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My life so far, summary.

Let's start with the beginning. I was born on the 21'th of December 1963 in Spydeberg, Norway. My parents, Anna Camilla (1934) and Sigurd Ottar (1927) owned a small farm bough from an uncle of my mother. The farm is a bit out 'in the woods' and there was only a few kids to play with, none at the same age as myself. I have a brother (Lars, born1957) and a sister (Ingeborg, born 1959).  For the first 9 years at school I had to travel 7km by bus each way, for the next 3 years 5km more. When I started studying, I moved to a tiny apartment, but continued to visit the farm at weekends. In 1983 I had a serious accident with my first car (72' Mazda 616), and broke both legs (femur's). I was tied to wheelchair for 4 month's, but kept the spirits up because I knew I would rise again. When I completed studying in 1986, I went to service my country for about a year. With my experience with RC-airplanes, I was one of the few lucky to do my service as a target UAV pilot. It was a great year with lots of modeling and a care-free life. When I got a job at SensoNor in 1987, I moved to Horten and has stayed there since. I now live in one end-apartment in a 4-appartment house. Since I live by myself I have plenty of room.

Cars

I'm not a car enthusiast, but enjoys driving . The cars I have had are:

  • 1972 Mazda 616 : Bought 1982. Cheap first car in reasonable shape, thoroughly broken in serious accident 1983.
  • 1981 Mazda 323 1.5 : Bought 1985. Small good quality, I drove 200.000 km with it. Sold 1995
  • 1986 Mazda 626 2.0 GTi : Bought 1995, fast family car. Sold 1999.
  • 1995 Opel Omega MV6 caravan : Bought 1999, more sedate with automatic transmission etc. Very suitable for long trips at high speed (German autobahn), and ample space for 2x2m models. The Omega was nice, but a mechanical nightmare.  Expensive to keep running.
  • 2005 Mitsubishi Grandis : Japanese quality, hopefully a 'perpetum mobile'.

The wreck of my first car, a Mazda 616 1972 model. My Mazda 323 with the famous box.                                 Opel Omega MV6 Mitsubish Grandis

Other toys

A couple of years ago I bough a small old motorcycle, a 1971 Honda CB 350. It looked quite bad and was in rather shabby state. I ran it for a while and then disintegrated it totally.  Now it's on the road again with correct colors and is in a generally better state. 

 This is how it looked in the autumn 2005, just before I started to tear it down. An MC is made up of quite a lot of parts :-) This is how it looks now. It's not museum quality, but quite OK. This is how it looks now. It's not museum quality, but quite OK. This is how it looks now. It's not museum quality, but quite OK.   

Sadly enough the engine of the 350 did not run as it should during 2007, it's now in pieces in my basement.  New cylinder, pistons, piston-rings, valves etc. are in place, needs a few other parts before assembly can begin.  In April 2008 I realized that this was not going to happen for the 08 season, so when I came over another bike close by I bought it. It's also a Honda from 1971, but a CB 450.  I have had lots of fun with it this summer, here are some pictures:

Honda CB 450 1971 Honda CB 450 1971 Honda CB 450 engine, twin overhead camshafts Honda CB 450 1971, imported from USA

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