van-go

I have been making some more progress on the chevy van lately. I welded in a new lower corner and left quarter panel. All that is left now is grinding and the interior wheel well and bracing. Hopefully it will be done soon.

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New mufflers for the 3600

Just got some porters in for my truck. These are the best sounding "glasspacks" made. They are also made right here in the USA and last forever due to the stainless steel packing and 14ga body

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I also frenched in a license plate box and flush mount light to clean up the rear end and get rid of the ugly ass stock plate bracket and boat anchor of a light

recently a friend blew out a tire on his 69' econoline while doing a burnout. this is the aftermath of the damage. i am replacing the whole quarter panel, rear corner, wheel well, part of the rear floor and the whole filler neck assembly. most of this i am going to fabricate from scratch because the parts are not available.

 

 i guess the rain separates the posers from those that keep the hot rod faith. flooded roads and no wipers have not stopped me yet in the 52

i built a miniature bomber seat the other day to hold business cards. its built out of aircraft grade aluminum and brass. it is all held together with aluminum rivets.

plugging holes like a boss

plugged most of the trim holes on Ross's 46 the other day. we also fabbed up a new exhaust system as well as added the mirrors. this car has so much soul!

new hood for Nito

seam welded the whole thing and added a peak on the nose. made a world of difference

stroller

just finishing up a stroller made out of a pedal car for a friend. it is still missing the handles in the rear and some holes need to be filled. you get the idea though

my wife takes pictures

here is a picture my wife took recently. i was working on some motorbike designs at the time

more on the board track

i finally got enough strength back in my hand to use my tube bender so its back to the boardtrack bike build. i welded on the top of the rear frame section today. everything is still just tacked in place. once i get the motor mounts aligned and welded on i will finish weld the frame. the frame is leaning fwd on the frame jig in the bottom picture. when finished the bottom tube of the bike will sit parallel with the ground.

52 chevy gets some caps

i picked these up the other day to help out my 52 in the looks department. not sure if i will use them once its finished. we will see i guess.

Wheels for the truck

I recently had some wheels powder coated. they will be going on my 52 chevy truck with some 3'' whitewall bias ply tires and chrome baby moon hub caps

Doin work!

since i will not be running a front or rear bumper on the van i needed to come up with a plate mount for the rear. i bent up a simple box and welded it into the rear pan. you cant really see it in the picture but i also installed a flush mount plate light on the top inside the box. I HAVE NOT DONE ANY BODYWORK on this piece yet. i took my time and made sure not to warp the metal and make only quality welds.

new daily driver

just got rid of the  66 mustang. now i am driving this, a 1952 chevy 3/4 ton truck. i have new fenders/ a real bed for it. i just need to get time to take about 12'' out of the frame to fit the short bed.

Epic Fail

I broke my hand the other day playing football. i have been making due. I have even learned that i can still weld in a cast, it just took a bit of duct tape and a sock.

headlight

here is the headlight i will be using on the board track bike. not really sure where it came from.  Its a nice piece, it just needs a bit of repair.

is JJ HST?

after reading some more of Hunter S. Thompson's work it seems like maybe him  Jason Jessee shared allot more in common then most would first assume. maybe this is why each of them has made quite a name for themselves not only due to their work but their ability to live close to "the edge" where most are afraid to tread. Either way two pretty interesting dudes.
Jason Jessee

Hunter S. Thompson

the casa/ shop

this is the house i own and am  currently working out of. yes, i know my mustang is dirty as hell. oh well its a driver....

Stuff i painted in Okinawa Japan on the sea wall.

here are a few pictures of some stuff i painted a few years ago when i was living in Japan.

wheels

here are the wheels and tires i will be using for the build as well as the axle plate measurements for worksman wheels (as requested by a few people)

what what in the butt

I started fabing up the rear of the board track bike yesterday. The motor is only sitting on the frame for a clearance check and the dirty old bike tire is just for reference.

i love this life violently with the fire of 1,000 suns

After a few e-mails asking about where my shop was i decided to make a post. At this point i don't actually have a shop. I am working out of my 3-car garage. This is not even my day job (although i spend about as much time doing this as my "real" job) My "day" job is as an aircraft structural mechanic. I specialize in aircraft sheet metal mostly but i also paint and do composites on aircraft from time to time. As you can see i do quite a bit of work on the side. If you have any projects that you might need my help with feel free to shoot me an e-mail and i can give you a quote.

Scout II strippers

I recently found a donor scout to grab some much needed fenders and a drivers side door off of. after arranging a trade i stripped mine down and gave the guy my old panels to use on his rock beater. here is some pictures of the process. i will have pictures of the new panels later.