Billetproof 2012

Ten years. It's been ten years since my first Billetproof. Ten years ago I was just a kid, eager to be able to hop out of the booth long enough to take enough shots with my old Pentax to fill my proof sheet. Now I walk through the show between customers to try and take a few pics on my iPhone to have something to put on the blog. Time, what a strange thing.

Enjoy:








Inside this rad scooter:





















Excellent flake coverage:

The Strangers BBQ July 8th, 2012. San Jose CA

I haven't been doing a great job keeping this blog up to date, I realize that. It's been a busy summer, and unfortunately to balance all the great progress I've been making on cars, life, and things in general my writing/blogging has declined. But hey, the blog is free!

Here's some pics from the Stranger's show last weekend in San Jose. I had a great time. It's strange for me to be in a place where I can feel somewhat comfortable entering my car in a car show, and I'm still figuring out what that whole world is like. It's strange and pretty anticlimactic. I still say the best part of a car show is the drive, but it's nice to be able to pause briefly between drives in good company and see what everyone else has been up to.

Enjoy!

The new look for the Buick, my wife lovingly refers to this iteration as "Purple Drank"




How's this for wackiness:

Cruise To The Bay #5 6/10/12

My god, it's been a while since I've updated this blog. I haven't had the luxury of time lately, but I'll make an effort to log this summer's craziness to the best of my ability. This summer is going to be a good one. I've been working on the car like a madman. I've been fighting through a handful of mechanical issues, and it's been a struggle to keep it on the road while working long days and finishing up my last year of school. This past week was particularly intense, I'm in summer courses now, and in order to get the Buick in good shape I've been burning the candle from both ends. I think it's paid off. I got a new coat of paint on the roof before our Cruise to the Bay last weekend, and I'm really happy with it. The rest of the car still needs work, but it feels great to be driving something I can be proud of. The cruise had a pretty decent turnout, all things considered, and I'm happy that other people have been coming out to the pier to help make this a regular thing, the Bay needs it. Here's my pics: