carchaeology: 12/23/21

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Clear day after the rain yesterday..

Catalina is pretty clear.

The flags are fairly still. Not too much wind...

There's four large ships anchored off shore near Dockweiler Beach...

It's a beautiful day (mid 60s).

Sat at the right bench to rest...

The parking lot is pretty full.

T is coming in this morning on Southwest.

Stopped and parked here just a couple of blocks north of the airport entrance, on Sepulveda Blvd.

It's easier to wait here than to try to wait inside the airport circle.

T texted when he was about to go out to the curb after picking up his luggage. It worked our well...

It was warmer in Evanston than here over the last couple of days or so. Very unusual...

It's going to be very cold there starting tomorrow though so good timing for being here.

Needs cleaning...

The two main instruments (speedo & tach) are cast metal pods.

They're painted with wrinkle finish paint and are very cool.

This is one very expensive way to do the two main gauges.

They only did this for one or two years. Then they went to the typical gauge cluster layout, which is much cheaper to make and cheaper to assemble.

I have a pair of these gauges/pods in the garage.

Also have the steering wheel...

Nice cast wheels.

Look similar to the Ferrari wheel designs of the period...

Nice 328, not in red...

This Impala has so much stuff on it that it almost transcends the gaudy to the interesting...

Maserati SUV...

Probably the largest Trident logo every put on a Maserati.

It's probably plastic.

Can't tell but the Maserati badge on the nose may also be plastic (instead of cast metal with ceramic/resin). I hope not...

RQ's car with the booster seat for his daughter...

I understand why but not my cup of tea...