1975 - 1982 Fiat Spider Factory Shop Manual - Did not remember that they had a Turbo version...

The manual appears to have been well used.  Needs to be cleaned...

The 1975 version had 80 HP.  The last Turbo had 120.  That's a big (50%) increase!

1949 American Magazine Car Ads (most in color) -- Scrapbook

Someone in 1948 (67 years ago...) cut and pasted all these large car ads from magazines into a large scrapbook.  It must have taken quite a bit of time and effort.  These ads are large format (each sheet is larger than a letter size) and some are foldouts about 11X17 in size.  I wonder who it was...  It was just 3 years after the end of WWII and the optimism and the view to the bright future is nearly palpable in these ads...  For some, it was the beginning of an exciting period for the auto industry that lasted till the end of the 60's... (20 or so good years...)

Below are some sample pages from the book (not all of them)...

A pony in the trunk of a sedan...  !!!

Sign at the Mitsuwa Japanese Market Food Court at the Santouka Ramen shop... This combo is what I always get... And all this time I thought it was beef...

Alfa Romeo Giulia Cylinder Head... Looking for the valve cover...

Bought this at the French & Italian car show at Woodley Park a couple of months ago.  This is after cleaning it up.  Now I need to buy a valve cover.  The valve cover is very beautiful & some people polish it (I don't like it polished...).  As with most of the junk I buy, don't know what I'll do with it.  Probably hang it on the wall in the garage once I find a valve cover...

Below is a picture of what the valve cover looks like and a picture of what a Giulia looks like...

Porsche - A History of Excellence by Randy Leffingwell

There are so many books on Porsche out there.  This one is pretty general but there seems to be some good content that I have not seen before.  Haven't read this yet...

Mine's a lighter blue than this one, but basically the same (has the vinyl on the B-Pillar and the aluminum trim...).  Someday I'll drive it again...

917 production line.  Can't recall but Porsche had to produce something like 25 cars to be homologated for racing at LeMans...

this is my favorite Porsche (550 Spyder with the 4 cam motor...).  There's more replicas of this car in existence than originals.  Wouldn't mind having a replica...

Manhattan Beach Pier -- November 28, 2015 (Saturday) -- went pretty fast today...

It's been pretty clear at the beach lately.  Can see Catalina (looks almost like an extension of Palos Verdes...).