An idea from another Forum might be worth a try.
There are a lot of us who have been posting on here for so long that we feel we know each other, but even those who post under easily understood names wouldn't be recognised if we passed each other in the street, museum, paddock, auction room or bar so how about using this thread to post a normal photo so we can see what we look like?
There's a rather small on of me to the left of this (and it appears in larger form somewhere else) but if this takes off I'll find another.
Do I detect a certain reluctance, Allan? OK, I'll be the first.
Pictured earlier today, this is my current daily driver. I've long been fascinated by microcars, but at last I think this is one I can live with. :)
I'll find another one without the wiskers.
I have the wiskers about 6 months a year.
Wings and all light are off the car at the moment, doing a repaint, the prep was rushed on the 2010 rebuild
35 years in boxes and excitment took over.
(http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/Mitzisweetie/transport/THE%20DLM/DSCF1407.jpg)
Can I play even tho I'm a fng? (That acronym isn't "family rated, so you can google it for a definition.) Hope so. Here's me last September. I know. Doesn't really show me clearly. But the avatar is a photo of me from last August. Only difference is that the beard is longer now.
I wish I could say that I ran the car to warp speed, but it was its first time on the Bonneville Salt Flats and on the first WOT (Wide Open Throttle) pass, the rear end's pinion yoke snapped (one of the few stock parts in the drive train) when I shifted into 4th at a GPS-indicated 137 mph and that allowed the drive shaft (I had a front safety loop on it, but not a rear one...that'll be changed before it runs again) to try to get into the driver's seat with me. It didn't make it, but it punched a buncha holes in the floor pan. Bummer. Anyway, when that happened, it broke a whole lotta stuff, the worst part being the transmission. That had been a brand-new race-built trans with less than 5 miles on it.
For those who aren't familiar with the car, it's a 1985 Chevy Monte Carlo Super Sport (maybe that would have made a good puzzle) with a 406 cubic inch V8 (6.7L) that a computer simulation said should produce 550 hp. I'll say 500, because I never got a chance to fine-tune it.
Spring has just barely arrived (I hope it stays around for a while) and that means I can go back to work on it. I haven't done any work on it since I took it off the trailer and put it in my garage. I have a lotta work to do before September when I hope to race it again. The goal for this year is 2 runs between 130 and 140 (it's already gone that fast...and in 3rd gear only...if I'd only known.....) and then I'll hand it to my racing partner and let him try for the same speed goal. The following year (assuming all goes well) some modifications will be made and then the goal will be 160. We'll see after that.
Thanks for letting me bend your metaphorical ears and eyes. I dunno if a link is allowed here or not, so I'll just mention that my personal website that I've run for 15 years is in my profile, and the car and its story can be found in the "Projects" section.
Woodinsight with his Diva GT Cosworth on a damp testing day a couple of years ago at the Le Luc circuit (yes it does rain here too!)
(Original photo no longer available due to Photobucket's greed. New post further on.)
As seen on French television last September when I visited the cathedral of Bourges:
Hey - I've lost the title of baldest AutoPuzzles member! :D
I live just 40 minutes from that place, but I am NOT that bold!
Reviving this thread to ask if some of our active members who joined since 2012 might like to show what they look like.
(https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Dave-Saunders1.png?resize=384%2C418)
Here is one of me from a couple years ago.
Quote from: Allan L on December 07, 2016, 10:40:14 AM
Reviving this thread to ask if some of our active members who joined since 2012 might like to show what they look like.
You really don't want to know Allan! (Actually you already do but you don't want to inflict me on the rest of the forum...!)
Quote from: Carnut on December 08, 2016, 03:52:18 AM
Quote from: Allan L on December 07, 2016, 10:40:14 AM
Reviving this thread to ask if some of our active members who joined since 2012 might like to show what they look like.
You really don't want to know Allan! (Actually you already do but you don't want to inflict me on the rest of the forum...!)
I don't actually have a photo of myself in digital format, but I wouldn't want to frighten small children anyway. I'm not camera-shy (even when the cameras make audible protestations ) and I'll post something as and when it's available.
I'm very hard pushed to find a picture of me, but here's an old one I have on my computer with a friend and Trevor Wilkinson, founder of TVR and from whose forename the company name came of course (TreVoR).
I'm the one on the far right, but that was before I lost every bit of my hair!
I think I recognise the red car!
I introduce myself. In front of a Panther 6 at the Concours d'Ellegance at Villa Erba, Lake Como, Italy. May 2015
Hi all!
Cool thread! That's me at IAA Frankfurt 2015 in front of a lovely Alpine :)
You can also find me on my personal facebook.com/ ArunasPavardenis
Greetings from Vilnius, Lithuania! :)
A portrait of me taken in January, 2016
Photo of me as outgoing Chairman of the LFOC with Sarah Poynter, my successor.
(http://www.lfoc.co.uk/images/uploads/Allan-Sarah-web4.JPG)
Quote from: nicanary on December 08, 2016, 05:50:43 AM
I think I recognise the red car!
I recognise the red car too, but I didn't recognise Norman (Carnut) from this photo!
Quote from: Djetset on December 09, 2016, 02:16:15 PM
Quote from: nicanary on December 08, 2016, 05:50:43 AM
I think I recognise the red car!
I recognise the red car too, but I didn't recognise Norman (Carnut) from this photo!
Neither did I!
I did say it was a bit old; to be honest I don't think there is a newer one of me except in my passport!
I remember crossing the border between Germany and Holland not longer after I lost all my hair and the border official kept looking at the photo then at me until he asked "Is this really you?!"
This is me driving a rather lovely Ferrari 250 SWB at Goodwood earlier this year. A few moments after this photo was taken, I tried out a Ferrari Daytona, which drove like a truck and was a huge disappointment compared to this SWB. Despite my admiration of Pininfarina, I've never been a big fan of the Daytona, and driving one has now put me off the car for life. I'm not sorry, as that has saved me $1 million ;)!
;)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/DCP_0057.jpg)
Quote from: Carnut on December 09, 2016, 06:35:48 PM
Quote from: Djetset on December 09, 2016, 02:16:15 PM
Quote from: nicanary on December 08, 2016, 05:50:43 AM
I think I recognise the red car!
I recognise the red car too, but I didn't recognise Norman (Carnut) from this photo!
Neither did I!
I did say it was a bit old; to be honest I don't think there is a newer one of me except in my passport!
I remember crossing the border between Germany and Holland not longer after I lost all my hair and the border official kept looking at the photo then at me until he asked "Is this really you?!"
I tell a lie!
I've remembered a few were taken earlier this year at a venue some will be very familiar with...!
I'm the one standing on the left in what Erin Baker writing in the Robb Report described as a battered cricket hat...!
Quote from: Djetset on December 09, 2016, 08:43:50 PM
This is me driving a rather lovely Ferrari 250 SWB at Goodwood earlier this year. A few moments after this photo was taken, I tried out a Ferrari Daytona, which drove like a truck and was a huge disappointment compared to this SWB. Despite my admiration of Pininfarina, I've never been a big fan of the Daytona, and driving one has now put me off the car for life. I'm not sorry, as that has saved me $1 million ;)!
Wow - you don't need an assistant do you?!
Everything I've ever read about the Daytona says exactly the same thing, but they all go on to say that once you get it over 90/100 mph it completely transforms and becomes smooth and refined, with beautiful steering and handling.
I don't know where you're supposed to do that kind of speed, mind, unless you happen to live near an unrestricted autobahn..
Track days I suppose.
Nice to see you all, guys.
Well, it was three years ago, but not much did change since then.
And like Otto Puzzell I chose an indirect photo of mine.
Burkhard from Germany.
PS: I already met Allen L in Birmingham at the NEC in 2012 and Arunas at IAA in 2015
I found this (very) old photo the other day. It was taken circa 1976, hence the long hair and Mexican moustaches of the era. It's of no use whatsoever in providing AP members with an idea of my appearance, but for some reason I find it fascinating - I suppose it's just to satisfy myself that I post it here.
I'm the guy in mufti - second from the left at the back, scorer for Eaton CC in the Norfolk League. The guy to my right ( extreme left) was my best friend through primary school, grammar school and onwards, which is how I ended up scoring for the team. He opened the batting for Norfolk Schoolboys and went on to become a well-known and feared fast bowler. (Well known in Norfolk junior club cricket.....)
I'm pretty sure the photo was taken at Aldborough, a small village in North Norfolk, and the pitch was the village green, surrounded on all sides by roads and housing. The village pub ran alongside one side of the green, and anyone fielding at deep mid-wicket could just have the time to nip in, get a pint pulled, and return to his position before the next over started. Happy days.
hello,I agree that the majority of members are curious of what each other look like,Im thinking of posting a pic of myself but I don,t want to frighten anyone,trying to get the courage up :D not sure when though.
Here's a picture of als15, Carnut and jotage21 together at Retromobile Paris on Friday 10th February 2017.
It was taken at the Motor Mania stand where Alessandro was signing his latest book, the Encyclopaedia of Italian Carrozzeria and it was really great to meet jotage21 there too!
I saw Carnut in the film The Great Escape - he was the forger....... ;D
Quote from: nicanary on February 23, 2017, 07:44:29 AM
I saw Carnut in the film The Great Escape - he was the forger....... ;D
Aaargh... my other life has been rumbled!
Quote from: Carnut on February 23, 2017, 07:34:43 AM
Here's a picture of als15, Carnut and jotage21 together at Retromobile Paris on Friday 10th February 2017.
It was taken at the Motor Mania stand where Alessandro was signing his latest book, the Encyclopaedia of Italian Carrozzeria and it was really great to meet jotage21 there too!
Nice photo! :)
On 18 July the Hungarian Automobile Club held an awards ceremony. For our work in the classic car culture field, József Maróti, Károly Borsche and yours truly received a medal, the St Christoph Cross of Merit.
That's me with not much hair in the middle :)
Congratulations!
Congrats Pal!
:applause: :applause: :applause:
Nice to see you recognised for all the work you do. Well done!
Relaxing on the back porch at our Florida home with a Partagas #1 and a nice single-malt scotch (not visible - in fact, I think it's gone already). I love our New York home, but I seem to mind the cold a bit more these days, so we head south every winter.
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2ahaxpi.jpg)
Part of the joy of retirement is finally having enough time to really enjoy my cars . . . Both new:
(http://i68.tinypic.com/ou3ztz.jpg)
And not quite so new . . . .
(http://i64.tinypic.com/oppg5.jpg)
Oh, and congratulations pnegyesi . . . very well deserved indeed.
Love the colour of your early 'Vette. So many of them are red/white or turquoise/white. It looks very subtle in that shade - well chosen.
Love the colour of both of them!
Nice to be able to head south too; just what I llike doing (not to the south of England!)
Quote from: nicanary on July 25, 2017, 03:52:32 AM
Love the colour of your early 'Vette. So many of them are red/white or turquoise/white. It looks very subtle in that shade - well chosen.
Fawn Beige; a very unusual color for 1962 Corvettes. Only 1851 cars out of over 14,000 built that year were Fawn Beige. The minute my wife saw the color, she said we were taking it home with us - so, I ask you . . . what was I to do? It does get a lot of positive comments at local shows . . . and it drives even nicer than it looks with the 300hp 327 / 4-speed.
My daughter took this photo with her phone at the recent Goodwood Revival. That's her and her fiance, and you have to guess which one is me,
not a picture, but I'd like to proudly tell you that I can add "dr" in front of my name as I passed my viva today:
https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/PhD-Students/CurrentPhDStudents/Pal%20Negyesi
Congratulations, Pal! :grad: :applause: :grad: :applause: :grad:
Yes indeed. Congratulations from me too!
That's brilliant. Well done Pal.
Congrats, Dr Pal! :grad:
:applause: :applause: :applause: