Electrobite
Mid body is done and hoops for the frame are done. Now it’s time to fill in the sheet metal head and tackle the ribs on the rear potion of the body. After staring at pictures of millions of years of these things I finally found a set of rules to follow to make it look real. This thing is going to look like a fossil in the dust on the playa at BM.
Amy Jenkins came by to discuss the leather seat she’s going to make for us. The leather Kyrsten picked out matches the steel perfect. Amy is going to match the ribs we made in steel with leather. hopefully it won’t even look like a vehicle.
Underside of the shell
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The Golden Mean
Lauren and Alan have finished the engine rebuild. Rebuild carb, valve adjustment, new 85amp alternator, ignition, gaskets, main seal, clutch, throw out bearing, heater hoses for heat in the snail, oil pan, oil change, and a fair amount of new chrome and paint! Should run like new. Tansy got quite a bit done on the new dash, and Christopher and I almost finished the Carney Wagon hitch and wiring. Still have a long list and 2 weeks to go.
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Well we are back in the shop repairing the snail and adding all the things we wanted to do last year. On our short list of items to do:
- Change the clutch. She started slipping in the spring and has gotten worse. Parades, lots of people and a heavy shell have taken a toll on the tiny little motor and clutch.
- New dash board. We will now have a speedo, gas gauge, oil pressure and engine temp. Now I can finally answer the question of how fast do I go.
- Heater. Yes we will have heat at our feet and wind in our face. Going to install a 12v plug for my MC vest too!
- New lighting. More LED’s to replace some of the juice sucking lights we have now and better night lighting for the playa.
- 85 amp Alternator. The old generator was just not keeping up at low speeds with all of our sound gear running.
Lauren checking her notes to make sure we order the right parts.
Christopher taking a beer break after a long night in the guts of a snail.
The new dash! Thanks to John Bock for the vintage dash plate.
Neopagans unite for the International Workers Day Celebration of
May 2nd 2009
The Boiler Bar presents:
May 2nd 8pm till the flowers wilt.
Featuring
Snake Charming, CanCan Girls, Belly, Glass, Fire & May Pole Dancing, Burlesques, Balancing Acts, Old Timey Music by:
The Boiler Bar Performers
Denzel
Tanzee
Mareeshka
Solimeno
Gibson Pearl
Mitara
Holly Volatile
Miss Opportunity
Plus:
Room for cream; Jodi Waseca & JD Limelight
Sister Kate
Phat ManDee
One Man Banjo
And:
Dance Around the May Pole
Gods and Goddesses dress in your best May outfit and be Crowned May Queen and King
Break from the Toil of your Labour to wait in the Soup Line
Talk about the State of the Union
Drink handmade Hooch from the Boiler Bar
See May Spring Forth in Flaming Aerial Spectacles
Touch the Golden Mean the Giant Iron Snail Car
Delight in the Simplicity of Fire and Sand
Shocked by the smoothness of our Drinks
Yell Mayday in a crowd
With:
Black Smithing by Shawn Lovell
Art cars
Please let us know if you want to bring your car too!
The Golden Mean
Neverwas L B & O Trolley
The Marriage Wrecker
Details
May 2nd 2009, 8pm-2am
2600 Magnolia at 26th street in West Oakland Map
Enter through the Parking Lot Gate
$10-20 donation to support the Golden Mean & Boiler Bar Theater
Thanks to Lagunitas for sponsoring this event!
Please Note: DJ’s and Ravers are welcome to talk
Bring Your own cup, spoon and bowl, or a wasteful red plastic one will be provided.
We have been asked to bring out our Snail Art car the Golden Mean to the Factory Party this Friday. Remember to dress up, Zolie will only be letting the cool kids into the snail!
Amoeba Music and East Bay Express present…
Factory Party
Music * Art * Film
March 6, 6—11pm
1343 Powell Street
Emeryville, CA
On March 6, step into the world of Andy Warhol and his original 1960s New York City Factory. The East Bay Express has teamed up with Amoeba Music and OFFSpace to turn an Emeryville warehouse upside down for a night of live art, film making, musical performances, and theatrical art forms.
A portion of this event features a re-creation of Andy Warhol’s Factory, including a screening of 13 Most Beautiful People… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests (Plexifilm DVD, out 3/24) and live production of art in the style and process performed by Andy Warhol, including silk screening, filming, and painting. Other rooms will be curated by Amoeba Music and curatorial collective OFFSpace.
Velvet Underground Cover Bands will perform — Dress in your 1960s best!
Visitors are encouraged to bring a can of Campbell’s soup for the Alameda County Food Bank. Each can of soup donated will enter donors to win prizes.
Admission: Free
Food and Beverage Sampling: $10 or $5 with valid student ID. Proceeds benefit Pro Arts.
For more information, email: promotions@eastbayexpress.com
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This post was written by Form & Reform on March 2, 2009
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The Snail crew pulled off another wonderful night of fun, dress to the 9’s in our best Edwardian gear. We had so many talented and wonderful people stop by the Golden Mean for a song, a story or a nip. I so enjoyed the great costumes, dancing and the smell industry from the steam engines inside.
My pictures of the night
There is now a fan club for the Golden Mean on facebook
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This post was written by Form & Reform on January 12, 2009
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After a very early morning photo shoot of the snail, while trying to find someone who was serving pancakes, Lisa and I are approached by a guy on a Segway wondering if we have 110v power on board the snail. He asked if it could run a vacuum cleaner and would we like a ride in his helicopter. I stepped out of the car to make sure I understood his request and quickly said yes. I followed him back to his camp to pick up gear, friends and our tip…
While they were loading, a couple of clean guys got in wearing Enron shirts and tossed in this neatly stacked $50,000 bundle of cash! I grabbed it and thanked them for our tip. They laughed, took our picture and then showed us the center was all ones.
I stopped by camp to pick Kyrsten up (took a slick tongue to get her out of bed that early) and 20 min later we are vacuum cleaned and seat belted in.
Paul, the guy who stopped us, and the snail in our prop wash.
These guys brought out a plane too. Here it is after they crashed it a few days before. As we head straight at the side of Trego mountain and pull up just in time to barely make it over the top, we are starting to wonder if we should have said yes to this ride. I found out after the ride that Lisa is terrified of flying!
One of the interesting things I saw from the air was the large dune we kept hitting riding the snail around that week. You can clearly see it in this picture as a dark fuzzy line running from the bottom left, though the camps, twords Trego mountain (looks like a road). Turns out this is where last years trash fence was! I took a look at aerial shots (see below) once I got home and you can see many years of scars left from having the event out there. I think this is a great event, but I wish there was a more open dialog with burners and BM about the damage being done. The combination of lack of rain and years of BM is why this years event was so dusty. This event leaves a huge trace, what are the real impacts on this area and how long will the desert take to recover?
Goggle map link
What a ride! Thanks Paul and crew!
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