Let’s start with this 1941 Cadillac. Don’t know the story but there must be a good one. Check out the dash and gauges pics below.
Next we have a 1951 Chevrolet 3100.
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Play date with Max
Max, the ten week old Bernese Mountain pup, stop by for a visit today. Riley has spent the last year with a pup but Jessie has not been around other dogs much (never a pup). They got along great.
Man’s Best Friend(s)
Rebuilt engine for Series III Land Rover
This morning YouTube served up a 25 minute video of a Series III Land Rover (same as mine) getting fitted with a newer 300 Tdi engine.
My Land Rover had to undergo the same procedure back in 2018 as part of the restoration. I purchased a rebuilt 300 Tdi from Zombie Motors out in Oregon. Photos here, here, here and here. Not cheap. But less expensive than having the engine shoe-horned into my Rover. I feel better about what I paid after watching this video. And in the five years I’ve been driving the Land Rover, it has never failed to start on the first crank. Not once.
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Drone view of corn harvest (George Kopp)
My buddy George has been flying drones —and using them to record video— pretty much since drones have been available for the consumer market. He has become quite proficient.
The video below –the work of Jack Dodson, a friend and client– is a fascinating look at the corn harvest (from combine to truck) on the Steck farm in the Missouri River Bottom near Jefferson City. The video was captured with the DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine.
Audigo Microphone
I’ve been using the Audix USB 12 microphone to record the audio for videos for a long time. Ten years? Sounds good but keeps me tethered to my MacBook which hasn’t been an issue for most of my stuff. But, occasionally, I’ve thought it would be fun to put the video camera (laptop or iPhone) further away. But then the audio suffers.
The first video below is a demo of the Audigo Microphone and app. The short video below that is my attempt to show the difference audio quality. Eager to try this out with a new uke song.
UPDATE: Sample (:50) off video recorded from across the room with audio from the Audigo mic.
Andie and Ripley enjoy the “cement pond”
This clip is from the archives, recently discovered. Pretty sure this is Andie and Ripley.
New tailgate latch for the pickup
After 46 years the tailgate latch on the pickup finally gave it up, assuming it had never been replaced. Wonder how many times it worked in all those years.
