TOP DOWN WEEKEND!

[jingle_jangle]

Those of you back East who are digging out, look the other way...

Here in the SF Bay Area, we've had a 10-day-long warm spell; temps will hit 75F today here North of the Bay. This is very unusual for February, which is always rainy and cold.

So I celebrated by washing the Miata this morning and dropping the top. This is a good opportunity to show the "Sound Bar" that I designed and built for Mazda back in '99. Last year, I dusted this one off and installed it into my '95 "M" Edition. It's got speakers behind the headrests and a subwoofer in the center console, with a tinted acrylic windbreak to keep noise down in the cockpit.

The Beatles sound great on this 200W sound system, and the Sound Bar adds a touch of unique style.









Anyway, schadenfreude is not too far away--I'm sure the ****** weather will be back before things get nice again.

Now I can enjoy the 5 mile drive to work on guitars in my shop today...

[Clint]

Believe me! I know it's wrong. Very, very wrong. But a little piece of me hopes a bird poops on your head.

[jingle_jangle]

Bring 'em on...I carry a bottle of Windex in the car for just such occasions.

[Clint]

All I'm carrying in the car right now is an ice scraper.

[jingle_jangle]

Better stock up on frozen pizzas...

...ummm, on second thought...

[cjj]

Bring 'em on...I carry a bottle of Windex in the car for just such occasions.

Don't forget to take some Zymol along to get that shine back...

[ozover50]

Nice one, Paul.

I can just picture you barrelling down Lombard on your way home one evening with "Ride of the Valkyries" playing at full tilt!!!

[Clint]

mmm...pizza.

Sorry, I say that whenever anyone mentions pizza.

mmm...pizza.

[jps]

Bring 'em on...I carry a bottle of Windex in the car for just such occasions.

You shoot the birds with the Windex?

[beatles beatnik]

....wait, you built that for Mazda? What else have you done like that?

[jingle_jangle]

Stephen, I was in the design biz for about 30 years before I took my day job teaching design and fabrication, and began sanding on Rickenbackers on the side. And front. And back. And necks. And...

So, most of my work is non-Rick.

[kiramdear]

That car is a muscular little thing, too. I believe the term is "souped up".

[teb]

Oh yeah? Well it just so happens that we had a top-down weekend here, too. After the guy in the road grader made his fourth pass to get rid of the 16" of snow, the street was actually navigable.

[jingle_jangle]

Oh yeah? Well it just so happens that we had a top-down weekend here, too. After the guy in the road grader made his fourth pass to get rid of the 16" of snow, the street was actually navigable.

That T-Bird is virtually invisible. Thank God the tires are black!

[paologregorio]

Hahaha Todd, good one-top- down, heat on "11"! I miss having a convertible. Next car. . . . If only motorcycle helmets had convertible tops, but then that would make them useless, I suppose.

Paul, that thing's cool!