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...
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...
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,...
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 →
Relics CC Black Diamond Mine Trip
10:00 sharp the Relic Car Club meet up at the 7-11 on Vasco Road and fill our heaps up with the necessary fluids for surviving an epic journey such as this. Just hanging around, ready to head out! Jeremy’s 1951 Chevy Truck. Matt’s 1939 Ford Truck. I asked Matt to strike a pose for a picture, but I think he must have thought I was hitting him up for change or something! We’re...
Norm’s 1964 Chevy Chevelle Malibu
I was able to snap a couple of decent shots of Norm’s Chevelle at the tail end of the Relics CC Black Diamond Mine trip, so I thought I’d post ‘em up for him. The car is in amazingly good physical condition with the mechanicals and interior restored to near original. It still sports the original six cylinder and three speed overdrive transmission, shifted on the tree. ...
Little more progress on Kyle’s 1955 Chevy
Kyle collects more parts and gets more done on his ’55 Chevy project. It is a massive undertaking, but things are beginning to move a little faster. The tilt front end is mounted now and it is beginning to look like a car! Kyle has been doing bodywork to the quarter panel on this side of the Chevy. He’s already fixed a lot of damage on this car. Turlock Swapmeet parts…...
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 he needed...
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...
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 →