Sunday, August 23, 2009

Tiny garage for tiny car



The Prinz is in the garage! It's a good thing that it's not any bigger than it is either! Due to lack of lighting and just plain yucky weather I couldn't get a good shot of exactly what the toy looks like in the garage....stay tuned! Next thing I need to do is figure out what all these extra parts are!

Monday, August 17, 2009

The garage is almost ready

On Friday the NSU Prinz officially became mine. $15 later spent at the DMV the title has been switched into my name making it officially mine. I have always loved going to the DMV with a car that does not fit the standard. The conversation went something like this...

DMV - What is it?
Me - A NSU Prinz, as it says on the title
DMV - Never heard of it. You know that the mileage is wrong right?
Me - Yes, I know that a car from 1960 has more than 1 mile on it.
DMV - You must provide the DMV with the current mileage
Me - It doesn't have an odometer
DMV - Why not?
Me - I don't know
DMV - Why did you buy a car without an odometer?
Me - It's a work in progress.
DMV - Does it run?
Me - No
DMV - Really?
Me - No I am lying to you.... you get the idea.

The weather has turned on me and the Prinz needs to get in the garage. So I got to spend the entire weekend cleaning the garage. The Prinz is gonna look some sweet once it's actually in it. My goal was to have it in the garage by the end of the weekend, but with a 10 month old I had to change up my goal a tad. The new goal is Wednesday.

During a break from the munchkin I did find a very cool small rolling tool chest at a yard sale up the street for $20 that fits perfectly in the garage. I put Katahdin in the backpack and wheeled it home. I was very happy that we were down hill from the sale.

Now if the rest of the Prinz car bits could make it to the house it would be good. I talked to the former owner on Friday. It was a funny thing I ran into him driving my SX/4! I was very happy to see it on the road. He said that the parts are buried but he will keep digging.

As soon as it's in the garage I will post more pictures. The next step after it's in it's new home is an inventory of all the bits to be taken. That is gonna be a big job.

Ta Ta for now!