My Hobbies.
Leno and myself hanging at a car show.
1929 Model A Ford Huckster. "Huck"
This is an all original car. Factory 4 cylinder
flat head. (40 H.P.) 3-Speed manual transmission, 6-Volt battery system. Top
speed about 45 m.p.h. Lots of fun to drive. Hope its not an early call time.
1956 Chevy Belair. "Lucille"
My first car to own. Purchased it when I was
15. Dragged it out of a field and went to work. Has been built twice over
the years. Motivated by a 283 C.I., Holly 4 barrel carb, Crower cam, 4-speed
M21 rock crusher trans, Headers, 4:11 Posi rear end. Great car to cruse the
strip. My first love.
Father's 1948 Diamond-T "Pig
Hauler"
Diamond-T was a manufacture that was bought
out by White trucks in 1950. At one time Diamond-T was considered the Cadillac
of trucks. We never had or was able to find the original step side bed for
this year. So we decided to turn it into a stake bed truck. The bed is made
of solid red oak. Powered by a Chevy 350 C.I. With a single 4 barrel carb.
Backed up by a G.M. turbo 400 auto trans. IFS mustang front suspension. Rear
is a Chrysler 8 3/4. This gets the pigs to market on time.
Latest Project
1932 Ford Roadster 3/4 Scale
1932 Ford Roadster Kit.
Turn 4 at Daytona Raceway. Pop's
1939 Chevy coupe in background.
After three months of hard work we made
the Turkey Rod run in Daytona Beach Florida.
On the way back we stopped in at Parr Automotive in
Oklahoma City.
Under Construction.
1941 International Harvester Co. Wooden
Station Wagon. "Woody"
One of only three to exist today and the only
one too our knowledge to be street rodded. The concept drawing above shows
the top has been chopped 3". Lowered and shortened. This car originally
had three doors. Two for passenger loading on the curb side and just one on
the drivers side. A blank for where the spare tire was hung. The pictures
below show the progress and a car starting to take shape. This was a frame
off job. Two years in the making.
There
will be a total of 450 board foot of Curly Hard Rock Maple when it is finished.The
side panels will be made of Rose wood. I built in a wood body line (pin stripe)
made from African Bubinga.
The floor is solid red oak with expansion slats made of the African Bubinga
wood. All of the wood will be varnished with clear marine grade finish. (Dads
job) The roof slates we made of cherry. They will be covered on the top by
black Mercedes cloth. The body is in primer. The color will be the same as
what is on the engine/trans below.
Power is supplied by a Chevy 383 C.I. stroker
motor. Topped of with a Offenhauser cross ram 2 X 4 manifold. Trick Flow Twisted
Wedge Aluminum heads, Crower cam, Roller lifters, HPC headers, Street &
Performance Serpentine belt system. Channeled into a G.M. TH-400 Turbo with
a B&M 2500-stall converter. The 450+ horses are put to the pavement by
a Ford 9" rearend. (3:56 Gears) Shoes are American five spoke with big
meats on the back. Also complete with air con for the hot summer cruizing
nights or heading to the beach to hang ten. 
"It's hard to walk when you've got a
woodie"
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