Damn it's nice to have Zilvia back. My lunch breaks haven't been the same for a few months.
Where to recap?
The mini after a nice detail. I'll say this about Italians, they do a damn good detail for 10 euros.
Mt Vesuvius for the nice backdrop
A few of us with older cars got together at an iconic spot for a nice group photo.
From the left: 76 Fiat 500, 75 LandCruiser with a diesel, 96 Defender, and my 1980 Mini Clubman Estate
Down in Posillipo, Naples
Amalfi
After summer 2021, I had an oppurtunity to get back out to St Charles, MO,
and meet my friend Ryan who had been keeping the car for me while I was overseas.
Of course after one day I had an electrical gremlin,
and I'm sure we've all been in this position before...
We got the car squared away and headed from Missouri to San Diego.
A few years ago I moved the air filter into the wheel well behind the bumper,
and naturally it rained non stop from St Charles to Arizona, about 900 miles.
But we made it with few scratches. We had a hiccup in El Centro,
where the fuel pump relay had a pin come loose and we were on the side of
the highway in the middle of the night trying to figure out what the fuck happened.
We also closed on our first house! Nice place just outside of Imperial Beach,
CA. 2 car garage, a yard big enough for the pups.
only ten minute drive to work. Can't ask for much more than that.
Also wanted to get a daily driver and something to use for exploring this beautiful state.
Probably the only meaningful modification done,
I swapped in KMH cluster and used the Dakota Digital to make
it read accurately in MPH. I have a working 180MPH speedometer now,
accurate within 1mph, although I haven't tested it above 150...yet.
And here we are. Still have a lot lined up for the 240, but life comes at you fast.
I'm in the process of getting divorced and simultaneously ramping up for deployment.
Might not be until next year until we can get into paint.
Still shooting for something along the factory KG1 color,
maybe with some more metallic sprinkled in.
Progress feels slow and time moves fast.
At least Zilvia is back up.