KENNY GAINES

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Top local racer , Kenny Gaines of 2 Bobs racing, graces our presence checking out the Nova. We work well together and have hoped to do more projects in the future . Kenny has 2 projects of his own ,both 55 Chevys the first a tube chasssis pro street that we put together and have yet to mount the body to .The second a street type driver with a 6 banger dont get me wrong both will be nice ! We'll get a look at these soon !

Nsra in louisville

Man it was cool ! we were wore out and probably did not see but a third of the cars . We walked for miles it seemed like and then rode the shuttle around to get a scope of the size of the place,. Then went into the many buildings where the vendors set up .Chip Foose was signing autographs for Mothers Polishes, and had such a long line , I could not stand there and be able to see more in the one day we had ! But I did get to meet one of my hero's , Charley hutton the painter /body man from the Boyd Coddington shop. Man this guy is so cool , nice , and approachable ,He was very open about his process and his product preferences , PPG and Iwata guns cannot express how nice he was, and he now has his own shop !, would love to have a Charley ride !!I'll post a few pics !

STREET ROD NATS.

Jill and I are going to make a world wind tour to the NSRA street rod nationals in Louisville .This is a very nice event with thousands of pre 1948 cars of all types .There will be tons of vendors and a huge swap meet.Normally the vendors put on tech seminars that are really cool, and I've seen a few celebrity's attending too!The NSRA also has neat give aways for registered members ,so check it out !

squirtin some blue

Well we finally got the House of Kolor ,Oriental Blue shot and it looks tuff ! Took a long day of work to get it all squirted but the effort paid off.This will be a very visually striking car,and we all have put in a ton of work on it , but as the home stretch is in site we can't let up ,just gotta finish!I did have some issues with the paint ,most of which was human error, and some dealt with not having just the perfect place to work!

To date we have assembled most of the rear of the car,bumpers ,lights ,trunk and quarter glass.This week I'll polish most of the car and do the door rubber and the the ominous task of wiring her up,and finishing the air con and dash

stripes,embelishments, or what ever !

Got the stripes, laid out and sprayed. I used a silver base and scuffed it up with steel wool and scotch bright pads to give it a roughed up aluminum look.Then i added some kandy blue streaks and some transparent black shading just to give it some volume.I think this looked a little bit better than just plain silver stripes separating the two colors , it added interest and a custom touch. We will decide if it needs pinstripping after the blue is done and cleared.

Insulating the Nova

A little bit of insulating is now the job at hand .We are using a product that is used in the airconditioning industry to insulate ducts . The big boy Albert found it and it works great looks like Dyna mat . It has a sticky backing and a foil side to help sound and temp .We use two layers and it really quites it down .Also you'll notice the battery in the trunk and the NOS bottle for a little more umph !He'll need it for all those hungry Mustangs that will want a piece of him. After the paint is on we will paint the inside of the trunk and carpet it also.

Metal Mike

Mike "Metal"Marek ,owner of Auto Ac Hose Repair did an outstanding job of helping with the air -conditioning install .Mike has all the equipment to form hard lines as well as making up the high pressure hoses , and his service is mobile which makes it super handy.I really admire his work and eye for what will be ascetically pleasing to the eye so the job looks really well planed out .Mike does plenty of custom work as well as just making hoses for every day cars so give him a call for your needs @901-542-0509.While we had him in the shop ,Helton opted to have the heater hoses made by Mike also and they were then polished and threaded to the nice billet bulk head fitting in the firewall, below that is the cool looking billet areomotive fuel regulator to keep the fuel pressure right .

Smart flix

I've been looking at the great selection of instructional dvds at Smart Flix. They have a bunch of how to custom painting dvds, but are not limited to just auto stuff. I've rented fiberglass, and welding stuff. Also they were prompt and the quality has been good. Here's a link for the paint stuff, check it out...Painting.

Dash board

Mike got the dash and gauges all wired up nice and neat. He used a super good looking bezel that is carbon fiber and white faced gauges to set it off. Now all we need to do is find the time to re wire the whole car with the 21 circuit Ez-wire harness ,it will replace the 30 year old harness so Mike can drive another 30 years with out problems . Yeah right... it's a Chevy hopefully it'll make it a year or two .This will all look great with the freshly painted dash and the new dash pad.Just throw in some fancy interior work and we got a hot rod!

F-100 Nationals in Knoxville

Well we made a whirl wind tour of the all FORD F-100 Nats. on Saturday May 16th . Tommy Donald and I spent Friday night with the Krueger family and we all left at 6 am to drive 3 plus hours to Chillowee park in Knoxville.The weather was terrible ,raining hard and windy but we pressed on wondering if we were doing the right thing.The weather broke up as we arrived at the show , although it was some what cloudy and humid most of the day. The show was nice although we all felt the number of trucks was way down ,as well as the vendors in participation.I was excited to talk to the "Fat Man "himself , of FAT MAN chassis company.HE was very accessible and more than willing to help and answer any questions I really hope to do business with him soon .The 66Mustang convertible is really needing a updated front end....bring money $$$!I feel like the saddened economy was the cause for less participants , but I'm not taking part in the recession feeling that if i ignore it maybe it will go away!Albert and his son bought parts for some of their new projects and we all dreamed a bit , man there were some sweet rides there !