Thursday, September 23, 2010

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 !

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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 !

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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 .

Friday, June 11, 2010

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 !

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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 .

Monday, May 17, 2010

Alberts Dusty Beast





Well after the F-100 show we were a bit excited about the ole dusty truck. we pre fit the fender extensions ,running boards and did more body work on the cab. I started block sanding the beast to make it flat and straight. I learned from Curtis Krueger at the truck show,that a car with bad body work with that wavy look is called a parade car because it" Waves "at you!! I thought that was funny ,we dont want Alberts ride to "wave" !

F-100 super nationals





Got together with the Krueger boys and went to Pigeon Forge Tn. to the F-100 ford show ,It was a good time but the show was a little smaller than usual. there were plenty of trucks and cars but not as many vendors in attendance I feel the bad economy sure is affecting this hobby /industry .We were able to see the whole show in one day,including the vendors which in the past it took two days.The people were very nice and the quality of the workmanship on the trucks was superb ! Albert and Curtis were a lot of fun and we got a senior citizen discount for lunch thanks to big Albert ,ha ha !!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Fishing with the experts




Got a chance to go fishing with the Helton brothers on their home lake , fantastic!These boys know their stuff and in the short time we had we caught some nice crappies . All fish had to be over 12 inches and we were very conscious of this as to not get fined. Mike was our guide on the trip and Jackie and I provided color cometary . In other words if Mike took us to a spot that looked good but we didn't catch fish we would bitch until he moved OH YEAH it happened ! Had a great time ,,Thanks Guys !