Intro

[low64]

Hi my name is Mike, I have been lurking for a while but just never posted an intro. I am 30yrs old, I was raised around hot rods & muscle cars because of my dad & uncle. I am into traditional cars & bikes, ecspecially 60' style stuff. I own a shop in Burbank Ca, we are the ones that did the air bags on lownslow's car. We do mechanical repair, small fab, engine building, transmissions, audio & multimedia. I have a 64 Rivi, a 55 Pan head, & a 50 Chevy Canopy Express that I am building. I will post pictures as soon as I get help, I am kind of a computer retard. You can see pictures of the Rivi on Happy Hoppy's post about Barris open house.

[Johnny Ace]

Mike,
Welcome to the board!

[redpunk]

Welcome Man, Cant wait to see your rides..

[InjectorTim]

Sounds like some cool Kustoms,welcome to the HAMB

[BigDdy31]

Welcome to the HAMB Mike. Enjoy!

[smittyshotrods]

Welcome to the HAMB Mike!

[saltflataddict]

Welcome.. Love that Rivi.. lets see the panhead..

[lownslow]

finally dooood......
guys this man is a ruler.......he is one my best buddies and i have been hounding him to sign on.....maybe someone with computer knowledge can help us out and take the pic off of happy hoppy's post and put it up here or him....

hooligan, you may have seen his pan.....its the flaked one on my site and that i was painting in the mad fab dvd.......

see mike i told you i would not give ya shit on here during your intro......now that THAT is over........


i need to drop my car off to have the muffler bearing looked at......maybe put a northstar in it. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[fishtank]

Welcome

[SwitchBlade327]

bitchin....

[Kustom55]

Welcome. Nice Rivi too. I attached the pix from the other trhead. I dont mean disrespect by asking, but is/was this Rivi the Black Flys car?

[Kustom55]

you beat me to it SwitchBlade...... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[SwitchBlade327]

well it's worth 2 looks...

[Anderson]

Love that Riviera...one of my all time favorites.

Lownslow...at least put an Aurora motor (slightly smaller northstar) in there, gotta keep it Olds man!!

[lownslow]

Lownslow...at least put an Aurora motor (slightly smaller northstar) in there, gotta keep it Olds man!!

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hahaha....actually thats an inside joke we have....i hate those motors...but it is already tooo late for my olds.....i already took out the motor and that gawd awful trans......i drive my car everywhere everyday so i opted for the 350/700r4 combo.....KILLER gas milage and i don't have to worry about tryin to find parts if i need something .......besides its a custom the hood will always be closed......anyway ....thanks guys for posting his car .....

and no it is NOT the black fly car......that one is done in pearls and mikes is candy......not to mention mikes is a 64 and the other one is a 65 ...maybe i am bias but there is no comparison between the two......

[Kustom55]

Thanks for the info/correction.

[Church]

Hey tard...welcome aboard. Any friend of Dinnie's is o-tay in my book. Well, except for that one guy...and Nancy Simmons.

[lownslow]

noooo problemo mi amigo.....

are you tired of texas yet and ready to come back to so -cal where you belong?.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


it funny he gets asked that ALL the time.....

[Kustom55]

LOL, I do get that a lot. There are a lot of things I do miss about SoCal. I knew though once I moved there was no coming back (house prices). Except if I moved to Hesperia or something! I will be back in the fall so I will see how I really feel then. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Nads]

Cool man, welcome.
I've resisted the urge to bag my '54, but I think on down the line I secretly want to.
I have no clue as to how to do it, if I win the lotto I'm coming to visit you.

[slammed]

Riv. is a beauty. Looking forward to the Pan pic's.

[Kustom55]

Man Donnie, I was just looking at the pix for the 10000000 time on your website. I think I am going to move back to CA just so you can paint the 55. Very, very impresive.

[lownslow]

haha thanks man....i really appreciate it......maybe when you come out we can meet up....any plans for an L.A. trip when you are out here....shit we can hit bob's in toluca lake .....

[Kustom55]

Sounds like a plan, I have been to Bobs since I met up with the Lucky Devils(yeah, I know) headed to Paso in 2000. I'll keep you posted

[lownslow]

i was there that morning when my 60 buick was in primer.....that's funny....yeah lemme know .that would be rad..........do they say rad in texas ? : http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[BARNETT]

Welcome to the HAMB! That Rivi is beyond beautiful!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Donnie, if you painted that...NICE WORK!

[RF]

(insert sound of a throat being cleared) Hi, Mike. You know where else a good shot of your car can be found? Don't make me roll it up and slap you with it!

Oh, and on film (or internet), Jack and Mike's Rivis can appear the same. With no disrespect to either painter (Robert Deatherage paint the gold '65), they're both beautiful!

[lownslow]

hi rob........

[lownslow]

dan,
actually i didn't paint his car .i wish i could take credit for it .but i didn't do it.....when he was having it done we still thought each other were dickheads ........actually we both are .but are buds.now.....and i will agree both cars are beautiful .......

and mike ya better post again on here ya dickhead.before you have to change your name to dickhead64.......

[Kustom55]

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i was there that morning when my 60 buick was in primer.....that's funny....yeah lemme know .that would be rad..........do they say rad in texas ? : http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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Lol, just me. I dont think I am fitting in well here. I dont say "y'all" and "fixin" yet.....

[lownslow]

haha........ i used to before i moved to california.........and i am from arizona. so i dont know where it came from.....my wife made fun of me sayin yall etc. now i don't say it all..........damn her they always wanna change ya . http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[low64]

Hey Dinnie or is that Donny, i am surprise that you weren't a big jerk. Oh ya my Rivi was on the cover of the best custom mag out there, you might of heard of it, Custom Rodder, in July 2003. It was also in the June issue of Lowrider. I got to get back to work.

[Psycho78]

Welcome. Iv'e been drooling over that Rivi For a while....
That is one badassssss ride. Definitely my favorite.

Hey Donnie. It was good meeti'n ya @ Barris even though it was fo 5 min.


Laters

[RF]

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I got to get back to work.

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Words Dinnie needs to pay heed to!

[SIXOCAD]

Hey Mike, figured you'd make it on here eventually... whats going on with the truck? I thought maybe if I directed the question at you Donnie wont be able to respond and give you your thread back...

[low64]

Hey nate. Got the suspension, trans, & brakes all rebuilt on the truck. Just need to order tires & a rim next week. Hope fully it doesn't take to much longer. How is your cad coming along? How is the wagon going, still no balancer?

[SIXOCAD]

Thats awesome...I didnt realize you had done that much.

My car is still sitting... I've been working pretty much full-time so no time, but I am getting the exhaust done thursday.

The wagon's still sitting, hopefully doing something with it this week...

[Longroof64]

What the hell is this board comig to?? We allow guys like this with these shitty rides on here??

Hey Mike!! Ryan here... glad to see you're joining the computer age... get that truck done and post us some in progress pics... I still need to get out and see the shop too...

[Preacher]

awesome looking rivi

great to have you aboard

[low64]

Thanks preacher. Hey ryan, when are going to venture out of AZ, don't be scared little feller! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Sport N Woode]

LOVE THE RIVI!!!!! Welcome to the HAMB!

[Skate Fink]

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LOVE THE RIVI!!!!! Welcome to the HAMB!

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..........yep........what he said!

[low springs]

welcome to the board Mike. finally built up the courage to do your intro. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dante

[burndup]

Ok, I've seen that Riv around before, I've always been like... DAMN!!! whenever I see it!

right on man...
-J

[ESnacky6]

Well, well, well.... Mr. Mike....
Nice of you to join the rest of the class.....!!!
Now why wasn't this intro done like 2 years ago at least..?? Hahaha..!!

Hey man, it was really good to finally meet you in Paso..!!
I'd heard such good things about you over the years...
Your car is as great looking in person,
as it is in the magazines(plural..??!! Damn..!!) that I've seen it in....

(now I give you shit and tease you....)
I on-purposely DIDN'T have my Rivi painted a tangerine of any kind,
just because that color is soooo played out and 'yesterday'....
Oh, and how's that center-console rear light lens and lamp workin' for ya..??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..!!!!
(all in fun man.... seriously. I mean you are gonna bag my car soon, riiiight..???)
which brings me to my next subject....

Have you hooked up your front end like you did Dinnies yet..??
I mean Donny says it's the rulingest...!! and you know what..??
I want the rulingest TOOOO...!!!!!
So come on..!!!! Hook it up, and let me know when you have time
to hook up contestant #2's (me.) Riviera....!!!

Alright dude, let's see some more pics now..!!!
(I'll post some tomorrow at work....from the laptop...)

Later..!! -Snacks....

[Longroof64]

Venture out of AZ?? Shit, I was just there for Paso... I try to spend as much time as possible out of AZ... it's like a hundred and fifty-three degrees AND muggy right now... and do I need to remind you that Nathan is "little feller"??

Wagon should be on the road this weekend... with the generous help of a local guy that I met right on this here hokey-ass messgae board... I'll let you know though - too many projects and too little cash!

[low64]

Hi snacky. It was good to meet you & john at paso. Does john still want us to look at his merc? When are you going to bring your rivi down here?