See you in Vegas....

A couple weeks ago I was invited by Axle from the Shifters car club, to bring the Strange Bird to the Viva Las Vegas Car show they put on in vegas. The Strange Bird will be showcased alongside select Gassers and AFX cars in the "Gasser Reunion" area. I've been working nonstop along with plenty of help for the past couple weeks. Crunch time! Heres some updates.

SEE Y'ALL IN VEGAS!

Here's what the paint will look like (more than likely)

Wheels Make the Car.....

15x3.5 American Racing Magnesium spindle mount wheels. Rad.

"Strange Bird" sees the light of day.

I was cleaning the shop, and decided to roll the Strange Bird outside and snap some pics. It was so cool to actually walk around it, and see it from a distance, not 5 feet away in the shop. So stoked!

Update#4 The "Strange Bird" Gets a Huffer and an Altidude Adjustment

Look what showed up at the shop today courtesy of my friend Greg.

Nice Littlefield blower that is completely rebuilt. It was his dad's and it has quite a pedigree. It's been on the strip and on the salt as well. I'll post the whole story later.

I flipped the front axle too.....it looked too high. The Hurst racing Super Cushion front tires are all mounted up too.

This is getting wild.

Chuckles Garage T-Shirts, Sweatshirts and Stickers by Steve Caballero

Steve is rad for designing these for the shop. Buy one. They are available in mens and womens.

CLICK HERE TO BUY!

62 Falcon Update #3

Finally got all the spot welds drilled out for the suspension mounts. Man thats ugly!



Cleaned up the rails for the addition of a curved piece of 2.5x1.5 3/16ths box tubing. This will give the wimpy rails some much needed strength.



Cutting the square tube to conform to the factory rail. this will be welded and ground smooth before it is then clamped to the factory rails.



Welding the square tube on. I also filled the spot weld marks



Cleaning up the filled spot welds...



Rail support all welded in place...



Front and rear spring hangers welded in place....






Finally! On the wheels!

The front wheels will NOT stay red, I will most likely just paint them black or white. They are only temporary till some spindle mounts magically show up on my doorstep. The gross tires will go away in the next couple days as well, and be replaced with a set of Hurst Super Cushions.

The front of the car will drop an inch or two when the powerplant gets dropped in. Oh ya!

Update #2 62 falcon Futura Gasser "Strange Bird"

Some neato parts showed up on my doorstep.....

I canned the econoline axle and purchased a new tube axle with no drop.



An awesome pair of 30x10x15 HURST slicks. I love me some piecrust!



They stick out the perfect amount out back. mmmmm.



I scored a full set of 15x8.5 Shelby Cal 500 Slots on CL for a good deal. Anybody looking for a pair?



I'm looking for a set of front 15x4's to match. In a perfect world it would have some american mag spindle mounts, but unless I trip over some at a garage sale or something, it's not likely. I have a pair of ford steelies that will work for now. The front will have Hurst super cushions.



Got the shock towers cut away....still a bit of trimming left to do.





Trim all pulled off....



More to come.......

Off to the UK.....

I recently found out that one of my early builds is now owned by a guy in the UK. It's a 57 Ford ranch wagon. Kinda miss it....

New cards for the shop

These came out pretty good..... The photo on them is courtesy of www.chriskiker.com and the cards were done by Signs Now in Santa Rosa.

Old Stuff: The Vegas Chevy featured in Smokin Shutdown Magazine

Update #1 62 Faclon Futura Gasser "Strange Bird"

Pulled the Strange Bird into the shop to finally begin work. Interior is gutted, drivetrain removed, and the trim is coming off. My shop monkey Nic has been a big help.

As soon as all that is done, a transverse leaf setup, will be mocked up, and I'll start building the 2x2 frame to beef up the undercarriage. This will have long ladder bars and leaf springs in the rear with a panhard bar, and radius rods with a panhard holding the front.

Found a little rust in the B-pillar.....no big deal

Beezer

This is my personal BSA Project. It started out as a clapped out beater I bought on craigslist, as you see it in the first pic....gross. I threw out the frame and started out with a better (but still rough) frame my friend Zane gave me. I chopped the frontend 5", made a custom oil tank from a 61 electra vaccum can and swapped the rear wheel for a 16". Alot of metalwork will be done on the frame as the whole bike will be done in bare metal. Peep it.