Jay Parks – Drummer

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Jay Parks drums for the sheer joy of it. Most afternoons he can be found sitting in his truck (waiting to pick up his wife when she gets off work) drumming along with tunes on local radio stations. He was kind enough to let me record a minute or two. I don’t think Under the Boardwalk by the Drifters would have been his first choice but he’s a trooper. As I drove away I could hear him keeping time to Ike and Tina’s Proud Mary.

I recorded this video back in 2012 and would have sworn I posted here but I can’t find it.

Update: Land Rover Engine

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“I’ll have this finished as much as I do with them on the stand later today. Tomorrow I can have it off the stand and wrapped up to ship, I just need to get my forklift brought over here to the house to be able to shrink wrap. Will have it brought over today or tomorrow. Thank you again and I hope the photos look good. The piece de resistance is the custom right hand side motor mount that allows this to be bolted in instead of having to do any cutting/ welding.” — Zak, Zombie Motors

The truck is getting a new/rebuilt engine

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It’s been just over a month since my last update on the Land Rover. Speciality mechanic Philippe was giving it a final check-up before sending it my way. (“Houston, we have a problem.”) Without going into detail (at this time), there were serious problems with the engine. Rather than deal with those down the road — without the services of Philippe and Mr. Wolf — we decided to put in a new/rebuilt engine.

Mr. Wolf found what we needed at Zombie Motors. A 300Tdi 2.5 liter diesel engine that will be a major upgrade from what’s presently in the truck (specs below) and you can read about 300Tdi engines here. Zak at Zombie Motors sent a couple of photos of the block, just back from the machine shop.

The engine will be assembled next week (at Zombie Motors) and shipped back to SF where Philippe will do the swap. Then Mr. Wolf picks it up to put some more check-up miles on the new engine. Once he puts his stamp of approval on it, I fly out for a little celebration and we ship the truck back to Missouri.

Zombie Motors – engine update (PDF)
Zombie Motors – Tdi engine conversion (PDF)