Easter Weekend fun in Kansas Part 2

In the 1st part of this story I told you about Jeff Myers' shop Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS (620-441-0820)

In addition to the 41 Ford that's undergoing some way kool work, there's a VW Bug that's being built for Jeff's son, and McPhail's 58 Apache truck that was referenced in the first post. Here's some shots of the Apache.

Outside we assembled some of the koolest cars around, they all just happened to belong to Jeff :) We needed to bring two of them back from the house so Mick (Straykatkustoms on the H.A.M.B.) drove Jeff's way kool 57 Caddy. Now this car is one of the koolest kustoms ever so you can imagine Mick's excitement/nervousness over the prospect of driving such a piece of art. God was smiling on him as he pulled the Cad into the Premier lot in one piece.

I'm not sure that Mick wanted to get out of the car though. Right about here I think the conversation was something like, "I can't believe you let me drive your car!"

So now we have the 57 Caddy, 63 Galaxie, Stude Truck, Hot Rod and the 41 frame all set out front for some shots.

I think this picture is telling you to Stop at Premier Body & Paint (yes I'm a corny bastard I know).

The 41 Ford's frame is representin'

Owning a 63 Galaxie myself I have a soft spot for them, but Jeff's is just spot on fantastic.

Part 3 tomorrow

See you at a show,
Travis

Easter Weekend fun in Kansas Part 1

One of the koolest things about heading down this hot rod/kustom kar photography road has been the people that I've met and become friends with. Saturday I got to hang with 3 of these great guys AND I got to drive my 63 Galaxie a couple hundred miles, it was a truly great day!

I headed out late morning for Arkansas City, KS to visit Jeff Myers at Premier Body & Paint, one of the 3 and one of the best kustomizers around. I've stopped by Jeff's before, the first time on the way to Dewey, OK for the annual Stray Kat Kookout when I got to see a wonderful Shoebox chop that Jeff and Ian Berky had been working on. Here's a link to the photos from that trip. And here is a link to the thread on the H.A.M.B. detailing the chop and work on the car. Then in February of this year Jeff was gracious enough to let me stop by again and check out the progress on McPhail's killer Chevy Apache. Here's the link to what I took that day and here is a thread on the H.A.M.B. about the truck build.

A slight detour takes me over to McPherson to pick up some parts for a Stray Kat parts relay. Parts in hand I point the ol Galaxie south on the interstate to test out her new mpg with the AOD at highway speed. The next 2 hours were nice and almost smooth (still fighting a vibration issue in the car).

Upon arriving at Jeff's Premier Body & Paint (620-441-0820) I see Jeff's killer Stude Truck and Hot Rod sitting out front, here's a shot of them with my Galaxie in front. I completely spaced off taking pics of Mick's Merc that he and Krobe rolled up from Dewey in. Sorry Mick!

Here's the Galaxie looking kinda homely around all of the kool kustom that happens at Premier.


Here's a shot of Mick's new tunes in his Merc.


Inside Jeff's working on a few projects (always seems to be the case) including Roy's 41 Ford





The new frame is looking good, so we rolled it outside for some photos.










That's it for part 1, I'll post up part 2 soon though.
See ya at at a show.

Travis

Vintage Torque Fest is just around the corner!!!

First off, if you don't know about Vintage Torque Fest, where have ya been? It's only one of the coolest shows ever. and I mean like forever ever, it's that cool, and it's happening April 29-30, 2011!

The schedule is chock full of kickass goodness. The Maquoketa, IA show kicks off Friday at noon, then at 3pm there's a cruise over to Maquoketa Caves. At 4:45pm the bands start up, and it's a great list of bands! Add is some good old fashioned dirt track racing and a drive-in movie and now there's just too much coolness for one night to contain. Click the first sentence of this paragraph to see the full rundown of the weekend's schedule.

There's so much that kicks so much butt about this show that it's hard for me to describe it. The show goes to benefit a great cause, Helping Hannah's Heart. The guy that puts it on is a buddy of mine and an all around fantastic dude. The cars that showed up to the first VTF last year were great. Getting cars out on a dirt track is wicked cool. Loud rock n roll music...enough said! Drive in movies, tons of great folks... I could just go on and on. Oh and don't forget Wayne Hancock is performing!

Instead, here's some pics from last year's show. Click on any photo to go to the gallery and see the entire 555 photo set. Remember every picture that you buy as a print or download helps me get to another show and provide more coverage for you!

































Now it's time for some dirt trackin'!

















So go now, check out Vintage Torque Fest and make plans to be there April 29-30!

Thanks for reading, see you at a show (it really oughta be this one!)

Travis