Was out for a walk in Kallithea, Greece, when I saw this eye catching Mini. To see more pics click here:
Mini Special
A famous man, signing his famous name on a famous product he created!
His name is Jim Marshall, and he created the Marshall amplifier. Marshall amplifiers are synonymous with rock music. No stage was complete without a wall of Marshall amplifiers standing tall behind the musicians.
I have discovered that many car and bike guys are also musicians and I happen to be one of them. In my youth I worked at Steves Music store in Montreal. Had many great times there, met many people and have some incredible memories.
On several occasions, we were lucky enough to have Mr. Jim Marshall visit the store, hang out with the staff and sign posters, t-shirts, and amplifiers. He was truly a friendly guy. For anyone not familiar with Jim Marshall he is the father of Marshall Amplifiers. His amplifier is to music what Harley is to motorcycles- they have their own unique sound, and they growl!!
These pics were taken on July 6, 2005.
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Jim Marshall
Harley Davidson on a Crane
Many years ago, I videotaped an interesting event. It was in 1993, specifically October 30. I was awakened by the excessive noise of heavy machinery and looking out my window I saw a crane setting up in front of my apartment building. A crowd of people had gathered, and parked next to the crane was a vintage pickup truck and a Harley Davidson motorcycle. They seemed to be in the process of preparing to hoist the Harley to the 3rd storey balcony of the apartment building facing my window. I immediately got out my video camera and began filming. The event seemed quite surreal. Who does that? and why?
In the days following the event, I heard a story that was apparently published in a local newspaper. The story goes as follows: as part of the sales agreement, the vendor of the Harley Davidson motorcycle agreed to deliver said Harley to the living room of the buyer. The buyer however, lived on the third storey of an apartment complex. I was never able to verify the validity of the story, but I did witness a Harley Davidson motorcycle being delivered by crane through a 3rd storey balcony window! Funtastic!
For many years I could not locate this footage. In 93, we used 8mm video tapes to record and to view these tapes today is quite difficult since there aren’t any players left to play them on. Each tape contained 1 to 2 hours of footage, and finding a small segment meant going through hours of tape, then the footage needs to be digitized. Quite a bit of time consuming work. Fortunately, while searching for some other “lost” footage, I stumbled upon this one.
How cool is this? As I say, visiting R.A Garage is always an adventure. Last time I was there, Rob, owner of R.A Garage, showed me this adorable little collector’s vintage toy.
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Always an adventure visiting R.A Garage. Passed by to have some work done on my Honda Civic, when this blast from the past caught my eye. This Camaro Z28 was waiting it’s turn to receive some tender loving care at the new Classic/Muscle car section of R.A Garage.
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1981 Camaro Z28
Spring is upon us once again, and with that we begin the bike season! As tradition, the Bike and Tattoo show in Laval Quebec kicked off the season with a great show!
I went to the Bike and Tattoo show held in Laval last weekend. While filming, or should I say trying to film the pole dancing show, the photographer in front of me was kinda obstructing the view. I understand he wants to have the best shot, but when this happened, I have to admit it made me laugh. No one was hurt, other than all the other photographers’ shots, so I couldn’t resist but to post it…
