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[Jack Olsen]

Did you find the tow hitch or did it come with?

I added the hitch. So there isn't a transmission cooler in place. But this is a very light trailer.

 

[Clemson13]

youre on pirate?

 

[starckie]

Joe Rogan had some nice comments about you on his podcast yesterday - about 22 minutes in.

 

[R32Jordie]

Joe Rogan had some nice comments about you on his podcast yesterday - about 22 minutes in.

Aye, Came here to say the same thing.

 

[Jack Olsen]

Thanks. I got a bunch of messages yesterday when Rogan talked about my old video. He doesn't get all of his fact about the car right, but I appreciate being mentioned on a show with such a large following.

Here's the section where he mentions my Petrolicious clip to comedian Bill Burr:

And while I'm posting videos, here's a clip from last Friday where I come within a few hundredths of a second of a 10-year lap time goal in my 911. Close, but -- as they say -- no cigar. I'll try again in January, if the weather cooperates.

And yesterday I also finished a project on my camper, purely cosmetic but putting it in the Cal-Look or Cal-Style category with body-color paint on the wheels, chromed baby moons, whitewalls and a 1960s-era California plate.

What do you think?

 

[shortykorte]

Kudos on the Joe R spot.

Wheels are perfect. You even have frenched taillights.


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[Biff Lungren]

That's the best application I've seen of the black and yellow retro plates,
Thanks for all the inspiration and entertainment!

 

[Boosted1]

Nice lap. Great video.

 

[rharman]

There are some vehicles where the black plates are sooo wrong. This is NOT one of them. A great compliment to the style and paint scheme.

 

[Duker]

.....

And while I'm posting videos, here's a clip from last Friday where I come within a few hundredths of a second of a 10-year lap time goal in my 911. Close, but -- as they say -- no cigar. I'll try again in January, if the weather cooperates.

Jack, I have a whole new respect for your journey of reaching 1:26.... I recently had a chance to drive at one of those events where you get to take an exotic car around a track for a few laps. I did three sets of five laps (fortunately I wasn’t paying for it) in a 300K car with paddle shifters and my improvements with each set were minimal. While my driving skill is not even remotely close to yours, I learned the challenge of trying to put together the line, the braking and the shifting much less adding any change in track conditions as the temperature rose. I also learned how addicting that pursuit could be.... I am quitting now before I travel too deep down that rabbit hole!

I hope you and your family have a great Christmas and that 2019 = 1:25.9


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[stioc]

I remember you from the early 2000s from Buttonwillow, Willow Springs, Thunderhill etc...glad to see you still have the P-car.

 

[Bob Heine]

Jack, you represent what's great about the Garage Journal and we share your successes (and that one tiny failure).

Enjoy a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with your family and thank you for everything you do.

 

[Outlawmws]

Merry Christmas Jack!

 

[Jack Olsen]

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We were up in an internet-challenged piece of the Colorado Rockies. But on Christmas evening, I got an email with a sneak peek at a poster a Polish artist (and car guy) had done of my 911.

No surprise, I really like it.

 

[Jack Olsen]

And what? More pictures? I finished enough of the exterior of the camper to take it to the local park to take a picture of it. But we passed a local mural on the way there, and now I've got a set of pictures that kind of look like postcards. The light was just right, I think.

 

[senlow]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

That's a sweet looking trailer, Jack. Have fun with it.

 

[Bighead38]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

I saw the first picture before reading and thought it was computer generated. Nice mural for pictures. Bring the Porsche there.

 

[ksgar]

Great thread and my compliments on a very well organized garage!

 

[pcmeiners]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Trailer came out nice, I like your daughter's cool boots

 

[Kev442]

Re: Poster surprise: lightning strikes a second time

I do too.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Re: Poster surprise: lightning strikes a second time

How nicely done.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Cool camper ! Cool looking kids !!

Do we get a back story on the camper ?

 

[Cobra5150]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Looks great! Now all you need is a period correct tow vehicle to complete the look.

 

[fairway605]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Thats something special right there. You will cherish those pictures the rest of your life.

 

[rburke65]

Re: Poster surprise: lightning strikes a second time

That would make my holidays. Looks great!

 

[shaune]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

You probably were not aware that this past August was the 50th anniversary of the Boler trailer first built in Winnipeg. There were over 430 fibreglass trailers there. Yours looks good. Actually I saw this picture on the Boler site so maybe you were there.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RRAx3svNLyqs21vh7

 

[ranger101ran]

Happy new year to the family. Your children are getting big.

 

[GGB]

Awesome pictures, Jack. Here’s to a great 2019 for you and your family!

GGB

 

[APEowner]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

The trailer looks great Jack. I think you need a 1956 Desoto wagon to tow it with.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Jack Olsen just awesome, thank you for sharing.

 

[ratdoggy]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Nice trailer....Bigger isn't always better

I was behind one of those about a month ago and thought what a good idea.
No seams all over the roof

 

[jimkinney]

Re: Poster surprise: lightning strikes a second time

Congrats Jack, where do you get one?
Jim

 

[wout]

The poster is really awesome!

Trailer pictures are really nice to, only the car doesn't fit well imo ,the porsche would hace made the pictures perfect...

Happy NY!

gr
Wout

 

[captain14]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

How fast did the light bulb go off in your head after you saw the mural?

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Re: Poster surprise: lightning strikes a second time

That's great, Jack!

Tommy

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

That is awesome, Jack!

Tommy

 

[ez-duzit]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Where'd you find those good looking kids?

 

[dreamingmuscle]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Cool camper ! Cool looking kids !!

Do we get a back story on the camper ?

Post 5409 starts the camper hunt. But top secret plans for restoration and storage start a few post earlier.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006&page=181

 

[ez-duzit]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

JO--great photos!

My trailer is a 1967 24' Silver Streak.

 

[PugetDude]

Re: Kids and the (now blue) fiberglass camper

Jack,
Nice job on the camper resto- and a great looking family!
Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
PD