John Katsanis

Better known as 'Chopper' passed away from cancer this morning. The man responsible for so many good car shows and cruises not to mention a true craftsman when it came to building hotrods and customs. He will be sadly missed.

35' Ford

If there was an award or Australia's most beautiful roadster this would be it.

Sunday Swap

These cab over engine (COE) trucks looked crazy but for almost 10 grand a piece i think the guy was dreaming. And those wheels are just jammed under there, theres no chassis or running gear for that money. This wagon is super ugly especially in pink.

But with a genuine 392 Chrysler i don't think you'd give a fuck.

Carby Goodtimes

Scored these four carbs today for dirt cheap. Two Holey 94's and two Stromberg 48's. I was hoping the Stromberg 48's would be unmarked 97's, just due to the 97's having a lower cfm flow rate and smaller venturis which make them better for a multi carb setup, but since i got all four carbs for the price i would have payed for the two Holley 94's i can't complain. Check out the home made tunnel ram intake. Sweet! Turns out the 48's are pretty desirable in America at $100 a piece in rough condition. A lot more than i payed for them. I'll save them for a future project.

I think i have 15 Holley 94's now. How many is enough? I'll need to make six good ones for the Hotrod.

Crazy

More Japanese craziness found from around the web.

Perfection

These photos are rad on so many levels i just had to post them for keep sake here.

Sure

I can understand that.

Tsunami

What a fuckin mess Japan is in at the moment. Such a super rad country to visit, i had an amazing time when i was there a few years ago and was hoping to go back sometime this year.
Maybe not anytime soon now but we'll see. Anyways I got sent this photo doing the email rounds of a Japanese man who had his house washed away by the Tsunami and went back to find his bike had somehow survived.
It looks pretty banged up but i bet he's a little happier.

Dog Sack

Also suitable for small children and nagging girlfriends, just don't get T-boned.

Dirt Drags

I wouldn't mind checking this one out this year.

Cribs

Ok i don't really know much about these faux T-Birds except something about some Swedish designer and a company called Viztech, and knowing me these things have probably been around for two years and are old hat.......but.......in a world full of 'retro' rides like the new Chargers, Camaros and the awesomely homosexual PT Cruiser this is one i would actually own. Especially if i was featured on MTV Cribs.
What?................. it could happen one day. They might wanna do a feature on a greasy bogan.

50' Fleetline

Is this not the coolest four door Chev you've ever seen? I wouldn't change a thing.

Heart Surgery

Rust flakes from the fuel tank was making my motor run like shit so i pulled the carby and went right through it. Found an air bleed and jet partially blocked.
Pulled the fuel tank and cleaned the fuel lines but later when reassembling, the tank started leaking fuel..... pulled it out again and now I'm going to cut the rusty base of the tank out and weld in a new clean patch. More work but done right once is better than doing it twice.
All that and still fix the tranny leak.

Bong On

Been on a little R & R lately catching up on everything but cars and blogs.
Usual stuff like fixing up the house to random stuff like building a handrail for my dads church. I'm a firm believer in no good deed goes unpunished, so I'm hoping that one won't bite me on the ass.
The Valiant has good and bad news. The good news was that i was able to ditch the car at good ol' Mez's place so he could take it for a wheel alignment and get a roadworthy sorted and am happy to say it is now legally registered to terrorize the streets.
The bad news is it leaks oil from a suspected torque converter seal, which means i gotta pull the box out one night this week, and lastly rust flakes from the fuel tank have blocked the carburettor and caused the motor to run like shit.
It all sounds bad but i feel like I'm on the home straight now.

The Stoke

If you wanted to and haven't yet gone to the Museum of Brisbane skate exhibition, you better do it before it ends next Sunday. I waited long enough to go to avoid the Johnny come latelys, so i could soak it all in.

Bit of a nice blast through time of skateboarding in general with some skateboards from the 1950's to today, and a few pictures of Brisbane skaters that was a little light on but a great effort non the less, theres also a cool little skate bowl.

New Shoes

I wasn't a big fan of the steel wheel look so i got some freebie caps from the Mez and his vast collection of spares and tools i seem to be borrowing a bit from lately.

There Chrysler caps off some Valiant of sorts and i think they make the car look like something grandad would drive and understated enough to not draw unwanted attention. Perfect for a daily driver.

In other news i finally fixed my long enduring misfire, which can be put down to my own stupid error when i timed the motor up, i somehow timed it a tooth out?? I have no idea how, one tooth is a long way out on the chain, but i'm just happy to have it running right.

All i need now is someone to help me bleed the brakes and a wheel alignment and the old girls good to.................I don't want to jinx myself, lets just leave it at that.

Paddo Appreciation Day

Fuck the council. You want shit done you gotta do it yourself.

Built in 94' the park was looking a little worse for wear, so a few enterprising lads tired of waiting for the council to fix the park went about fixing it themselves and held a little shin dig to celebrate. Skates better than the day it opened.

TODAY

I Was Never Friends With Him Anyways

He thinks he's so good now with his fancy air filter.
What unfiltered air not good enough for him hey? I heard he didn't even pay a tenner for that but probably beat some guy down to 8 bucks and then handed him a ten and wanted change. Thinks he's so rich spending ten bucks. If i had ten bucks i bet i could buy 50 air filters for that, and i wouldn't even need to leave the sticker on to show people how rich i am. Wanker. Probably has a job too.
Everyone knows his carb leaks anyways, i don't even know what he's trying to hide. Once a leaker always a leaker i heard. haha.
You can tell he didn't even cut down the thread and use the fancy chrome nut that came with it but just stuck some dirty old washers and a nut under that wing nut to space it out.
Someone told me he payed someone else to fit it for him anyways, so i don't know why he thinks he's so good? I'm not even jealous! I hope that nut falls down his carby and wrecks his motor. He won't be so cool then! He'll probably come and ask me how to fix it.
I heard he has a blog to. He's probably at home now putting photos up of it on his blog. Sooo lame! I bet the whole blogs shit. "Oh hi i'm Doc look at me and my crappy airfilter" loser....

Paddo Skatepark

I grew up, slept, laughed, joked, cheered, spilt blood, got beat up, smoked, broke, invented, stole, drank whiskey, bashed junkies, high fived, shook hands, threw punches, abused police, talked shit, lost, found, greened out and skipped school just to skate there, and wouldn't have changed a minute of it, except maybe the getting beat up part, that sucked the royal dog balls.
One thing i never did was see 6ft Hick play though! God bless the fuckin' lot of ya.