Mark Delaney's Official Banjo
& Vintage BMW Motorcycle Repair Site
Baltimore/Washington/Annapolis area, MD
Misc. Photos
Here's the first photo.
The brochure from my first car. The same color and everything. I remember going with my mom and dad to pick it up brand new in 1975. They kept driving it until it warped a cylinder head in 1984. I was 15 and my father was going to have it towed away and I really wanted it. It said "Touring the bluegrass festival circuit" all over it! Gas was still cheap and you could fit a small car inside of it.
My father said," If you can fix it, you can have it, but I don't want it half torn apart rusting away in the driveway" so that's how my being a mechanic journey got started. I found out that warping heads was common with 400ci Ford engines when the other one warped 6 months later.
She got me around until I was 18 or so. If you learn how to drive keeping one of these old puppies between the ditches, you'll be a good driver. I only took out 2 mailboxes gettin' the hang of this baby.
Ain't she a Beautiful piece of American freedom? Look at her...
For the record, that is NOT my family in the brochure.
Photo#2
This is were the brainstorming takes place. I took this photo while waiting for my computer to boot up.
I have all the necessary tools at hand to accomplish my administrative objectives, including a life-sized paper weight in the shape of a cat. If you observe carefully, you will notice it in the lower left hand corner of the photo below.
Paper weights have become more or less obsolete since the advent of climate control in the same way that oil lamps have since the dawn of electricity. I'm kind of old-timey though. I like pencil sharpeners, pocket watches and such. Hence, my passion for vintage motorcycles and banjos. This particular paper weight does, however, come in handy when the windows are open. I don't know why I haven't put it away for the winter since it contains no practical value at all when the windows are closed. It does tend to get in the way at times. I should probably get a smaller one. It does a wonderful job at keeping a considerable amount of paper pinned down. In fact, it can keep the Sunday paper from going anywhere for an entire afternoon even when all the windows in the house are open. But it can also relocate just as much paper from my desk to the floor in the blink of an eye. I have no idea how that happens...
Baltimore/Washington/Annapolis area, MD
