As I squinted beneath the eyes of the sun at… http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/9/truck-truck-everywhere-a-truck
Category: Trucks
Thirty-Eight
More photos at http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/9/thirty-eight
KISS
Dial AL6 996
See the full photo and a little history at http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/3/dial-al6-996
HMMWV at the Ham Fest
I was tailgating at the Albuquerque Ham Fest in the early hours on Saturday. Lee Maisel, the owner of the HMMWV pictured above, told me about the Ham Fest tailgate party, which, unlike the traditional “before the game” tailgate party with crowds of rowdy fans, loud music, and kegs of beer, was quiet and orderly, with mostly older ham operators walking around sipping coffee and munching on breakfast burritos while looking at ham radio equipment and shootin’ the bull.
Besides being a ham, Lee Maisel owns and operates Albuquerque Laser Engraving. I had him engrave an iPad for a retirement gift earlier in the year, and he did a fantastic job at a very reasonable price. Besides precision engraving, his laser equipment does precision cutting, so he showed me a wide variety of projects he had finished and waiting to be picked up that involved engraving or cutting or both. All the work was very high quality and professional.
Sponge Bob and the Studebaker
Laurie told me the “cheesy” looking character showing much delight overing seeing a tricked out, classic Studebaker parked in front of him is Sponge Bob! Laurie got excited enough about coming across such a finely restored old Studebaker pickup truck, that she stopped, parked her car, got out, and photographed it from different angles.
Pipe in Pastel
Pastel scaffolding and a couple of interesting outcomes form drive-by and chance shots.
Head-on
SURPRISE! At La Orilla and Coors.
Hopped-Up IHP
I guy in a old hopped-up International Harvester Pickup pulled up next to me at the light — he revved his engine “vroom vroom”. I resisted whooping his butt off the line to get a photo of his truck — “click click”, “zoom zoom”…….
Running Car Total
Three Mazdas and a Ford pickup make up our new running car total. Friday was quite an eventful day in automotive adventures for the Price family. The adventure started on Thursday when Ro was late meeting me for lunch at Phở 79. While I was waiting, the owner of Phở 79 asked me if Tristan needed a car. I said “For a matter of fact she does. What do you have in mind?” He told me he had another Mazda RX-8 for sale, and thought I might be interested. Tristan met me and Laurie at Phở 79 that evening, we test drove the car, and loved it, of course. We discussed the car over our dinner of crayfish and other Vietnamese dishes, and then we worked out a deal on the car after dinner.
Laurie and I spent early Friday morning picking up our Ford F100 from the shop, and paying for the RX-8. I went to work and Laurie went to school, then we spent all Friday afternoon taking care of the taxes, title and registration — we are now a three Mazda family.
Off Center & Not Even 