Columbus GoodGuys is 33 days away so I am leaving in the Boogie Van now

So I made it to Pigeon forge for the super chevy show, and I will be here till Monday. Pretty uneventful day today, but here are a couple pics.


This vette was in the JBL booth with me while I was on the powertour. Jason also had his young son RHYS with him so I offered to do a couple of pics for them to remember the trip by.









I stopped at B.A rods and customs in alabaster AL to shoot a truck they had built here are a few pics





I even got attacked by his guard dog



Vinnie provided great service even cleaned up where some douche spilled soda all over the front of the van last night



Todays T-shirt was sponsored by the guys at CherryBomb mufflers

 

John

call me when you get to Indiana.....I will pm you my number again case you lost my card from the expo.....Missing you on the SFC stop and say hey over there.....Heck maybe we can sponsor you a new thong for the day instead of some old tshirt...HAHAHA


Shoe

 

Man I look forward to it I love your work....you would really give me a new one not just one short bus had used on a roadtrip?

 

It looks like a great trip - thanks for the rolling biography.
When you the western burbs of chicago, let me know if you need a place to crash.

 

Keep on vannin' bro. I am happy to see you staying safe.
S.

 

Thanks for the pics and updates. Nothing like a nice long roadtrip!

I'll see you in Columbus at the GG show. PM me if you get to northern Ohio for some reason.

 

See you at HRW man! Can't wait! Call me when you get in!
561-506-6156

 

O.K another quick catch up I left power tour after birmingham and hauled up to Pigeon forge for the all chevy super nationals.

Nightime at the hotel



saturday it rained at the show



My good friend and builder Jeff Lewis gave me a place to stay for a couple of days, and it was his sons second birthday party....he is a little big for his age



...and dont fall asleep at Jeffs house or the marker comes out



bad case of flipflop toe always be aware of the curb



.....oh it rained at the show on sunday also lol





ran into one of the best young metal men in america bar none...eric saliba from the little shop



went to shoot a truck for street trucks and the road asked me why?



forgot my light stands at Jeffs house so I used what I had available



Went to Hudsons to shoot some stuff



..........oh and it rained




I did get to shoot one of the cars in the top ten on my bucket list after the rain




Packing up after shooting



on the road for little over a week and already two flashes down.......a moment of silence please



finished up some engagement pics for Sam Navarro while sitting in a bookstore





made it over to nashville today to shoot Jason Grahams first car after the fire



If all goes well I will be in bowling green friday then indy on saturday

 

Time for another update when I got to Nashville I had a right rear wheel bearing go bad.



Thanks to the help of the H.A.M.B and a corvair club members list I found Richard Gebhardt in Nashville and he guided me on how to replace the axle in the van. The axle I had with me wound up having a bad bearing on it, and then two of the three axles Richard had wound up being bad also......I can now change these things in my sleep lol
Luckily the last one we tried has been quiet for almost 500 miles now so keep your fingers crossed lol.

I found this killer corvair turbo motor in Richards garage think he will miss it?



I then spent the night with my good friend Lucky and we went out to dinner can you believe his son Ethan loves eating onions?



.....any kid that tough gets to sign the van s the youngest signature is now from a two year old lol



Then I headed the short little trip from hendersonville to Bowling green for a short stop at the hot rod reunion



I found the mooneyes booth and scored these for the van



My choice for sexiest car of the show



I found another bike I wanted to stick in the van



I drove around and found a familiar face and parked next to them. If all goes well I am going to shoot some pics for Ken while I am in SC



another bike I want to steal



I left bowling green sad as all get out to head to Indy, but my friends tried to make me feel at home



then thirty of us went for Japanese


went to the Suds cruise night in Indy and it was a blast. This is the car that was worth the drive from Texas



ok seriously there was some bitchin stuff there







It was cool hanging out with Jake again and his gorgeous 54



You may remember it more from this pic we took at Columbus last year



The van is becoming a trophy whore



We didnt get the furthest distance to the show even though we had driven 2400 miles to that point someone from Savannah Ga got it instead......but who cares I am having a blast.

 

Here are a couple of more behind the scenes pics from the trip.

Mike and his Plymouth





Hotel party by the van




we are in Louisville till early wednesday morning if anyone knows of anything badass that needs to be shot

 

John....Call me if you are in th L Ville I am 45 minutes or so back up Interstate 65 .....

Shoe

 

I am just going to come visit you guys after columbus goodguys

 

Okay, I replied early over yonder.......after I seen you posted...

See ya soon...


Shoe

 

O.K I am slacking on a update,but its been 33 days and I am now in Columbus. I have driven 4200 miles so far, and cant wait to shoot the Columbus show this show has became one of my favorites on the planet.

O.K when I last left off I was in Indy I left there, and hung out in Louisville for a few days shooting and checking out the city


a nice air cooled parking lot





pizza place in Louisville not only can you check out burt reynolds in the buff



but you can get fancy cheese options on your food.....yes that says cheese whiz



Some shooting in Louisville






Went by Todd Wilts house to check out his new ride


.....and took some pics



shot a bike


and had a guy knuckle deep in his nose cut us off while I was hanging out the window with a camera lol



Jason Grimes builds killer cars and bikes





headed to South Carolina and this was my view on the mountain


First stop in SC was to visit the vans old home Porters Customs



got to watch it rain every day in SC

 

Cool pics. Hope you have a great time in Columbus.

 

Made a little 350 mile round trip up to Rockwell to visit with Dustin(SinTicket) at his 5th annual birthday bash

.....as soon as I got there I got given one of these











Snuck in a couple of photo shoots while in SC in between rainstorms





Its amazing what you will find snooping around peoples garages from scoot squirrel



to a 57 chevy with a bubbletop roof



headed up to North Carolina for Heavy Rebel Weekend , and I knew I was in NC



early arrival for HRW



conned Squindo into slinging some more ink on me





and dont forget the monkey checking out the centerfold



everyone kept saying I looked like Tom Hanks in Castaway due to my lack of a haircut and ahve for the whole trip



So squindo made me a Wilson......but mine is named Chico

 

eating the worlds scariest looking hash browns



the millenium center



found this awesome barn find 35 with the help of jay stone



......and took some pics



also took this one for Jason while goofing off



finally finished the Navarro engagement photos



got the weirdest fortune out of a fortune cookie



Shot some stuff for Wendy over at Delinquent clothing









after almost getting killed by a driver not paying attention in Charleston WV I finally crossed into Ohio

 

doooope photos!

 

your photos are always top notch..look forward to see what you shoot here in columbus.

 

I've heard he was here but haven't seen him yet.

Later, Bill

 

Wow! What great photography! I hope to see you in Columbus!

 

Damn, those are some great shots!

 

Awesome road trip and photos.. Thanks!

 

NotStockPhoto: Great stuff, as always,,,have fun in Columbus..

 

Some neat stuff mate, your job rules!

 

Great shots, see ya in C-Bus

 

These are amazing pictures and quite a journey! Absolutely breath taking. It was nice seeing the van for myself in NC. Keep on truckin!

 

I saw that green wagon in Dayton,Ohio last year on the Hot Rod Power Tour

 

Incredible shots as always!! Dustins party never looked so good. You are a fuckin' pro bitch!


It was great to see you at Heavy Rebel. Swing back through and stay a night at my place if you need to. We have tons of room. Ask around about the "Heatherday Inn".



BloodyKnuckles

 

I can testify that the van at least made it to Columbus. As for the driver, I assume he's there someplace. Took this picture yesterday.