Nicole's Comet

Well, the wifey finally got what she wanted:  A 1962 Mercury Comet.  It's a pretty neat car, and the price was too good to pass up, so gave the man his money and drove it home on Saturday.  More photos to follow...

That spurred the inevitable garage enema, as at some point, the Comet will need to go in there.

And as the "In with the new, out with the old" rule goes, I'm going to be selling my my ol' buggie.  Anyone interested?  http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/2585218969.html

Rebel Riot

Soooo...  I'm lazy.  This is obvious as I'm only just posting anything about the Riot now and it happened quite a while ago, (on August 6th).  Also, I didn't make it down to this show until mid-afternoon, after the trophies had been given, so that makes me even more lazy.  There was still some nice cars around, and the Rock and Roll Romeos played later on, so that was good.  And of course, having the New Frontier Lounge handy was definitely a big plus.  All and all, a good lil' show in a great location.  I'm hoping they give it another shot next year and more cars/folks attend.

Nicole, Van, Jes and Courtney, doin' their best to ignore those dorks in the car...

With flames, or...

...without?

Clayton's Party

If'n you happen to be in the Santa Cruz area around September 24th, I'd suggest planning on coming to this party.  Should be a doozie.

Cam Winders 2011

I've been trying to make it to this shindig for about 5 years, now, as my neighbors Mike and Crystal are members of the club, so this year we actually made it.  Though it was a couple of weeks ago, getting set up for Bonneville has kept me busy so these weren't posted until now.  We had a really good time, and it was a super fun deal.  Basically, it felt like we were invited to some one's BBQ party and they had some bands play.  Good vibes, some great cars and show to boot.  It didn't disappoint. 

I overheard that this super-nice Dodge was actually restored buy a guy for his dad.  Hope my kid's takin' notes...

Wandalee's little truck... She's a friend's mom, and dang I wish my mom drove something this cool.

Amocat Open House, 2011

So, after Goodguys on Saturday, I cruised over to the Amocat party.  Lotsa friends, beer and great cars.  Even though my house is only a few blocks away, I didn't get home until after 3 a.m.....   again....  Many thanks to Steve, Josh and everyone who's involved in putting this one on!

I hadn't seen Keith's Hudson in paint yet, and it looked damn good.

Josh's new project.  I cannot wait until this sucker's done.  The tank is from a Bearcat, and the wheels are from Home Depot...

I tried quite a few times to get a picture without someone standing right in front of me, but this was as good as it got.

Goodguys Puyallup, 2011

Since I only live a few blocks away, I decided to ride my bike over to the Goodguys show 'round mid afternoon on Saturday before going to the Amocat Open House.  I ran into a bunch of friends, soaked up some much needed sunshine and saw a lot of old cars.  Some much to my taste, many others... not so much.  Here's some stuff I liked:

So, here's a strange one:  The car I'm building at Clayton's is a '24 T roadster on Wide 5's, and I was hoping to make a hood top for it as well.  Just like the car above...  The owner showed up and told me that this car is actually in The Rodder's Journal #10.

Clay's '33

While we were stayin' down at Clay's house in late June, he mentioned that he needed some photos of his Tudor w/o fenders for his website.  I looked out the window, and the late afternoon sunlight looked pretty good, so he pulled out into the middle of his field and I snapped off a few.  Here's some highlights...

For more about this car, you can check it out on his website here.