Blast From the Past

 I thought these would be fun to post. Just some pics I found and digitized.

 
Me sitting inside KITT at Universal Studios early 1980's

 
Me in my second car, a 1976 Chevy Nova

 
My fourth car sitting in the driveway, a 1967 Pontiac Firebird

 
Learning how to rebuild an engine in my Dad's driveway. I just realized I still have that hammer with the yellow handle!

 
My buddy Ethan helped me out in taking the engine apart. He also helped me during start up and we both discovered the joys of a distributor installed 180 degrees off. There's that hammer again.

 
This is the Firebird after it's paint job. This was around 2000 after I quit the body shop, but went back for this after the paint arrived. No hammer in this pic.


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