Friday, July 18, 2025


Great looking 36 coupe



One of the contenders for AMBR


How many of you know Canadian Monarch cars? Hubcaps for them Monarchs were like Mercury cars


 

Thursday, July 17, 2025

32 Panel driven from LA Spoke with the owner  he had a great drive no problems! flathead engine


30 four door touring another flathead  driven in from Portland Oregon

 

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Lyall Street service Show and Shine

Here is a local car  "TIJUANA TAXI"
Has a Metal Flake paint done years ago!  Looks like a Cup Cake with sprinkles!  So different and nice quite the car!
We took the Chev original paint stocker runs like a champ
64 Fairlane, great looking!  done up like a thunderbolt! oversize 302 now at 347 Cubic Inches.

 He has done a nice job and it is so drivable. always liked these, When I was 18 these were new and could be bought  am sure about 100 were made. If I had one of these then it probably would have lasted about a few weeks before I wrecked it!
 

Friday, October 25, 2024



 Here are wheels on a WW2 Mobile search light with generator unit. Ford axle and spindles  unit has four of them.

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Martin Hawaii Mars








 Not Car stuff but as I am a tour Guide at the Museum We all moved the Hawaii Mars across the field to it,s resting place.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

 here is some new plates for use in making more dustpans

We just returned from five weeks in South America. a week in Buenos Aires then Montevideo.

Out to the Falkland Islands and around the bottom of South America up the coast of Chile Peru  and the Panama to Florida. Picked up one or two in many of the ports
 

Monday, February 5, 2024

Here is the latest and the last of the ROMO Beach Race photos  printed in Canadian Hot Rods magazine.









 

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Canadian Hot Rod Magazine has  my trip to ROMO in it Christmas issue 23/24



 

Friday, November 3, 2023

Working on the rad install.
As is visible there is not much room
When I built the car I did not want to cut the firewall so it was measure twice and cut  once 

Using the dual pulleys cuts down the room I only have 1/2 inch between the pulleys and the rad support and 1/4 inch between the fan and distributor cap!


But I have 30 years of use on this  mind you this is my third engine.

The single 94  is for break in and then the Early Hexagon intake and Hexagon Air Cleaner go on

I have considered using a four bolt Merc intake and a 56 Chev two barrel  we will see the dual Hexagon looks great especially with the cast iron finned heads but a full hood and who will know. I do not normally open the hood. folks can look through the louvers.

Beside I do not go to shows  I just drive it.

Bills engine will be great  Pre oil next week and then I will light it off.




 

Friday, October 13, 2023

I was visiting a friends place, here are some photos of his Ford stash! This only a small bit of it!

 

Thursday, October 12, 2023


 It has been awhile! But here is the latest. I managed to get a press pass thanks to Thomas and Carsten. This is the now world known Beach Races at ROMO on the West coast of Denmark An Island just out in the North Sea. Connected by a 5 KM causeway all sand!

This car is owned by Paul Olsson of Sweden.
A 29 roadster with a B and a Graham Supercharger he has done a fine job of adapting it and his speed was excellent!
I also have close ups of how he adapted the drive if anyone wants to see them.

This photo of Paul at speed was taken by his brother Bengt Olsson It is a better photo than the one I took.


Wednesday, October 4, 2023



 Been a while but here is todays project.

I want some carb screens for this old adapter so here we have it.

Mama and I went to the dollar store to get some birthday. anniversary. sympathy. cards for our card stock. never know when you will need one!

Wandering around I saw some sink drain traps for small bits that might plug up a drain.

Stainless steel, with just the right dia base which when I trimmed down fit tight over a 48.81,94,97 carb throat.

They fit so tight I will not need a clamp

Ah yes making stuff out of junk is what I do best!

Wednesday, August 30, 2023


 Here is a dust pan I made for Al Clark.

Al is the originator of Northwest Deuce Days in Victoria 

He is moving and had a garage sale  which I missed as We were at ROMO in Denmark. I dropped by and he had a few Deuce day licence plates left and a Mickey Thompson Con rod from his old 354 Hemi dragster engine, Had a spun bearing 

So I made this for him 

Now every time he sweeps the floor he will recall that engine.

As it was gathering dust on the bench now it can be used to pickup that dust!

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

This car was a knockout! Markus and May from Zurich.
This car was so well done and very fast.


 

Friday, May 5, 2023

This is progress so far 
plug wires next had to order some linkage as I could not make anything from my junk box.
Notice how the carbs are centered but backwards! I can fit a generator on in the stock place. The Generator has Subaru alternator guts and is good for 46 amps  12 volt.
Cast Iron Kogel heads and the original Hexagon Tool air filter. should be nice.

I used the dual belt system as the water pumps for a truck have bearings and not bushings