May
11
2010
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March
3
2010
We have always been a fan of GoodGuys events for many reasons, too many to list, but in the beginning we chose their events for two simple reasons. 1) They put on two wonderful venues reasonably close to home. 2) Both shows were Open to the year of cars we had in the garage at the time. When you look at our fleet, we seem to pick on cars and trucks from the 50′s and unfortunately there were many organizations that limited their entries to Pre-49 vehicles only. Now it isn’t that we don’t like the old tin, we just haven’t had the opportunity to build one for ourselves…. yet. To hear that associations like the NSRA are modifying their rules is, to say the least, exciting for anyone who loves this hobby. I think this article really says it all.
NSRA: New(er) Vehicles
February
14
2010
If you have a few minutes in the next day or so, take a look at todays release on JFKustomsTV.com. You WILL experience the auction right there beside us on the stage. I think it will answer all questions and leave you speechless.
February
10
2010
- Made In Canada: Speed-Tech Performance
It has been great to get back in the shop and get back to what I love most… taking the image I have in my head and moulding it into something tangible. Last year I took one of Lazze’s metal shaping courses and brought home one side of a car on the airplane. This year I’m taking those skills and applying them everywhere I can, this week that means the Riviera. Even though at first sight this project won’t appear to be as much of a Custom as my last two shop builds, it is a Street Machine after all, there will be very little left untouched. (If any!) I have the 71 back window grafted in, the body is at a length that I’m happy with, the wheel well positions have been moved, the firewall is roughed in and last week we started the fab of the roll cage. Today I was working on the tubs. It isn’t as easy as you’d think to stuff 24’s back there. In all of this I have come across some “Made in Canada” components that made me think. We spend half our time in the States travelling to shows, we have met some of the best people in this industry ‘across the line’, we have even contemplated leaving the ‘Great White North’ for California or Arizona on a couple occasions, but the fact remains that I Am Canadian. There may be less of us, both builders and enthusiasts, than there are of our counterparts to the south but that doesn’t make us any less talented or any less passionate about this Industry. The bottom line is that if there were no borders, we would still be the same guys (& gals) in the same garages, bench racing and telling exaggerated truths about “this one time…”, busting our knuckles to make the next show. JF
P.S. We’ve got the past episodes for JFKustomsTV up on YouTube now too. Here’s the link:
February
3
2010
Autocross Challenge Good Guys Columbus
For those of you who didn’t make it to Scottsdale, or missed the coverage on SPEED, and for those who want an insiders look, our Barrett-Jackson Experience (Episode 3) is online today at www.jfkustomstv.com. While we haven’t had the heart to watch the SPEED coverage that our friends and family recorded for us, our inside coverage speaks volumes of the entire experience. The ups, the downs, the inherent excitement and nerves that just can’t be settled. Take a look and while you’re in there, don’t forget to enter your name in the draw for a set of Curtis Speed wheels!! It’s free so you have nothing to lose!