Showing posts with label Cars- Porsche. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cars- Porsche. Show all posts
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Eddins Moto photos
During lunch, I stopped by Jaan's shop for a quick peek. I'm working on a 10-question interview, so if you have any suggestions for questions, please let me know.
The Fiat X1/9 in the foreground is the shop's errand truck.
Jaan was working on this Flavia 1.8. It came in for a brake job but Jaan ended up fixing the fuel injection. This particular example is so emblematic of Flavias, it is the subject of a Wikipedia photo of a Flavia. Between 1965 and 1967, just 72 Flavia's came with fuel injection. Jaan has never seen one that worked perfectly.
I asked if injection owners ever switched to carburetors for reliability. He replied: Why? Look how beautiful it is.
Spare parts are not available, anywhere. So they have to be handmade, here.
A job that would stress out many a professional seemed calming, almost meditative, for this mechanic.
Inside, a somber Lancia Flamina and a Porsche 911 Turbo are up in the air, with their undersides exposed.
As I left, we partially pulled the cover off of this other Fiat. The owner is a cannon collector (!) and the yellow paint was used to restore one of his cannons. Wow.
The Fiat X1/9 in the foreground is the shop's errand truck.
Jaan was working on this Flavia 1.8. It came in for a brake job but Jaan ended up fixing the fuel injection. This particular example is so emblematic of Flavias, it is the subject of a Wikipedia photo of a Flavia. Between 1965 and 1967, just 72 Flavia's came with fuel injection. Jaan has never seen one that worked perfectly.
I asked if injection owners ever switched to carburetors for reliability. He replied: Why? Look how beautiful it is.
Spare parts are not available, anywhere. So they have to be handmade, here.
A job that would stress out many a professional seemed calming, almost meditative, for this mechanic.
Inside, a somber Lancia Flamina and a Porsche 911 Turbo are up in the air, with their undersides exposed.
As I left, we partially pulled the cover off of this other Fiat. The owner is a cannon collector (!) and the yellow paint was used to restore one of his cannons. Wow.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
ALMS Laguna Seca 2012 photos
Full write-up will be on Hooniverse. A big thanks to Rchen and ALARA Racing for the tickets! And congrats on the podium finish on Friday's MX-5 Cup race.
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