rafaelcasd wrote:
Been busy buying what I really wanted, this thing is like driving a tractor on the farm, or a chevy pickup, only faster - no power anything. C1 1962, 4 speed, 300HP, immaculate inside, out and below.
This was in the collection of Jim Smith, a racer who won the Baja 1000 a couple of times and founded Ultra Wheel company, hence the plate.
So pretty. Congratulations Rafael. I saw a yellow Corvette just yesterday and thought of you. It looked like one of the versions from the 90s. IMHO, that was the ugly phase and unlike your gorgeus classics. It did sound musical though.
If memory serves, Curtis had one of these. Absolutely stunning piece. Never seen one up close before.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Sorry that I have been absent for a couple of weeks, did not even send NIPPI on her way but I will this week, promise.
Been busy getting a ship ready for deployment.
Been busy buying what I really wanted, this thing is like driving a tractor on the farm, or a chevy pickup, only faster - no power anything. C1 1962, 4 speed, 300HP, immaculate inside, out and below.
This was in the collection of Jim Smith, a racer who won the Baja 1000 a couple of times and founded Ultra Wheel company, hence the plate.
He had a collection of 40 or so cars but due to his age they are being sold. This one had obviously not been used, it is in outstanding condition but has a myriad loose parts and latches that don't latch properly, a leaky gas pump, and non-working gas gauge and turn signal. These are little challenges that I enjoy fixing. No C8 for me, they do not motivate me.
Well you have become a fixed axle man! Congrats and best wishes for a lifetime of happy motoring. It’s a classic color designed to bring smiles to all who see you driving it.
Search the thrift shops for cool stuff like a timing light and maybe a Hurst shifter. That’ll keep you tinkering.
PS: I like my C8 and will be taking it to Texas next week.
Best wishes Raphael!!!
rafaelcasd wrote:
Sorry that I have been absent for a couple of weeks, did not even send NIPPI on her way but I will this week, promise.
Been busy getting a ship ready for deployment.
Been busy buying what I really wanted, this thing is like driving a tractor on the farm, or a chevy pickup, only faster - no power anything. C1 1962, 4 speed, 300HP, immaculate inside, out and below.
This was in the collection of Jim Smith, a racer who won the Baja 1000 a couple of times and founded Ultra Wheel company, hence the plate.
He had a collection of 40 or so cars but due to his age they are being sold. This one had obviously not been used, it is in outstanding condition but has a myriad loose parts and latches that don't latch properly, a leaky gas pump, and non-working gas gauge and turn signal. These are little challenges that I enjoy fixing. No C8 for me, they do not motivate me.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Sorry that I have been absent for a couple of weeks, did not even send NIPPI on her way but I will this week, promise.
Been busy getting a ship ready for deployment.
Been busy buying what I really wanted, this thing is like driving a tractor on the farm, or a chevy pickup, only faster - no power anything. C1 1962, 4 speed, 300HP, immaculate inside, out and below.
This was in the collection of Jim Smith, a racer who won the Baja 1000 a couple of times and founded Ultra Wheel company, hence the plate.
He had a collection of 40 or so cars but due to his age they are being sold. This one had obviously not been used, it is in outstanding condition but has a myriad loose parts and latches that don't latch properly, a leaky gas pump, and non-working gas gauge and turn signal. These are little challenges that I enjoy fixing. No C8 for me, they do not motivate me.
I went back and looked at the B&S thread, he still has two left, one of them is a 55 f/1.2 SC-Auto, if someone is still looking
pbraymond wrote:
PSA. Some factory converted ai lenses for sale here. Don’t know anything about the seller or conditions other than wanting to share here for those on the hunt.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Sorry that I have been absent for a couple of weeks, did not even send NIPPI on her way but I will this week, promise.
Been busy getting a ship ready for deployment.
Been busy buying what I really wanted, this thing is like driving a tractor on the farm, or a chevy pickup, only faster - no power anything. C1 1962, 4 speed, 300HP, immaculate inside, out and below.
This was in the collection of Jim Smith, a racer who won the Baja 1000 a couple of times and founded Ultra Wheel company, hence the plate.
He had a collection of 40 or so cars but due to his age they are being sold. This one had obviously not been used, it is in outstanding condition but has a myriad loose parts and latches that don't latch properly, a leaky gas pump, and non-working gas gauge and turn signal. These are little challenges that I enjoy fixing. No C8 for me, they do not motivate me.
BLLX wrote:
I did intend to shoot some film... but it is collecting dust
Looks like a very nice FG-20. I worked in a camera store when Nikon brought out the Series E & EM, and got to play with them quite a lot. The FG was an evolution of the EM, and the FG-20 was a slightly reduced cost version of the FG. I will say that the thing about all these consumer-grade Nikons was that they just felt kind of cheap in the hand compared to the pro-grade bodies like the F3 or even the mid-grade bodies like the FM2/FE2. When I shoot film, I pull out my F3/T and it always brings a smile AND an amazing viewfinder to my face. Even my quite nice FE2 doesn't really see any use these days as in comparison the F3/T is just such a more pleasurable experience.
Ken Hill wrote:
Well you have become a fixed axle man! Congrats and best wishes for a lifetime of happy motoring. It’s a classic color designed to bring smiles to all who see you driving it.
Search the thrift shops for cool stuff like a timing light and maybe a Hurst shifter. That’ll keep you tinkering.
PS: I like my C8 and will be taking it to Texas next week.
Best wishes Raphael!!!
Thanks for the best wishes Ken! I am keeping both the 1973 C3 whom I learned to love while laying under it for many hours, and the C6 because it is like new still and not worth enough to sell, thanks to Hagerty for insuring these three cars quite cheaply. They insured the 1962 C1 at $20K more than what I paid for a few hundred semolians a year.
I appreciate the fun of the C8 for your travels, but my enjoyment is derived from putzing around the beach or mountain two lane roads and the car meets here in Escondido and Del Mar, for longer trips I like a truck!
The C1s are brutes to drive but fun, in comparison a C2 or C3 with power steering and brakes makes for a mellow drive with a softer suspension.
Ken Hill wrote:
Well you have become a fixed axle man! Congrats and best wishes for a lifetime of happy motoring. It’s a classic color designed to bring smiles to all who see you driving it.
Search the thrift shops for cool stuff like a timing light and maybe a Hurst shifter. That’ll keep you tinkering.
PS: I like my C8 and will be taking it to Texas next week.
Best wishes Raphael!!!
That C8 could certainly shorten the drive to Texas from Florida Ken, what part of the state are you visiting?
rafaelcasd wrote:
Sorry that I have been absent for a couple of weeks, did not even send NIPPI on her way but I will this week, promise.
Been busy getting a ship ready for deployment.
Been busy buying what I really wanted, this thing is like driving a tractor on the farm, or a chevy pickup, only faster - no power anything. C1 1962, 4 speed, 300HP, immaculate inside, out and below.
This was in the collection of Jim Smith, a racer who won the Baja 1000 a couple of times and founded Ultra Wheel company, hence the plate.
He had a collection of 40 or so cars but due to his age they are being sold. This one had obviously not been used, it is in outstanding condition but has a myriad loose parts and latches that don't latch properly, a leaky gas pump, and non-working gas gauge and turn signal. These are little challenges that I enjoy fixing. No C8 for me, they do not motivate me.
Congratulations, what a find! That is such a great collectors item and just a beautiful car all around. Enjoy it! I always loved Corvettes as a boy and had the very good fortune that the C1 and C2 generation cars were of such anage that problems such as those yours have occasionally could render them immobile. My elderly German American baby sitter (from when I was very small) had a great nephew with a 1963 split window model with a 427. It ended up stuck there on one of his visits and remained for several weeks. I don’t recall a single day going by that I didn’t ride my bike over to sit and admire it. Alas I was in school when he managed to come back and get it running so I never got to hear the engine running in person, but it made an indelible impression on me nonetheless.
GroWeb wrote:
Having a bit of time off work this week, I used a bit of it to process these IR images from Nippi at Jack Point, ably assisted by my Fuji X-T2.
It was a nice sunny day in San Diego, proper for the USS Michael Monsoor to leave us for Deployment. Now I have no ships in San Diego so I adopted one in a shipyard in Pascagoula, Will see Ken drive the C8 by fast on the I-10 next week.
Here are some photos of the departing ship from the Shelter Island pier
Fishemen did not get in the way.
50-300mm 4.5 ED ais on gimbal - the baymaster lens.
Although the open water terrifies me, I always love you ship photos.
rafaelcasd wrote:
It was a nice sunny day in San Diego, proper for the USS Michael Monsoor to leave us for Deployment. Now I have no ships in San Diego so I adopted one in a shipyard in Pascagoula, Will see Ken drive the C8 by fast on the I-10 next week.
Here are some photos of the departing ship from the Shelter Island pier
Fishemen did not get in the way.
50-300mm 4.5 ED ais on gimbal - the baymaster lens.
Ken Hill wrote:
My wife wants to see something in Houston on the way to Waco for three or four days. From there to the hill country for a week.
Rafael, driving through that boot heel in Mississippi will go by in a flash. Better keep it in 2nd gear so I don’t miss your ship!!!
Ken, if the hill country tour takes you to Austin, the following are darn good places to visit.
The County Line on Lake Austin.They are famous for their beef ribs, great setting on the water. It is an Austin institution and a fun place.The second location on the hill is not so grand.
The Oasis Cantina on Lake Travis, great sunsets over the lake.You will have fun with the C8 driving Farm Road 2222.
