Monday, March 06, 2006

Malmo Sweden Oresund bridge


I used to live in Skane thats in southern Sweden, i lived there as a little boy before this Oresund bridge was in place, i used to take the ferry to & from Copenhagen to Malmo. I lived in Ystad, Trelleborg, Falsterbo, Skanor & Malmo. I went to Bladins skola. My ancestry is Finnish , dutch & Swedish ,some Hamburg Germans if you go far enough back. the Baltic is super cold. One memory i'll never forget was at Bladins skola on the 2nd floor during an icy cold Swedish winter , a classmate poured a huge pitcher on some poor wretch walking below the window. I got the hell out of there before that guy could blame me. He was pissed. Sweden was a blast. Swedish girls ... unbelievable... Then there were these abandoned 1920s era buildings that were just occupied by some homeless bums, this was near the school. We used to explore these old buildings & get chased off by the present occupants. fun shit..I lived in the Netherlands & Finland too, but Sweden was a major blast. i can remember Viking graves in farmlands on the way from Trelleborg to Malmo. if you are from Sweden & went to Bladins skola, write me..


1963 Alfa Romeo 101 series 1600cc Giulia Spider



heres my fathers , now mine 1963 alfa romeo 1600cc, i had to use my dog Koko for the bosche horn that doesnt work & as an alarm . i got all the missing trim & headlight bezels from Munich & brake parts from UK, still needs paint & plating, i added Koni shocks & new front suspension springs, new tires , i've done alot of work on it but it still has some low priority work left, these cars are abundant & easy to work on , plenty of enthisiasts produce parts.damn cold to drive in winter.......weber carbs & rebuild kits are on ebay 32/36dgv, great carb.Added front disc brakes i think the maker is ABS its a maker for most foreign cars, it originally had 3 wheel brake piston assemblies per front wheel, once they started failing we could never adjust them to brake evenly, so the disc brakes were the correct solution.
Theres plenty of resources to make your old Alfa even better than factory.

1957 porsche 356 sunroof coupe












so heres that porsche i was going to build, i sold it after learning how costly the steel work would be ... a wiseman from New Jersey once told me " a handfull of cash can wipe away alot of tears" one day i'll buy a 356 that doesnt need this much work,,, i'm only interested in 1950-59 A cars, this went to Italy to a porsche builder.i know where there is a 1958 speedster , dont bother asking me where,, its a secret.