch






It is currently still ready to sell, and you should think about the fun you'd have cruising with this to Goodguys shows, your local neighborhood car shows, and Power Tour! To get an email to Randy, use RandyGrubb@blastolene.com
To look at most of the other Blastolene vehicles, see: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Blastolene

East Coast Artie, extraordinary pinstriper, Surfside Beach South Carolina


I think displaying the tools is important, it always interests me at least... to see what the pros use


The travel case
below: the next work will go on this, wish I'd gotten back to see how it turned out
Below: is there a underlying theme to the pinstriping? No, but the music he's listening to at the time influences the lines

Monday, November 2, 2009

More home made portable stereo's by truckers that drive for companies that didn't spring for the optional radio and speakers when ordering cabs






For more ideas on how to build your own if the need should ever arise: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/home-made-car-stereos-for-easy.html

"The Case of the Mystery Socket Set" solved! what is a WSW-100, WSW-101 etc mean on a set of Snap on sockets? I found out


WSW-105 USA 4 Snap on 9/16 W
WSW-104 USA 3 Snap on 1/2 W
WSW-103 USA 2 Snap on 7/16W
WSW-102 USA 9 Snap on 7/16BS
WSW-102 USA 7 Snap on 3/8W
WSW-101 USA 0 Snap on 3/8BS
WSW-101 USA 2 Snap on 5/16W
WSW-100 USA 3 Snap on 1/4W
WSW-100 USA 6 Snap on 1/4W

So, what do these have to do with what? Well, I listed them all because there isn't much info on the internet when I searched up each one of these.

They are used on old Jags, these tools with the strange and incomprehensible markings were once common enough that even Sears Roebuck and Snap-On carried them.

Before the mid-nineteenth century, nuts and bolts were individually hand-made, specifically matched and were generally not interchangeable. Serious efforts to standardize screw threads began in 1841, when Sir Joseph Whitworth proposed a standard screw thread form based on a constant thread angle of 55 degrees. This became known as the Whitworth thread, and gained acceptance in British industry. Outside diameters of bolts began at 1/8" and increased by fractional inch increments, with a whole number of threads per inch specified for each diameter.

In 1965 the British Standards Institution approved a policy statement urging British industry to regard BSW, BSF, and BA as obsolescent, to be gradually replaced by International Standards Organization (ISO) metric thread

I learned a lot from http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/library/whitworth_system.html

The only snowflakes I've seen in San Diego

This a severe case of delamination I think...