The Spares

Random shot from first Born Free event

2011-09-28T14:36:00.000-07:00

to the winner go the spoils, 5 men enter one man rides home

Don't bring a knife to a gunfight

2011-09-28T13:28:00.001-07:00

One is too many and never enough

2011-09-28T08:03:00.001-07:00

1959 Cool

2011-09-28T07:57:00.000-07:00

Opps right flyer with right US Bombs members

2011-08-10T21:35:00.001-07:00

Cool old shot of Coco's merc at Carlsbad raceway before it closed

2011-08-02T11:54:00.000-07:00

Coco's Mercury at the old Carlsbad raceway before it closed down

riots in the streets of niland.. riot in the streets of....

2011-07-28T17:31:00.001-07:00

Lets see if I can actually make it this year...
Any takers???? ....-R

Ford versus Chevy once and for all

2011-07-18T07:58:00.001-07:00

I'll be putting a ford in my next car......

picture stolen from Bad Bob

King of Clubs Event this weekend!

2011-07-12T08:08:00.000-07:00

vintage scooter swap

2011-07-11T13:38:00.000-07:00

Vintage Motorcycle Swapmeet 7/30/11 Burbank CA.

This the site of a vintage bike & old parts swapmeet that will take place on July 30 2011.Here are the details:: 4201 Magnolia Blvd.Burbank 91505 on the northwest corner of Evergreen and Magnolia. 7 am to noon.

2011-05-19T16:21:00.000-07:00

sunday sunday sunday ....... -R

Picked up this same frame at old John Finn's years ago

2011-05-05T09:07:00.000-07:00

took so long to even find a picture of this, i figured another shot on the web couldn't hurt, if i could just find the wheels i think the build would be all downhill from there...jimmy

2011-05-03T14:47:00.000-07:00

What a kickaSS sunday... Swap meet in the morning then ride over to costa mesa to this...

The news is the loaner shovel is being worked on

2011-05-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

My Movie (8)

2011-04-25T17:08:00.000-07:00

Slab City 2011

2011-04-14T11:56:00.000-07:00

Batar-Zan is back March 18th at The Ken Club

2011-03-11T09:21:00.000-08:00

Clorine can kill Parrotletts, but Chuck don't give a fuck

2011-03-08T18:43:00.000-08:00

Angelika hits the road

2011-03-08T18:39:00.001-08:00

she's roadworthy

they say it was the kennedys

2010-12-22T22:09:00.000-08:00

maybe LAPD........
man, she was something.....-R

2010-12-22T21:24:00.000-08:00

yes, i still love 'ol cars. it seems i have neglected my girl for some time now. i blame only myself. as i racked up a ton of parking tickets (585$)worth to be exact. so once i pay that she will be back on the road. i promise.....-R

born free 3

2010-12-21T13:35:00.001-08:00

oh man! this is gonna be a good one. it is oak canyon ranch state park. theres camping, awesome canyon rides, just add good times with yer buddies....
well. i just tried to reserve a camping spot.. nooooo diice... but that ok thats a good canyon ride back to my house, right up to my door...-R

thats right fuckers

2010-12-19T22:09:00.000-08:00

aaaaawwwwweeeeesssssooooommmmmeeeee!!!!!!!

part 2 the tear down/ the spares speed shop

2010-12-19T21:23:00.000-08:00

well shit, i kinda fucked up the order of my pics and story. so i will just skip the part of the story where i tell ya i seized my bike. apparently you need oil to keep yer bike running. well, i wanted to tear it apart anyway. the picture on the bottom is what it looked like when i pulled the head, the pic on the top is after i ported and polished it. you cant tell tell from photo, but it as smooth as a babies bottom. cleaned up the intake side too. got rid of all the casting access left behind from production, then took 60 grit and ruffed it a little. i 4got how fn'ing long this takes. it has been many years since i did this. my dad taught me during my race days. he was my mechanic. we kicked ass for a bit. thought i was gonna be famous one day... haaaa... well, honed out cylinder new ring and piston's... almost back 2gether. i will keep you posted.....-R

my failed trip to slap city part 1

2010-12-19T20:27:00.000-08:00

so, as with every trip i go on i was running 2 hours late easy. i eventually meet up with tubbles, and this dude chris. trip started out fine. interstate packed with cars not going anywhere but us. riding a bike during a parking lot on the interstate is awesome. so we finally get thru all this traffic. and are heading to temecula to the 76 or 78. shoot i don't remember. anyway, when we stopped fer gas i noticed i lost my tail light and license plate somewhere along the way. first miss hap, so back on the road we go, cursing along at a pretty good speed making good time. then traffic again, so i slow down and gas it again and my bike dies... what the shit.. push it over to the side of the interstate check out bike. i am thinking my headlight wire shorted my bike. do ask me why i thought that. if you know me you would understand, that's just what i do. turns out from my being in a hurry i did not tighten my chain like i wanted to. so the chain has been doing a number on my ignition switch that i so conveniently put right in light with my chain. so after figuring out my chain popped up my hit me key into off position were back on the road. making it into temecula heading to are turn off to go thought the mountains bike dies again. FUCK! this sucks. so we pull over to fix AGAIN, this time i am thinking ignition switch again, well close a wire coming out serve rd. i fix it putting my bike 2gether b4 i start it. (total jackass move) this dude and his wife cruse up in a vette and start talking to us. mind you we are in a parking lot of a school. so there is no reason for this guy to come around. exec pt to make fun of me. he was like that's funny the pan and the shovel appear to be running fine, hows that jap bike doing? i was ha ha... turns out the kook ended up being a cool dude. offered to help me out. i said i was good and they were on their way. i could see that me and my bike were starting to be a pain fer tubbles and chris. so i say its cool dudes go get something to eat and i will catch up. i by pass the switch and hot wire my bike. it is starting to get cold, kinda. again bike is tip top at this point. then it starts cutting out. Fuck! i look down and see left carb is not working. i turn the gas off the left side and just keep going. bike run like shit but i could still ride. worried that i would not get my bike started i just kept ridding. so i passed the dudes while they got gas knowing they would catch up. so we meet back up about 45minutes later. by this time it is way fucking cold and nite is falling. so we start to get back on the road. Chris's bike would start, so tubbles says just go and we will catch up. and like that it was dark, foggy to the point you could only see 10-15 feet in front of you. got to Julian(which is awesome) made right like a was supposed to. but i kept going right. of course i need to go left at fork in road. (this is the story of my life) well 40 minutes later i realize i am lost. SHIT! fuck it i say and keep going the wrong way. not like i had a choice. so i am in the fucking mountains for a hour or so. get to the end of the road and its left or right. i take a break in the pitch darkness then take off again. i pass a cop that was sitting on the side of the road. he gets behind me and follows for 7minutes or so. pulls me over. gives me the run down. why you out here,why is yer bike so loud, etc. he makes me sit on the ground. while sitting there i see why my carb quit working. the piece of t-shirt i used to clean some oil got sucked into carb. yes. i do stupid shit like this. so cop lets me go. he says i hafta walk my bike blab blah blah. start bike when i get to the interstate. tubbles calls me while i am doing this. he waiting for me at a gas station that he thought i would be. i tell him my story and i am on the road. again my bike is running titties. until that is it lose;s power. i am like fuck it and ride to the next exit. call jimmy, jimmy calls nick. nicks me up and takes me to jimmy house... so i noticed my pipe was broke. so it is like a week b4 i try and start my bike. get it running, clank clank clank = not good....-R

picture time

2010-12-19T19:42:00.000-08:00

just thought i would share this shot of my bike.....-R

spares in paradise

2010-12-19T19:08:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of my hawaii trip for work... ha, i know my job fn sucks. no! not really.. this was my view out of cottage i stayed in. insane! i stayed at the turtle bay. not bad... ha.. no but really. it was awesome you can swim with the turtle's right there. this trip was not as good as the last since i was alone. no one to share with. the last trip was with the fam. so this trip i will share with you. this was on the north shore, do not if ya ever been there, it is all country. not nothing out there. chickens/rosters running around every where. coconuts on the ground like the movies, the locals do not like you. well they liked me.. ha.. on my trips into town, i would spell it if i could pronounced holly eva.. ha.. well any way. i would pass this pretty cool skate park. it wasn't that cool but the whole setting was, well pretty amazing. all tucked away, with trees and mountains containing it. and across the street was sunset. sunset meaning the famous break (surfing) "gonna surf the words of the north shore" by the most famous kook of all rick cane. life on the north shore is pretty amazing! i see all the super rad houses and think what the fuck do these people do for work??? well, i still don't know... maybe sell speed or something or make surfboards and smoke banana peels.. oh yeah! i almost 4got. one of coolest things about hawaii was people did not stop 2 cars length behind the car in front of them at stop lights..... till my next hawaii trip.....-R

some pub in hawaii

2010-12-19T19:00:00.001-08:00

oh man! when i saw this. i was like holy shit! i coulda used this pillow/punching pad deally in my drinking days. then i thought about all the crap prolly on it.... but again i would have not gave 2 shits, prolly even passout with my head on the pad. and my pecker in the piss.....-R

what the world needs now is another ballsack something another like i need a hole in my head.

2010-12-19T18:49:00.000-08:00

ok! like the fucking balls hanging from the back of pickup trucks and cars was'nt bad enuff. some A-hole went and did this. what the shit!!! i NEVEr want balls near my mouth or on my chin. we need (as the voice of the American people) find this ball sack guy and snipe the fucker. i am sure it was made in china to boot......-R

floating jack

2010-12-19T18:38:00.000-08:00

Ok, so it has been awhile since i last posted anything. As you can tell this is from holloween.

What you cannot tell is that these punkins were hanging from a tree.. They were just floating mid air... pretty FN rad......-R

chopper john & mikey ratt on the way to slab city

2010-11-10T15:04:00.000-08:00

Santee Lakes Hamb Car Show

2010-11-09T21:41:00.001-08:00

painted the chop

2010-10-19T19:50:00.001-07:00

Mushroom Bubble Window

2010-10-14T08:23:00.000-07:00

I got the van, I need this window, issuing an All Points Bulletin, keep your eyes peeled....Jimmy

greasy taco day

2010-10-06T14:57:00.000-07:00

so not only is it my b-day taco day, there's also cool show to go to.... ta boot

I almost crashed my rental car

2010-10-05T20:25:00.000-07:00

So there we were driving down the one highway from Cabo San Lucus to San Jose de Cabo and I look over to the left and see all these people hanging out in front of the Home Depot, apparently it's not just something that happens in america.

shiny black paint

2010-09-25T15:00:00.001-07:00

swap meet in LA county

2010-09-17T14:05:00.001-07:00

this is a huge motorcycle swap... it is once a year.....-R

Aprons are the new tight pants

2010-09-15T17:53:00.000-07:00

vans the new black

2010-09-12T13:49:00.000-07:00

Vans are the new black.

crap, i just noticed the one of the shows has past.....-R

Soap Soap and Soap

2010-09-09T21:31:00.001-07:00

Mikey had a BBQ

2010-09-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

Jimmy had to goto Fast Eddie's wedding my bike got left behind. Brit guy on an american bike

Three window coupe from Mooneyes show for inspiration

2010-08-31T19:11:00.000-07:00

Dan the Man joins the 200 mph club

2010-08-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

Here's an online pat on the back for our buddy Dan Waldrop, the closet spare, for making the 200 mph club this week at speed week in Bonneville. Dan took the Bean Bandits car to a new record of 218 mph. Way to go Buddy, can't wait to see the red hat and super secret hand shake

tit for tatt

2010-08-17T14:20:00.000-07:00

un-easy up date

2010-08-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

this pan is fucking sweeeeet....-R

i will be going to this show. so if you want tickets buy them and i will take with me.....

old gold gee rog....

2010-08-05T16:53:00.000-07:00

should be a fun ride up the coast......-R

650 camera pic

2010-07-20T14:46:00.000-07:00

48 pan fror 20bucks????? maybe you

2010-07-20T14:41:00.000-07:00

well, my buddies at speedmetal.blogspot.com are building a killer pan.... you have not ever been to denver now is prolly the best reason to ever go... denver is a fucking rad place.... this bike show just made it fucking better... yes , i will be attending. gonna ride the 650 there....looking forward to it....-R

mooneyes summer show

2010-07-20T14:32:00.000-07:00

yeah, wents to mooneyes hot in the summer show. did not take a single pic. i think jimmy did. there were alot of bikes this year. we blew it on so many levels. but next year lemme tell you!!!. it was a pretty cool show. i made one lap w/ jimmy. it was to FN hot to do anything else. i hear they maybe doing the show in the cooler months.... that would BE titties.......-R

King of Clubs at Barona July 10th

2010-07-06T15:33:00.001-07:00

Bats Day 2010

2010-07-06T15:30:00.000-07:00

2010-07-06T08:57:00.000-07:00

Coco's 1963 Galaxie 500 Convertible, got the 352 FE motor running good, swapped over the automatic column and did the brakes, running good so we took it down to steel to survey the damage and shot it in epoxy primer. The quarters have been re-done in a poor east coast hack style so we'll be re-doing that, otherwise it's looking good. Notice Steve in the background learning electric start in gear is not good....jimmy

High Dollar Jimmy

2010-07-06T08:31:00.001-07:00

they call me High Dollar Jimmy now, 1934 Ford Three Window, pretty much all the sheet metal, lower patch panels, frame, radiator and grill and alot of vision.....jimmy

2010-06-30T16:56:00.000-07:00

well, i did not get to go the last one. the rest of the crew did thou. 4got why i didnt go. but this year i will be there 4sure. -R

3 steps forward 5 steps back

2010-05-18T07:56:00.000-07:00

Loaded up the Trailer Queen on the trailer and was headed up to pick up another T-bird to repair Coco's demolish derby car. Arranged to meet the buyer a block away from the T-bird pick-up, which was up in Norco, couple hours away.Picked up Mark on the way, thought I'd share his planter art, must say I am a bit jealous, it was a prop from a play or somethingSo we met up with Gene and his son in the Burger King parking lot, tried to talk him out of it but Gene wasn't scared so off the Trailer Queen went. It's nice to sell things but I gotta say I regret every car I've ever sold. Hope Gene has alot of fun in that car I know I did. Afterwards we went to get the T-bird for Coco and ended up buying a 1963 galaxie convertible, 1963 galaxie parts car, 1964 galaxie convertible and a 1964 galaxie 2 door hardtop. If that wasn't bad enough we then headed up to Dan Collin's Old Gold Garage and picked up A 1934 three window project. Mark bought the 64's so end result was I bought 5 cars this weekend and sold 3, 3 steps forward, 5 steps back.....

9 foot by 7 foot print

2010-05-07T21:05:00.000-07:00

we collect alot of robert williams stuff so this 7 foot tall print will be a great addition, thanks rubes

new one

2010-05-03T17:08:00.000-07:00

Slab City Fun Fest

2010-04-30T10:06:00.001-07:00

Didn't know whiskey bottles could take pictures but Sergio pulled it off

Slowing coming together

2010-04-30T09:55:00.001-07:00

Went to a charity Poker Game at the Lava Flow and got inspired to get some more work done on the backyard. Long list of ideas we have had since before the pool was even put in and has been slowly coming together. Coco has put props into full effect, last night she added some solar fireflies to the back wall that look great at night. We'll see how well this stuff holds up after the first party.

Well, we had always talked about doing a dock on the far wall of the pool, can't be sure but I think it was actually Cookie's idea (R.I.P.). Anyhow we were down at the Bali Hai for Dylan's birthday and Monkey Business was broke (thanks Mikey) and in the slip so I just happened to have a trailer capable of carrying 22' long laminated dock beams. 2 days later and the Bali Jor'dan dock was alive.Can't wait for the Pool Party season to get started

2010-04-22T12:30:00.000-07:00

speedmetal cycles

2010-04-22T11:54:00.000-07:00

clear coats

biff preping fer clear coats

biff and dog hemmi

these guys breath,eat,drink,shit,motorcycles

speedmetal shop and dave

dave's royale enfeild..and cheby van. fun little bike i cruised around fer a bit. first hand shift bike i ever rode

scooter

scooter and his van he bought fer 500$ and it runs. kinda jealous

so i was in denver for a couple days this week. i love hanging with old friends. dave and biff live upstairs of the shop. they built a 2 bedroom apartment there. talk about dedicated. one of the dudes over there who goes by lucas, puts on a chopper show called love thy chopper. google that shit..
check out their blog over to the right in blogs....-R
speedmetalcycles.blogspot.com

Coco's new Galaxie 500

2010-04-20T22:22:00.000-07:00

Well, traded off the 78 Bonnie for a 1963 1/2 Galaxie 500, factory black with red interior and a rebuilt 289, alot better condition than the T-bird she built so we'll see where this one ends up.

Looks like I need to get off my ass and finish her triumph...

check it

2010-04-15T13:32:00.001-07:00

don't fuck with the spares

easy rider

2010-04-15T13:10:00.001-07:00

do you got a helmet??? pause oh...ya,.... ya oh i got a helmet...-R

the backside smiff

2010-04-15T12:39:00.000-07:00

the backside simth has got be be one of my favorite's tricks to see and do... there so so gracefull, so powerfull when done right. to the pointing of the front, the lifting of the back foot, the angle of the body and arms. ...-R

lets kill hippies

2010-04-14T12:33:00.001-07:00

this year is gonna be a good one!

the batar V at last year's bash if you look closely ya can see jimmy's machine. pic stolen from blue collar moto.....

street chopper

2010-04-14T12:03:00.000-07:00

our buddy matt barker made the cut fer this months street chopper.
sorry fer the crease...-R

oh the 80's

2010-04-14T10:23:00.001-07:00

aawww maaan this is awesome!!!! so i was looking thru this old bike mag from 82. it had all kinds of crazy shit in there. this means more picture to come.. how rad is the "fake coke" and the chick ready to fuck? so rad... it blows me away the shit they usta advertise... i said blows...haahaaa ha...-R

2010-04-14T10:05:00.000-07:00

WHAT THE FUCK!!! only if i had a sniper's rifle. there would one less kook

FUCKING KOOKS!!!!!

this dude is a punk rawker...this is a mohawk in my book

ok,ok,ok.... i know, iknow.. i just can't take anymore. i see all these fuckers w/ their lame ass fo-hawks, mohawks, and other shit. WTF is a fo-hawk anyway? what is it? party at nite with yer popped collar, then bussiness during the day.. in the 80's yes i was one of those little teenage kids running around w/ my pants peg,wearing somethng plaid, hair up all different colors and shit. people would throw shit at us as we walked. jocks would fight us at school, but hang with us later in life. i guess they figured out life is better when someone is not controling them... anyway, they are still fucking kooks no matter what...my 2cents, thanks fer listening...-R

drunk days

2010-04-13T15:40:00.001-07:00

so this is me in the 80's. naw jus kiddin. this is me being a kook fer a day...-R

LIFE IS GOOD

2010-04-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

how did i get here? i think back about all the shit i done,lived,fallen dreams i had..my life thus far is pretty damn sweet. considering i did not graduate high school,lived my life with punk attidude. ya know, did not give two shits about nothing. i mean nothing. skated, drank like a mother fucker, travel'd, went to shows. then one day a meet a girl, (the love of my life) she did not make me change, but i wanted to change my lifestyle for her. meaning, i wanted to take care of her, give her what ever she wanted. like a queen so to speak. we had a child i retreated to my old ways. lost foucus of what i wanted and what i needed to do as a dad. i have a little saying that goes over and over in my head. "life is what YOU make it" and "learn from my mistakes" well, i 4got about the simplicity of the words. so, for the past 10 years i have been working corpo jobs (go figure) at least there not typical corporate gigs. and no it's not the mail room or some ships. i have worked hard to get the things i want for me,my child,and my girl. so far so good. i want to thank all my friends who have helped with my dreams.... you know who you are.... life is good

R- RA-RATT RAT FINK

2010-04-12T12:36:00.000-07:00

so, i ran across this picture the other day. i can't remember the dudes name, but i do remember not wanting to tatt2 this guy. he had these eyes like a sibiran husky or some ships. it really freaked me out. he can over with a buddy who i have been tatt2ing fer awhile. so he goes. "man i really want a tatt2".. oh yeah, i say. mind you a am hung over like hellshit. (just made that word up) pretty good huh? anyway back to the story. i am like what do you wanna get? something rat fink the dude says... my head still pounding like someone was inthere shooting a machine gun.. kinda perked up a bit(a small bit)really? i say.. ya thats what i want. so, i go get my rat fink book. he picks one, i say cool give me 20minutes. ended up i really liked the tatt2. he says how much? i say whatever you afford. he gave me 80bucks. i said cool...

Father and Son Projects Rule

2010-03-03T08:59:00.001-08:00

So my old man is finishing up his rockcrawler project and we have been talking about doing a race car for years but I always wanted to do a drag car with him. Well, we decided to build a Pure Stock car for Barona speedway circle track. Dragged out Andy's car and started cutting it up.

#42 will be the number, Pop's old football number, first race is March 27th, we'll see if we are ready...

Mikey Ratt's bike is a go!

2010-02-21T18:20:00.000-08:00

5 years in the making, close to zero dollars spent, thanks to JJ for getting it started by giving Mikey a triumph, Texas Dan for the engine rebuild, Big Jim for the laying down the sweet flake, Jimmy and Aaron for making fun of Mikey every sunday with a long list of helpers inbetween and lastly Mikey Hottman for giving it life...

1978 triumph fer sale

2010-02-13T08:50:00.000-08:00

1978 750 5 speed great running, matching numbers, clean title with current tags jimmy 619-518-6331 $4500, and NO Mikey's bike is not running yet....

Big 3, greatest place on the earth 2010

2010-01-09T10:23:00.000-08:00

Big 3 is right around the corner kids, same 7 spots, EA 28-34. let me know who will be camping, selling or wanting to park inside The Spares Compound

So far it's looking like Batar-Vee, Rip City, Reuban, Fredo's tent and The Ratt's Van for confirmed campers

Seller's we got Bloodbath, 58 Saint, Mikey Ratt's pinstriping, Old School Hotrods, Fredo

Hoping to see special guest appearances by a couple wayward spares this year, Mikey Hottman is moving back and Chopper has been sighted

Bringing it back in 2010

2010-01-09T10:22:00.001-08:00

Dan's roadster is on it's way to keeping the pact

Wrinkle Room Fun

2010-01-09T10:19:00.000-08:00

Much like how a bad wedding is an entertaining way to spend an afternoon, the charcoal house is a great way to spend an evening.

10th Annual Spares Thanksgiving Redo

2009-12-11T10:28:00.000-08:00

our house Dec 19th saturday starts at 2pm, bring a dish or drink, camping will be optional for the long haulers, shut up and eat!

Slab City Riot this saturday

2009-11-12T12:09:00.001-08:00

Where: Slab City, Niland, CA (approx. 150 miles northeast from San Diego)
When: Meet at 10am Saturday at my house, ride/drive out, Some coming back that night, some doing the slab city camp out freakout

The Bands:
The Hudson Drags
Compton SF
Get Dead

Econo Rod

2009-10-13T21:37:00.001-07:00

Came across this old story about my first runner coupe, enjoy

Econo-Rods
Bring back the budget rods and customs The days of rich kids and moma's boys are over!
Question is: What could you do with $3000 dollars?

Body: late 31 model A 5 window chopped 3" Frame: Model A, boxed and kicked 6 inches Motor: Rebuilt 327 chevy with 3 dueces Tranny: Rebuilt turbo 350 Front-end: 4" dagoed I-beam with 40 ford brakes Rear-end: Narrowed 9" ford Rims: Steel slots 14" front/15" back

Now here's the scoop kids: I bought the body for $800 it was rough but work able, I replaced the passenger side quarter panel which I made from some 20 guage sheet metal. Chopped the top 3" and built a wood kit out of lumber from the ole home depot.

The frame I bought complete minus body from a little old lady who just wanted it out of here yard for $150. I kept the frame for the coupe and later got another frame and put the chassis back together and sold it for $700. Boxed and kicked the frame, built a tranny mount cross member and she was good to go. The steel slots were on the chassis from the little old lady and figured what the hell, painted em red and ran em.

The motor was another steal, I bought a 300amp lincoln welder for $60! I traded the welder for a 225 buzzbox and the rebuilt 327. My tranny is rebuilt thru Cottman, I traded 3 junk turbo 350's for 1 good one. The 3 duece set-up set me back $300 for the intake with 3 rebuilt carbs and air cleaners (I rattle canned em silver). Which actually I should take this time to thank my wife for, she won $3000 in Laughlin and gave me the $300!

Front-end was $125, 40 ford spindles $50 and brakes $150. I made all my wishbone radius rods which cost about $300 for front and rear. The rear end was $50 (which I traded some t-shirts for) me and my buddy Dana narrowed it ourselves. Yes the axle did break the first time,and the housing the second, but we figuired it out finally and it works great.

The coupe has a gas guage which is stock $10, speedo works and is from a core I bought for $5 greased up and threw in, not real accurate but who cares? Oil pressure guage was spendy at $60 from Moon liquid filled and fits in the stock amp guage spot. The water temp is a Moon guage that fits right into the top of the intake manifold and was $60.

Head lights are from spotlights off a fire truck for $45, and the tail lights are running lights off a trailer for $10, which leaves the radiator $250 and the grill $20 with a $4 insert.
Add it up kids, less than 3 grand for a daily driver!!!

Next project is a 30 sedan which I hope to drive for under $1500 Is it possible, I'll let ya Know

Never did finish that sedan......

Hitting this tomorrow also

2009-09-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

Born Free Show Saturday, meet at my house at 10am

2009-09-25T15:41:00.001-07:00

Death Rods and Chops show

2009-09-23T14:51:00.001-07:00

pics by Mikey Ratt

The Youth are the Future

2009-09-15T07:34:00.000-07:00

Another weekend pool party, John's kid rocking the front flips off the pirates roost

Sweet Casket Hauler spotted on the way back from the junkyard

2009-09-15T07:32:00.001-07:00

Jake's Sweet 88

2009-08-26T07:54:00.001-07:00

Rumor has it an original 88 motor has been stashed for this, not sure I agree with getting rid of the 472 cadi motor, either way this rie is coming along great. good to see another piece of old iron back on the road

New concrete for the auto lift

2009-08-22T20:52:00.001-07:00

Really looking forward to the 2 post lift, years of rolling around in the dirt will soon end, was a bit worried by the lack of ethnic diversity but thankfully Fredo showed up and made the pour legit, special thanks to Pops, Mikey Ratt and T for making this happen.

Current state of the shovelhead in black and white

2009-08-11T22:13:00.000-07:00

Pretty happy with this layout, need to button up some details, but don't think I'll be making and big changes anytime soon.

The Spares Camp at Barona

2009-07-26T11:39:00.001-07:00

Jimmy's 30 coupe, Reuban's 52 ford, Coco's 50 Mercury and Mikey's 63 Econoline

Jimmy racing another model a coupe both had 396's, 1 win 1 loss, close races each time

lion power

2009-06-14T18:47:00.001-07:00

oh snapples

2009-06-11T17:33:00.000-07:00

Zee Pirates Roost

2009-05-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

Bat's Day in the Park

2009-05-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

Officially documented Bat

bloggin'

2009-05-14T15:32:00.000-07:00

stolen pics, because i'm too busy "doing it"

2009-04-24T08:03:00.001-07:00

Hippy Killer Party

2009-04-20T08:02:00.001-07:00

Good times, camping, bats, t-bag, t-bone, off road rving, shralping, hopping fences, makers mark and more, congrats to craig on the baby boy fresh out of the oven and still made it over to kutty's

dublin mob paddy day

2009-03-16T11:56:00.000-07:00

Big 3

2009-03-11T08:16:00.001-07:00

Another Big 3 passes, extended tailgating in a sea of rust and grease, counting the days until next year....
Mikey pinstriping Justin's car within the compound

no luck on this sale, guess i'll keep it for awhile