Turlock Swapmeet January 2010
The January Turlock is always one of the best swapmeets I hit yearly, and this year was no exception! Great place to scrounge up hot rod parts and this year was important becausing I was relaying the Satellite to it's new owner! We'll start off on a hazey Saturday morning, about 8:00 or so. We'd all been up really late drinking heavily and barbecuing, and I personally was still feeling somewhat intoxicated... Getting all the cars ready to roll... That's Paul, Steve's Dad surveying the junk in the back of my truck.... That's Steve, getting Steve's son Steve's old Plymouth Valiant ready ...
Matt’s 1969 Buick Skylark
Matt inherited this car in a roundabout kind of way from his uncle. His uncle added a bunch of handling goodies, it has drop springs and aftermarket swaybars, possible other parts. Matt found the wheels on Craigslist for $300 (screamin' deal there!), pulled of the old frazzled vinyl top and started doing some bodywork.
Test Run with the McCulloch Supercharger!
It was freakin' awesome!!! The little 283 pulled the car around pretty good before, now its a little rocketship!! The way the engine runs is incredible, with more power on tap, it spins 'em and goes sideways easy!! I drove the crap out of this thing and I disrupted the peace!! Wasn't too cold, but it's pretty windy without a windshield. Swung by a Kyle's place and took him for a spirited drive, he liked it! Here's a little video walkaround I did before I went home. Yep, I have only one tail light and it is idling ...
Merciless Frame Hacking
This plan has been brewing for a while, pretty much since I bought this Coupe. It needed a frame and finding a good original one probably wasn't going to happen, so I did a little research and found the Dodge Dakota frame would go right under one of these with a little work. After getting a rolling frame secured, I took my measurements. I needed to take out 4.4" out of the center of the frame to bring it to the 1940 Dodge Coupe's 119.5" wheelbase. I made some plans, rounded up a few buddies, and we got to hacking!! First ...
Jimmy’s Old Car Picnic 2009
Once a year in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Jimmy has a picnic, and invites all the car nuts from around the Bay Area to it. I had so much fun last year I decided it was one of those "can't miss" shows. This year the admission was up $10 from last year's $20, but that didn't seem to affect the attendance of so many great cars. I'll add more verbage to this later, but for now, the pictures!!
The January Turlock is always one of the best swapmeets I hit yearly, and this year was no exception! Great place to scrounge up hot rod parts and this year was important becausing I was relaying the Satellite to it’s new owner! We’ll start off on a hazey Saturday morning, about 8:00 or so. We’d all been up really late drinking heavily and barbecuing, and I personally was still feeling somewhat intoxicated… Getting all the cars ready to roll… That’s...
Earlier Justin and Jason stopped by and pounded on the sheetmetal for a while, and after getting it somewhat close it was getting a little late, Justin had to work, so they took off. I didn’t get any pictures while they were hammering, kicking, heated, gas welded, and twisted the body back into a more reasonable shape. I don’t think I had drank enough beer to think about it yet! Matt came on by later, mixed up some old 3M body filler I had in the garage, and flung...
Yep, pretty much what title says. Seems like some people never have a problem, even with high RPM 327s, and others have had it happen multiple times. I figure the extra load of the supercharger may have had something to do with it. Luckily, I was only a block or so from home and it wasn’t spinning at a higher RPM! Yep, there it is, laying on the steering linkage. Drilling and tapping the crank for a bolt. This cost less than $20 to do. I had to buy the correct size...
It was a rainy Saturday, what better thing to do than take your topless (and windshield-less!!) Hot Rod out for a spin? I was caught in a downpour once, but I still enjoyed the drive. Other people must have thought I was crazy, though. I wore safety goggles (with yellow tint for that U2/Euro-homo look) which kept the rain out of my eyes but rain drops hitting your face at 50 or 60 mph still stings a little bit. I had to stop here for a photo…. neat building and puddles....
Matt inherited this car in a roundabout kind of way from his uncle. His uncle added a bunch of handling goodies, it has drop springs and aftermarket swaybars, possible other parts. Matt found the wheels on Craigslist for $300 (screamin’ deal there!), pulled of the old frazzled vinyl top and started doing some bodywork. Read More →
Friend's Cars
Matt’s 1969 Buick Skylark
Matt inherited this car in a roundabout kind of way from his uncle. His uncle added a bunch of handling goodies, it has drop springs and aftermarket swaybars, possible other parts. Matt found the wheels on Craigslist for $300 (screamin’ deal there!), pulled of the old frazzled vinyl top and started doing some bodywork. Read More →
Kyle’s 1955 Chevy
Kyle bought his first house and moved on out to Tracy a month ago, and this weekend he brought his 1955 Chevy out and I was able to get a few decent pictures of this project. This thing was a really rough, hacked up old drag car, and Kyle has made some progress on the car. The fiberglass tilt front end. Kyle had to build a new pair of front frame horns, as one was missing and...
Faster Farm’s Plymouth Belvedere gets a Wing
My favorite 24 hours of LeMons team is at it again. A giant diamond-plate Daytona wing has replaced the “active braking” spoiler ruled unsafe for competition eariler this year. Read More →
My Cars
Turlock Swapmeet January 2010
The January Turlock is always one of the best swapmeets I hit yearly, and this year was no exception! Great place to scrounge up hot rod parts and this year was important becausing I was relaying the Satellite to it’s new owner! We’ll start off on a hazey Saturday morning, about 8:00 or so. We’d all been up really late drinking heavily and barbecuing, and I personally...
Bondo Bandito!
Earlier Justin and Jason stopped by and pounded on the sheetmetal for a while, and after getting it somewhat close it was getting a little late, Justin had to work, so they took off. I didn’t get any pictures while they were hammering, kicking, heated, gas welded, and twisted the body back into a more reasonable shape. I don’t think I had drank enough beer to think...
No-Bolt SBC Vibration Dampener Falls Off
Yep, pretty much what title says. Seems like some people never have a problem, even with high RPM 327s, and others have had it happen multiple times. I figure the extra load of the supercharger may have had something to do with it. Luckily, I was only a block or so from home and it wasn’t spinning at a higher RPM! Yep, there it is, laying on the steering linkage. Drilling...