JDM toys donated by JDMST member ban_die. (so rad!).
Evo photograph donated by Matthew Mead.
Rad 911 poster donated by JDMST member Andrew Mel.
Oh and the radical son Tom from Hell On Wheels dropped in, turns out he lives literally down the road!
Kartatak indoor karts at Villawood.
Clifton wearing the Angry Bird outfit that Jing had to wear all night.
Jing’s Bucks party was on last Saturday. We hit the Karts earlier in the day and just before we got on the track one guy flipped his kart in the tunnel (the black thing in the picture above) and almost knocked himself out (not to mention losing a lot of skin). That kinda freaked everyone out but once we were on, it was on! The track was tight. Crazy hard to overtake which made for some good contact. I was sure to T-Bone Jing out of a corner, Cliffy got the fastest lap of the day (looks like I’m always destined to be mr 2nd on kart days!). Later that afternoon we all smashed pre-dinner shots in a swanky hotel room in the city, hit Churrasco for dinner (was perfect) then I can’t talk about what we did after, but holy shit it was full of laughs!
We put the space to the test again last week with a Forza 4 industry invite only night. 2 hardcore race sims were set up, fridge was stocked with James Squire and we had about 42 people attend, everyone hung out till very late which was awesome. So happy that people didn’t just come, get bored, and leave! I saw a lot of mingling going on, so great to see people meeting new people, having a Friday night beer and playing games too.
All photos by Matthew Mead, more words and photos on Zen Garage.
Fuji Feather.
Lovely headbadge features mount fuji and feather logo + stamped “Made in Japan”.
Moustache bars!
Alloy Suntour 7-GT rear derailleur.
French made Huret front derailleur.
And shifters.
Last week I found this vintage Fuji Feather on eBay. I put a bid on it, and won it for $56 which I think is a bargain (56 is my house number too!).
I’ve since done some research on it and from my finding’s it’s about as old as I am. From the mid 70’s. It’s got a Suntour 7-GT rear derailleur, one of the first derailleurs to feature alloy bits and it’s also got Huret parts on it, a French brand I’d never heard of before. Unfortunately it’s got 27inch wheels which makes converting it to a single speed a little harder than a new 700c with a rear cassette. I might see how I go keeping them. I have a spare 700c wheelset too so I’ll also test to see if the brake pads will come down enough to make the 700c wheelset work.
She’s heavy but she rides lovely, even with a flat front tyre. Brakes well too. Work on the motorised conversion starts ASAP!
Dad and my sister Jamie at 11 weeks.
Love this photo of my Dad. Freaky that I’m older now than he is in the photo. Spent some of the night going through old photo books of Jamie when she was a baby, comparing her to Miles, they have the same nose but everything else is Richie for sure!
We’ve had 22 amazing images submitted to APA so far, not bas but it’s been a struggle to get it off the ground. We’ve yet to nail down prizes, we’re even considering putting in our own cash for a cash prize! We’ve sent out a lot of requests and we’re playing the waiting game at the moment. Hopefully in a week from now we’ll have some awesome prizes up for grabs. Twist twist twist!
Check out the awesome entries so far: http://automotivephotographyawards.com
Brought my cheap eBay lightbox set-up to Zen Garage today in preparation for the online shop images.
Test shot.
Call to action banner for the homepage.
I’m using Opencart for the shop. Tried Magento, killed me it’s ridiculously crap, totally unintuitive. You can check out the empty shop here: http://zengarage.com.au/shop
We had this massive shaded shelter to work in.
Cool and there was a nice breeze going through it too, venue was too good to be true!
Miles had awesome Sunday tunes pumping all day.
Shot from within the warehouse.
Jason’s MKV GTI.
Alan’s RNS upgrade.
All sorts of DIY stuff was done on the day, some mild, some wild!
Hacking the Matrix.
BBQ was so good I had to go for seconds.
Blackjack, cause that’s how we roll.
Big car related day out today. First I dropped in to check out a BMW meet in Alexandria, then I made the drive out to Hoxton Park for the massive VWGolf.net.au install day at BLUM HQ (they make amazing kitchen hinges, robotic, electronic opening doors, mind blowing!).
HEAPS more pictures, with running commentary, here: http://www.vwgolf.net.au/showthread.php?6361-%5BNSW%5D-16th-October-DIY-Day
