hot rod garage in the works. 38x56

[E.rodz]

Truck is back together again and finishing up this Ford 9" now for the 53 time to kick this project in full speed ahead. Spent way to much time revitalizing this thing however happy with how it turned out for how messed up it was ! Was able to straighten out frame, bumper and trailer hitch and not have to buy ****** aftermarket parts for it . A bit more detailing left and it will look like a new truck again!

 

[E.rodz]

HOLY COW! That's quite a few dents.

Yea definitely should have replaced the box sides instead but I was already committed and very funds limited

 

[E.rodz]

Sanding is why I don’t do body work.lol

Oh there's a lot to hate about doing paint and bodywork no doubt!.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Looks sweet.

 

[E.rodz]

So much going on and time is flying by so fast! Sure wish I could post up pictures from my pixel phone! I have to load them on FB. Then grab them and move them from there before loading them here
Just did a artistic collaboration project with Mandy from Way out restorations. With a pissed off pecker that she painted and I thought it was Badazz. However I have a problem wanting to modify everything and I thought what else could we do to make it really Badazz?!. Here is what I came up with. Can't show you the last pictures yet so these will have to do for now!

 

[ChefRex]

Thanks for posting!
I hope the recovery is progressing.

Love the art!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Awesome.

 

[jbmatth]

That is pretty darn Badazz, I presume she painted the pissed off pecker on a different piece that is raised above the flame panel you made?

JB

 

[E.rodz]

That is pretty darn Badazz, I presume she painted the pissed off pecker on a different piece that is raised above the flame panel you made?

JB

She hand painted the original pecker. This one was a print of the original. It was a flat panel that I bead rolled to pop it up more before making the background.

 

[E.rodz]

Thanks for posting!
I hope the recovery is progressing.

Love the art!

Not much progress on healing however lots of progress in adapting

 

[E.rodz]

ended up picking up a cool Pontiac to bring out to Back to the 50's and doing a quick detail and flip it to make some $ . however ended up getting burned and found out the "rebuilt motor and"it ran and drove before " turned out to be a lie and ended up having to put in another fresh motor and then the as long as we're here list kicked in started in motion!

 

[E.rodz]

 

[ChefRex]

She looks sweet, is the body as good it looks?

 

[Old Man Roger]

I love that you act like you weren’t going to tear into it anyway.lol

 

[jbmatth]

Beautiful looking car, good job restraining yourself a little.

JB

 

[E.rodz]

Most of it aside from the pass. Rear quarter panel. Worlds worst paint and bodywork.

 

[E.rodz]

I love that you act like you weren’t going to tear into it anyway.lol

Hey! I really had full intentions of Not tearing into it just get it running and driving that's it! Until I found out that the Rebuilt motor is junk and needs to come out!
That's when it all started . That's My story and I am sticking with it

 

[E.rodz]

Beautiful looking car, good job restraining yourself a little.

JB

It just keeps staring at me telling me to go all in . Trying to ignore it for now!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Hey! I really had full intentions of Not tearing into it just get it running and driving that's it! Until I found out that the Rebuilt motor is junk and needs to come out!
That's when it all started . That's My story and I am sticking with it

Or it would have been something like. ''Hey that ****** mount is bad, might as well put a dual turbo LS1 in it, and since the engines gonna come out, might as well mini tub it, while I'm waiting on the wheels I might as well do the seats, man the seats make that headliner look ruff, a custom console will be quick and easy" You get what I'm sayin.lol

 

[E.rodz]

Or it would have been something like. ''Hey that ****** mount is bad, might as well put a dual turbo LS1 in it, and since the engines gonna come out, might as well mini tub it, while I'm waiting on the wheels I might as well do the seats, man the seats make that headliner look ruff, a custom console will be quick and easy" You get what I'm sayin.lol

That doesn't sound like me !
. Oh maybe it does??

 

[JC23]

Yeah, man. Mandy does Kick *** work!

 

[E.rodz]

Yeah, man. Mandy does Kick *** work!

She sure does. It was awesome to be able to do a collaboration project with her on this one . Perhaps we can do that in the future as well

 

[E.rodz]

as long as we're here might as well paint some things and as long as the motor is junk might as well put a fresh one in and!??? Oh F it's happening again

 

[E.rodz]

Well it looks like I got distracted again and I had a friend come over and ask me what am I working on now? Dude you have ADD. !
How Rude! I am glad I don't have anything like that .
Ended up giving Mandy at Way out restorations the other pecker painting and she gave me a bigger version which I couldn't leave alone and had to bead rolling that as well and as long as we're at it might as well light that one up too!
Pretty happy with using a piece of scrap aluminum that I dug out of a dumpster and used it for the background. Think it turned out pretty good !
Love doing collaboration projects with someone else who has the gift of creativity as well !

 

[xtremek]

Always fun seeing what kind of mischief you're into

 

[E.rodz]

Always fun seeing what kind of mischief you're into

Always using creative ideas and getting enough variety to satisfy my ADD.

 

[E.rodz]

Getting things cleaned up for our annual Pumpkin carving party. Put a ton of new LED lights up and ditched most of the florescents. Closed up the center door while re lighting the other side. I sat back and giggled to myself on how this all came about!
Gotta say JC. Was a horrible influencer as well as Breeze ! They started a whole can make the coolest clock contest and egged me on until I caved! This all started with the contest on here and my mind got a little bit carried away! . Actually I was also inspired by my son and my friend Bobby , both just kept coming up with more ideas and then we just pushed everything else aside and decided to create something Badazz instead!

 

[Bears Fan]

I have always enjoyed your interior art work! That is one cool, badass garage, I would be proud of that

 

[E.rodz]

Annual Pumpkin carving party! Been doing this for 10 years now and every year it's clear out and make room for everyone and turn the shop into a pumpkin carving festival! It's crazy how much life changed. In those 10 years we have added one to the family and lost 4 ! Love spending time with family and carving with power tools is where it's at

 

[xtremek]

Nice looking gourds.

 

[E.rodz]

Finished up mine right before Halloween . Decided that motorized might be a better option. So I used my BBQ grill rotisserie motor and shaft to drive the gears and pulleys

 

[Just Puttering]

Finished up mine right before Halloween .

That's super cool

 

[Old Man Roger]

Not even surprised.lol

 

[E.rodz]

I have always enjoyed your interior art work! That is one cool, badass garage, I would be proud of that

Thanks for the love! Much appreciated !

 

[E.rodz]

That's super cool

Much better in a video! Thanks for the love as well

 

[E.rodz]

Not even surprised.lol

I was trying to hold back and make something simple

 

[Old Man Roger]

Ya! Ok! lol

 

[E.rodz]

Well the Pontiac is gone however I did take another Belair in on trade !
Now what to do with it ???

 

[rattle_snake]

Well since you asked....
I'd cut the roof off and make it an only top down vehicle.
cut rear doors up and make it into a 2-door. Longer front door. No need to worry about frame, glass.
Tub and 4-link the rear end to run steamroller tires. Air ride.
Big trunk, so at least 15" subs. maybe 18s or 21s. Big power.
Supercharged Ford Godzilla crate engine

 

[jbmatth]

I'm with @rattle_snake, Godzilla in a Chevy would be different and pretty cool, you could save a bit of money and go NA mine makes 680 hp with a cam and CNC heads. There are so many more parts available now that weren't out when I did my build and many are much cheaper.

JB