Archive for July, 2009
« Previous EntriesWilbur Wright Show Post #3
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Harold Roberts brought his beautiful 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup to the show.
Another happy door prize winner with a socket set. (not in the background, even my youngest boys got “into” the show with their pedal cars. Guess it pays to know someone in the host club!)
My neighbors Dave and Tammy [...]
2009 Wilbur Wright Show Post #2
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Thanks to a GENEROUS Bill Winger of Daddy Katz in Kettering, Ohio, several individuals got to take home some kool DaddyKatz swag. EVERY registered car owner received a goodie bag filled with kool stuff from several sponsors!
Wayne Fickert drove his Satellite 82 miles from Rockfort, Ohio to be at the [...]
Enid, Oklahoma and the Geronimo Car
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I once heard that in the early 1900’s that you could name an automobile manufacturer with every letter in the alphabet. Early car manufacturers were scattered across America in many small towns. The early part of the twentieth century was a great time of invention and innovation, especially for the [...]
Suede and Chrome Extra: Thank You!!!!
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Wow! Can you believe it? This blog will surpass 50,000 hits today! Just a little “Shout Out” to all the faithful readers of Suede and Chrome…You have made it very enjoyable for me to share my “passion” over the past couple of years! Here’s to the next 50,000!!!
Keep On Roddin’
Scruffy
p.s…Speaking [...]
2009 Wilbur Wright Birthplace Festival
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Well, the Righteous Rodders hosted their first show, and it was a SUCCESS! Thanks to everyone who support our efforts! We had close to 50 cars, trucks and motorcycles at the event.
All of the comments I received from participants about our “home-built” trophies were very positive. Thanks to Jim Canfield [...]
Suede and Chrome Shout Out!
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Thought I’d give a “Suede and Chrome Shout Out” to a member of our club the “Righteous Rodders”. Josh has a kool 1948 Chevrolet 2-door Sedan that he hopes to have on the road by next year.
His car is a true barn find. The body is very straight [...]
ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE - Final Post
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A closer look at some of the details of Ms. Metal’s Chevy.
Chuckie says, “See Ya Next Year!”
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NextEngine’s 3D Scanner
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Suede and Chrome Extra: Pics from Scruffy’s Vacation in South Carolina
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O.k….I know, few people like to sit around and look at someone else’s vacation pictures. So I will not bore you with all of them. But I did want to share a few kool shots that I took on a recent family trip to South Carolina. The picture above [...]
ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #27
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ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #26
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O.k…I don’t care who hears you, this thing SCREAMS “KOOL” and you should too! Cool graphics on the doors too.
Well, katz and kittenz, I’m getting close to the end of this year’s Road Rocket Rumble pictures. I’ll try to finish them out in the next post or two. But don’t [...]
Suede and Chrome Extra: Festiki is Coming!!!!!
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Aloha!
Catch the big wave of family fun at Surf Ohio Festiki 2009 on August 15 at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton from noon to 11:00 p.m.
Enjoy an exotic trip to the South Pacific and Caribbean islands via live surf rock and exotica music, Hawaiian steel guitar and authentic hula dancing, [...]
ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #25
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Can you go wrong with an early 50’s Chevy?
Chevys, Fords, Mercurys, Caddys….done right, they’re all kool.
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Suede and Chrome Extra: 1 Kool Vee Dub!
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WOW! This little number was for auction on eBay a couple of weeks ago. I tagged it to watch it, and actually forgot about it. Tonight, I was trying to “clean” up my eBay page and noticed the auction had ended, and it just came short of the buy it [...]
ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #24
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Here are two of my favorite cars from the Road Rocket Rumble. VERY KOOL.
I guess I’d have to put this flat gold Ford Tudor on the list of favorites too.
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ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #23
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More pictures from the Indy Road Rocket Rumble
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Untitled
Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
The first annual Zutphen Car and Tractor Show was a very successful show. I counted over 60 cars in attendence and probably 250 people to see the show! That is quite a showing for a small car show. Even WCET was there filming. He did an interview with yours truly and [...]
Res Life Church - Grandville - Car Show 2009
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Resurrection Life Church in Grandville 2009 Car Show
This event gets larger every year! But this year, the threat of rain and the new $10 charge for entry (all the past years entry was free,) kept a number of cars away. But it was still probably the largest show in West Michigan! [...]
1946 Ford Street Rod Part 12
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The body was removed from the chassis to start the rust repairs. The entire floor pan was removed along with the firewall.
The body is supported by the “A” frame with a 2″ square tube through the quarter windows and also by jack stands under the firewall and also the rear [...]
ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #24
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Here are two of my favorite cars from the Road Rocket Rumble. VERY KOOL.
I guess I’d have to put this flat gold Ford Tudor on the list of favorites too.
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ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #23
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More pictures from the Indy Road Rocket Rumble
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Disc Brake Dress Up….Part 4
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As soon as the black base color dried it was time to remove the stencil. The outer part of the stencil came off very easily. The very small parts of the stencil such as inside the letter “a” were very carefully removed with a toothpick taking care not to damage [...]
ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post #22
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A very clean truck with a kool Triumph motorcycle in the bed.
This one brings new meaning to the phrase, “Do you want to race for pinks?”
Two pink cars in one post?!!?
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1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 48
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The body is now setting on the frame and all of the body to frame bolts have been installed. The doors were installed so that we could shim the body to and get the doors aligned.
The body is now setting on the frame. The lower “A” arms have yet to [...]
ROAD ROCKET RUMBLE Post # 21
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NOW THIS IS KOOL!
Don’t drop the “F” bomb!
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