Goodguys 2009 Great Northwest Nationals

We had a great time checking out all the cars, visiting with old friends and meeting new people at the Goodguys show in Spokane this past weekend. Snapped this as Tonja DiCenzo and the Napa gal rolled by the beer garden in her and her husband Tom's latest project - a '26 Ford Model T rat rod. The car's engine purrs like a kitten. I shot some video. Dustin and Paul's wife Sallie tooled around the grounds in the roadster pickup. People and press seemed to really like it. Now we need to finish it.Kayla went straight to Harold Z.'s Chevy to check out how Eric's interior looked in the bright light of day. What do you think? I'm slipping in this shot I took in the shop to better show the console and cool inset.Here's a closer look at Tom & Tonja's rigs, the rat rod, '29 Ford Truck and '64 Falcon Sprint. One word pretty much sums up Tom's work - meticulous. There was an drooling crowd around all three rides all weekend. I bet there are lots of Flickr photos if you went looking for them.

Chuck sent in photos of this wicked cool Salt Lake Flat Flattie. The owner rolled into Spokane fresh from Bonneville. You can see the salt on the floor pan! Chuck said it was the most powerful flattie he had ever seen. You could hear it running from the other side of the fairgrounds.

4" thick aluminum heads?
The owner trailered the car of course, the salt came from his shoes. Chuck can't recall the owners name, but he was headed back home to his shop in Wenatchee. What a great vacation adventure he's been on. Among other things, The Skirt liked this Ford wagon too, and Dave Kelly's '60 Caddy. It's for sale.
Kayla liked the Caddy too (video) and this champagne-colored Studebaker. Well, you can't show it all. Until next time.

He's One Happy Customer

Harold Zeutschel took delivery of his Bel Air Friday. He planned to enter the Lilac City Mopar Car Show Saturday.

We'll let you know how it went.

Friday Night Rumble at RBI

Last Friday night, while other local car buffs were headed to Car d'Alene, crew and guests were still at the shop. The owner of the Bel Air, and his son, wanted to take their car out for a test drive. We accommodated, but Bob decided to follow them just in case. Bob drove the '55 Merc, which happened to be in the shop that day for new Wheel Vintiques Smoothies. Hey, you have to try out the new wheels too, right? Drivers took their cars for a little spin around the "idle" housing development below the property here. (Makes a great test track) We watched the cars from our parking lot, unfortunately it's too far away to show well on a video camera. Thunder and lighting added to the excitement. The wind was kicking up too. You can hear it on the audio. See the storm clouds? We got everything tuck away before it started to rain.

Grape Soda Bel Air Nearly Done

It has been some time since we showed you the progress of the Bel Air. Greg has attached thousands of pieces inside and out and under the hood. Dick from CE Auto Glass in Post Falls installed the glass this past Monday.

Eric installed a black headliner and stitched up some black and cool textured silver vinyl to cover a pair of comfy bucket seats.
Still more to do, obviously but the family will be cruisin' the Ave this summer in their purple 2-door hardtop!

To-do List For '57 Bel-Air

The Grape Soda Cruiser

New In Shop - '57 Bel-Air

This grape soda-colored cruiser arrived on our door step yesterday. Today we make a list of what needs doing and a game plan of how to proceed.