Relic’s “Almost a Drive-In Movie” Night
Showing up before dark… …the Piles for Miles Car Club strikes again!! In the distance, there was a noise! Justin pulling Jeremy’s truck around for some power parking. How it looked right before the sun went down. Our feature presentation, the original “Gone in 60 Seconds”. Read More →
Desoto Field Find
Down the street from my girlfriend’s parents place there’s a house with some cars you could barely see from the road. I could make out what I thought was a Dodge, but it turns out it was a Desoto…. and there were TWO of them! Read More →
Jason’s Trip to a Real Foundry!
Jason’s Trip to a Real Intake Foundry! I’ll let the man himself, Jason Minahan (the guy with the Mini) tell the story: I’m working on making my own pattern for a short deck Desoto hemi intake manifold. The Buddy Bar foundry makes many manifolds for Hot Heads (they make tons of hemi stuff) and I have a contact with the owner of hot heads. He said he uses these guys. I had...
Relic’s Home Brew Aluminum Casting
(picture lost when old web page died; anyone? http://relicscarclub.com/blog/post_images/2006/12/cast3.jpg) Last night our search for a “thrifty” way of melting aluminum to cast new club plaques led us finally to a reusable method. We “repurposed” an old oxygen bottle (empty for many years) into a makeshift furnace. Sure it may look a little like R2D2, but it puts...
Don Keech’s Yard
Cool local place where I got my 1952 Plymouth and later the 1971 Duster. Chris found his 1965 Oldmobile F85 out here, too. All these pictures were taken by my sister Stacey 9/24/04. She has a great eye for photography!! Read More →
Ford Mustero!!!
We saw this little gem around Hayward or San Leandro around my birthday in 2003, and had to pull over and get a few pics. Part Ford Mustang, part Ranchero, all over a neat ol’ car. Mustang + Ranchero = El Mustero! Read More →
1969 Chevy Chevelle 4×4
A 4×4 ‘69 Chevelle, huh? My Sis and Jimmy saw this in San Francisco. I’d guess that this guy doesn’t have a whole lot of people stepping out in front of him. Probably doesn’t get door dings or have trouble getting around, either! Read More →