Japanese Car Parts and Film
January 6th, 2011 — Interior
The lead image for this post was shot by my newest camera, a Nikon F3 film camera. The F3 was the last professional manual focus camera that Nikon made. My copy comes from 1985. 10 years older than Sharka.
2011 ClubRoadster.net Calendar
January 3rd, 2011 — The Intarwebz
It’s calendar time again! For the 2nd year in a row, ClubRoadster has put out a calendar. And this year, the Autobots are presenting the calendar~ Autobots, not Decepticons.
Lunar Rover
December 31st, 2010 — Sharka pix
This past solstice (12/21/2010), I found myself standing out in the middle of the desert under almost complete cloud cover in the middle of the night. With my camera.
A Very Trekkie Christmas
December 23rd, 2010 — Photos, Toys
I have a confession to make. I’m a bit of a nerd.
I’ll let that one sink in for a minute or two. I’m sure it comes as a surprise to many of my friends and readers.
My car gets Christmas gifts!
December 22nd, 2010 — Engine, Toys
A small Christmas gift addressed to my car and a few WALL-E pix. Check it out!
M2-1001 Steering Wheel
December 12th, 2010 — Interior, Wheels
854 words on my newest steering wheel! It’s rare. It came from Japan. Fans of the M2-1001 Cafe Roadster might enjoy this post a whole lot.
Mazda3 Manual Transmission Fluid Change
December 11th, 2010 — Mazda3
Time for another installment of Mazda3 maintenance! This time it’s the manual transmission fluid and the differential fluid. They are one in the same. Mazda calls this a “lifetime fluid” and never calls for it to be changed out. In my humble opinion, that’s not good. Nor is it right. So here’s how you change it.
RyokuRob Rear Tow Hook
December 10th, 2010 — Parts Review
I wanted something to go with my RS Factory Stage front tow hook, and this beauty made by ClubRoadster sponsor RyokuRob was the object of my desire.
Arts and Crafts
November 29th, 2010 — Non-Miata Car Pix, Wheels
I acquired a new steering wheel for my collection the other week. But this post is not about that. I’ll have a post dedicated to that beauty soon. This post is about the wild idea I had when trying to figure out storage for my steering wheel collection.
See, I’d been using a shelf in the garage. The wheels were all protected in their original Momo and Nardi boxes, but they were still out in the garage. Not the best place for such beautiful objects. And definitely not where I wanted to store my new M2 steering wheel. It is such a piece of art.
And that’s when the idea hit me. Art. It deserves to hang on the wall.
Cars, Coffee, and Chile – 11/2010
November 22nd, 2010 — Racing, Sharka pix
I don’t manage to get out to the track to race around very often. And it’s even less often that there are guys with cameras. So I’m pretty happy to be able to make this blog post.
Sharka with turbo on the track. Driven by me! Photos courtesy of username Osiris of RacingSouthwest.
