space is the place (original) (raw)

since last time i wrote, i actually got the lambretta d contraption started and rode it around the block about four times at night, with no lights and minimal brakes(yabba dabba doo!). yes, it's slow, but the 6% mix makes it smoke wonderfully and it has all the whirs and clicks that i hoped for in an old machine.

on a related note, i got yet another 60's vespa from that buddy who got in some trouble with johnny law and decided to run out of town. as i was recounting to ratboy, these scooters don't take up much space individually, but enmasse they are start to take over. that now makes four scooters, a motorcycle and a car(possibly another car in the spring as an "advance inheritance"). at least none of them are hanging out in the backyard...

a couple of weeks ago ratboy and i went up to canada to pick up parts for his other microcar project, the lloyd(a micro-micro-bus). hopefully he'll have it ready for amerivespa to haul our scoots to cleveland.
this is a drawing of the lloyd lt-600. maybe i should hold an international coloring contest(like lucia pamela!)

since i'm fascinated with the toys of my youth such as little cars and robots as well as campy horror movies, this kinda scared me.