So yah, now that the Z is somewhat pretty, I figured it'd be nice to do a dusk/night time photoshoot of the car by this guy: timscribbles.com. He seems to be an all around decent chap, and local. I'm looking forward to it.
SDCR's final event to wrap up Season 1 is 01/17/09 and will be a drag race at Barona. This'll be Kristen's first time and my 5th time total, so we'll see how the car holds up. With her new camera, expect to see tons of photos from all our competitors.
Not sure if we're doing the burnout contest there or not, but we may very well do it there. Considering the fact that I have to get ready for a move, I might not cripple the car by doing a brakestand as it's an optional event anyway. Aside from that really not much going on, we're getting a lot of folks that look at the car now so that's always good.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2010 is an important year for our Z.
For many, the new year is home to the ever popular resolution tradition and sitting here with my wife and I, it's no different. Think back if you will, the insane amount of work that has been done in the latter part of 2009. The car was a complete pile of junk when we picked it up. My best friend even mentioned not to pick it up, but something about this Z captured my eye. It wasn't anything I could begin to explain to anyone else, but could only be understood by folks that have been in my shoes. The simple fact is this: This would be the start of a long and arduous journey for all parties involved. There will be many thousands of hard earned dollars ready to be spent without hesitation, because it is what completes my life. It is what completes OUR life. I cannot have gotten this far with the car without the continuous support and actual elbow grease from my wife and best friend.
With that said, I have to say that 2010 is a significant year for us and our Z. It is with great pleasure that we announce that Kairi, Kristen, and myself will be doing a full SCCA Autocross season. With finances looking on the up and the car becoming more and more familiar to work on, we tend to not only race a full season, but also prep the car for serious body work. We intend to fully restore this car and go with semi-race setup on the car so we can still have it streetable. This is our passion, this is our dream. I consider myself pretty dang lucky for having a wife that not only encourages and supports this, but wants to be an integral part of the process.
Well our 2 week Christmas/New Year's trip was actually cut short early for a few reasons, but after we did get back to San Diego and immediate fires were put out, JG, Kristen and I decided that we would go ahead and paint the car so that it's at least just one color to make the car halfway decent. 21 cans, 3 hours of work, and 3 woozy heads later this was the result. Not bad for $40 lol :p
Here are some pictures, but you can see the entire album HERE.
With that said, I have to say that 2010 is a significant year for us and our Z. It is with great pleasure that we announce that Kairi, Kristen, and myself will be doing a full SCCA Autocross season. With finances looking on the up and the car becoming more and more familiar to work on, we tend to not only race a full season, but also prep the car for serious body work. We intend to fully restore this car and go with semi-race setup on the car so we can still have it streetable. This is our passion, this is our dream. I consider myself pretty dang lucky for having a wife that not only encourages and supports this, but wants to be an integral part of the process.
Well our 2 week Christmas/New Year's trip was actually cut short early for a few reasons, but after we did get back to San Diego and immediate fires were put out, JG, Kristen and I decided that we would go ahead and paint the car so that it's at least just one color to make the car halfway decent. 21 cans, 3 hours of work, and 3 woozy heads later this was the result. Not bad for $40 lol :p
Here are some pictures, but you can see the entire album HERE.
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