For those who don't already know, today we are celebrating a birthday in house! So we thought we would show off the gift giving that went on this morning while we also enjoyed a lush spread of cakes from the local bakery.
Perfect gift for the library collection on chrome. As the very fine example of chrome that we own is still in pieces and has been for the past 3 years we needed something else beautiful to have a geezer at. Cuba, being a vintage car lover's paradise. Until the 1960's Cuba was the world's leading importer of American automobiles. It is estimated that there are as many as ten thousand mid-century American cars that still exist in Cuba, making the country perhaps the world's largest living automotive museum.
Rocket 88 another super example of the lost era of motoring with excellent chrome accessories. From the 1954 Oldsmobile Super 88, which had a chrome rocket as its hood emblem. Oldsmobile ads described their car as "long and low-level, lithe and so lovely!...and the driver should be advised that the "Rocket" engine responds instantly to your every wish!"
Below shows off the Mechanic Shop where a 1951 Buick Special is being restored.
Off to Sydney for a family wedding on the weekend, our big brother was getting hitched. His wife is Japanese and they had a cherry blossom theme. 
This is mum san, who travelled all the way from a little island off the bottom of Japan, travelling with an aunt, cousin and nephew- called Zen who at three years old and dressed in a matching Hawaiian suit had all the ladies falling over themselves.
Next present for the artist is the second book in Tim Biskups' series of paintings. The series started in 1999 when Biskup couldn't sustain larger paintings and turned his attention to little doodles on postage stamp sized scraps of illustration board. The project has since developed into a series of 500 business card sized paintings, called "Jackson 500" named for his grandfather whose middle name they share.
Rocket 88 another super example of the lost era of motoring with excellent chrome accessories. From the 1954 Oldsmobile Super 88, which had a chrome rocket as its hood emblem. Oldsmobile ads described their car as "long and low-level, lithe and so lovely!...and the driver should be advised that the "Rocket" engine responds instantly to your every wish!"
