I want to punch the sky

Did you not get the memo? It's spring Damnit! No more of this miserable snow. Freakin windshield wiper motor crapped out on my way to work. That's not so fun during a damn blizzard.

Two Wheel Tuesday

Some random two wheel inspiration gathered from my online travels.

Spotted

Todd sent me this photo of his '65 Suburban up in the air on his fresh 2 post lift. I'm pretty jealous of his setup.

Framed Art

I have had these two Dwayne Vance prints for a while now and just got them back from framing. I took these prints to Signed & Numbered which is located just south of the Blue Plate Diner. Andy Chase who is a fine local artist helped me out and did a fantastic job. I couldn't be happier with the whole experience. Their service is fantastic and their prices are the best I've found anywhere and they have tons of great prints from local artists. I suggest you check them out and help support local art and business.

Ridin' Dirty

The Ford is getting glass installed today. Clint ridin dirty.


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Friday Photo

Yes it is 3:30 in the AM. Here's a photo from a few summers ago that was taken during one of our many adventures through our great state.

Sheep in wolf's clothing

Custom built Fiat 5oo that was designed to be a Ferrari tribute. Concept is based on the Disney movie Cars. The character Lugi who works in the tire shop and dreams of being a Ferrari. This car was sprayed with actual Ferrari red paint, has Ferrari center caps on the wheels and custom tan leather interior. I'm pretty sure this is the nicest vintage Fiat 500 on the planet. I shot these photos for the shop that built the car.





I was also playing around with this version to give a little background color to make the red pop. Not sure if I like it more or less. Let me know which you prefer.

How you like me now?

New guy starts parking in the spot you've parked in for the last few years, and also takes up 2 spots cause he's super important with his "new" used A8. What do you do?



Box him in and park right next to him anyway. Burn!
We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Polish-fest 9000

Spent all night at the shop hand polishing the aluminum for the '56.

Started by wet sanding all the ribs on the rear tray with 2000 grit. Then hit it with some compound and lots of muscle.






Here's how it looks with the zebra wood.






Then GJ and I polished the set of original Thunderbird Y Block valve covers.

Xmas in March

I love getting packages in the mail. Today my new finned aluminum Triumph motor mounts from Maund Speed arrived. These are solid cast aluminum and are fantastic. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to polish them or leave them in a raw finish.






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Great commercial. In my opinion one of the best in a long time. Great song ("how you like me now, by The Heavy"), great characters. Even though I not in the market for a Kia Sorento this commercial gets me excited for summer.

Spotted

I do love me some wagon. Nice example of an older Volvo estate.

Trump

I got the Triumph tins back from blasting this week with a few surprises I wasn't expecting. The '36 Ford spare tire ring came out great. The tank on the other hand revealed some past battle scars.

Meep...meep...ciao!

Got the Vespa unloaded and just need to sand blast all the body parts this week.

I knocked out one of the larger side cowl dents. Once it's been blasted I'll finish making it all smooth like it was never there.

Spotted

Pretty rad '54 Ford for sale.



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Meep...meep...ciao!

Yup that's what a 1960 Vespa frame looks like sitting in the back of a Mazda, in case you wondered.