Jimmy’s Old Car Picnic 2011
Jimmy’s Old Car Picnic fell on a Saturday this year and I wasn’t going to miss it again! My little dude Cam was my copilot, my sis Stacey and bro-in-law Jimmy met me at my house on the their way in from Sacramento, and we all met up with Norm and Stephanie at the Donut Wheel in Livermore. Getting gas in downtown Livermore, Cambo is ready to go!! “Are we there yet?” The...
Slant Six Club Bay Area 2011 Car Show
I found a Slant Six car show on Sunday that sounded like hoot, so I gathered up some friends and we too our six poppin’ Chryslers to Redwood City! Steve drove his 1964 Plymouth Valiant drop-top and I took my little daily grinder the 1967 Plymouth Valiant coupe. It was pretty quiet when we got there, but the cars kept rolling in until about 1:30 or so. This is an aluminum block...
Black Primer on Kyle’s 1955 Chevy
Kyle is making some serious headway on his 1955 Chevy!! Sporting a fresh coat of flat black primer and fully ready tilt front end, it’s starting to really look like a hot rod. Kyle built those fenderwell headers himself. Besides being broke, he said he didn’t like the way the commercially available ones looked. He wanted something a little more uniform and even looking side...
Matt’s Buick Milkshake
Matt’s 1969 Buick Skylark had been suffering from running hot, then one day it started running real rough and puffing water vapors out the back, so we knew something was terminal. He cracked it open and took the heads to get check and machined and decided while he had everything apart he’d pull the engine and clean and detail it. Good thing he did!! Read More →
Bryan’s 1939 Ford Engine Pull
Mopar Bryan has had a 1939 Ford factory shortbed flatbed pickup sitting in his garage for ten years now with a blown up engine… It’s a nitrous injected dual quad tunnel rammed 454 big block Chevy backed by a Richmond five speed. It’s a long sordid tale but the five minute version is he let his cousin drive it to a car show and he blew it up en route. Anywho, some of the...
Baby Cameron Comes Home!
I became a Dad on August 14th 2010 to a big little boy we named Cameron “Cam” Dean Howard. He weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs 4 ozs and measuring 22.5 inches, which is pretty big, so I’ve been told! After a few days stay in the hospital we were ready to go home, and being a gearhead to the core, I wanted my little boy coming home from the hospital in something cool. Luckily,...
Bill’s New Boogie Van
Bill has been searching for a good classic van to haul his art around and came across this excellent specimen while visiting in Arizona! It’s a 1973 Dodge Tradesman powered by a 318 with a 727, front disc brakes and slot mags! He says it runs good, drives good, and stops good and only cost him $539 out the door! Original fleet vehicle of some kind, then a custom van. Custom interior...
Jeremy’s 1951 Chevy Truck goes Red!
Sunday Jeremy was having a little get together to brush paint his truck red. I showed up late and missed all the action, but I still snapped a few photos. I’ll get another photo or two up when Jer gets it all put back together. Read More →
1970 Caddy Ambulance Update!
Justin sent an email and couple photos… git her running today. put in new plugs, compression test, tranny filter fresh type f fluid. packed wheel bearings, disassembled the front brakes and lubed everyting front end included. tightened the loose exhaust pipe clamp.When we fired it there was a loud knocking noise from the valve cover at the #5 cylinder. bent pushrod, valve and lifter...
Justin’s New Cadillac!
My buddy Justin just took delivery of his new project car; one 1970 Cadillac Ambulance. It’s a fairly complete project car that “ran when parked” and I’m sure it will with a little tinkering. He bought it off eBay where a bunch of redneck tweakers were doing who knows what with it! It is as huge as it looks!! These Ambulances and Hearses were built on heavy duty...