Really old marker sketches.

Of the '04 vintage.  :)

Cops and Rodders

Shirt design for my buddy Anthony at Hi Speed  for a benefit show coming up in Tucson.

Barn Find Friday: "Gassar"

By all accounts this is a piss poor ad. One crappy picture, no detail about the car at all, not even a make or model! You'd think the guy would atleast spell "Gasser" correctly.  However, '40 Ford Coupes are hot items, as are "gassers"and if this has any of the period goodies left on it from it's track days, it'd definitely be worth a call or look.

The CL Ad

29 Steelback "Saloon"

After I posted the "What If" Roadster a few weeks ago, I received a message from a HAMBer who wanted to see what his 1929 Model A Steelback would look like with some euro flare. He asked me to look to late 30's Jag saloons and a few other brits for inspiration and here's what i came up with:

While I didnt want to lose the identity of the Ford, I did aim to get a bit more of the Brittish/European feel to it. In the inital work up, I went with a mild chop, leaned back A pillars, knock off wire wheels, a decent channel to get the body down, and I filled the stock Model A fenders in to emmulate the Jag look a little more. I also added raked 33 Ford hood side vents to the hood to give a bit more direction to the car.


Here's the same car with a bit more chop:

 

Here it is, without the covered fender sides, which I actually think I like a little better.

The owner and I spoke, and he asked what the car would look like with bobbed cycle style fenders and louvered aprons like the ones in the picture he sent me:

Barn Find Friday: 63 Comet Coupe

Sorry that I've been slackin' lately on the B.F.F. posts.  A mix of being stupid busy, and the 'cease and desist' that one of my favorite national CL search sites recieved has made it hard to find as many good ads to post.  Alas, I'm still on the hunt. So here's todays entry.

There's not too much of a story on this one, though from the pics, it's definitely been hiding for some time. It's all there, and the bucket seats make me think it could be an S22?  Either way, if you like the oddball compacts of yester-year, the price on this one makes it pretty hard to not like.

The CL Ad

Operation Anti-Lawn Ornament

In an effort to turn the engine-less, WT flag in my front yard into a running driving car, my wife has offered to cook food for my buddies and I once a week in exchange for some team work style toolin on my '68 Imperial Crown Coupe. So we're gonna get together during the weeknights to get this bad boy up and running before the weather gets too cold to do so.  Oddly enough, given the career that I'm in, I don't have many friends that are into old cars like I am, though that isn't stopping some of them. It should be cool for them, since they can get their dinner on, then get their wrench on, maybe learn something, and hopefully we can assemble and bring the old beast back to life. It's definitely cool for me, since I have a wife who not only supports my car obsession, but is cool enough to help me to get it done, in whatever way she can. 

(This a 4 door, but you get the picture... It's a barge!)

A little background on the car:

When I was a kid, I used to go to any car show I could with my old man. One of the first of his cars that I can remember was a 68 Imperial Crown Coupe. It was a monster and i loved it.  When I started building my own collection of junk, I thought about finding a 68 to make my summer commuter. I came across this one on CL in 09. There was a small nondescript ad on the Tampa FL list with no pictures and the cursed "would make a good parts car" line. Two big strikes, and normally I wouldn't even bother, but it also read "rust free", and "47k original miles" so I figured I might as well give a call. After talking with the older gentleman, I learned that he bought the car off the estate of the original owners who were elderly when they bought it in 68. They parked it in 82, and there it sat in their garage until he bought it in 02. He tried the basics to get it started, but wasn't very mechanically inclined, so became quickly frustrated and sat on it for the next few years until deciding he was no longer interested. I asked for some pictures, to which he said, "Sure, whats your address?" (It's kind of scary how out of place receiving snail mail with 3"x5" photos is in this digital age.) Regardless after a few more conversations, I decided to take a shot on it. 

Turns out that the reason he couldn't get it running was that among a few other age related issues from sitting, the valves/springs had seized, so when he poured gas into the carb, tossed a new battery in it, and attempted to fire it up, it immediately bent 4 push rods. Luckily that's all it did.  I took the motor out to refresh it, and while that 2 week job turned into 2 months, I ended up buying a house (another project) and the job turned to 2 years of sitting dormant... which brings us to today.

On the upside, I've been slowly buying parts for the past 2 years now, so I should have everything we need to put her together.

Recap:   Awesome wife, home cooked food, buddies, wrenching, shootin the shit about cars. This should be good.

Steve's 72 Vette. Part 2: in the Flesh!

Some pics of Steve's Vette as it sits, though by the time you read this it'll most likely be further along!

This really shows the color.. it's intense!