Website Updates

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=140 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="8c700c40dvldtc.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to                                                     </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="8cb58c01dvldtc.jpg"> <div>                                                   </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> So maybe I can figure out how to list my site updates in chronological order on this page.</div> <bR> <div> In the past I had hired three different people to build me a website & none of them got around to  it. </div> <bR> <div> (OK, the first guy I didn't pay, but the other two got retainers & nothing happened.. )</div> <bR> <div> It seems web designers can be the new Prima Donnas in our culture.</div> <bR> <div> Anyway, I tried to figure out how to build websites.</div> <bR> <div> I built this one & I take all the pictures & write all the copy.</div> <bR> <div> I think it's doing OK, but I get too busy to update it, & when I come back I often forget how the darn thing works.</div> <bR> <div> What I am going to try to do here is asign anchors to various images on the site, & then link the dates below to those anchors.</div> <bR> <div> Click on a date below, & it should take you to the page & the latest projects.</div> <bR> <div> Heck. Maybe I'll get creative & send some of the links to other places. That would be interesting.</div> <bR> <div> I remember my luggage got sent to Singapore once instead of London. </div> <bR> <div> Maybe the baggage handler did it on purpose, or maybe like me he wasn't quite sure which buttons to press.......</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> October 2011. Busy as ever, once again time to post some update photos. In the meantime, here's a nice <A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alfa Romeo 1974 GTV"><U>Alfa Romeo GTV</U></A> for sale........</div> <bR> <bR> <div> June 2011<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >   How time flies. I have been in Italy up towards the north digging for old cars. The sad news:  All gone. </FONT></div> <div> Over the last several years some tax law changes have prompted people to crush old cars that were lying about in shops & yards. Accordingly the ones left have gone up in value.</div> <bR> <div> For my last three trips I have not been able to bring back a single one. The few available are so overpriced I don't think they are marketable here.</div> <bR> <div> I do have a fantastic Fulvia coupe for sale though. It has a great California history .  </div> <bR> <div> The link is here:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="White Fulvia coupe"><U>67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 rallye</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> I'll try to post some snaps from Italy soon, & some of the great cars that have been in the shop.  I've been too busy fixing stuff to keep up with the website, but I have good intentions.</div> <bR> <div> Off to go rebuild an Appia motor before the next Flaminia comes in</div> <bR> <div> Cheers  from Italy !</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1217" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 231 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="be22ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="be42ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="be62ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="be82ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> January 2011<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >   Already ?  So many projects & not enough time to document them.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> There is a very nice red Lancia Flavia PF Coupe for sale though. <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lancia Flavia PF Coupe"><U>Click here for the link</U></A>   </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Cars for sale "><U>November 2010</U></A>   So many things. Just back from Italy. Cars are more elusive than ever to locate. I understand some type of standing tax on parked vehicles has motivated people to scrap them.</div> <bR> <div> I always used to see so many old cars in back lots and now they are all gone. We must appreciate the ones that haven't  been flattened</div> <bR> <div> The New York Times posted a nice little article on the shop at:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/automobiles/14LATHE.html?ref=automobiles" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/automo"><U>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/automobiles/14LATHE.html?ref=automobiles</U></A></div> <bR> <div> I'll get around to cutting & pasting it to the site sometime soon.</div> <bR> <div> I have plans to build a page dedicated to pictures of old cars out back, as it was just a few years ago you could see such things. . I really can't believe how they have all gone away.</div> <bR> <div> A delicious Lancia Flavia PF coupe with fuel injection is available in the for sale section. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lancia Flavia 1.8 PF Coupe"><U>Clich here</U></A> for link</div> <bR> <div> Actually theres lots of cool cars for sale as I am selling some of my personal fleet for the Holidays.</div> <bR> <div> Treat yourself for Christmas...........</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Cars for sale "><U>Click here</U></A> for the link</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id131_gibson.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fuel Injection Conversion"><U>September , 2010</U></A>   Fuel injection update.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id118.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats in the Shop Now"><U>August 2010</U></A>:  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >How long hs it been ?  The best of intentions, and too many projects. I just posted a few snaps to the what's in the shop now page.  Built a 7 tier Organic garden in the back yard, & each tier is 4X 8. It burns an incredible amount of time but the food is exceptional. Several Bands I am in have been active recording & playing shows. The recording studio I run has been constantly updated, & sonically is providing some impressive sound reproduction. For many years I have been a winemaker, & last year I hit some new highlights on the learning curve towards being a commercial producer, but the time investment is immense. Started a new company to market some of my designs. I started with a 5 channel data logger for vibration analysis, but it got so complicated I don't think I can market them commercially.  ( what people really want is one red button that does it all. Waveform analysis gets  a little deep for the generic consumer I'm afraid.) Great tool though. As an obscure side bar, I'm now building a Guitar players' appliance code named " the Zombie Love Box"   The prototype is sounding great & I'm fine tuning the graphics. The Logo floats in side illuminated lucite & looks pretty cool. The original lucite sign  idea came from a shop I visited in Florence Italy years ago. I showed up on a Friday & the cranky owner said : "Come back Monday. "  I burned 2 days of Hotel time I couldn't afford & arrived Monday at his shop. Of course it was closed . Finally I have been able to fabricate a reasonable version of what I had envisioned: The type of sign that would hang on the side of a building in Milan around 1949 to indicate a Doctors office on the third floor.  Cool !</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fuel Injection Conversion"><U>May 2010</U></A>:</FONT>  <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fuel Injection Conversion"><U>Let's convert a car to fuel injection</U></A> ! Currently gathering photos.  This will be interesting,  a new link soon... ( OK, it's August & finally a link.  It is really looking good on the bench. The last fuel injection conversion was to a throttle body & it runs just great. The new one is Multi Port & I can't wait to compare the differences......)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fulvia SII coupe"><U>April 2010:</U></A>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > A nice Lancia Fulvia SII coupe comes up for sale.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id118_090909.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats in the Shop Now"><U>September 8, 2009:</U></A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > Some new cars in for tuning</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id81_082209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flaminia Transaxle"><U>August 22, 2009</U></A>: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > An explanation of the bearing question</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id125_81709.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fulvia 1.2 Coupe "><U>August 18, 2009</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >:  More Distractions</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id125_080709.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fulvia 1.2 Coupe "><U>August 7, 2009</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > :  Fulvia Coupe project</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>