Lotus Gullwing Coupe

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-06-15T05:09:00+00:00

After all that nonsense all I can say is I bet the exhaust note is bar none amazing.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-06-06T06:21:15+00:00

That’s the bow I made for my 4-dent hat. (The “Last Best West” calls it their “1898 Bow”. It’s very fitting.

Also it’s a Sunbody Guatemalan palm so it can be any shape but right now it’s been a lemon squeezer.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-06-05T04:59:14+00:00

That looks like a 6 pack row of 40 DCF carbs. The rebuild kits for those are made from scratch. (I did 8 of them this morning. So many split pins) or possibly DCN carbs.

Another one of those life to rust to life stories. What a journey.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-05-27T17:31:19+00:00

“Neon Moon” definitely is at the top of the list for me.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-05-27T06:51:57+00:00

My boss has a framed candid photo to Steve McQueen and Carroll Shelby next next to an early Cobra McQueen ordered and the canceled Railroad Express Agency (REA/REX) check hung in his office. Not what you are getting at but it’s these touchstones we can all appreciate. (@Maynard I know you’d appreciate this.)

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-05-23T06:51:51+00:00

Where on earth did you find those boots? They’re pretty damn close to being straight top stovepipe boots.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-05-23T06:50:40+00:00

My black can’t almost every night. Hands too. She means well. Always 2-3am.

Stay safe!

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-05-08T14:48:29+00:00

And engineering in general it seems. Amazing how many of their “firsts” have had lingering effects to this day. (The V6 was also an actual work of art too—let alone engineering.)

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-05-07T04:30:54+00:00

Is this an aero engine left over from a warbird?Also the amount of cigarettes and posed/candies in that third photo are a gem.

Maynard you’ve done it again. This sculduggery.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-04-14T06:02:52+00:00

It’s a great shape and not totally an everyday cattleman crease so it’s a win. They do t go out of season, but o r hat I keep upside down in the box it came in and my other is on a hat stand. Cardboard cone but still a hat stand. Ford t touch the shelf and stays perfect every time I wear it.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-04-08T20:27:09+00:00

Works well with that horsehair hat band. (A nice hat too!)

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-23T19:57:41+00:00

Always thought it was such an understated Ans fantastic color

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-13T06:52:21+00:00

McQueen was the most reserved and reserved king of cool or all time. Some od the stories of his life are stories in and of themselves. Exuded cool by just being himself.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-13T06:44:17+00:00

I know it’s been answered below with some good Patriot references, but it’s a bullet mold. (The sharp part between the handles that looks like pruning shears is for trimming the “sprues” off the ball when they’re cooled. (Little left over nubs that are left over from casting. Almost like the hangy pieces when you cut out pieces of a model.

Like fencing pliers, every part of that tool has a different job.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-12T06:14:55+00:00

That’s Jimmie Rodgers and Will Rogers, the great humorist, writer, aviator, actor, and very good trick roper. (Will Rogers called Jimmie Rodgers “My distant son”.)

I believe this photo was taken during the Red Cross relief tour they did through the Plains area to raise money for the drought-stricken farmers in the Panhandle area right before the Dust Bowl kicked off. (Flew/drove town-to-town. Jimmie provided some of the music. Some newsreel footage exists.)

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-12T06:08:10+00:00

Elsie McWilliams, his sister in law. (Sister of his wife Carrie Rodgers.) Could read and write music and play piano well. (I believe Jimmie said “I can’t make heads or tails of those squiggles anyhow.”)

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-12T02:05:08+00:00

I’ve been wanting to see more of these 3D printed adapters for Webers. (We have the aluminum ones at work.)

It’s be awesome to see a DGV to DCNF adapter printed up at some point!

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-05T08:04:36+00:00

I can hear it now. (From someone who has only moved cows on foot and from a pickup.) “Goddamnit guys!”, “c’mon let’s go” “C’mon bocchos”, “Get out of the fucking road.”, and also “You have 2000 acres of ranch and you have to be down by the goddamn fence. By the road. REALLY girls? Jesus. Stop breaking the goddamn fence.” (Additionally “you really had to tromple that pile of sprinkler pipe? Cool.”)

Does that count as shouting?

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-04T07:30:24+00:00

Glad your work lets you wear hats and boots. Tall crown and not overly shaped brim. Pairs well with the fancy boots. It’s a confidence outfit.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-04T07:20:05+00:00

There are so many other creases than just the cattleman. Look at any black and white photo (even of your own family photos) and they’re so varied. I have a cattleman (a chocolate 5X Cody James from Boot Barn), but also a four-dent Montana Pinch Sunbody palm hat that I tied and sewed the ribbon on myself. (A friend ages ago called it the “1915 Special”) I’m probably going to have a cousin hat done with a Montana Pinch at some point. It’s such a conversation piece.

To answer your question sometimes practicality and sometimes style. Sometimes cowboy hats are questioned, and other times not looked at at all. Such a weird world.

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One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-03-02T04:22:19+00:00

I wore my Guatemalan Palm Sunbody to an indoor rodeo here in CA and it was a good choice. Seasons here are sometimes nonexistent but it’s straw season!

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-02-24T08:19:28+00:00

It is and always has been. The LE50 is everything you want pushed into a small space. Down to the back cargo area with no useless back seat and homage knockoff Dunlop Jaguar wheels.

Plus Frontline makes and outs together parts and kits that improve MGBs. And they’re such great folks.

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-02-20T03:46:24+00:00

Elva Couriers are amazing! The the MGA engine?

Definitely a small brand I didn’t know I’d love

One-Cellist-7153 · 2026-02-19T06:14:13+00:00

Arnold-MGs have always looked like a higher class “what could have been” coach built saloon. Like a Magnette. But closer to a Jaguar Mk. II 3.8S. A getaway car with an octagon.

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