40 Years of BMX - Long Beach Display

So Friday night we went to a little show over in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach. A show celebrating 40 Years of BMX! SWEEEET!! I grew up around this stuff, but most of what I got to see was in magazines like Freestylin' and BMX Plus! So seeing this display brought back a ton of memories and it was way cool to see a lot of the bikes and people that made this sport so big! They even had a display for the move "RAD" and were showing it in their little mini-movie theater. Good stuff!

I took way too many pictures to post here, and I'm straying pretty far from topic, so I'll keep it short. For those of you that would like to see the display before it packs up, it will be shown again on November 13th. More information can be found on their website here ---> 40 Years of BMX

Tons of great displays, a ton of super rare bikes, and you might even run into Bob Haro, Scot Breithaupt or maybe even have a chat with "Cru". HA!

Fuel Magazine

For those of you who haven't checked out Fuel's blog, yet... GO THERE! Some GREAT stuff over there! Someone has a good eye behind the lens...

http://www.fuelzine.com/news/

Planishing Hammer Project - Phase 1

So being that I have small case of burn out, when it comes to working on my Model A, I decided to work on a few other things that have been on the back-burner.

I've had this HF planishing hammer sitting around for awhile and it needed a stand before I could use it. It's not the greates planishing hammer, but it was cheap, and it's a good start to playing around with small powered type hammers for metal shaping tools. Mostly I bought it for the dies and pneumatics. I'll probably end up replacing a lot of it, and I'll DEFINITELY be making a new chassis for it. The C-shaped chassis is aweful and reaks of low-quality (as do other components). I'll learn how to use it before making a new chassis, though. I want to know exactly what I need before I start bending tubes. So Phase 1 is just getting a stand made and getting it set up with what's included. Then Phase 2 will be the complete rebuild of how it's laid out.

Here's the stand construction...

Pic of the day...

Borrowed this from Mr. Norwell... :)

Classic!

A Dino in any color, please!

In my own personal opinion, The Ferrari Dino is by far one of the most beautiful classic sports cars out there. Maybe even one of the most beautiful cars Ferrari ever produced, even! Named after Enzo Ferrari's son, Alfred "Dino" Ferrari, who died of Muscular Dystrophy in 1956, the car was produced from 1968 to 1976 and was offered in a V6 and V8 model. The car was put in place by Ferrari as an "affordable" sports car to run with the Porsche 911.

Whatever the color, I would certainly be stoked to own one of these! Well... Maybe not the purple one. HAHA!

Progress... Yet still so much to do

So close, yet so far away! Getting there! I think I counted something like 46 more fabrication tasks for the body alone, not including prep and paint. OUCH! But, it's getting there.

Hanksville Hot Rods

Hank Padilla and Hanksville Hot Rods, have grown with extraordinary success. Located in the Denver/Littleton, Colorado area, Hank builds top shelf custom exhaust, does sheet metal fabrication, and constructs fully certified roll cages for everything from junior dragsters to high end sports cars. Equipped with fully capable mandrel benders and mad TIG welding skills, Hank can do about anything you could ask of him to get your car safe and going fast on the track.

Hanksville Hot Rods also sells ready-made roll cage kits, pre-formed exhaust bends, and various other exhaust components.

Check out Hanksville Hot Rods for all your exhaust and roll cage needs!

HANKSVILLE HOT RODS --> http://www.hanksvillehotrods.com

PAW Restructure... Hemi Engine Parts

Just as an FYI, Performance Automotive Warehouse (PAW) has made a HUGE change. They have refocused their effort on Early Hemi parts. Check out their website!

http://www.earlyhemiengineparts.com/

That's a VERY good thing!

I love home built tools!

Especially home built POWER HAMMERS!!! YEAH!!! I like this one, built by Alan Murray...

Erik Warner's Survivor Roadster

Recently, Erik Warner caught himself a "Survivor"...

1930 Model A Ford. Custom built in the 50's by a gentleman in Michigan. Erik gave it a new home and put it back on the road.

Keep an eye out for the whole story to come...

URGENT!! '57 T-bird Stolen In Hollywood Last night!!

Last night, (Tuesday, 10/5/10) Chris Casny's black 1957 t-bird was stolen in the Hollywood Hills area. If you have any information or any connections to help Chris and his wife out, please contact me at scootermcrad@yahoo.com and I will get the message to him or will get you his direct contact info.

Anything you guys can do!

Thieves suck! Work hard! Buy your own toys! Losers!

'54 Pontiac Grille Parts *SOLD*

**THESE HAVE BEEN SOLD**

Have some 1954 Pontiac grille parts for sale. Need to go! All in great shape! Good for a driver as is, but for show would of course need to be re-chromed, like every other piece of chrome from this era.

Email me if interested! ----> scootermcrad@yahoo.com

I also have a hood center piece that will be going up as soon as I can get some pictures. I'll make a package deal if anyone is interested.

And NO! I don't have the center grille bar. Please don't ask.



Splash panel --- $100 OBO



Front emblem and bar --- $75 OBO

Model A Party in the shop...

This past weekend, Erik Warner brought over some of his roadsters for a photo shoot. Including his 50's era, Michigan built, custom Model A roadster that he saved and kept intact. Amazing car! Both of them...