not quite road worthy, yet, but she's been cleaned from cross-beam to wheel base and does have a new rear bumper and a couple of coats of rust eating paint.

still lacks lights (donated and enroute), break hoses (burned during a welding spree) and mud flaps (vado, they're on order).

still not quite sure what's next, but unfortunately touring is probably not going to happen for awhile.

She's a beauty ether!!! Gives a whole new meaning to the term "trailer queen".

Loved the previous pictures too, especially the grinder tracery on your face.

I see a glint of bright purple in a wheel well....is that any kind of clue to a future color scheme?

Great semester's worth of work. Ya'll should enjoy your holiday break and come back ready for the next adventure.

a metal's student is working on some pimp spinners - having a couple of pieces of plate steel water cut. the purple paint is part of it.

final crits today.

GGOOOOOOOOODDDDDD LLLLLUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!

And tell Kaplan Krueger they are missed (man I'm so jealous that they are critting you!! Would love to meet those guys.)

Post pics of the spinners, hooray for inter-departmental collaboration!

ty lb.

ha.

kramer, krueger, kreig and kaplan..

hotrod and Cranbrook afficianados:

I'm so proud and tickled by this picture. It's my husband in a tech article he wrote for this month's Custom Rodder magazine. The article describes the (very complex) process he used to build a one-off set of custom tailights for a '55 Chevy.



What I love is that you can read his sweatshirt in the pic - an MFA from Cranbrook leads to working in a hotrod shop. Don't let this discourage any current Cranbrook students!

*i wonder if vado wrote this



Jesus Built My Hotrod

soon i discovered that this rock thing was true
jerry lee lewis was the devil
jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
all of a sudden, i found myself in love with the world
so there was only one thing that i could do
was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long

ding dang a dong bong bing bong
ticky ticky thought of a gun
everytime i try to do it all now baby
am i on the run
why why why why why baby
if it's so evil then?
give me my time, with all my power
give it to me all again (wow)
ding a ding a dang a dong dong ding dong
every where i go

everytime you tell me baby
when i settle down
got to get me a trailer park
and hold my world around
why why why why?

ding ding donga dong dong ding dong
dingy dingy son of a gun
half my time i tell you baby
never am I all for sure
why why why why why baby
sicky sicky from within
everytime I stick my finger on in ya
you're a wild wild little town bitch
now how 'bout ding a dang dong dong dong ling long
dingy a dingy dong a down

everytime you tell me baby
when i settle down
got to get me a trailer park
and hold my world around
why why why why?

in my dang a ding a ding a ding dong
a sticky sticky son of a gun
ding a danga danga dong dong ding dong
why why never know
why why wack a dong a dang ding dong
then you take it on the bill
ding dang dong don't dong
whoa!

i wanna love ya!

why why why, why why darling
do you do you tell me to play?
half the time I talk about it all now baby
you know what I'm talkin' about I said
why why why it'll
ticky ticky ticky ticky
son of a gun
ding ding dong a bong bong bing bong
ticky ticky thought of a gun

bing bing bang a bang a bang bing bong bing a bing bang a bong
binga bing a bang a bong bong bing bong bing banga bong

bing bing bang a bong bong bing bing binga binga banga bong
bing bing bang a bang bang bing bong

aarrrhhhh...

ding dang a dang bong bing bong
ticky ticky thought of a gun
everytime I try to do it all now baby
am I on the run
why why why
it'll ticky ticky ticky ticky ticky ticky
dawn of a gun
bing bing bang a bong a bong bing bang a
ticky ticky thought of a gun
bing bip bip a bop bop boom bam
ticky ticky through the day

if you got a doubt 'bout baby
the memory is on the bed
why why why why why
darlin' uh it don't know
when my time is on
might tell me never do it on his own
if my time was all as is yours
make me burn a wish
when my time with you is brutish
no I'll never not ever

why why why why why why baby heavy hell
alone and it's here it's this thunder
the thunder oh thunder
oh!

jesus built my car
it's a love affair
mainly jesus and my hot rod

yeah, fuck it!

Nice! I'm pretty sure my dad subscribes to that one.

I'll have to see what he thinks.

using my 1K post as a shameless chance to bump this back up to the top...

Structure inserted in St Mary's Church......

Found the image at archinform..

http://media.archinform.net/media/l/00001387.jpg

Müncheberg; 1991, 1995-97
By K. Block & structural engineers Dierks, Babilon und Voigt

Wanted to copy the image here but dont know how to do it..


Description from the same resourse:The establishment of Cistercian from that 13. Century, the landmark of Muencheberg, was converted 1817-1829 after plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. From 1945-1991 as ruin without roof and gewoelbe, it received now with the reconstruction as Sakralraum and the introduction of the municipal library into the viergeschossigen installation it being entitled meaning as religious and cultural center back.

"the building captivates by its agreement of interior and outside space and its precise and fastidious examination in the detail... To emphasize are differentiated light and route configuration and tensionful placing of the openings in the front. The existing old building is integrated skillfully into the new building." (from the jury evaluation)

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