Kevin's Hands: June 2008

Friday, June 27, 2008

day of departure

The car is leaving for the Porsche Parade today...

just finishing up a few thousand last things.

installing the rear window

still installing

Bet you didn't know this was a 3-man job!

front view

rear view

ouch!

Thursday, June 26, 2008

we're getting there

graphics got applied this morning

looking good!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

still seeing yellowwwww

Kevin is working on the front bumper.

Bruce, what a nice shop cat he is becoming.
He always wants to be where Kevin is working.

final assembly of front bumper

Since Andy is on vacation, we recruited Bill to come and help.

bumper going on

seats are in

Yikes!!!...I don't know how they find anything around here!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

rainy day wash

Kevin came home from work last night & was nice enough to wash my car for me...that is, he soaped it up and nature washed it off.

I think he really just wanted an excuse to be out playing in the rain!

oops...loosing the pants!

Thanks Kevin!!

Friday, June 20, 2008

yellow......

The parts are almost all painted now for this pretty yellow RS Carrera,
so full on assembly has begun.

Engine is in and starts!

front trunk area

there are a zillion parts to put on a street car

more assembly

The gang's all here, at least they were on Monday...
Andy has since left for a 2 week vacation.

Bruce was keeping Bret company under the car

grinding away a little unwanted black stuff

ohhhh, this is the fun stuff!

inside repair to the duck tail

door assembly

This is an interesting assortment of tools lined up.

The side project of the day was to catch one of our stray female cats in this trap and take her into get spayed. Not as easy as it sounds and Kevin's right arm has the scratch marks to prove it. We'll have to try again Monday morning, but I rather doubt that either cat will go near this trap again.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

lemans update

Congratulations to Team Bruichladdich
for finishing 6th in Class, 31st Overall in the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

(love this shot because Gunnar lined himself up with the overall winner to get in the photography at the end of the race)

Monday, June 16, 2008

the glen

Unloading the newly painted 914.

Getting ready for the test day.

Bret and Christian having a pre-track chat.

beautiful 962

997 coming around turn 10

I love coming to this racetrack.
It is so beautiful and there are so many places
where a spectator can go to watch the on track action.

The Beginning:
The first races in Watkins Glen were initiated by Cameron Argetsinger, whose family had a summer home in the area. With Chamber of Commerce approval and SCCA sanction, the first Watkins Glen Grand Prix took place in 1948 on a 6.6-mile course over the local roads. For the first few years, the races passed through the heart of the town with spectators lining the sidewalks, but after a car left the road in the 1952 race, killing one spectator and injuring several others, the race was moved to a new location on a wooded hilltop southwest of town. The original 6.6 mile course is listed in the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places. The new 4.6-mile course for 1953 also used existing roads. The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Corporation was formed to manage spectators, parking and concessions. This arrangement lasted three years before a 2.35-mile permanent race course was constructed on 550 acres, overlapping part of the previous course. It was designed by Bill Milliken to be a smaller version of the original street circuit and laid out by several engineering professors from nearby Cornell University. Along with the annual SCCA race, the track hosted its first professional race (NASCAR Grand National Division) in 1957 and became truly international when the Formula Libre race attracted some of the best road racing drivers in the world, including Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Phil Hill and Dan Gurney from 1958 through 1960.