Crusin the coast

Well we had a great time ,the weather was awesome,the beer was cold ,our women were great!The whole premise of the cruise lead us to several areas around the coast .At each of these stops when we arrived there was a car show, bands ,food and fun . We danced a little,cruised a bunch ate great seafood and relaxed a bunch !The crowds on Friday night were a bit wild , they line both sides of highway 90 coaxing the drivers of cars to burn rubber , and there was plenty of that !

Cruisin the Coast

We are heading to "Crusin the coast", in Biloxi Ms. Oct.3rd.-10th . This is the 14th annual crusin and will be my first trip to this show . Ive heard its a blast and cant wait for a little down time and some good sea food too. The Helton clan and Jill and I are going to cruise in the mighty Nova all over the coast , Mike has a real nice enclosed trailer to haul the beast in and our pop up tent to hang out on the beach !Ill take some photos of Mike and I in speedos !! ha ha It could happen with enough beer and some bubba teeth!

Edgar Winter

hey all as many of you know I'm a huge Edgar fan and as life leads you in strange ways , I got a chance to meet him this Saturday at the airport in Memphis ! The band was traveling thru Mempho on the way to Phoenix Az.They were very nice and excited about playing the show in a theater that was in the round .Edgar was cool and laid back dressed in black that contrasted strikingly with white his hair. Jock Copeland and I met him and later we both could not figure out why we did not take any photos !! But i did get the autograph !just like a little school girl!

Delta Crusin @ Sams Town Casino

We had a great time at the Delta Crusin, held in the parking lot of Sam's Town casino in Tunica Miss., The weather was hot and so were the cars .This was Mike and Sindys debut with their 69 Nova and it went well, the car was a hit with Southern Crusin magazine asking to take photos to put in an issue, and some mention of using the car for their annual calender! That's great for a first time out !900 cars were in attendance and its a well run show with plenty of activities for all ages .I'd like to thank the Memphis Street Rodders Association for a great time ! Plan to attend next year !

The end is near

Well the end is near ...no I'm not some nut toting a sign on the street announcing the end of the world ! ha ha !I'm talking about the Nova. It's all details and the buff out now .detail, details ,details!the beast will soon hit the streets . Been kidding Mike and Sindy they need to go ahead and buy a new set of rear tires because all Sindy wants to know is how fast it will go !,and when can she hit the nitrous button !SO we started driving it and tuning on her its sweet and sounds nasty too !

NSRA in Louisville

Hey yall got a few pics from the NSRA ,the weather was nice and the cars were cool !Met some nice people and walked all over the place for a day and a half and still did not see it all !Just wish it was closer to home ,drove for seven hours to get there .

Total Cost Involved parts

I've owned a 66 Mustang convertible body for some years now and its time to get busy with that thing. This week I received a truck load of parts from Total Cost Involved. This includes a Mustang 2 front end set up with coil over springs 2 inch dropped spindles,and sway bars. The rear end set up is coil over also and sub frame connectors with a three link. Soon I plan to take the original suspension out and put it on the rotisserie for sand blasting and assembly.

Spent gasses Leave the Nova

Mike and I are finally getting around to putting the exhaust under the beast!He opted for a three inch tube and Flowmaster mufflers, the parts came from Jegs. It is a really a nice set up that fits good too !It want be long now till the bruiser will be cruising at a show near you !You ought to see how hard Mike is working me I think he's ready to ride !!, me too !

Goodguys Nashville show

Jill took me to the Goodguys show in Nashville I was surprised that they were able to get it all cleaned up so fast after the floods. The show was really nice ,and at the gate they were collecting for the flood victims plus the Goodguys Organization were going to match the total !, what a great gesture .We spent the whole day wandering around checking the rides and watching the g-course racing that was cool some of those guy could really get around twisty turns fast with lots of tire squealing going on .So many of the cars were really so high end and sooo bad assed !Ok so now back to the real world .

Hot BBQ team

I got a chance to help out the CMP BBQ team they are a new team with a nice trailer.The spare tire needed a cover ,so I welded one up and smoothed it out and painted some true fire on it with their logo in gold leaf and a bit of pin stripe ! Charlie Peri ,the "P"in CMP was happy with it , he says it will set them apart from other teams and catch your eye. I'm glad he's happy ,it turned out well maybe I'll get some BBQ out of the deal!Randy GIbson printed their tee shirts up off of a design i was able to come up with and he did a great job on them .Randy does such cool custom work even on some small orders,he's easy to work with .