More pictures

So all the american car photos are now uploaded and online. I'm still working on the foreign & import cars.

http://www.theymightberacing.com/shows/koolfm.aspx

I met so many cool people yesterday. If you recognize pictures of your car let me know!

Jody

Pictures from the 3rd Annual 94.5 Kool FM Classic Car Show

The show today was mind boggling. If I could have cloned myself into 5 copies I still don't think I could have photographed all of it. I did manage to get roughly 1/3 of the way through the show and saw all sorts of cool cars. The total at the end of the day was 803 photos.

This photo gallery completely filled my disk space online, so I can't post everything tonight. I did manage to get the 1920's to 1940's cars filtered and posted, I'll do my best to get the rest done tomorrow (once the disk space upgrade has been processed). Without further ado: 3rd Annual 94.5 KOOL FM Classic car show photo collection.

3rd Annual 94.5 KOOL FM Classic Car Show

So I'm presently drinking the morning coffee and packing up my photograhy kit for the KOOL FM car show today. It's a big event here and there should be around 1500 cars in attendance. The weather this morning is beautiful (if a bit chilly by Phoenix standards, in other words, warm to the rest of the world). The video camera is charging and both cameras are set. If you're in the Phoenix area and are interested in attending you can find the information here: http://www.koolradio.com/pages/2958874.php

In other news, the POR-15 gas tank kit arrived in the post yesterday, and the door skins on the Jensen Healey are coming along well. I am using my fabricated trim fasteners and I must say that they actually make assembly much easier than the old factory push pegs. The challenge is that a pile of forthcoming baby related items arrived as well, so my guess is that Sunday will be spent assembling cribs and such!

If you make it to the car show, look for the guy taking too many pictures, it's probably me!

New highway speed cameras in Phoenix Arizona

Just a warning to any/all who drive in the Phoenix area. There's a bunch of new highway speed cameras being put in place. The ones marked with asterisks were turned on October 22. The other locations will follow. When finished, there will be a total of 60 stationary cameras and 40 mobile ones throughout Arizona. If you get a ticket for going 10 miles over the speed limit, you'll pay $181.

Interstate 10
**Eastbound, I-10, 287th Ave.
**Eastbound, I-10, Miller
**Eastbound, I-10, Watson
Westbound, I-10, 91st Ave
East & West, I-10, 75th Ave
East & West, I-10, 59th Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 35th Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 43rd Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 27th Ave
East & West, I-10, 15th Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 16th Street
Westbound, I-10, Buckeye
Westbound, I-10, 24th Street
Westbound, I-10, 40th Street
US 60
Westbound, US-60, Alma School
Westbound, US-60, Mesa Drive
Westbound, US-60, Gilbert Road
Interstate - 17
Southbound, I-17, 15th Ave
Southbound, I-17, 12th Street
Northbound, I-17, Thunderbird
Northbound, I-17, Bell Road
State Route - 51
Southbound, SR-51, Thomas Road
Southbound, SR-51, Highland Pkwy.
Southbound, SR-51, Bethany Home Rd.
State Route - 101
**Southbound, SR-101, McDowell Rd
**Southbound, SR-101, Indian School
**Southbound, SR-101, Bethany Home
North & South, SR-101, Glendale Ave.
Southbound, SR-101, Olive
** Eastbound, SR-101, 75th Ave
** Eastbound, SR-101, 59th Ave
** Eastbound, SR-101, 35th Ave

Weekend fun!

So the wife and daughter are off at girl scout camp and I have the place to myself. I went ahead and ordered the gear necesary to redo the gas tank on the Studebaker. That should arrive during the week for next weekend.

In the meantime I stopped off at Delta Motorsports today to get new door panels / skins for the Jensen Healey project. I also picked up some extra vinyl to be able to finish up the center console restoration. It requires some sewing, so my mum should be stopping by tomorrow to give me a refresher course on using the sewing machine. So far today I stripped off the old door panel parts, refreshed the reusable bits, and am starting reassembly. Right now the glue is drying on the aluminum top sills. I'm taking plenty of photos as I go, so expect to see some new Jensen Healey restoration articles in the near future!

Well, back to gluing and cutting.

New Frame-Off Restoration Article

I just published the sixth article in the how-to do a Frame Off restoration series. This one is all about dealing with the brightwork (a.k.a. Chrome, Stainless, and Aluminum). You can read the full article here: Frame Off Restoration - Step 6 - Restoring the Brightwork (Chrome, Stainless, Aluminum).

Cheers!
Jody

New article on Frame-Off restoration

I uploaded a new article on Frame off restoration last night. It's all about dealing with the interior of the vehicle during the restoration process. You can read it here: Frame Off Restoration - Step 5 - Restoring the Interior (Soft Components)

1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7 restoration update

Spent additional time on the Healey. Sunday afternoon and Monday night I removed all the surface electrics (lights/lamps) from the Austin Healey. I'm mid-restoration on this step. At this stage I've removed everything, have inventoried what's usable, and have put together a list of the items that I will have
to replace.

Here is the blow by blow photogallery of the Austin Healey lighting disassembly. For the novice restorer, this is the type of photo documentation you want to create when doing any disassembly or reassembly work. I actually shot more photos than this, but it gets a little too redundant for the casual viewer.

As I move through this process, refresh the parts I'm retaining, and acquire the new parts I need, I will further document this and conclude with a full article.

Cheers!
Jody

1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 - It Lives!

Jared posted a short video of the Mustang starting up for the first time since the restoration started. Video quality isn't the greatest, but it's wonderful to hear it run after so long!

Starting the Austin Healey Project

With the temps dropping into the reasonable range (finally!) in Phoenix, it's been enjoyable spending time in the garage. This weekend I started the initial work on the 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7 project. This is documented in three articles and two videos:

First Look




Clean and Inventory




and finally Assessing Accessories

Fabricating trim fasteners for the Jensen Healey

Many parts for the Jensen Healey are no longer available, and it becomes an exercise in engineering and design to fabricate new parts. Recently I was attempting to reattach the external stainless trim on the green Jensen Healey and realized that I just didn't have enough usable trim fasteners. This is also tru for the door panel trim and the door trim. So, I opted to make new ones. To learn how to make your own read the following article: Fabricating trim fasteners for the Jensen Healey.

Impala Bob's car show second video

Impala Bob's Car Show first video

I'll post the next one once it's done processing.

Impala Bob's Car Show 2008

It was a beautiful day for a car show yesterday. My buddy Chip and I went out to the 2008 Impala Bob's car show. 350 pictures and over an hour of video later we were done. Yet again, I didn't get to every car in the show as I ran out of time. So it goes.

Impala Bob's Car Show 2008 photos

I hope to be posting video soon as well, but it takes a fair amount of time to edit.