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It?s a girl!
My new baby bugeye car (not to be confused with rubber baby buggy bumpers - or is it rubber baby bugeye bumpers) was delivered on August 30th at 10:17am. I pushed her into her new home at DW’s garage, where she’ll spend the next few months getting organ transplants. She’s got 4 wheels, 2 steering [...]
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Unpacking
Spent 3 hours unpacking boxes and taking photos of the contents. I’m not exactly sure yet if I have a complete car, but I have 2 radiators (which both look in sad shape), 3 gear shift knobs, an emergency brake, lots of crusty hoses, jars filled with nuts and bolts, and 2 master cylinders, one of [...]
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From the pits of despair
I spent last Saturday unpacking my boxes, and boy did my heart sink. That night, I had an actual panic attack. “I don’t know what I’m doing. How can I trust myself to screw everything back in properly - I will never feel secure enough to even drive it, even if I do manage to [...]
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Inventory and Disassembly
Last Saturday was the first big day of the Bugeye project. Already exhausted from a business trip, I mustered myself out of bed at 6am so I would make it down to Palo Alto by 7:30 to help Brian B load my old ‘59 onto his trailer for disassembly. It was my 3rd time seeing [...]
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Costume Check
While I’ve been in charge of the car mechanics, Rachel, my sister and copilot, has been in charge of costumes. She did a spectacular job of outfitting us with red and white polka-dot dresses, wide-brimmed hats, and bug-eyed sunglasses. Now she has seen to it that I’m properly outfitted for the rebuild. I now have [...]
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