Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Video on Highway One (PCH)

My friend Vasco, from Portugal, was travelling with Dave Conklin, and he shot some video with his camera, which he just sent me. It is of me driving along PCH after having left San Luis Obispo last October and on our way back to LA. This was my last day here and it was en route to parking the car in storage in LA, and taking my flight back to NY.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

TOTD - the movie !!

Finally, here is "dealsgapRing - the movie" or how i learned to flog the dog (a massachusetts terms for driving the crap out of the car, as I learned from Paul). At some point in the movie, there will be some wind noise, as well as some speedometer cable noise. The cable noise goes away after a few minutes. I tried to hold on and be as steady as possible. I also had to cut a lot, so apologies to anyone if your best moments were left on the cutting room floor. Hopefully the HD aspect and resolution remain. It was 2.5Gig but vimeo had a one gig limit, so more compression occurred in the preparation.
Enjoy ...

Monday, April 6, 2009

TOTD - pics

Vic Rola's rally car ... just gorgeous
Hal put some new shoes on the 993 and wow do they pop. Great job Hal.
A polo red 67S that was one of the nicest cars I have ever seen. Color is too bright here in the sunlight. Bill Bausser's car, and a real tribute to his ownership. The car is flat out fast ... nimble and quick, and a lot of it is down to the skill of the driver.
The wailing wench indeed, complete with rally strips, matching the minilites. Great job Paul. Like the carrera script ;-)
This was prepping to leave NY, where they picked me up. Last minute packing by Fred in the black cab, and by Mark in his GT carrera

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Actual Next Trip - TOTD

The actual next trip is not to Cali, but first to Tennessee, and North Carolina, to ride the Tail Of The Dragon (TOTD with 381 curves in 11 miles). As our car is in Cali, I ride with my buddy from MA, Paul Ripley and co-drive his twinplugged 2.8 litre wailing wench (as he calls it affectionately).

Can't wait to get some wheel time on this puppy !!!