Garage Decor

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 01/28/2015 at 13:23 • Filed to: None

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A while ago, I started Jaguarifying (it's a word, look it up...it's right before Jaguarliness) my garage, and it was coming along pretty well.

I have an old metal "Jaguar Service" sign that my grandfather probably had since the '80s, a few cool old posters of the E-Type and other Jaguar sports cars, I even have an oil painting my grandmother did probably 20-30 years ago of the Jaguar "growler" logo.

But a while ago, I had stumbled upon something on eBay that I thought was really cool.

See, my all time favorite race car is the Jaguar XJR-9/12, particularly in the sexy Castrol livery. The Silk Cut Jags get all the headlines since they won Le Mans, but I've always preferred the Daytona scheme.

That particular picture was my desktop background until Maxyenko dropped his new Silk Cut Jag, but I expect this one will make a come back at some point. Anyway.

So I've always loved that scheme. I've got 1/32 slot cars of it, I've got a poster of it in the garage, I had 1/18 Exotos of the 60 and the 66. But then I found this:

The case actually just showed up today, but I've had this hanging around for about a year. Found it on eBay, stuck it on my watch list, then went back and bought it five minutes later because who knows if I'll ever see another. As you can see it has oil stains, and I stupidly thought about trying to clean them once, then I remembered the stains were likely from an XJR-9...so they can totally stay.

Here's the picture at the bottom right in detail:

The great thing about that picture is if you blow it up and look at the pit wall, you can see a few of the guys who aren't on the over-the-wall group wearing this exact shirt. Pretty neat, huh?

At the moment I've basically just stuffed the shirt in the case like a bully shoving a nerd into a locker. Luckily my wife is a seamstress, and an expert at pinning clothing, so she'll be able to pin it all nice and straight for me and it'll really look great. If there wasn't anything on the sleeves it would be way easier, but I really want those logos displayed.

Once it's hung up, I'll do a little photo shoot of my garage. I've also got three Maxyenkos on the way, and those will receive places of honor on my garage walls as well.

KatzManDu > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/28/2015 at 13:31

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This would be a nice Jag addition to your garage ;)

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/…

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/28/2015 at 13:33

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now your walls will start leaking oil and your lights will flicker

thats why i have a Porsche picture

hehe ;)

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > KatzManDu 01/28/2015 at 13:34

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I really like where they're heading. The cars look good, they drive good. They don't seem to be building any bad products right now.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/28/2015 at 13:35

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I'm frankly astounded the lights in the garage still work. There's so much British junk in there the lights should be smoking, or at least very very dim by now.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/28/2015 at 15:22

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I've started "Land Rovering" my garage and it's going really well. Well, actually I just park the Land Rover in the garage and it leaks oil onto the floor.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 01/28/2015 at 15:59

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That's pretty much how you start Jaguarifying a garage, too. Though in the Jag's defense, it will never leak enough oil to equal it's last oil change when I accidentally put 12 quarts on the ground because I forgot to pull a plug on my drain can.