Let Me Take Your Portrait!

[magnus]

I enjoyed being a part of the project, can't wait to see the finished product! Here are my photos of the photos...

 

 

Scoping a location off of Alpine Road

 

 

Glamour shots

 

 

 

Had to jump into the garage for a quick fuel line fix!

[McMadCow]

I actually had two issues that day!  My fuel return line came partly loose when we were doing the car shots with magnus and his lady, and then I had a part of my shift linkage fail on the way home from Spike's place.  Both were easy fixes, but the last thing I wanted to deal with after a day of making pictures.  

 

BTS shot of magnus and his girlfriend as we were prepping to shoot their portraits.  Cute couple!

 

 

[Beck180]

Hey there,

 

If you are still looking for people/cars in photograph in SF, I can be available. I am also a photog in the city with a 74Tii. It was largely stock until last week when I began a bumper conversion.

 

Thanks!

 

Beck

[bcarey]

These are awesome. Makes me wish (even more so) that I still had my 02. There's a guy around the block from me that would be an excellent candidate. I'm not sure if he's on the board, but I'll try to get him involved. Great work!

[McMadCow]

These are awesome. Makes me wish (even more so) that I still had my 02. There's a guy around the block from me that would be an excellent candidate. I'm not sure if he's on the board, but I'll try to get him involved. Great work!

 

 

Yeah, I'd love to hear from more folks!  You can point him to this thread or my website and I'd be happy to answer any questions he may have.

 

BECK, I'll PM you momentarily.  Definitely interested in shooting.  

 

Just wanted to update the thread for everyone involved and also interested.  I'm calling it quits for the year at this point.  Headed back to the East Coast for an extended Holiday visit, so I'll be back in the New Year.  In the meantime the lab I work at has been having limited holiday hours so my editing is on hold until I get back.  I'll be picking back up in January, with a couple of subjects currently in the queue.  I'll repeat my earlier request for tracking down some female owners as I'd ideally like to keep the ratio no worse than 2-1 men-women.  Happy Holidays everyone!

[magnus]

These are awesome. Makes me wish (even more so) that I still had my 02. There's a guy around the block from me that would be an excellent candidate. I'm not sure if he's on the board, but I'll try to get him involved. Great work!

 

Are you the mystery benefactor who left an '02 owner's manual under my windshield wiper some months ago? I'm in Menlo Park near Ravenswood/Laurel.

 

If so... thanks!

Edited December 13, 2014 by magnus

[McMadCow]

Hey everyone, wanted to give a New Years update, as well as a spot of bad news.

 

The good news is that everyone who has participated so far has seen their select portraits!  I'm not releasing the car portraits yet until I have the project as a group, because it will be at that point that I decide how to uniformly present the cars.  There are several people in the queue to shoot, but that may be put on hold because of the bad news:

 

The bad news is that someone rear-ended me today on the N 101.  The damage isn't overwhelming, but I think I may be looking at a total loss if the chassis is bent like I think it is.  Also, my fuel tank was hit by my exhaust and is pretty well smashed, but is still holding fuel at the moment.  The hit was also good enough to break 3 out of 4 of my seat mounts.  I think the repairs are going to be a case of death by a thousand cuts.  

 

So I'm probably not going to be mobile around the Bay Area for a bit while this gets sorted.  I'd rather not be on a long road trip if my fuel tank lets go.  

 

I'm currently speaking to several FAQ members but if anyone out there knows a good body shop in the area that really understands the skyrocketing value of 02s, please hit me up here or via PM.  I want to replace the car if it's a loss, but I don't want to get an unreasonably low settlement that won't cover a real replacement (M42 swap).  

 

So yeah, the project is going well, but it's going to be a bit slowed for the time being while I get thi situation figured out.  Thanks to everyone who has participated so far, and sorry to those of you who might have to wait a little longer.  Hopefully my car ends up being a part of the project in the end...

[gregmharrison]

Shoot, glad to hear you are alright.

[Polaris]

Sorry to hear that - same thing (albeit softer) happened to me on 280 last year. Roger Elle did a phenomenal job rebuilding the back - he's in El Sobrante - (510) 672-1222

 

That said - I'd like to participate in your project - if you can make your way down to Campbell we're planning a Bay Area 02 Owners Cars and Coffee Sat Feb 21 at 9:00 am - maybe a good way to net a few more cars + drivers?

 

Best,

 

Glenn