The 510 Realm

Hey from Sydney- Went through the pile of paperwork stuff I brought with me, and ended up tossing a lot of it- old receipts for things I’ll need to re-buy, due to storage issues, re-read a few Dime Quarterly issues for a bit of a re-fresher. Sydney is rad. Clean, well sorted, minimal homeless, and t...

Depart for Sydney, Australia today. 787 hit by lightning. Composite planes don’t handle it as well as the aluminum ones…. I’ll be digging into some old info that I’ve collected over the years while I’m gone. Got a chance to go through a bunch of stuff that was in storage bins forever…. Time for a re...

Greetings, this time from Singapore. I appreciate the parts offer, gooned. We’ll see what I need when I get to that task. It’s a ways off… Youngest (daughter) turned 20 on Thursday, and on Saturday as I’m finishing up my tasks before I leave, she cartwheels her 2000 Civic. Not a scratch on her, car ...

Everything is on my property. That was a long time coming…. I’m amazed at how much stuff is in one of these little cars- takes up a lot of space when they’re blown apart. I got everything gathered into the back corner, out of the way, so other tasks can take place-lots of regular vehicle maintenance...

BIG WEEKEND coming. I will be gathering everything from the container and bringing it to the shop.Will drop it at home, load up the early squarebody Blazer chassis (different project) and take it back, and will bring home my square body single cab, 2WD truck. The Blazer chassis will donate its 4WD s...

Update- Was in Dubai for a couple weeks, then in Florida for 3. Shop is insulated, sheet rocked, and painted. It’s a very nice space, that has filled up with things, but no 510 yet…Those ‘things’ are getting placed in their proper locations. Getting the yard done at the end of the month, so I’ve bee...

Side event- About a month ago, I got a text from my wife that she forwarded from one of her coworkers. It said she was “desperately trying to sell an old Datsun 240Z. To the point we’re willing to pay someone to take it off our hands” Well, I said I’d take it, figuring it was some clapped out shell,...

Sold my electrical permit. Super cool inspector, totally dug the 280, and the new to me 72 240Z. It ‘found’ me a couple weeks ago, and I couldn’t pass it up. 130K miles, auto, everything works (except the clock), completely stock, was green, but is now silver, slotted mags, new tires, starter, alter...

Returned from Stockholm, with no drama, except I was sent back a few days early because I had a medical qualification go out of date. It’s the qualification that allows me to work in a confined space (fuel tanks, and a couple other specific spots on the plane). We’ve gotten so ridiculous in these th...

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Would you PM me with some more info on the yellow bulletside? Price, condition, etc….

Ooooh. King cab 620’s……. I have daydreams about building one of those….. Such a great looking truck, and the king cab lets you have a reasonable seating position….

Hi guys- been over 2 months…… To catch up, did the Abu Dhabi short trip, returned to Heathrow, and ended up being there until Nov. 11th, for a total of 72 days away from home. While in the UK, apparently a bunch of people around the globe decided they needed to damage several different airplanes. A ...

I guess my point was that Bertvorgen is so right. That same friend of mine is still very active, now working on his new ‘neighbors’ equipment, except now he’s out in farm country, so its tractors/farm equipment, farm trucks, and the occasional personal vehicle. He gets around great. He’s told me man...

As a 54 year old man, these words ring more true than many can imagine… Thinking back, to when I was ‘young’….. I met a long time friend when I was still a kid pedaling a bicycle around my neighborhood. My neighborhood had alleys, and those were a safer, easier route to take to travel. Alleys had ga...