Big Chief in Feb 2008 Super Rod Magazine

Congratulations go out to customer Dan Rennick. His story on the building of his prized '55 Pontiac can be found in the latest issue of Super Rod magazine. If you can't wait to see the six page spread you can check out the Super Rod web site.

Below are more photos of work done when The Chief was here at RBI.

Clean engine compartments is one of our claims to fame. Note that that air cleaners are ahead of the core support in fresh air. All plumbing is stainless steel hardlines.

This car is as clean on the bottom as it is on top. Dan did all the underside body work.

Thanks Dennis and A.D.D. Garage

Friend, customer and blogger Dennis Kelly pressed us to get our web site and blog going. He was the kick on our backside, the bee in our (my) bonnet, the big chief motivator and we are grateful. Thanks Dennis for all your help. Check out his car themed blog at addgarage.blogspot.com. Scroll down his blog to read about the headers Shaun put on his Speedster. Below are a few pics of the project in progress.

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Car d'Lane 2007

ClassicNation.com sent us this photo they took of Bob piloting Larry Olsen's '57 Ford Fairlane Sunliner down Sherman Avenue in last summer's Car d'Lane Cruise-In. That was a good time. Larry Sherman and the North Idaho Classic Car Club along with the Coeur d'Alene Downtown Association coordinate this fun packed event each June. Put it on your calendar. cdadowntown.com

Finishing that Cobra Kit Car !!

This, in a nutshell, is what we do best. How many projects out there are taken just as far as the owner can go? He's completed everything he could until he stubbed his toe on problems he just couldn't solve (body won't fit the frame,etc). We solve them, day in and day out. We are experts at breaking the log jam and getting that project on the road where it belongs.

1950 Chevy Pickup

Just in Monday, a 1950 Chevy pickup for restoration. Here is how it looked 24 hours later.

Sneak Peek at the '55 Merc Montclair

Bryce Scott & company at Scott Motorsports sent us this picture of Martin Deeg's '55 Merc. Bryce used House of Kolor Organic Green kandy base coat. Wow!

Chuck McVey's '41 Super Deluxe

We are nearing completion of this classic '41 Ford Super Deluxe with some old-time speed equipment. Owner, Chuck McVey, is calling her California Dreamin'. He plans to trailer the car back to his California roots next summer to show family and friends, maybe to take in a few shows.

These pictures don't do the Scott Motorsports paint job justice, but the color is a modern version of an old Ford color, '40 Ford Maroon, and it is just stunning.

'31 Model A Off to Paint

Bob Smith's '31 is off to Scott Motorsports for paint. He is going with a classic gray. We'll keep you posted.

Do you have to have a 56 big window?

This '56 Ford big window needs to be made into a really cool truck. It's a solid starter with minimum rust. We'd love to build this rare truck with fender and hood mods for this very desirable rig.

Picture this thing slammed and smoothed with enough power to demand respect.

If your interested, give us a call. This truck would be a calling card for us, so we'd make someone a great deal on making this thing what it deserves to be.

Pop Goes the Oil Cap

The guys knew this beautiful old-school beehive oil filter was never meant to run at the pressure and capacity of the full flow oil system the engine builder installed, however they never imagined she'd blow her top. Within 10 seconds of starting the car, the flatty built up enough pressure to shear the filter pin and send the cap 20 feet into the air! The cap landed harmlessly on the shop floor. Nervous laughter ensued. The promblem was diagnosed and it turned out the shop that machined the flatty installed an early non by-pass pump which sent the oil pressure to over 125 psi. A new pump was installed and the canister was re-engineered to correct the problem.

2007 RBI Pig Roast

We really enjoyed hosting all of you at our home this year. More thanks to those of you who brought food to share. The menu worked out perfectly with lots of delicious choices and heaps of desserts. It's nice there are still some dedicated and creative cooks out there. One more thank you is due to all of you car buffs who drove your cars up our hill. It was quite a site seeing them parked on our lawn such as it is. (The lawn that is.) Next year we hope to make it even bigger and better. Hope to see you there.

Re-purpose Water Heater Into a Pig Cooker

Have an old water heater tank and metal fabricating tools? We do, and so Bob and Eric fashioned a pig cooker out of it for our annual pig roast next month.