Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

I just got a vendor spot! I will be there slinging my vinyl haha. This little side project for fun is kind of turning into a pain in the butt! My wife is pushing me to keep it going though. I am going to have to wash ours! Used it as a truck today hauling concrete and cinder blocks to our place in the hills still working on the foundation.

 

As you can all see from the post above, I got a vendor spot at Toyotafest. I really only make things for fifth gen 4Runners but if anyone needs/wants a hood scoop decal for their second or third gen tacoma let me know. I feel kind of weird getting a vendor spot only selling stuff for one generation of 4Runner haha. I might have to bring my laptop cutter in a generator out to do custom stuff on the fly if I can't get any more designs going before the event

 

Wow. Yeah tough spot.

 

This spot?

 

Oh, he for sure has a sense of humor. We've been giving him shit in our group text lol

 

Just below that spot.

I only had two wheel drive at that point. My rear was losing traction and my ass end got around me between that spot and the switch back to the right.

 

This is a picture of me at that spot from looking the other direction. And I'm just starting to go down, you're at the top, top.

 

It's always that spot. lol

 

I almost endo’d over my driver tire on that rock.

My heavy ass rear 14 bolt held me down.

Puckered for sure.

 

By that point in time I was out of CV's and wheeling in 2wd lo/lo. I lost the final one at the top of rock garden. At least it was all downhill from there. lol

 

Navy still use Seahawks? Just had two do a high flyover heading north/north west towards SF. At altitude but still loud AF.

 

Yes, they do. (Saw one flying over Santa Cruz yesterday, actually.) More likely it's HH-60s from the 129th Rescue Wing out of Moffett, though, if you spotted them in Santa Clara or San Mateo County.

 

After a quick google search, I think they were actually Super Stallions or perhaps the Sea Dragon variant. Regardless, not something that flies over the house every day. Too bad it wasn't a bit lower, would've liked to have snapped a better pic. Directly over Fremont/Union City heading toward SF/North Bay.

 

The picture looks like seahawks--you might be able to figure it out from time and using Flightaware or something similar.

 

Most likely they're Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions (7 blades and large stab on the tail). The Navy MH-53E Sea Dragons are only based in Norfolk, VA (although they were in San Diego this summer for RIMPAC).

Yes the Navy still uses two Seahawk variants (MH-60R and 60S Knighthawks), but all H-60 variants have only 4 rotor blades.

Source: Prior Navy helicopter pilot

 

Best sauce ive seen lol.

me reading and thinking "oh this guy knows his stuff.... OH he really knows his stuff"

 

Yep, those external tanks are clearly visible. Thx for the confirmation.

 

For sure looks like a pair of super stallions

 

How about retro decals for a 1st gen 4Runner
Got something in the works

 

You know where I'm hiding...... Come on over!