Happy birthday Betty

Happy b-day to Mom! Funny , but i thought she was 39 not 79, my how time flys when your having fun ! Betty has spread a lot of joy in her life as a Mother, wife ,den mother, sunday school teacher, co-worker! Always a person that was willing to help others with out question, and do more than her share too!I want to thank her for all she has done for me and our family, as well as my friends too! We all love ya !!!!!!!!!!

Memphis Rodders Reunion

Glenn Martin and his son ,Chris took me to the rodders reunion in Memphis .It is a gathering of folks who have raced , hot rodded ,or who like a good time . Dinner is served and the proceeds go to the Shriner's burn center , such a great cause and the camaraderie was nice too. This year the honoree was Hooker Hood ole 99 ,"The Tennessee Tornado ". A cool multi media show presented his career and he was interviewed by several folks close to the racing operation.

Exhibits of photos were at a couple of tables and slide shows were randomly being shown of old cars and drag racing as well as dirt car stuff . Money had been raised by the Classic Chevy club and the Memphis Street rodders to give to the burn center as well ,it was a special evening and so cool to see all these people helping others as well as recognizing the accomplishments of a great racer. Hooker raced for many years and thousands of people enjoyed watching him tear up the dirt tracks across the south , heck he raced well into his 70's !!We also got a treat by being able to sit at the same table with Jeff Swindell the current points champion in the World of Outlaws, what a class act !!

Another guitar

The pics that follow are a Gibson copy that I painted for a friend. the paints are all House of Kolor and the flames are gold leaf with green kandy over them , the dragon on the back was kind of a after thought but it turned out well .Sorry for the pic quality it was shot while the clear was real wet and looked a little funky !

kennys 55 pro street

Well as promised here are a few pics of the pro street 55 in Kenny's garage . we started this a while back and it has been in storage a year or more because of various reasons. Hope to work on it this winter and finish mounting the body and build motor mounts and plate.Its a bit far off to project a paint color yet. It will probably have an aluminium floor and tubs and a big block .I really think a stroked out 460 FORD would be nice !Kenny will have a heart attack when he reads that he's more of a brand x guy!

big time go cart racer

Jill was the big winner at the indoor go cart racing this week at the incredible pizza ,we feel now that it will only be just a matter of time before some Nascar team gives her a call. We are going to call her Miss Talladigga !!Hey she always had great reaction times when we drag raced so hopefully they will call soon !

The Recipe

Well we did it again , got a lot of hot sauce cooked up and appeased the pepper gods ! This was a very odd year because we were missing some very key elements!!! , Richard Sealey, Bill "Waysack"Snider and Bill" The Grand" Diehl ,all three past away this year and it's been tough on the families and friends. Lucky for us all three were looking down on upon us to guide us through the rough spots ! We are sorely gonna miss our dearly departed brothers in the Peppers !!We made about 87 gallons and its good stuff too !

wheel spacing

We had a bit of an issue with wheel and tire clearance on the rear. Part of this might be miscommunication with Mike and I or just the fact Mike loves to buy the shiny stuff !! Ha, Ha ! That aside we needed more room for the tire clearance, and with the car now painted this was a problem. Enter the Eastwood tool Company, they have some cool stuff and we purchased a tool to stretch the fender wells slowly. It worked , it was a bit of a learning curve and we felt like it could have some more adjustments and that was because we were learning the tool. Any way it worked well and the problem is much better now, so lets try and "get er done ."

The next little detail was to get a drive shaft made up , we turned to Fleet Pride in Memphis ,they handle truck parts ,U-Joints and stuff like dat! The machinist Jeff was a very knowledgeable guy who helped us decide on which options would be best for the power the Nova was gonna make , and Bing-o the next day we had a nice shiny drive shaft! P.S hey Mike where'd ya get those Chinese eyes?

Amsoil at Sema

Many of you are aware that for several years I've been a Amsoil dealer .I started out to be able to just buy the products at a reduced rate and slowly began treating it like a small business ,and while it often is not the focus of all my attentions it is always available to me. These products are the very best quality and have proved themselves superior in tons of independant test . this year Amsoil will agian be at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. Sema ( specialty equiptment manufactures association ) is a huge show the exposes all the cool things in the automotive related feilds.Check out this link to Amsoils sight to learn more about SEMA !http://amsoilupdate.blogspot.com/2009/09/anticipation-building-for-sema-2009.html And hopefully if you are interested in Amsoil prouducts or might want to become a dealer contact me ! Thanks Willie

taking a break

Well it's been a while since I last posted , took a bit of a break . Mike and I decided to go fishing which we used to do with a little bit more regularity. This was a special trip it was Mikes bacholor party !,no not the wild party ya'll have in mind just two friends enjoying all nature has to offer and talking about the past and future .It sure was nice !,and at the same time a little weird ,the first time to stay at Mom and Dad's cabin since his death.

The weather was great as was the company, but the fish catching lacked a bit of luster! As usual Mr.Helton gave me a bit of schooling, on the fine art of fishing !!! I am known as a fisherman , Helton on the other hand is a catcher !!

We saw a couple of bad boats one smll block powered V-Drive flat bottom that showed off for us with perhaps a couple of 70 mph. plus runs, he said it would do 90mph. but that remains to be proven!!!Two other fountain boats one i took a pic of was a beautiful multi colored twin big block, that was awesome! Anyway congrats Mike and Sindy hope life is sweet for you both !!

interior upgrades

Mike and I have been hard at it with the little time we have to work on the beast! This week we got the trunk finished up along with the package tray area and the back seat too.The door panels are almost in ,and the side glass and door rubbers have been completed .Next the carpet and wire it all up .