仕事納め・・・shigoto osame( end of year's work)...

to those people ahead of us, happy new year!! you guys are living in the future! to the rest of west coast residents, see you next year! have a happy 2010, everyone!!

 

 

thank you shinya for all your great inspiration

and the funky vibe throughout the year!!

木村さんおつかれさま！

そして皆様、お世話になりました。

来年もよろしくお願い申し上げます。

 ・・・というご挨拶をブログでするなんて、私ってなんて新人類なんざんしょ。

she's in a cranky mood...

 ah oh,

at the thrift store parking lot...

amigos started to gathering around the datsun

so we decided to leave her here and walk home.

gosh, was only a five-minutes walk :)

スリフトストアの駐車場にて、ご機嫌斜めのダッツン。

ボンネットを開けていたら沢山アミーゴが集まって来ちゃったので

取りあえずダッツン置いて歩いて帰ることに。

あー、徒歩5分ほどのド近所のスリフトでよかったー

came back to pick her up after dark.

it started all right. 

at least we could make it back to the workshop.

big smile :)

still needs to do something about 

the ignition coil resistance, shinya says. 

(much easier than el camino tranny, bozi!) 

アミーゴ達が居なくなるのを見計らって、暗くなってから取りに戻る。

エンジン掛かった！イヒヒ

取りあえずチャボまで戻れて一安心。

have to go a long way before becoming a guru...

i was talking to shinya about t of chico moto 's paint removal job.  shinya said "t is just like you!" what? excuse me? what are you talking about?

you mean, this?

oh, this, huh?

maybe this one...

OK, i got it! 

yes, i got bored　and quit it. 

old paint is so tough to remove.

塗料剥離、楽しいのは最初だけ。

a dreamlike world...

when i woke up from a nap this afternoon,

the hawaiian doughnuts were there on the counter.

ummm, what an ideal lifestyle i have!

 thank you p and e. sorry i missed you guys :<

and then c rode up on his wife karen's nouveau indian.

 

built by caleb & jd cro customs

really cool.

get giddy...

found a red kennedy at the sunday swap meet.

赤い箱ぶら下げて近所の日曜スワップミートを闊歩中。

先週一ドルの値切りに失敗した箱が

今日は値切ったのと同じ値段で売り出し中でした。

この執着心、粘りこそが成功の秘訣。ねっちり。

all the springs out from the knucklehead.

and the paint off from the front end.

this is supposed be my job. removing paint.

but i felt dizzy today 

so just watched shinya doing it...
was a OK job :)

rewind...

knuckle out

the mission & the front wheel out

finally, front end out!

rear wheel out! 

tons of stuff left, it's better than rewinding...

tank time...

looks like a bird, starling or baltimore oriole?

ムクドリっぽい。

oil tank right

oil tank left 

 

run into him...

i saw santa today.

twice!

 

various forms of aluminum...

curly

in pieces

flaky

powderly

cinder ella...

the bracket! when i was taking this picture shinya said "oh, that's a hidden part,

see? it's going under this." nooooo, let me see it!

 

ok, i dived to the ground.

盗撮マニアのアングルみたいになってしもた・・・

the tach in position...

the cockpit

a mystery man...

found this man on a scrap aluminum!

who is he,shinya?

 謎のおっさんを発見！誰？

ok, i added a body by stealth.
shinya hasn't noticed it yet. hehehe

こっそり身体を足しておいた。
気付いたら気味悪がるだろうな。イヒヒ

fairing beauty...

before

after

now

close up

intricately shaped yet looks very simple.

i was blown away...