66 Motor Palace

We spent most of Sunday at the Memorial Car Show for our friend Rudy Martinez. Rudy was a builder of custom cars, trucks and anything else he found interesting. He owned Auto Upholstery of Orange and excelled in wild custom, traditional hot rod, cafe and high end restoration work. We met him right after moving to Orange and he is responsible for getting us into our 66 Motor Palace location on Rodder's Row in Old Town Orange. Bondorella and the R50 Beetles  Grant and the guys from Born Free Shows were there. Rat Rod and the Dirty Rat Rods. Sleds  Lori and Bondorella got second in Best Custom.  Rudy did the seat on the YM-1 The R50 and spring flowers in the alley.

Foothill Blvd Rancho Cucamonga On the way to Trailblazers Vintage Bates Leathers from Floyd Emde's shop Burro and asses Waiting for the train in the hills west of Route 66 on Cajon Pass 2001 XL 1200S  Charlie Brown's in Little Rock,  CA. Thanks for the tip from Gil! Date Shakes, buffalo burgers, and anything else you can think of deep fried.

Shameless self promotion alert! Most Schott prices going up 5-10% 05/01/12 get yours now! The Romones in their Schott jackets GET YOUR OWN SCHOTT HERE  I did an overnighter to meet Joe, a General Contractor might help us with the hard stuff (walls, foundation, sewer line). Then we'll do the fun stuff (tile, flooring, finish stuff). Then he'll bail us out when we get stuck. Joe grew up in Winslow and did work on the Motor Palace when it was Jenny's. It turns out Jenny's was named after the owners wife and he still lives in the area. Joe's going to arrange for us to meet. A better shot of Jigger and Dusty's table. That framing's coming down. This wall's going to be replaced. Another contrived reflection shot. I picked up some supplies on the way home... Meteor City Trading Post. ...and stopped by the Snow Cap for a couple tacos, then made a bonsai run home. Snow Cap Seligman Old Ford Trunk we found in Or...

As you move east the sun sets and rises as you crest hills and sets as you descend into the next valley. Clouds darken the sky then break releasing brighter skies and another sunset. Mojave 1st Sunset Sun rise Peaks Sets Broke out the iPhone when it started to get light again! Clouds break Last one

Late post alert! We went looking for a vintage bicycle a couple weeks ago and scored these treasures about five minutes in. Never did get a bicycle. Crazy vintage kidney belt for Lori. Pockets, snaps, zippers, and locks all work. Kennedy Kit full of Made in USA tools...and stuff. Old tin covered wooden machinist's box full if machine tools (don't know what they are but they look cool) and drills. Bonus!!! Thanks Jessica at  Yellow Devil Gear Exchange  for the score on my wax coton Belstaff pants. I should probably wear them today with a green Steve McQueen Sweat Shirt!  Buy one now so you can look cool next St Patrick's Day too!  Free Shipping to U.S.A and discount shipping on international orders! NOW TO OUR ROAD TRIP! A couple months ago, we were looking around George the Second  antique store in Orange (very nice stuff and they let us inside) and saw a couple sinks we liked. They were real cool and out of our ...