Jan thru June  2013

33 Coupe Having Fun 107       6/11/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

I happen to walk by this random car and noticed the large drum brake setup that it had. Or is it really made to look like it has old school brakes on it? I think it's that latter.
 

 

 

I've seen this guy selling these at this show before and they all look pretty good. He buys those combination screwdrivers that have two flat ends and two Philips ends with the plastic handles at the hardware store. He then toss's the handle but keeps the rest and hand makes all the handles along with the copper trim piece. Everyone is unique and the wood has a clear coat.
 

 

 

 

 

 

This was taken when I first arrived that morning. What you see here is someone getting ready to be towed because they were parked in a two hour parking zone over night. A vendors truck was scheduled to park in this area so here comes the tow truck to take care of the problem.

The flatbed wasn't able to get directly behind the car so he's pulling it at an angle. I've never seen this scenario before so I stayed and watched for a few minutes. Once the car was pulled close to the ramp, the truck operator stops winching and rehooks the cable towards the middle of the ramp. Once this is done the cable is pulling to the right side of the car forcing it to line up with the ramp.
 

 

 

Once the car was lined up with the ramp, the operator unhooked the cable from the side and winched it up like normal. But the one thing that was different here was the lack of straps holding the car in place while he drove down the street. Now I've seen many cars get hauled away but not with the front tires one or two inches from the edge and not being strapped down. I saw the driver go up this street to a near by parking lot so I followed along.
 

 

 

What happened next was pretty cool because the truck driver lined himself up with an empty parking spot and slowly lowered the car down. Once it was about where he wanted it, he moved the bed back-and-forth till the front tires came off the ramp which placed the car into the parking space perfectly. Once that was done the truck driver drove away and all this only took about five minutes. I can only imagine the owner of the car coming back to pick it up only to find the spot empty and possibly driving right by it's new location in the process. I'll bet they look at the signs a little closer the next time.
 

 

 

This restaurant was right around the corner from where we were parked and we decided to have lunch their. If you ever get the chance to eat here you won't be disappointed because the food was great.
 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a good time, good weather, lots of cars showed up, had some great food and they had a huge raffle with some awesome prizes. For the people that regularly check out my site you'll notice something different with the shot below. If you don't know or are new here, our hoods are closed. I just thought I'd do something a little different here that's all.

If you look close you can see the car that was towed in the background :-]
 

 

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