thanksgiving

been workin away in the shop and sometimes, you just gotta stop and look at what you've got. And think, how the fuck did this happen? This is more than i ever thought i'd have at this point in my life, and it's what I've always wanted. Now, i'm not the best off, i'm broke as hell, half the time i'm sleeping on a couch, but I've got a roof over my head, a shop to work on some badass cars and bikes, and some amazing friends that have helped me so much to get where i am today. Everyday I do my best to show that i appreciate what they have done for me. So to my friends, and the many friends who have become my family, I know I can be hard to put up with at times, but thank you. without your support who knows where i'd be.

so here's a little more of what i've been up to.

52 plymouth

linkage!

got some bodywork done on the catalina, it's looking great. 

pictures by the amazing kayleigh

www.facebook.com/monsterthing

updates!!!!!

so, i've been slacking on the updates on things and for good reason, we re-vamped the shop and got a new project, so here's what we've been up to at the shop...

lowered a-arms for the catalina

on the road again

59 biscayne, picked it up a couple weeks ago, up for sale. shoot me an offer. price goes up as more work gets done. 

East Bay Rats

met the East Bay Rats M.C. last night. really awesome guys. They know how to have a good time. Dollar beers, pig roast, boxing ring, good music, and better people. Thanks guys for letting some kid kick it and get the shit knocked out of him. These guys will kick your ass after feeding you and then make you feel good about it. Had a great time, thank you, and hope to do it again soon. 

Happy birthday 

boxing ring

fucker looks small but beat the shit outta me!

shitty

my brother shane had this 88, 80" hd softail dyno- 98hp to the rear wheel. which is hard to get from an 80"

well he was splitting lanes friday when a bmw pulled out in front of him without looking first. bike slid, gas leaked, boom. thank god he's ok, got some road rash, but other than that, no broken bones or anything. i would hate to have to sit there and watch my bike burn like he did. good luck bro. 

nothing to do...

but sit here and post shit. i'm working my main job today, and today i get to sit in my truck and be bored all day. and take a few pictures every so often. i'd rather be at the shop. here's a pic of the custom.

marbles?

Kat picked up this biscayne from cadi at conley kustoms. We got her home and she started making this noise and we coudn't figure out what the hell it was. it sounded like marbles rolling in the torque converter at take off, but it wasn't at idle.. not the converter... hmm. we finally get under the fucker and the center support bearing is thrashed.

i've never seen one that bad. and she still drove without vibrations! or the driveline snapping. chevys are awesome. back on the road now. all good.

on a side note, the car's name is Rosalie, and cadi builds some sick cars. check him out. 

http://www.facebook.com/cadilac.conley

catalina

My buddy gravy picked up this catalina 2+2 about a year ago and had me do the bags on it. We cleaned up the rear end, painted it, and i did the bags. 

should be back on the road for midnight mass.

gnarly

This is Phil.

He has a badass truck.

This is Phil's hand

Phils truck decided that his hand looked better without the tips of his fingers.

Moral of the story...

When you roll your truck being a badass, don't grab the roll cage. Or put handles in it so this doesn't happen.

xs project

before

after

got this bike a while ago, hit some gravel up in the hills and laid it down. bent up a couple things, nothing too major though, then i decided to cut it up, and hard tail it. i did the backbone and down tube today, gettin close to re-assembly.

more recent

here's a pic from a couple months ago of my friend Alex and I, I'm the ugly fucker on the left, at the shop after working on her biscayne. oh yeah, i have a shop so if anyone ends up reading this and needs work done let me know.

the beginning

so i got my 64 custom in 08. i've done some work on her since then, more pics later. here's what she started as.

starting this off

So, I figured I should quit lurking the blogs and start one up. Here we go!