Folks Of Interest Brad Masterson Kustoms

Mr.Musico · Mar 6, 2012

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cool pic Tim

vivalahotrod · Mar 6, 2012

So when is the date for this years fire party...or is it to early?

Viva

gassercrazy41 · Mar 6, 2012

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I have been meaning to chime in here but the words have seemed just out of reach. It was kinda hard to read all the nice things people have said. All I can say is thank you. Thanks to all my friends that put up with the bullshit. I have never lost any one I really loved. It was a bad trip for me. Game changer fer sure. Every ones got a story.. Here is one about a piece of shit truck...
After Carmen was murdered I DID think about hanging it up. Literly... The pain I felt was unreal. Not the kind you get when you smack yer finger with a hammer, or get a little piece of metal in yer eye, or even when you burn your self with a torch. It was different. Like an atomic bomb detonated in yer lap. More than I could take. A suicide plan was in order. I was so sad and angry and I just wanted out. I wanted to just hang myself from the rafters in the shop. I didnt want to live my life just to see my idols, friends and family die, and at the time it didnt seem selfish. Old cars are so gay and I am done. But I thought that style looks so weak and plus it would just make the shop creepy and fucked for everyone forever.
I drove my fastback to Sacramento and back to Los Angeles several times over and over. Just lost. As soon as I got in to town Id just turn around and drive back. George Barris called and told me stories about Shirley and tried to help but at the time it didnt. It all had something to do with cars and nothing ANYONE was saying was helping. I felt so uncomfortable, everywhere and it was even hard just to drive my car and look over and see the empty passenger seat, and know she will never be sitting there again. Bill Hines called and told me you gotta just stay in the garage and work. Work through it. Fuck that, I couldnt even listen to music. Even the lyrics in some oldies you have heard forever seemed too heavy. Gnarly for me like they were fucking with me.
I finally settled at my grandparents farm in northern California. And like most farms, on this farm there was a truck. (E,I,E,I,O) I would just go throw rocks at it. Sit and stare at it. I hated the fact that I wasted my life fixing garbage like it. And now I am looking for a way out. I realized this piece of shit truck has been dead longer than I have been alive. Rotting behind an old barn. Probably worked hard its whole life and fer what? It had a fig tree growing up threw the bed. How ironic.. Life and Death. Thats when I figured out,,, I could bring this truck back to life but you cant bring people back. I can fix a carburetor or rebuild a generator but I cant fix a brain or a broken heart. We live in this world and are conditioned to feel like we can comunicate with anybody, any time, any where in the world even if you dont know there exact physical location. But in this case...you just cant get there from here.
Then all of a sudden it came to me. This piece of shit truck was my ticket out! How profound, it all made sense. I could make this truck run and drive. Then DRIVE it off this washed out bridge down the road. That shows commitment and that I was sure about it. There was no way you could survive it. It didnt look weak and it would be kinda cool.
I went to the ranch and got some chain and a tractor and drug it back. I washed it, made a list of parts I needed and ordered the from the parts store in town. I billed them to the farm account cause fuck it I wasnt gonna be around to pay for em. As soon as I got it started I filled a five-gallon bucket with gas, shoved the fuel line in it and split. I had thought this threw over and over. And was execited I was gonna check out. I sped off down the road. Out in the field my grandmother heard the truck. She turned and waved good-bye.
A million things went threw my head. How cool would it be if you do see loved ones when you die?!? What does it feel like? Is this my life "flashing" before my eyes? Is Sam Barris gonna be there? What if theres nothing? What if they dont let me in? Will I show up in this piece of shit truck?!? Fuck! I should have just drove the fastback. ect. ect..
As I got close to the launch ramp I looked down at the gas I realized I had greatly over estimated the fuel required to make this trip. I thought well it seems to run ok, the least I could do is cruz it around a bit. It was a hot summer evening and I noticed the temp gauge was working. So was the oil pressure. All 6 pounds. I drove this piece of shit truck fer miles down country back roads as it was getting dark,(no lights)and as I saw half of the fuel was gone I thought I better head back. No brakes so I made a big turn across a wheat field.
I thought I should have fix the cigarette lighter. They sell complete dome lights for this truck. The glove box cardboard is like $15. I wonder how much all the brakes shit would cost? And that was it... almost cured. I was still angry at everything that happened but now I was thinking about fixing this piece of shit truck. And not thinking of myself. I drove it back to the farm and as I came up to the house, my grandma was standing in the yard with her hands on her hips. I clutched it to stop and she waddled over to it and said, "I cant believe it. Its alive. When I saw ya zip outta here in such a hurry, I thought Id never see ya again."
So the moral of the story is what it is. This world we live in can be FUCKED. Ya just got to make the best of it. There are plenty of other ways to waist yer life, but I choose this.
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it's true, sometimes when things happen to loved ones, cars...are just cars. But those cars can also be the healing process too. Great work

SinisterCustom · Mar 6, 2012

Old trucks always seem to make things better.......

Acme Speed Shop · Mar 6, 2012

notrod13 said: ↑

thought id add this portrait to the folk in question.....

keep up the lead slinging sir..
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You are good Tim, so good you even made Brad look good.

SakowskiMotors · Mar 7, 2012

Just stopping in to say HI

ratty_aussie · Apr 1, 2016

Digging up an old post here, must have missed it at the time.

I went over to the states in 2014 and went to brads shop. I was a total stranger from another country to him. He spent hours talking to me, telling me stories etc. wish I could have stayed longer. In the few hours I was there I learnt a shit ton not only about cars, but life, business and of course history. What a stand up bloke, you've inspired me in more ways then you could every imagine mate. Keep it up.

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