little art work

These hoods were done for Central Church in Collierville, they have made their youth room to look like an old garage and wanted some hot rod art to hang up on the walls.Mrs. Anne Clay was nice enough to allow me free reign on design except they wanted "252" on one that reflects a bible verse that happens to be the theme of the class.I enjoyed the design work and process throughout.The blue hood was completely covered in water drop effects and featured triabal flames /scallops and gold leaf crosses.The black hood has silver flames with streaks of different candy colors on them as well as shadeing.I hope to find time to do more for them !

happy new year to all !

Well we took a little time off to celebrate with family and friends,but now we're gonna hit it hard!Hot rod air has been taking their sweet time getting all the parts to us for the air and heat system ,This week we have mounted the heater box and are putting the hose block on the fire wall, its a nice billet piece that's going to look great surrounded by HOK oriental blue .I got a test panel shot for Mike to approve the colors and design for the stripes,hope he likes it!

Mike has been trudging away at the big block and will soon have it all buttoned up,then we will slip it between the fenders. Not to say there have not been a few stumbling blocks along the way,getting the right parts have been a big problem,and the second is keeping Albert out of the bottle, just kidding !!

Albert's Jeep (lite)

Well proving that guys can't leave well enough alone, Albert has decided to redo his jeep project and make it ....( Green! )so he's getting rid of the V-8 and is powering it with air !! Something he is full of ,hot air !This baby is really light, now it just floats through the mud.

installing the front cap

Here we go installing the fenders and hood for its trail fitment .It seems as if these parts have a mind of their own one side fits well but the other is jinxed !these parts often times have to be removed and installed several times to make it all correct and make the gaps on the doors and hood appear right!The L-88 hood is a steel one that will really make the nova bad ass!!Once all the ftting is done we'll blow it all apart and then i'll paint the fire wall so we can install that beasty 427!

nova undercarraige and assembly

Well lets get back two the big Nova Ive, finally got the front sub frame and under carriage painted with POR-15 and their chassis black product.It is a nice satin black, similar to the factory look.I got all the new ball joints and control bushings installed and painted,and got all new brake parts.Mike and I installed all of these and it looks sharp! The big boy also sprung for the good Russell stainless steel flexible brake lines a really nice touch , no more spongy rubber lines! The rear mono leaf springs were re-arched and new big block coil springs , so the pig will ride nicely.Mike decided to get rid of the 10 bolt rear axle in favor of a 12 bolt with a nice posi -unit and he just had to have nice shiney c clip eliminators to help make it safer when applying gobs -o-torque .Now some new shocks to round out the whole picture and soon we will have a roller again !In between all of this mike has been trying to insulate the trunk floor with a rubber foil backed material .

Drag racing @ Memphis Motorsports

A cool time was had by all at the NMCA races in memphis ,we saw some Bad boys and Gals ! The event draws cars from all over the country ,its really good for this area and the track.Memphis Motorsports just recently hosted the national NHRA event so the track was in good shape.Muscle cars of all kinds dominate this show and although speed is the issue here, most cars could compete on the show circut too .Watching all this racing gives me the itch !,maybe i can con Jill into giving me a ton of cash to step up the program and put the "PONY" back on the track.My hats off to all the participants here cause i know they spend a lot dough to have their fun!!

Mike's 427

Well its about time the lil Nova got a bit of motavation,the transmission a turbo 400 was built by Bobby and has been awaiting a meeting with the big block! This motor is reciving a lot of nice goodies such as a BIG...BIG..cam w/roller lifters, roller rockers, forged pistons and Arp bolts to tighten it all up.A nice big Moroso oil pan will hold a bunch of Amsoil to slick it all up, Mike got all of his oil and atf from his friendly neighborhood Amsoil man ...ME! And you can too !e-mail me through this blog .All the machine work is done and now it just awaits the attention of its builder!

Custom Engine Service

Just a brief shout out to my ole bud Glenn Martin owner /operator of Custom Engine service in Dry Ridge Ky.Glenn and crew build fine motors for most any calling ,street rods, drag cars ,mud boggers , truck pulling you name it he's built it! Chevys ,FORDS,Chrysler it don't matter ,from mild to wild just build em right !!Custom Engines has a great reputation for quality and customer satisfaction, so think about them for your next project or rebuild!!Hey they have a bunch of core motors ,cranks,heads to build up or sell as is,and most of the time he has several motors built for sale ,or can custom build one for ya! Glenn also has quite a nice little speed shop set up for all those little goodies like cams , intakes ,etc,and he sells stuff on Craigs list also.Glenn introduced me to Amsoil many years ago and he also sells a bunch of it, ....but most people would rather buy it from me!! ha ha ! Give Custom Engines a call @ 859-824-9727 .....Thanks

Andy's Impala

This Impala was a lot of work ! Unfortunately it had quite a bit of rust throughout the car ,both quarters had to be replaced,some patches in the floors, fenders and doors were completed. Then the hardest parts were the inner fender wells and the window frame areas rear and front! There were no patch panels for these areas and they were made by hand .

While the frame was off the body all the bushings ball joints and front end parts got replaced,as did the brakes ,brake lines and fuel lines. POR-15 coated the frame and under body as well as the rear end and all components. I am very proud of how good the car appears underneath.The new fuel tank,lines and new 2 1/2 inch aluminized exhaust system with Flowmasters really stand out against the semi gloss finish.

The interior was all painted in rust preventive Valspar paint and inside all the door and window areas received Por-15. After that we installed a material similar to dynamat to insulate and quieten down the noise through out the floors ,doors and trunk areas.Hot Rod Air supplied a nice heat and air conditioning system that was all contained with in the car .This enabled us to clean up the firewall and smooth it out , man it really helps the appearance of the motor box! Andy found a console from a 66' Impala and got the bucket seats too! We made it all work, and had the original controls for the air customized by Hot Rod Air to retain the stock look on the dash.Black on black interior with pleats give this car a classy hot rod look.Thanks to Pleasant view upholstry for installing the headliner and fixing many problems concerning the door panels,heck he did the top also.Andy took most of the bright work to have it chrome plated at Advance Plateing in Nashville, pricey but looks great. All the paint related prouducts are from Sherwin Williams Automotive , and I'd like to personally thank the whole staff at the Mount Moriah store for their professionalism and all the fun ! The color is a chevy truck metallic with simple understated ghost stripes to give it that SS look ,Nice Huh! I sincerely hope Andy and his wonderful famliy enjoy this car for years.

kirker paints

ALBERT ,CURTIS AND MYSELF were happy to hear that our work on the jeep was recognized on the KIRKER Paint web site. To view this check out their virtual car show on the web at Kirker Paints. It's really nice to be selected and we would like to thank the good folks at Kirker!