The weather is chhanging and the leaves are falling from the trees and this works very well in my favor. Without folliaage I am better abke to see what cars lying forgotten in back yards pastures and woods.It also makes it easier to explore without the risk of poision ivy snakes and pestering bugs.In mind for this fall I know of a couple old trucks left in a strange clearing in the woods. It also makes it easier to remove these hidden treasures. Well aslong as the gound insnt frozen that is the worst.Moving a car that is sunk down in rock hard frozen earth is not at all fun. I dislike this weather though because all my fucking work spaces are outside and im no freezing my ass off to hod rod that shit can wait until warmer weather fuck this post im so damn tired.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
1971 mg midget
I also currently own a 71' midget which i have removed the factory 1275cc engine and gearbox and in its place cut and welded to such a point that I installed a chevy 260ci inline six coupled with a two speed powerglide out of a 1963 bel air.Which was the first year for an alluminum tranny case and a rear pump so it can be push started like a manual transmission.Seats are from a mid 90's F body Camero after the factory seats went missing at some point this year.One of my biggest regrets of this car is choosing one that was in such poor condition but that is what pushed me to modify it since it wasnt really worthy of a restore.The rearend is from a 77 vega which I found at U-pick-it the width is alittle too wide but the lug pattern is the same as the Midgets so wheels will be able to be interchanged.
Monday, October 15, 2012
El Camino-(translation - spanish meaning The Road)
My first (drivable)car was a rusted out 1972 El Camino ... A pretty sweet car for a fourteen year old. I purchased it at a shiners automotive swap meet I attended with my uncle and grandpa. I was just kicking around the rows when my mom called me and asked if I had bought anything and I replied,"Yeah a car!" she asked something along the lines of of what kind what color and I said an el camino and its silver....well mabey primer. She said okay kind blew it off and didn't take it seriously because I honestly hadn't bought a car....well..at least not yet. Right after I got off the phone I looked over to the car corral and sure enough a primer gray El Camino rolls in. I go running this was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my young eyes.I think to myself, it must be FATE! I met the man driving as he was slapping a for sale sign on the window with a hefty price of $1600 it was a price way out of my league but after much hard haggling I had struck a smooth deal and we settled on $1000 cash if he had it the next day. I walked away knowing that would be my car. I took my hard earned grand out of the bank damn near wiping me out.But the next day I was back with the cash in hand and rolled out with me sweet new whip. Over the coming months I hid the car from my parents at my grandparents and wrenching on it each weekend I got it closer and closer to being a somewhat safe car. That didn't stop me and my friends though from being the coolest cats around with a set of Texas tags (Texas plates don't have an expiration date) we drove everywhere and we were riding sooo dirty.No insurance no license no registration and possibly stolen pates. Looking back if I met my fourteen year old self today id slap him I was so dumb to do it but man I was free!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Classic bikes (of the pedal variety)
In addition to cars a love of mine which I doubt i'll ever break from is bicycles. They were my first hot rod when I young my bike was my transportation and I could strip it down and paint it what ever color I desired, or piece together the best bits off a few bikes and make one that would put any of the neighbor kids bikes to shame. The "Golden High" I was chasing though was a 60's or 70's banana seat bike which when I was about 13 I came across and it was the crème de la crème. A totally unmolested 1962 Schwinn typhoon which was the precourser to the arguably most recognizable bike in the world the Schwinn stingray. After I aquired that bike I figured it was a once in a life time thing but as the years have drug on I have managed to collect quite a fleet. My most recent is a 1952 Schwinn space liner which oozes 50's jet fever in its chrome and jet age lines.Pretty soon i'm going to have to cut my self off but as long as I have rafter space to hand them from im sure i'll continue buying them.
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