Friday, January 26, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
1963 Triumph TR3B , the last of the TR3 series cars
This car is a very rare 1963 TR3B . Its last year was technically 1962 (the only year the B was sold and only to the American market ). there were a scarce few manufactured in 1963. Those few cars had the larger engine of the new TR4 that Triumph came out with in 1963. It also had the TR4 drivetrain and overdrive transmission giving it a 5th gear esentially . (the TR4 was a comepletely different design with a larger engine and improved drivetrain) This car is on Ebay at a starting price of just under 20 thousand . It looks like a beautiful car ( i saw many other pictures of it ) . I would love to own this vehicle but I'll be damned if I have an extra 20 grand to spend on something so frivolous, Maybe in a few years when I feel I can I'll see if I can find a TR3A more in the 8 to 10 grand range I can buy . The thing with these cars thou unlike a new type car is they tend to increase in value as time marches on as long as they are stored well and kept in good shape . Allan
Monday, January 22, 2007
The future for Britney Spears
These will be pretty much be what will happen to Britney in the next 5 years . The heavy picture will be what she looks like after she packs on the pounds after she gobbles up all that wonderful Cajun food in an effort to drown her sorry of a life gone bad . At this point her family will have nick named her "Gumbo" .
The other picture will be what Britney looks like 4 to 5 months after Richard Simmons turns her massiveness into a billion dollar TV show called " Losing IT with Brit!" . A show watched by millions of overweight women around the world . At this point her family's nick name has changed to "Spare Rib" . Refer to to the previous post to see why this all came about . Allan
The other picture will be what Britney looks like 4 to 5 months after Richard Simmons turns her massiveness into a billion dollar TV show called " Losing IT with Brit!" . A show watched by millions of overweight women around the world . At this point her family's nick name has changed to "Spare Rib" . Refer to to the previous post to see why this all came about . Allan
Britney
I was looking at some Britney pictures. Most were boring but I thought these two were kinda nice. You have to admit that baby picture is damn cute . And the way Brits looking at Justine , you can tell he was the one for her . Theres such love in her eyes . Personally I think everything Britneys done , 2 marriages , 2 divorces , having kids by a guy who already was esentially married to another woman ( not married but he has 3 kids or whatever with her). Hanging out with those skanks Paris and Lindsay and the singers daughter whatever her name is . Flashing her privates in public knowing full well it would get all over the web has all been to get Justins attention and poor Brit has failed . So sad to see true love end up in a heap of shit . My prediction is Brit Spears is over , she will likely turn into a fat louisianna housewife albeit one with lots of money . She will have men but will always wonder if they want her just for the dough and of course the answer will be yes . Ever see brit when shes in a fat stage? It aint a pretty sight and thats where she will eventually end up . I even predict in about 5 years there will be a TV show with a huge Brit Spears laying in a bed and Richard Simmons is doing dancing exercizes around her bed urging her to get up and shake her booty and lose the 150 extra pounds she has put on . If he's successful I predict Brit spears will be Richards Simmons last and greatest success to get an obese person to lose weight . Sad Sad Sad , allan
More artsy VW buses
Someone in the chat last night mentioned they liked the arty VW bus I just had a picture of so I went back in my archive and found some that I had run pictures of last summer and here they are for that person . I think it was someone named Gracie . Yes , it was gracie . My mind is now so clear since I've become a teetotler . So here Gracie , this is for you to entertain you as your moon face grows from the heavy doage of prednisone you are taking . Allan PS: Go find a Jerry Lewis picture from when he was taking Prednisone . He had a head like a melon!
Sunday, January 21, 2007
On todays AOL news ( a sex offender case)
This is a picture of some guy involving some odd sex case where a 30 year old tried to register in a grade school posing as a 12 year old boy . This guy tried to enroll him while pretending he was the boys grandfather . ( this joker may even have believed the other guy was 12 , it's murky} . anyway , my problem isn't the sex case itself but the fact that the article gives this codgers age as 61. Can this guy really be 61 . I would have pegged him for late 70s or even 80 . Look at all the lines on his forehead and around his mouth . I'm guessing he has no teeth to get that kind of look around his mouth. Maybe he's had a hard life . I guess trying to find young boys to fuck can be a nerve racking life style . allan
Friday, January 19, 2007
Another car I owned early on
After getting over my need for sports cars ( I was in college at the time) I bought a used Corvair coupe. 4 on the floor transmssion . Corvairs had an aircooled pancake engine in the rear of the car much like VWs had at that time ( I've also owned many VWs including a yellow convertable like Diane Keaton drove in Annie Hall and a few different campers ) The corvair was a great little car irregardless of what that fucking nut ralph nader said at the time . Unsafe at any speed my ass . Personally I don't think Ralph Nader has ever been laid . He's lived alone his whole rotten life and anyway what woman would fuck that guy fully knowing he was rating her performance ? Fucking nut job . Election spoiler , holier then thou piece of trash . Anyway back to the corvair . This car was way more practical then the sports cars I had owned earlier and speaking of getting laid YOU could actually get laid in this car . Try fucking in a Triumph or MG . It's damn near impossible and trust me I've tried it . I forget what came after the corvair . It seems there were a succession of english mini cars I was never too happy with. Then I discovered Volkswagens . Actually the yellow convertable VW belonged to my ex more or less . I had a few regular VW cars too. One with some cocamamie half automatic half stick tranny . you shifted the damn thing but there was no clutch to press in . That was a piece of crap . The vehicle I had probably the longest was a 1960 VW bus / camper that i pretty much saved from being junked . I had to put a new engine and tranny in that bus (new/used from a junkie) and yes I did all the work myself . When I was younger I enjoyed working on cars but no more . Car greese/dirt is disgusting . I leave all that up to my mechanic now tho in a pinch I can usually get a car running if its conked out . maybe later I'll run some VW pictures . allan
Another Jaguar XK120 roadster and details
Gorgeous engine on this machine . Straight 6 cylinder with twin SU carborators and a double overhead cam probably about 180 housepower or so . You can also get an idea what the interior of these old cars was like . They were all 4 speed stick shifts and they always seemed to have huge steering wheels probably because they weren't power steering and maybe just for esthetics . The Jaquars were very impressive cars and very expensive. This paticular car is maxed out restoration wise and for sale for 135,000 dollars . It's considered a show quality car . allan
A love of cars
As you ( whoever reads this damn thing) can see from my 4 new blog entries today I have a tendency towards liking automobiles. Once when I was day dreaming I started counting up the number of vehicles i've owned in my life as a driver and came up to around 30 and that wasn't counting the 10 cars I once had in restoration . Cars that unfortunately I had to sell because of finances . I'm guessing this was at the very least 10 or 15 years ago and I see some of those cars are now worth a small fortune but so is life . Thats a picture of me looking very Hemingwayish or at least I think so . I took that picture a few years ago. Allan
My current car is a 1988 Lincoln Towncar
This is the car ( not this one but close enough) I bought from a neighbor last summer for 200 dollars and mine is in about this condition looks wise. It's also in great mechanical condition . The term "stepping in shit " applies here . I love driving this huge machine and gas milage wise it 's not all that bad . It's one of the smoothest cars I've ever ridden in . Also very quiet . It has a huge V8 engine in it . After buying this car I started looking for other old lincolns and found out that none of them sell for much right up to the late 90s . After this car is ruined ( if I ruin it ) my plans are to keep buying big old lincolns . For a grand you can one in mint condition . I don't ever expect to find another for 200 but who knows . No one wants these cars because they think they get terrible gas milage which just isn't true . The 1988 Towncar is rated by the EPA at 24 highway and 17 city . I guess I get the city rate since I just drive it around town which is fitting for a towncar . One of these and an old Triumph TR3 for summer would be perfect for me. Allan
More great old english sports cars
The red car is an Austin Healy 3000, the other pictures are various Jaguars , the long sleek thing is an XKE and the others are a XK120 and a XKE 150 . These were all far more expensive cars in their day . Another friend who had rich parents had a brand new Austin Healy 3000 (65?) that his parents bought him. It cost 5,000 dollars at a time when an MG was selling new for about 1,800 dollars new . The Jags were even more money . The guy who had the rich parents cracked that car up within a year , totaled the car and the suspicion always was he killed someone in the accident since he refused to talk about it. Who knows . ak
My second car
About 2 years after getting the Triumph (I suppose I was 18 or so ) I was seriously under the spell of these English sports cars. I sold the Triumph and bought a 1961 MGA . This was also a wonderful car tho under powered ( as were all English cars compared to the huge American cars in those days) . Both of these cars had 4 cylinder engines in the 80 HP range . They were pretty slow off the line but handled well at high speeds and were a joy to drive. At the time they were also pretty exotic. Only one other guy in my High School had and English Sports car , my best friend Bob who had an Austin Healy 3000 MK III. A gorgeous machine I'll find a picture of next . Funny how much I still love these cars after all these years . allan
Thursday, January 18, 2007
My first car
This was basically the first car I owned as a new driver in 1963 at the age of 16 . I think I have these dates right . The car was a 1960 Triumph TR3A. In my opinion one of the best cars Triumph ever produced. A car like this came in very handy for picking up cute teen girls . The girls in those days were a reckless bunch who loved tooling around in an open car without seat belts at 90 miles an hour with a cute inexperienced driver. Amazingly I never wrecked the car or even had an accident . I've been blessed by the Lord with exceptional driving skills and even at my current age of near 60 I still drive well . Theres no trick to being a great , safe driver . Just concentrate on DRIVING , DON'T put on make up , talk on a cell phone , read the newspaper , drink or eat foods etc etc etc . Watch the fucking road and be aware that every other asshole in a car is likely , mad , drunk, on drugs or just plain stupid and you will likely never have an accident . It's worked for me . Oh never get mad at another driver for cutting you off ( road rage kills) and do something stupid like trying to cut him off . When it happens just think to yourself " there goes another asshole who will likely die in a horrible car crash and laugh as you picture him screaming inside a smashed up car in flames " . It's an excellent visualization practice . Very Zen. Thats about it . I found this car today . The guy is asking 9400 for it . Look at that engine , its pristine . . These cars in decent shape (restored at some point in the cars history ) seem to be going in the 7 to 15 thousand dollar range . Of course a perfect show car can range up in the 40 to 50 thousand dollar range . These were wonderful machines and if I find myself with some spare money in the next few years I would consider buying one again to tool around in the summers . Strictly a luxury item at this point in my life . The car I had at 16 by the way cost me 600 dollars used .
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
An interesting story <> Werewolf man
Tai Djin - Kung Fu Werewolf
Sometimes a story comes along that contains so many fanciful elements one must assume that it is the work of fiction. Such is the story of Su Kong Tai Djin.Tai Djin was born in China in 1849. He was born unique, afflicted with hypertrichosis. Unlike Jo-Jo, who would be born a few decades later, Tai Djin was born into a highly superstitious family. As A result they saw his affliction as the work of demons and he was left in the forest to die.A Shaolin monk traveling through the forest discovered the child and took him back to the Fukien Shaolin Temple. There Tai Djin was raised by the monks.He was trained in martial arts and it quickly became apparent that he was exceptional in both appearance and ability. The boy must have been a sight practicing kung-fu with his face covered in fine fur. He quickly became a favorite of many of the Shaolin masters and, as a result, each master passed their knowledge on to Tai Djin.He was a sponge and mastered every technique shown to him. He became the first to master over 200 different empty hand systems and over 140 weapon systems. His various specialties included the infamous Chi Ma, or ‘Death Touch’. After several years of extensive training he became the first Grandmaster of Shaolin and one of the first to master all skills of the seven Shaolin temples.He became know as Su Kong Tai Djin. Su Kong simply means, Grand Master.Perhaps the most amazing part of this story is that it is all true. Su Kong Tai Djin was a real man, he really did have hypertrichosis, he was a real Grandmaster and the first man to master all seven styles. He was witnessed by many, and revered by many more. He lived on for many years and passed away in 1928 after teaching many others to be masters.image: Su Kong Tai Djin, the Shaolin Grandmaster.
Sometimes a story comes along that contains so many fanciful elements one must assume that it is the work of fiction. Such is the story of Su Kong Tai Djin.Tai Djin was born in China in 1849. He was born unique, afflicted with hypertrichosis. Unlike Jo-Jo, who would be born a few decades later, Tai Djin was born into a highly superstitious family. As A result they saw his affliction as the work of demons and he was left in the forest to die.A Shaolin monk traveling through the forest discovered the child and took him back to the Fukien Shaolin Temple. There Tai Djin was raised by the monks.He was trained in martial arts and it quickly became apparent that he was exceptional in both appearance and ability. The boy must have been a sight practicing kung-fu with his face covered in fine fur. He quickly became a favorite of many of the Shaolin masters and, as a result, each master passed their knowledge on to Tai Djin.He was a sponge and mastered every technique shown to him. He became the first to master over 200 different empty hand systems and over 140 weapon systems. His various specialties included the infamous Chi Ma, or ‘Death Touch’. After several years of extensive training he became the first Grandmaster of Shaolin and one of the first to master all skills of the seven Shaolin temples.He became know as Su Kong Tai Djin. Su Kong simply means, Grand Master.Perhaps the most amazing part of this story is that it is all true. Su Kong Tai Djin was a real man, he really did have hypertrichosis, he was a real Grandmaster and the first man to master all seven styles. He was witnessed by many, and revered by many more. He lived on for many years and passed away in 1928 after teaching many others to be masters.image: Su Kong Tai Djin, the Shaolin Grandmaster.