it's wonderful

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Tue, 21 May 2013 11:07:56 +0400

bestwheelbase: Jean-Pierre at work. 2565mm.

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:04:21 +0400

bestwheelbase:

Jean-Pierre at work. 2565mm.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 11:03:18 +0400

cycleangelo: GEEZ IN MIDTOWNAs I was browsing my photo...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:03:09 +0400

cycleangelo:

GEEZ IN MIDTOWN
As I was browsing my photo archives, I came across a project from 2010 that I never had a chance to display. The above image is one of the many from the photoset that I will be posting tomorrow. Can’t wait to share them with you.

thislifeintransit: haharotarymclovin: MX73 by elevenspaint on...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:55:03 +0400

thislifeintransit:

haharotarymclovin:

MX73 by elevenspaint on Flickr.

Dag, that’s a 63 not 73

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Mon, 20 May 2013 00:38:15 +0400

valek5000: #lcots ох и ах!

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:22 +0400

valek5000:

#lcots ох и ах!

valek5000: #ЕБЕЙШЕ #ЕБЕЙШАЯ #СКАЗКА #ПЕСНЯ #lcots

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:05 +0400

valek5000:

#ЕБЕЙШЕ #ЕБЕЙШАЯ #СКАЗКА #ПЕСНЯ #lcots

gashetka: Porsche 911 Evolution | Source 1970 2.2S 1986...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:52:41 +0400

gashetka:

Porsche 911 Evolution | Source

1970 2.2S

1986 G-Series

1990 964 C2

1993 993 Carrera

1999 996 Carrera

2007 997 Carrera

2012 991 Carrera

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brokeandbespoke: Legendary…one for the annals of thrifting...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:52:29 +0400

brokeandbespoke:

Legendary…one for the annals of thrifting history, or, as I’ve just called it: thriftstory.

putthison:

The Man Who Thrifted A Ferrari

Who’d have thought you could thrift a Ferrari?

Matthew R. is an inveterate thrifter. He says he works seventy hours a week, and he’s been buying and selling second-hand clothes since 1998. Not long ago, he started a consignment service, Luxeswap, and not only do their auctions often crop up in our eBay picks, but I’ve personally trusted him to consign a number of clothes in the past. He’s one of the best menswear sellers on eBay. But truly: I had no idea.

This week, Matthew bought a Ferrari. With thrift store money.

Here’s how it happened…

Matthew started thrifting in the late nineties, and quickly learned that when he found something good that didn’t fit him, he could sell it on eBay and make a little dough. The first item was an Emporio Armani sportcoat. It sold for fifty bucks. Like most of us, Matthew took the extra money and spent it on clothes and small indulgences.

In 2007, he read a book called One Red Paperclip. It was written by a man, Kyle MacDonald, who traded a paperclip for a pen for a doorknob for a camping stove and on and on for a year until he had traded for a new house. Matthew thought: how could I turn my own little hobby into something special?

So he started a savings account.

His business money went into a business account. His personal money - the money from his own personal purchases - went into the savings account. And year after year, that money grew.

Then, last week, he took the money and bought a Ferrari.

Matthew says: “This car was born of things that nobody else wanted. Things that people discarded. I wanted to be able to say I thrifted a Ferrari. And I did.”

A genuinely remarkable achievement.