Automotive Christmas presents

So what kind of automotive presents did you get this Christmas?

Book, "The Cobra in the Barn" about 50 short stories of real finds, from Duesenbergs to Corvette Gran sports to '51 Mercury customs.

Book, "Shelby, The man, The cars, The legend"

Wife's blessing to proceed with funding for my new front suspension!

A brand new vehicle....~Esther

Happy to report I got an oil painting of a fisherman for Christmas.
And some chocolate. And a pipe stand ...
Car stuff? Nada. Zilch. Zero. The Big Goose Egg.
Teresa got a vintage canvas flying helmet from her Dad, though ... Yaaaaaay!

Remember the "What type of hat does your right-seater wear" thread from last year?

a new(reproduction} pair of talbot mirrors from england.

Glenn Becks new bood,"An Inconvienent Book," It is a hoot, I recommend it!

The most "Automotive" gift I received was an IRobot "Roomba" vacuum cleaner.

I plan on programming it to torment my Jack Russells.

Should be a hoot! "Watch out, Murphy!......Here it comes, again!!"

Oh....and a magazine on Vintage Racing, listing the entire Vintage Racing year for 2008! Looks like I'll be busy, right after I finish programming the Roomba.....

gn

Speedsterowners calendar. Period. The only automotive gift, but one I look forward to every year. Thanks, Theron.

Esther:

So what new car did you get?

Andres D.

Cory - you do have an automotive gift - you just haven't gotten it yet. I didn't get it sent b4 Christmas and have spent the last 3 days camping in airports... I'll ship it to you tomorrow!

angela

"spent the last 3 days camping in airports"

BTDT.....Flew back from SF to Boston once, with a less-than-two-hour stopover in Denver. Got in just before a HUGE blizzard and ended up staying there for two days. So the usual explanation has been: "Yeah, I packed two days worth of airport food into two hours at Denver, once!"

gn

The only things I got to OPEN on christmas, was the German D and bumper bracket (it was mounted 25 minutes later too) and a torque wrench.

The calendar came today... a little late, but it is here.

I also got a 356 workshop manual. But my wife doesn't understand that I don't have a real 356... but I am keeping it, cuz it is a cool read... that was late too, it came today as well.

Only received one gift this year but a fun one - a garage mate for the Speedster. Anxiously waiting for it to be delivered.

You dawg!!! I LOVE those!!!

Very cool car, ECB!!

I'd love to have the 'ol Merc sitting behind your car in the picture!!

A 356 mail box topper from Alan M. that I wish was larger,,

I have real big mail box. and i got my bug home finally and it doing even better than I hoped on gas mileage. that was the best present.

got an engine stand from the inlaws and loads of free time (several days off vacation. Now the T4 build doesn't have to happen on the floor.

I plowed through 8 straight hours of work on the 356 yesterday.

Paul:

It is SO much nicer to work on an engine up at bench level. I'm sure you'll love having that stand. You might also look around for a motorcycle jack to use when putting that engihne back in. It makes the installation/removal job really easy.

East Coast Bruce! What a toy! Hot Foot gonna drive that to Carlisle this May?

gn

Gordon,

She's already talking about driving it to Carlisle but she has a tendency to do autocross when she sees those little orange cones in the road so I try to keep her riding as a passenger! :>) The new toy has a Ford OHC 4-cylinder so at least she won't be doing wheelstands (hopefully).

Santa didn't bring this but we're happy to add this neat 3dr pickup to the stable. Pick 'er up next week. Sports a 2110 w/Miller FI which should be fun.

Rick, that thing is beautiful....Love the Safari windows

Perhaps Barry's mail box is extra large from the residules of Viagra shipments .....Brrraaaaahhhhhhaaaaa !

I don't need Viagra. but thanks for thinking of me Alan.

But the bigger mail box is just like anything else. Bigger is sometimes better. I have started a scaled up drawing of your Mail box topper and I think I will make the bigger one out of 1/4 inch plate, something vandle proof. I like the topper you sent me and I will be up for sell when I replace it I just hope it does not get stoned and distroyed before I swap it because its only 16 gauge sheet metal . which to me is insuficent for wher it is going to be.

I tould you we have vandles down here, and the Law is slack in my county

No joking no puns. Im sorry If I seem displeased i just have higher standards

Rick - COOOOL CABBIE!!

911-Speedy and a nice crew-cab, very cool cars on my dream list!

Rick - LOVE THAT!

angela

ECB -- When do we get the preview? We could do one of those wine runs this spring, right?
Cool stuff, everybody!

I listed EC Bruce's Track T move from Arkansas to Maryland on Central Dispatch to be shipped via an enclosed transporter.
This is beyond my business's operating area.
With the holiday's, things move slow and this should get resolved this coming week. ~Alan

Well, it wasn't under the tree and I opened it about ten days early, but my brand new Super Wide Body Vintage Speedster was my Christmas present to myself.
Troy

WOO-HOO!

Troy - Glad you like your new toy and that you enjoyed your drive home. Now your next project is to lower that bad-boy's suspension by 3 inches to enhance it's outlaw look!

Troy - She's a beauty!