Hot Swappin'

After a long day and night at the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show it was almost impossible to drag myself out of bed and get over to the Long Beach HiPo swap meet. In fact if Daniel with the sedan had not committed to going I would have never left my bed at 5:00am today. I also would have never scored these amazing goodies.

We all know and love the classic Moon spun aluminum 10 gallon tanks, but have you ever seen a "conjoined twin" version? Until today I had not, and now I have one in my garage. Having twice the pre designated mileage for the hot rod is a very nice upgrade.

Also, I found what appears to be a vintage sprint car throttle pedal assembly. This will go great in the 27 T lakester build!

Grand National Roadster Show 2012 ACES Car Club Members

a few more GNRS12 pics

SCTA

Have a good look at this lakester!

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Kackle

Kackle fest in full effect!!

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ACES TOP PICK TROPHY

Here's out top pick trophy for the suede palace 2012 @ GNRS.

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Drive me to drinkin.....

Pappy said "Son you gonna drive me to drinkin if you don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln!"

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Like your stake well done?

Killer job on this RPU's stake bed wood.

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Shooter

Car Kulture Deluxe and Old School Rods photog Mike Bass is running wild in building 5 trying to do.d the very next cover shot.

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Saturday GNRS update 1

Some bitchen rivet work on this 32 modified pickup, a clean flatty, and the mini bike we all wanted and never got.

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Gimme A Line

Parking was smooth compared to waiting to get in the show.

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Getting in the Gate

Standard procedure, waiting for parking at GNRS.

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More Suede Palace Photos

Have another look at the Suede Palace.

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High N Tight

No better place to clean your greazy head up before the Grand National Roadster Show. Circle City Barbers.

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GNRS Suede Palace Sneak Peek

Here's a few pics of Anthony's Falcon and Mickey's 34 Plymouth in staging and finally in position inside the Suede Palace at this years Grand National Roadster Show. Looking forward to another great year at the Pomona Fairgrounds and some awesome Hot Rod eye candy.

Be sure to check back here on the blog Saturday for photo uploads throughout the day of all the happenings at the 2012 GNRS.

Cross Member Madness

Well,
My trans mount cross member on the 29 pu was sucking. It was a lame design and hung down way too low. So I hacked it out today and replaced it with something a little more stout. With 3 more inches of ground clearance I shouldn't be draggin on speed bumps now.

Before:

 After:

1940's Scoot

Check out Bobs latest score. A 1940's Argyle scooter cub.

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Model T Time

Not really a big fan of the Model T pickups or Coupes, but a T roadster can be pretty rad. Take a look at this 27 touring car cut down to be a 2 man bucket. Plucked from Sammy V's back lot stash, it came with a boxed model A frame thats pretty much done, a drilled axle, and some lever shocks.
As soon as the 29 pickup is driving we'll start thrashing on this little turd.

Green With Envy

With the Grand National Roadster Show less than a week away SoCal ACES member Anthony is hot on the job prepping his 1963 1/2 Ford Falcon Hardtop for entry into the Suede Palace.

Having the entire car on jacks he took his wheels over to the wheel shop to have the old school shaved white walls mounted. Removed the front bumper and grille and ran them to the chrome shop. After a few weeks and a few bucks they came back smooth and shiny. Next up is to clean and shine as much as possible before rolling into his space later this week.

Keep checking back for more updates. We should have some pics and info on Mickeys 34 Plymouth Coupe which is also rolling into the Suede Palace for this years GNRS.

Long Lost Ponies

I'll argue the "carbon footprint" theory any day.

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Wild Card

Not an ACE, but a good dude and a friend of mine. Daniel is making good progress on his 29 Tudor sedan while he's not helping me with my 29 pick up. Keep a look out for this full fendered y block powered rod to be finished sooner than later.

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Retro Rocket

Check out Jose's 1953 Olds Rocket Mill. Whats this little treat sporting you might ask? Get ready to pick your jaw up off the floor after reading these stats.

1955 heads ported with 202 Chevy intake valves
Punched out .060 over
Offy intake
First generation small square bore 4 barrels
Moon aluminum valley pan cover
NOS Edmunds valve covers
Chet Herbert "Big" Roller cam
Pontiac roller lifters
Smith Bro's custom push rods
Balanced Rods and crank

Argon be gone...

About 10 welds away from finishing this chassis and ran out of argon mix!! DANG IT!!!

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The Boys At The Cantina

Here's a quick photo of the boys at this years poker run.

29 Progress

Yanked the cab and bed with the help of Jose and Daniel. Time to finish up this guy and drive it!

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TARPOLINO

Thanks Harbor Freight for selling the cheapest rain protection for our projects outside......

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Special Delivery

Just got something awesome in the mail! Getting closer to giving that 302 a drink.

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Bobs old fleet.

Too bad these hot rods had to got to new homes. I guess the guy who bought the 32 is busy cruising around Texas.

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Jose's Stude pickup is pretty badass!

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Tunnel

Check out this tunnel I fabbed up.

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Early progress on Cliff's 29 Ford Pickup

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Check out the 2011 ACES Poker Run.