A Few Quick Pics

I am not a professional photographer. In fact, throughout my life I have generally unintentionally avoided taking snapshots or other pics, and so, there are lots of moments in my life that I would love to have visually documented but just didn't. But I have a camera phone, and a hand-me-down old digital camera (slightly better than the camera phone), and so I wanted to pass along a few pictures today.

First and foremost, I'm going to kick this off by following Rule 5, and show the super-hotness that shares my life every day and my bed every night:



Yep, she's all mine. Isn't she awesome, folks? (And credit where credit is due...I did NOT take this pic, she did. But I think that it is really hot.)

This is what I currently drive every day...



This is the car I would RATHER be driving:





AND I'd rather that it looked more like this (and IT WILL):



This car, by the way, belongs to a guy I know on the Four-Eyed Pride forums, who did a full resto on his. It's a beauty, isn't it? It is pretty much identical to mine...well, to what mine is supposed to be. The Super-Hotness told me she LOVES it, and I think the look is pretty good, myself. I'm very partial to racing stripes and other kinds of central striping, and I love the black satin hood stripe on the GT. This is the ultimate goal of my project Mustang...and one day, mine will be that nice. I've already redone the top (long-time readers will remember this). Finishing the mechanicals to get it drivable again is Milestone #1, then tires, brakes, cleaning up and repainting the body, and finally the interior.

Unfortunately, I mentioned that little engine problem...where it looked like someone had vomited into the cylinder? Well, here's a pic of the mess that a mixture of coolant, oil, and gasoline can and will make inside your engine. (This is the #5 cylinder...driver's side, front). You'll immediately see why my metaphor of its appearance is so apt.



This actually caused enough problems to weaken the cylinder wall and make it crack slightly, so the block is junk until I'm interested in going back to "numbers-matching" status and thus taking it to get it bored and sleeved at the machine shop (a very expensive proposition).