Wifey and I took off this morning to the San Joaquin County fairground to attend the annual Low Rider Super Show that was originally scheduled over a month ago but had been cancelled due to poor weather conditions, in this case rain.
This show was jammed packed. No matter what “type” of Low Rider” you’re into it was being displayed. From the everyday cruiser to the across the state trailer queens.
Wifey spotted a Filipino food truck and we beelined over to make our orders. Since we are up in Motherlode country it is not often you can buy Filipino food in the area. I actually can’t remember ever seeing an advertisement or food truck serving food from the PI.
It was a good day! Ended it with one of my wifeys Super Duper Sundaes. This photo doesn’t do it justice. It is freakin’ huge and filled with everything I like to eat!
Check out who stopped by the Manetarium and will be posing for me at will. That’s right, the Rock himself.
My buddy gave me this display which worked out perfect for me trying out different auto focusing settings on my Sony A7iii.
This is probably the first camera that I have spent so much time understanding the focusing system. The auto focus is one of the main reasons I jumped over to Sony. I’m a Canon and Fuji shooter so adding a 3rd camera platform was not my initial choice. I was thinking of going the route of the Fuji XT-4 but the video capabilities and the Sony A7iii is a full frame mirrorless versus the Fuji XT-4 crop sensor seemed to be going backwards.
I’m hoping I will still use my Fuji X100F on occasional street photography projects but we’ll see.
One thing that has been on Mami’s todo list is to go for a horseback ride. Late last year I had found this company not too far from our place that provided this service. Today we are going to cash in on our certificate and go for ride!
I’ll be updating this blog with photos when we get back. Our scheduled time is an hour from now.
My parts I ordered from Clark’s Corvair came in. I’ve been waiting for rubber bushing and plastic insert that connects the throttle valve linkage to the power glide accelerator cable. The O-ring that goes in between the transmission pan and cable had arrived a week earlier.
I also ordered a replacement speedometer. Upon inspection of the existing cable I found the actual cable inside the sheath was missing. Someone had pulled it out completely and reconnected the end.
Replacing the old cable was an easy task since I had all four wheels off the ground elevated high enough for me to work under comfortably and clearly able to see what I need to do.
The ignition coil looked like it was the original part that came with the Corvair. I’ve had issues after riding around for awhile and getting the motor warm. The coil mounting bracket bolted close to the # 1 cylinder and the transfer of heat from the cylinder to coil bracket may have broken down the coil resistance throughout the years and effecting the spark.
In a nutshell this produced an idle that was erratic and sometimes running at low RPM’s.
