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How about a little Dodge this week.

 

Willys by my good friend Evan (Drop Moot) Danes.

 

Cool start guys.
Put a Ford in your Dodge

 

We lost a fellow Hamber Artist/Hotrodder @Surf City to a tragic accident...may we remember him today and celebrate what he accomplished in his time cut short with us here.

His contribution only recently here...



https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/friday-art-show-2-8-19.1138964/page-2#post-12948699

Life seems so unfair at times...

A memorial thread below...

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/rip-wayne-bear-holmberg-aka-surf-city.1143080/


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...a little St. Patricks...
... may your fortunes be big and your troubles be small...

 

...it's 5 o'clock somewhere...

 

... gas attack...

 

... the whole day, shot in the ass...

 

SUNSHINE SCOOTERS
Hello,

Hot rods and hot rod influenced skateboards are all over the USA. When we were looking for different ways to bring in some income for our expanded family. I looked around the garage for a project that was easy to make and with the parts I had stashed away in several boxes. Our toddler son saw the old kid across the street riding his skateboard in the driveway. Of course, he asked me about skateboards that were in the rafters of our garage. Some of those were remnants of the good old skateboard days many years ago.
old, original design
He wanted to be able to keep up with the older friend across the street and wanted to try his hand at skateboarding. My wife was a little leery as they both saw me fall on a steep downhill run in our neighborhood street. (one big strawberry from hands,arms,stomach, and legs) The walk home was painful to say the least. But, that accident in front of my wife and toddler son did not dissuade him from wanting to know more about skateboards.
scooter magic
So, I created an all wooden scooter from a solid oak deck, new trucks, and wheels. But, I knew from experience that he was going to fall. So, to ease the worries from my wife, I also created a “t” handle attached to the deck behind the front axle, to prevent forward flips. It was something to hold onto while moving in all directions. He could still glide like skateboarders, lean into curves and turns and stop when he wanted to by using his thick sole "tennies." (the rear 5th wheel brake/skid plate came later)


Jnaki

Only one fall in 24 years of use...not bad for an older guy.

Built in 1977, in the attic in 2019

It had Kryptonic street wheels, German bearings, Independent Trucks, and a Powell/Peralta deck. In all of the years of scooting down this beach trail, I never fell except once right in front of a bunch of surfers. My board and I survived that fall without any dings or nasty scratches. I always wore my wetsuit, boots, and my gloves, so I did not get a single scratch. It just hurt my ego.

When I was out in the water, the red/yellow flames could be seen sitting high up from the sand berms. When I was sitting near the red/yellow flamed scooter, I got tons of questions and compliments.

On one of my son’s first rides, he fell off the back. So, I put a regular wheel with a bearing on a bolt and attached it to the tail block of the scooter. That allowed him to raise the front end and the extra wheel would skid to a stop. It also had a bearing in it, so he could spin on the wheel in a complete 360 degree circle.
Hot Rod influenced
Of all the different versions of scooters on the market, ours was the only one with that “custom” wheel. The wheel had several rubber wheel gaskets from the surface underneath the tail block down the bolt to the bearing. It did not take much to make this as there were always extra parts laying around the tool box. (there was a small model for kids, a mid size one for mommies, and a larger one for daddies... All bases were covered. The short/long handles coincided with the stance and model.)

When I rode the larger version with painted flames on the bottom, the neighborhood kids could see how cool it was when I would stop and spin for them. Those times showed the bright flames against a black bottom.

 

Image by edcodesign posted Feb 7, 2018 at 8:32 PM

Cool start, Happy Days hot rod.

 

super start

 

Great spring weather this week. So I took some photos of this old Packard, for a (RUST IN PEACE) F.A.S. photo.

Sent from my SM-G920P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

From the other side of the pond...wife and I went to the Paris Auto Show while we were there in early October. They had a large section of older cars, plus some mixed in with the main exhibits.

1934 Renault Nervasport des Records

_DSC5519 by Girchy Girchy, on Flickr

_DSC5522 by Girchy Girchy, on Flickr

_DSC5523 by Girchy Girchy, on Flickr

_DSC5528 by Girchy Girchy, on Flickr

1954 Renault Etoile Filante (Shooting Star), with 1930 Blower Bentley in the background

_DSC5917 by Girchy Girchy, on Flickr

1899 Le Jamais Contente

_DSC5931 by Girchy Girchy, on Flickr

 

Good Friday morning Gents! Viewing this from ChichenItza ...what a treat!

Haven't seen a single hot rod or Jalopy on the Yucatán, but me and my better 1/2 had to get outa Brrmont.

THANKS! See ya next week.

 

My 31 A Delivery

 

hey,...what's with all the photos?...let's see some art work,...lol
...here's the same cars as last week but in a different version...

 

A bit ot

 

Two Lane Blacktop!

 

Nice drawings, But they are all TOO LOW to drive Anywhere....!!!!

 

Hay Sam, {RUSTY1} Thanks for all your cool art! It takes a lot more time to draw a picture than just snapping a photo. But the weather has been so nice here! That I got Spring fever! lol So I've been out cruising and looking for RUST, and just snapping pictures. lol Ron.... Here's one from the old sketch pad. Thanks everyone for sharing your art. Ron....

 

Image by edcodesign posted Sep 29, 2017 at 8:57 AM

Image by edcodesign posted Aug 2, 2018 at 5:39 PM

O ok , couple of oldies .