Week 57

Drive-In

Was forced to sit through the Night at the Museum (sequel) so that I could finally get to see the new Trek movie. And although there were several things that bothered me, as a child of the original series I have to admit that overall I wasn't disappointed in the least.

Week 55

Back to work! Set out today to remove the passenger side doors and hardware. Which I accomplished. They're in really nice shape with only some minor rot at the bottom which will be easy to patch. Taking the doors off would be an easy enough task if not for the door travel limiter, which is riveted on one end (a feature unique to the '57 model year, the 58s having a different setup from what I understand) and requires grinding to remove. It's time consuming since space is tight and I wanted to make sure I was only grinding the rivet and not it's mounting bracket. I also had to rassle with the door hardware... both the window crank as well as the opener took a lot of coaxing to remove (first time since the car was built no doubt). Again, a slow process as I didn't want to break them. After it was all said and done though I got them all off, intact. Whew.

Trains

Not automobile related but I needed to post these somewhere - and since locomotives have internal combustion engines and wheels I figured I could get away with it. And well, it's my blog. ;P

Taken with my cell phone camera from the rickety wooden overpass that's near our home, these are the antithesis of contemporary rail photography. My answer to certain "railfan" photography websites that accept only the most perfectly lit and composed shot. Folks who've managed to elevate the word "uptight" to whole new levels. *heh*