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62 Galaxie 500

What to do with an ex-street rod 62 Galaxie 500?

Some quick sketch work ideation for Dane:

New work for an old friend.

My buddy Mike got himself a pretty awesome Nomad, then put an extension on the garage.
More walls = more room for art! ...I'm not one to deny a man his art. :)

Finding the beauty... in the fugly.

Every time that I see a particularly hideous botch job on the HAMB, I feel the need to at least try and see what could be done. This one was a tough one...

The HAMB Posting

The car (if you can call it that):

My 5 minute sketch "solution":

Hot Rodding loses another Icon: Norm Grabowski. 1933-2012

Rest in Peace.

Photo courtesy of Street Rodder

Flying Flathead: Some history revealed!

Put up a post on the HAMB to see if I could dig up some history on our '34. Turns out it was built sometime in the late 70's or so. One of the members on the forum clued me in to the when and where, and was cool enough to scan the Street Rodder that it was featured in in '83. The rear tires look to be on the skimpy side, but look at that mill!

The "Flying Flathead": Out of storage and on the (slow) road to recovery.

After 12 years of dormant storage, my father finally unearthed his 34 roadster to start into it.

First a little history on the car:

As far as we've been told this was originally built up in the 60's or 70's by a pair of guys who ran it locally. Apprently it was featured in Street Rodder at some point wearing gloss purple and the name  "Flying Flathead" across the rear. When my father bought it, it looked as pictured; half assembled (or disassembled) and not running. Here's the car pulled into the daylight. I will update as we move forward.