panga to the promised land III - motherlode

Who says San Diego doesn't have an immigration problem?

10 captured pangas

I don't remember seeing these last week.
All the other boats i've shown you were destroyed.
That's 10 pangas!

coyote wasteland

So lets do our coyote math.

10 pangas - 20 - 25 people each - 200 - 250 illegals.

200/250 x $3/5000 = $600,000 - $1,250,000

Holy Chit!

Throw in a couple bales of weed or coke,
and that figure shoots right up.

Wow.

TP

200,000 miles

Most major mileage rollovers are on the freeway,
or in traffic,
and you just miss it.

199998 miles! - ford van

This is THE major odometer rollover in this van,

and somehow it happened to be in a spot worthy of a few pics.

2001 ford e350 - 200,000 miles

Yeah this is the ultimate jinx for this workhorse of a van,

but it's well deserving,

and I need something to post up here!

2001 ford e350 van - 200,000.2 miles

This is the wonderful south bay area of chula vista.

Lotsa shady stuff goes on.

It's like a wildlife refuge, hobo camp, body dumping ground.

200,000 miles

I think the old girl deserves a total fluid change.
Hopefully this weekend.
We're on borrowed time now!

TP

bmw 1600 - holey floor pans

I'd love to be able to show some pics of something cool.
Nope.

Remember this pic of the Beemer floor?

holey floor pans

Probably not as I never posted it.
Anyway the floor had some ridiculously large holes,
patched with basically cover plates tacked in.

non-spec floor patches

Well I am happy to say the holes are almost gone.
Don't go looking for some concourse quality work here,
they are strong and have some anti-oil-can circles hammered in,
but that's about all.

beautiful

It's amazing how thin the original sheetmetal is.
Lotsa fun to tig weld too.
It's actually been great practice, more for speed though.
So far each panel is one after-work night, about 2 hours,
and 3.5 feet of welding. each...
3 nights later!

camouflaged hole

Of course the little patches hide the worst problems.

quick and dirty

Just what I wanted to see.

holier chit

I tried to be sneaky and make a smaller hole,
but it was just too half-ass, easier to make a big one.

ok, that's it right?

At least the floor is done,
now to just get rid of that pink-red paint.

Real quick,
I've got to give props to the stool...

good ole stool

Ya know,
anyone can weld on a table,
with clean virgin metal...

Unfortunately this is just the start of the rust repair.
Did you see that subrail part on the underneath shot?
Ok look now.

subrail? who needs a subrail

That brown rusty thing with the holes in it.
That's the actual "frame" that extends to the front suspension,
basically a fragile shell of what it needs to be.
Fortunately only one side is this bad.
Maybe this weekend...

All this work for a car that will be a tough sell even at $2000!
Great.
Just let me rack up some miles on it...

TP

panga to the promised land II

You remember this post a week or so ago?

perichbrothers (and sister): panga to the promised land

So 3 or 4 new panga's showed up in the past week.

not this time

The guy with the grey boat had it right.
Grey is a good camouflage color for the ocean,
the Navy uses it right?

What's up with the Charger blue and yellow striped boat though?
Cmon guys,
if you have a 15 or 20 person haul,  x ($3-5000) -
that's a $45K to $100K boat ride.
Buy some friggin black or grey paint, cheap!

Yes buy a couple gallons for the inside too,
that bright baby blue doesn't cut it,
remember helicopters!

panga graveyard

So just for this week,
let's say we have 4 boats at 20 people each paying 4000,
that's about 80 people paying $320K in failed border crossings,
last week about the same.
Holy Chit!

Yeah I realize that money is dispersed throughout the Coyote heirarchy,
the driver prolly only gets a tiny fraction,
but wow.
So, is there a free 2nd chance option?
I think the illegals only get sent across the border.
Than what?

Anyway,
this is the candidate for the best quickee job between jobs job.

holy chit

Nah that's not crap,
its just the sediment from the bottom of the bay.

Good times.

TP

Mcintosh Addict

A friend of mine, Chip, came by the shop a couple months back.
This was before I found the Sansui 9090,
but the 85w Kenwood kr-7600 blew him away.

What it did,
was crack that time hardened shell that was covering a dormant seed,
like an almond, or a walnut. or a macadamia nut.

This was a dangerous nut to crack,
as Chip had suppressed his desire for McIntosh sound equipment for years.
Well this is what happened.

McIntosh C26 preamp
MC 2505 50w amp
MR 73 Tuner
$20 home depot shelf

like a fast growing vine,
not a slow growing tree.

This stuff is nice. Real nice.
Too nice to know if its smarter to use it or just store it away.

Tanner with his inheritance

When you crack the upper crust,
the only guy to work on McIntosh stuff is Terry DeWick,
so this stuff has all Certified repairs stickers too.
DeWick Repairs
McIntosh Home Audio For Sale, McIntosh Labs Used Audio Equipment

One night I dropped by,
and he threw some tunes on,
pushed it  about halfway up the volume dial.
Loud.
But distorted at a certain point.
Damn.
It did sound fine though at normal listening levels,
the ones that his wife would actually allow over a long term.

Well not one to back down from a battle.
A short while later...

MC 2205 200wpc amp

Holy Shit Chip.
You win.
200 watts per channel!
Geez.

90lb. mother of all amps

I have yet to go by to hear it,
but it just looks loud.
The guy said this could power a hockey rink!

Now I need 2 rubber bands on my wrist to snap.

I am happy with my Sansui 9090.
Yes.
I am perfectly content with what I have now.
Yes.
110 watts per channel is plenty.
Yes.

Snap.

TP

Liar's Club III - sharpie sketch

Ok,
this Liar's Club edition is gonna be a little tough.
My brother's drawing far exceeded any previous vagueness.
Very reminiscent of heiroglyphics or cave paintings.

birthday cake

Stay tuned...

TP

unforgiving - Japan Tsunami

While watching the destruction caused by the tsunami in Japan,
I realized how little I know of the topography of Japan.
Most of us have seen the pictures of destroyed cities,
but may not realize this is along an almost 400 mile coastline,
not just an isolated section,
covering at least 5 "states" or prefectures of Japan,

On this map,
its #'s - 3 - Aomori, 16 - Iwate, 24 - Miyagi, 8 - Fukushima, 14 - Ibaraki.
A long stretch of the north eastern part of Honshu Island.

Minamisanriku - Miyagi prefecture

Incredible the amount of force needed for this level of destruction.





You see these pics of large ships sitting far inland.

Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture

The kids were wondering how they ended up there.

News Video - West TV - The West Australian

Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture

Supposedly the wall of water was at least 34 feet tall!

Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

wow

Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture

Just watching this video is mesmerizing.
Not much I can write that it doesn't show.

Just puts the issues in our lives in a different perspective.

Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture

 Sad to see how many lives are effected,
not to mention the nuclear threat.
Simple things like food, water, shelter, power, sewage...

Rikuzentakata - Iwate Prefecture

I've found there is alot of information and videos from RUSSIA TODAY.

RT

There YOUTUBE channel is way more thorough than America's repetitive CNN.

YouTube - RussiaToday's Channel

Nice that its in English.




Thoughts and prayers go out to the Japanese people.

TP