Archive | August, 2007

Is this thing on?

A good chunk of the team are burners, so we’ve agreed to take this week off and hit the ground running after Labor Day.

I’m only out there for two days, so I spent some time doing more sanding

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Why people with short attention spans shouldn’t paint cars

We’ve selected artist Gore.b to paint 1117. He’s had exhibits in Philadelphia, NYC and Santa Cruz. He’s also been involved in an artist collective, the Endless Love Crew, that does collaborative pieces. There’s a great video of “The Cube” here

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Tire support

Kevin at Skip’s Tires in Scotts Valley has offered to help us with the BF Goodrich All Terrain TA 235/75/15′s, which are about the largest tires you can wedge onto a Class 11 VW.…

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And you shall know us by the trail of parts – Part 2


Scottie Chapman’s handiwork on the boxed trailing arms.

Transworks has shipped our transmission. Eric Solorzano has dropped our pristine engine block off with the mill shop. Skid’s picking up the fuel cell next week. And latest team addition Scottie Chapman

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A new Class 11 video

It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything new on YouTube.…

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