Skoty Chops Shootout...GO!

Chuckles Garage is sponsoring the 2010 Skoty Chops Shootout on August 15th! Come check out some cool cars and stop over to my booth and buy a Tshirt and take a look at the Strange Bird gasser . See you there.

CHUCKLES GARAGE 62 Ford Falcon Gasser with BLOWN NAILHEAD Power!

CHUCKLES GARAGE 62 Falcon Futura Gasser First Run #2

IT'S ALIVE!

There are still some fuel issues to solve, but IT'S ALIVE!

"Strange Bird" Visual Tour

Click on the video twice to see the full view.

"Strange Bird" Paint Concept

I figure since I'm stuck at home,and not at the shop, I might as well do something other than geek out on the internet.

The Strange Bird Goes To Vegas, and Scotty Almost Dies.

It's been a few days since I've been on the internet. On Friday morning, I woke up with a sore thumb at 5:30am. I told my wife I must have hurt it in our mad rush to finish the Strange Bird the night before (Casey and I worked on it until 3am) I got up, put on my duds, and drove to the shop to meet casey and load up the car.

We got the car all loaded and drove back home to pick up my wife.....everything seemed fine but my sore thumb. I drove for about 5 hours until I started to feel REALLY tired. I just figured I was feeling that way because I had just worked 18 hours straight with only 2 hours sleep.

I handed the driving duties over to Casey and took a nap in the back seat. About 10 minutes later, I woke up shaking uncontrollably and barely able to move...I told Casey and my wife Julie that I needed a hospital RIGHT NOW. They took me to an ER in Bakersfield that treated me like a second class citizen.

Now, before I rant about how I was treated, I do thank the final ER doc that treated me, he was awesome...and a bike guy to boot!

I was "checked in" by four different "nurses" who asked the same 6589 questions, and typed it in to a slow computer system "hunt and peck" style. This took about an HOUR! By the time they were done "checking me in" I was in complete muscle failure, and could barely breathe or talk. My wife and I pleaded for a doctor, and I was then placed in a wheelchair and rolled out into the hallway where there were several nurses gossiping and chatting on the phone with their friends laughing and having a good time.

The nurse that pushed me into the hallway then told me to get up and get into the bed....that would be cool if I could actually move!! I asked for help, and she proceeded to cheer me on. Wonderful. I asked the nurses that were standing around for help, and they stood there and stared for a bit. Finally....two male nurses came over, one was talking on his phone laughing while he was "helping" with one hand, and the other actually tried to help.

At this point, I snapped and started saying not so nice things which I later apologized for.

Finally I was on the bed, and another half hour or so passes before I get an antibiotic drip and some pain meds. From what my wife tells me I was out cold for the next 45 minutes to an hour. During that time, I was given a tetanus shot, and a blood sample was taken. My wife, at this time was scared to death that she might be widowed soon. She gave the nurses her two cents worth as well.

The whole time this was happening Casey is out in the truck waiting patiently, and getting texts from my wife on my progress. He's the man.

I woke up soon after, and could not comprehend who I was, where I was, or what the bloody heck was going on. It took my wife talking to me and feeding me countless apple juice pouches to get back to my senses. She is awesome.

Finally, 3.5 hours after my arrival, the doctor gets there and Immediately determines that the wound is necrotic, and removes all the affected tissue. Tests pointed toward a Brown Recluse spider, which the doctor confirmed with me. He worked on cleaning it a while, and somehow we started chatting about motorcycles, this was soothing to me. He was a cool dude. He then told us that if I had waited an hour longer to come get help, that I would probably be a dead man because the poison had entered into my body so badly. That's really nice to hear when you just spent 3.5 hours laying in a hallway!!!

Anyways.....on to the good stuff!

If it wasn't for my wife's amazing cell phone navigation skills and Casey's help driving/lifting/pushing/waiting/etc... I would be in a world of hurt. I thank the Lord for them, and for the doc that fixed me up.

Although I was almost a corpse a bit earlier, I decided to tough it out and push on to Vegas.....Julie was looking forward to it for weeks, and Casey and I had put way too many late nights and hours into getting the car ready not to go. I felt like crap the whole time, but we made it! Heres some pics..

Nic......Thanks for letting me mooch the trailer again!!!!

Loaded up and ready for the trip:

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.

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