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I'm a Car Guy...

always have been always will be. I grew up loving cars. My father was in the auto industry & raced cars. I own a cool vintage car, love road trips & the interstate highway system. I actually like driving though not so much in the city. Who really does anyway?

   I'm also a cyclist and have been since my youth in the 1970's. I worked in bike shops & as a bike mechanic. This year I'll end up riding over 8000 miles. Again. I raised my sons to be avid cyclists. One works in a bike shop & is an intern at Chainlink. The other refuses to get a drivers license. 

   So am I Schizophrenic? Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde? Am I sleeping with the enemy? Can you support Palestinian statehood & Israel?

   I've been a member of CL since we numbered in the hundreds & I've seen it all on this forum so if you must flame me try & be creative.

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Permalink Reply by David P. on April 23, 2013 at 5:44pm

GabeW, thanks for posting all that stuff!

GabeW (not the other Gabe) said:

That was some storm getting down there!

So I feel like we must have met or know each other even though I don't have any idea who you are.  We mus have crossed paths at some point.  Will you be at STPR? I might hitch a ride out there next month.

I'll plug some more rally events here too:

Sat. May 11thIndy region rallyx at Friendswood golf course.  Time trial racing on a graded but fairly torn up driving green.

Sat. May 18 Indiana Rallycross series event at Badlands offroad park on a soy bean field.  Should be a huge track and it's a new venue so no ruts yet just smooth farmland.  My friend and I are working on an 86(?) Audi 4000 quatro for this, hoping to have a 1.8t from a passat swapped in in time.  We'll see, we didn't get very far last night...

Sat/Sun May 25/26 Wisconsin Autosports Group Saturday left foot braking tutorial and practice day, Sunday super rallycross.  Surface is hard pack dirt motorcycle track.

Any car in good mechanical condition and at stock ride height can handle these surfaces, I've even seen miatas (with hard top) racing and doing well.  Come on out if it sounds fun.



Tricolor said:

That was a great rally this year thanks to the snow storm. I was moving around helping to train timing crews but still had some time to watch the cars, too.

If there are any plans for a Chainlink LeMons car let me know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUS305NKLKY

Someone else's video of stage 13 later that day (your car is around 2:08)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oejlq1V0l2s

GabeW (not the other Gabe) said:

Just got back from a race weekend.  The legs on the right are mine, the legs in the middle stopped to pick up a bicycle on the way home from this event :)  The "whamberlamps" is our service truck, complete with couch, fridge, and all the comforts of home.

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on May 9, 2013 at 6:30am

Riding down south Desplaines by Harrison in the warehouse area, I found these well preserved pieces of motoring history parked outside.

Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on May 9, 2013 at 8:03am

A few of my mid 60's Mopars;

Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on May 9, 2013 at 8:09am

'65 300

'64 Dodge Dart

'68 Barracuda Formula S w/ the original 340... 

Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on May 9, 2013 at 8:17am

Mopar Porn!

Permalink Reply by David P. on May 9, 2013 at 9:22am

Sweet! In the less-sexy 60s Mopar department, I saw a cherry-looking (as well as I could tell in the dark, anyway) '68 or so Valiant Signet 4-door parked outside the Logan Theater the other night. That on the same night that I stopped to take a couple of pics of a '61 Country Squire parked on California.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 9, 2013 at 9:40am

Wish I could have seen those!  My dad used to restore late 20s and early 30s Fords--Model A's and T's.  One of the family entertainments was going to the antique car shows.
 
Juan 2-8 mi. said:

Riding down south Desplaines by Harrison in the warehouse area, I found these well preserved pieces of motoring history parked outside.

Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on May 9, 2013 at 10:23am

Car guys or not, everyone should love these by photographer Paul Michael Smith:

But, these aren't real cars and only some of the background is model, the rest is real life. 

Some of these scale photos in his flickr stream are amazing http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on May 9, 2013 at 11:03am

Crap, that's coming up soon.  The weekend after I'm planning to bike to Madison, in fact.  Smack dab in the middle of nowhere between two highways, Wellsboro is.  621 miles, about 9 hours.  That's all of Thursday to get there and all of Sunday to get back.  Farther than most rallies I go to but not impossible.  Will you be working with the same team again?  If I can give anyone a lift can I crash at their digs?

GabeW (not the other Gabe) said:

That was some storm getting down there!

So I feel like we must have met or know each other even though I don't have any idea who you are.  We mus have crossed paths at some point.  Will you be at STPR? I might hitch a ride out there next month.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 9, 2013 at 11:10am

Seeing these reminds me of when they were filming the Untouchables movie (Kevin Costner and Sean Connery) here.

Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:

Wish I could have seen those!  My dad used to restore late 20s and early 30s Fords--Model A's and T's.  One of the family entertainments was going to the antique car shows.
 
Juan 2-8 mi. said:

Riding down south Desplaines by Harrison in the warehouse area, I found these well preserved pieces of motoring history parked outside.

Permalink Reply by Jason W on May 9, 2013 at 11:27am

Speaking of shows, Mustang show this weekend!

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on May 9, 2013 at 1:08pm

Glad that you appreciate my photos. Remembering this post in the past, I thought of all my fellow autophile chainlinkers as I was passing through the street that day.  


Anne Alt said:

Seeing these reminds me of when they were filming the Untouchables movie (Kevin Costner and Sean Connery) here.

Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:

Wish I could have seen those!  My dad used to restore late 20s and early 30s Fords--Model A's and T's.  One of the family entertainments was going to the antique car shows.
 
Juan 2-8 mi. said:

Riding down south Desplaines by Harrison in the warehouse area, I found these well preserved pieces of motoring history parked outside.

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