Thursday 02 September 2010 at 11:26 pm
I saw this on the HAMB & I just had to swipe it for everybody to get in on this worthy cause! This posting is by the a fellow hot rodder, Bob James. Take a chance & help a brother out.
First, We want to give our deepest appreciation to the folks at the HAMB for allowing us to post this thread and for their support of our baby girl Scarlett. Without the help of the hot rod and custom car & motorcycle community things would be alot different for her and our family, so thanks to all of you for your continued support.
As most of you know Scarlett has Rett Syndrome and there is no cure. The doctors said she wouldnt live to see her 9th birthday, We wouldnt accept that and shes alive and strong today at the age of 16. she has underwent several surguries including having her entire spine fused, She has horrible seizures, She cant walk, talk, feed herself etc. You may have seen her at the shows in her Gambinos Kustoms custom built wheelchair. Al being one of her godfathers made sure she was pushed around in style. We are giving away a custom built motorcycle to help cover her rising medical costs and special needs.
We will be giving the motorcycle away at BILLETPROOF in Antioch Ca. on Sept 19th. Tickets are just a donation of $20.00 each and YOU NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN ! We only have 1500 that will be available and at this point we have sold a mere 460 tickets so your chances are very good.
The bike will be shown a various local shows until its giveaway.
You can purchase tickets by contacting us through this thread or by Private message.
****UPDATE****
PAYPAL CONTACTED US AND SAID WE ARENT ALLOWED TO USE THEM TO SELL RAFFLE TICKETS, NOT EVEN TO HELP OUT A DISABLED LITTLE GIRL, SO YOU CAN SEND YOUR DONATIONS DIRECTLY TO US AT:
SCARLETT MUSGRAVE
260 EMARON DR.
SAN BRUNO, CA. 94066
OR CONTACT US THROUGH PM HERE OR AT REVBOBJAMES@YAHOO.COM FOR OTHER OPTIONS.
WE WILL GET YOUR TICKETS OUT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
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The bike was built by GRUMPYS MOTORCYCLES with custom paint by TYLER PULLEN of T.P. CUSTOMS with major donations from ROAD LORDS c.c. & Custom CHROME. It is equipt with a 98" Shovelhead motor w/ dual plugged heads,S&S Stroker kit installed in factory cases, 98" Big bore kit with 10 to 1 ratio total, direct oiler kit,Hard lined oil lines with genuine Earls fittings, 5 speed Spyke transmission,3" BDL open primary with competitor clutch,Cole Foster gas tank, 4 piston chrome front brake, "Sprotor" style rear brake, Exile forward controls,Arlen Ness hand controls, Avon White wall tires,custom seat by Needles & Pins pleat shop,laced,flaked & scalloped. and lots more ! These pics do not do justice to the killer paint job done by TYLER PULLEN. Heres a chance to win a killer custom motorcycle and help out one of our own at the same time ! TICKETS ONLY A 20 DOLLAR DONATION AND YOU NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN ! ! !
Check out her myspace site to learn more about her and what everybody is doing to help out.[URL=
And we thank you all again for your support.
Sunday 15 August 2010 at 9:46 pm
Here we go. Next weekend is THE weekend to be in Detroit for gearheads. In addition to the remarkable
Woodward Dream Cruise event, we also have
Back to the Bricks in Flint, as well as
Cheeseburger Fest in Caseville. If you include Pat Benetar/REO Speedwagon or the J. Geils Band concerts at
Pine Knob this weekend (up yours DTE), you can easily send your brain into sensory overload!
See more posters in our
FORUM
We're gonna try & do 'em ALL!
Seeya out there. Drive safe, party hard.
Wednesday 04 August 2010 at 07:22 am
Roy Warshawsky may be turning over in his grave. Warshawsky's (Whitney) has been a Chicago institution inside the collector car & truck hobby for decades. When the new catalogs hit the mail box, I used to be amazed at the good quality name brand stuff you'd occasionally see there. As of late, the catalog seems to be peppered with junk from China.
The future of the iconic brand remains in doubt, because the new owners, US Auto Parts, purchased the JCW in order to absorb the company's $10mm distribution hub & $15mm of inventory & expand their network. US Auto Parts is a large player in the e-tail aftermarket of today, so the JCW brand itself may have little value for them. Personally, I'll miss the catalogs.
Sunday 01 August 2010 at 1:08 pm
For years, I've been supporting a local charity, the Pontiac Rescue Mission, which is now known as Grace Centers of Hope. I'm not a big supporter of religious type charities, but unlike the big ones, I like the fact that the money that this joint raises goes straight to helping their clients with little administrative overhead. A couple of years ago, this charity made news when the CEO's daughter competed as Miss Michigan in the Miss USA Pageant. Those newspaper headlines were pretty out of character for these folks, because they typically go about the job of helping others in relative obscurity.
This year, they're raffling off a 1971 Charger to raise operating capital for the year. How cool is that? What the heck? That's darn few tickets for such a cool car. The odds are pretty darn good, so we all have a fair-to-middlin' chance of driving this MOPAR home.
(I suspect that Southern Motors has had a hand in helping them set this deal up)
For more info & to buy 1 of the 4,250 tickets go to:
Charity Charger
Saturday 24 July 2010 at 10:46 pm
Our hobby has lost another legend, Larry Watson. Watson's career began when he opened his own shop as a mere teenager in L.A. During the next decade, Larry changed the way we paint hot rods, customs, & motorcycles. Larry's iconic 50 Chevy, known as Grapevine was done about the time he graduated High School. It was an instant hit at the Bellflower Drive-In, despite the fact that everybody thought that Von Dutch did it. Nobody believed Larry was the artist, until Harvey Budoff dropped off his 50 Ford in the Watson driveway.
Watson invented many of the custom tricks that rocked the 60's show car scene. Techniques like paneling, cob-webbing, & lace painting were just a few ideas that sprang from his fertile mind.
Larry departed the custom car scene to pursue an acting career in TV & movies. Larry ended up in something like 140 different shows, such as MacGyver, Columbo, and Mission Impossible.
More pics & stuff in our
Forum.
Friday 02 July 2010 at 11:02 pm
The price of FREEDOM is dear. This day is a tribute to our fore-fathers & those that showed our fledgling country the way forward into history. We need to re-read this profound document often & compare it to today's events. We should ALWAYS remember to be thankful to be born as Americans!
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. - Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
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Saturday 19 June 2010 at 11:40 am
As if we needed another damn-good reason to say the hell out of Ohio...
Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that police in
Ohio can legally issue speeding tickets if they THINK a driver is speeding.
In a 5-1 ruling, the court said "a police officer's unaided visual estimation of a vehicle's speed is sufficient" as long as the officer is sufficiently trained and experienced in estimating speeds.
DRIVERS BEWARE, as any cop's guesstimate or SWAG (Scientific-Wild-Assed-Guess), have now become punishable under the new OH law. What kind of UnAmerican, Commie, Big-Brother, Bullcrap is that, you ask? Well, folks, it's all in the name of
State REVENUE. Property Taxes are going down & they want to fill the void in their coffers. Many County Mounties (like Wayne County, MI) have been told that their raises & bonuses are now based on the number of tickets that they write.
You say that you don't think it's fair? Well, get used to it or start bitching to your State Reps. This IS a new & insidious form of taxation, all neatly cloaked in the guise of "protecting the public roads".
See more in our Forum:
Traffic Stops
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Saturday 12 June 2010 at 08:03 am
Corporate Advertising Department: The place where "free-thinking, window-licking, shortbus riders" convince guys in expensive, over-stuffed suits that the Emperor really DOES have new clothes. Whereupon, these helmeted-warriors are then chartered to foist some ill-conceived advertising plan upon the general public, while keeping their fingers crossed in hopes of creating a blip on the sales trend charts, which earns them praise, accolades, & promotions. (unlike the rest of GM).
The system works well enough until the "Suits" attempt to lead these Ad-monkeys via corporate memorandum(s). Inevitably all hell breaks loose. Remember how well it worked with the
Volt Dance??? (OMG) In Thursday's paper, the NY Times called out Chevy Marketing Vice President Jim Campbell and Alan Batey, VP of Chevy Sales & Service for a remarkably dumb marketing proclamation. It read that GM'ers can no longer use the Chevy nickname in communications, they must ONLY use the full & proper name, Chevrolet.
What the hell was that all about??? Are bits of Zarrella's old GM still lurking the halls of the Ren-cen? Who cares what the customers call the company, as long as they are calling. (Sheesh)
GM's response to the commotion:
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Friday 14 May 2010 at 07:08 am
U.S. SENATE RESOLUTION DESIGNATES JULY 9th AS "COLLECTOR CAR APPRECIATION DAY"
A mere 100 (plus) years since the invention of the automobile, after years of crafting laws against the auto industry, Congress has FINALLY gotten it right! Thanks to the tireless efforts of our own lobbyists @ SEMA SAN, the hired help on Capital Hill are starting to understand the importance of the hot rod & collector car hobby to many voters. Senate Resolution 513 (S. Res. 513) may only be a well deserved "pat on the back" for our hobby, but it's still nice to be recognized.
This resolution is important to us rodders, because it helps us understand who on the Hill is willing to support the hobby. Some may say it's only good campaigning in an election year, but I'd like to think that they really see the impact our hobby has on the US economy.
Thanks SEMA!
See more in our FORUM:
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Sunday 25 April 2010 at 11:43 pm
Hot Rod, the monumental book written by Henry Gregor Felsen, is about to be re-released! HOORAY!!!
If you had a kid-hood like mine, you remember sharing the lone, well read copy of Felsen's Hot Rod book with the other gearheads in school or at the local library. I thumbed through the well-worn copies of all of his tales of fast cars & hot rods from the 1950s. These books are sadly missing from library shelves today, but thanks to his daughter Holly, teenagers today will have an opportunity to read the stories we loved as kids.
Holly Felsen has confirmed that her father's 1950 book, Hot Rod, will be reprinted and re-released in May, after an absence from bookstores of more than 30 years. After posting on various websites, Holly quickly learned that many guys & gals are still enamored of her father's books. " I've been amazed at the number of fans who have contacted me. I didn't realize just how many people he touched through his books. "
H.G. Felsen wrote about 60 books, many about hot rodding, often about the dangers of fast cars & poor judgment that some teenagers use with them. These books have become highly collectable since the series went out of print decades ago. Holly Felsen said that if she sees enough interest, then re-publication of the rest of HG's of the books would be a possibility after the re-release of Hot Rod.
For details on the re-publication of Hot Rod, send a mailing address to hfwelch@me.com.
