Shop Visit: Atlas Speed & Custom

The 3rd and final shop visit of my trip to the Texas Thaw  (part 1, part 2, part 3) was at Atlas Speed and Custom in Denison, TX (see the last visit here).  Another shop owned by friends of mine and another shop full of kool stuff happening.


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Daddy-o's 41 Chevy waiting to head to it's new home, more on that later...












My buddy Jeff's Coupe, mid-chop, this car should be at the Lonestar Roundup and maybe the Stray Kat 500.

Here  you see the new frame for the coupe.


Last time I was down to Atlas Daddy-o was working on this amazing roadster.






Daddy-o's Sedan has recently gotten a heart transplant with a bit more umph. Just shady pics for now, more to come after the next couple of visits to the shop.






Love the old signs that Atlas has all over the place. The "Quonset Hut of Speed" as Ryan from the H.A.M.B. called the shop.






















That's it for this visit, hope you enjoyed the 3 shop tours, I intend to do more with these 3 shops specifically but also a couple of others that I know.

See you at a show,

Travis

Shop Visit: Jeff Myers Premier Body & Paint

The second stop on my trip to the Texas Thaw (part 1, part 2, part 3) was at Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS the shop of Jeff Myers. Jeff's been a buddy of mine for a couple of years, and always has something kool in the works.


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For the last couple of years Jeff has been working on a 41 Ford. The car originally came in for a chop and paint job, but under some inspection Jeff found that the frame was shot, and a bunch of work was needed on the car so it became a complete frame up job. Earlier visits (here and here) to Jeff's shows photos of the car under various states of build.

Here's what I saw this trip. Jeff has the car primed and was prepping to paint the jambs and some other areas before pinstriper Clint Rowe came by to pull some lines on some areas that are more easily accessible now. The car will soon be off to Fat Lucky's to get an interior done before coming back to Premier for final paint and assembly.








Jason's Merc is in house for some new kustom work, new bumpers and some other mods if I remember right.


The 60 Fairlane that McPhail did was in the back, waiting to have the damage of a bus sideswipe repaired. The new owner in NJ had the unfortunate incident and sent the car back to Jeff to get it fixed.

The majority of the metal work is roughed in now.










That's it for this stop at Premier Body & Paint. If you need kustom work done, go to Jeff, he's the one that did the paint on my Galaxie this winter.

See you at a show,

Travis

Shop Visit: Chaotic Customs

Often when I'm traveling I take some slight detours to stop at some shops that I know. On the way to the Texas Thaw I made a few of these stops. First at Chaotic Customs in Mulvane, KS.


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Chaotic is busy at work with this beautiful 40 Ford pickup for Mike Young. The truck's body is being massaged in every way imaginable for what will in the end be a subtle custom look to the untrained eye. The cab has been chopped, lengthened, sectioned, channelled, but when finished you'll have to have a stock one sitting next to it to see the full extent of the differences.
 





Another project currently underway at Chaotic is a 1950 Oldsmobile Delivery. Well it started life as a Chevy Delivery, then it was chopped, an olds front clip was grafted on and the customizing began. The custom hood's underside is being finished now.





Spy pic of Jack's 51 Ford, more on this to come when the car is done.


This 1982 Chevy Malibu wagon may not be a car you normally see customized but it's turning out pretty kool.






The 34 Ford awaits another polish job before heading off to the Detroit Autorama (they are loaded in the building now for the show there this weekend.)


That's some of what Chaotic is working on, stop by their facebook and say hi.

See you at a show,

Travis

Event Coverage: 2013 Texas Thaw Pt.3

Part 3!









































That's it for the Texas Thaw through my eyes!

Thanks for looking, and remember you can click on any of these photos to see the entire gallery, there are more photos in the gallery than what has been posted here.

See you at a show,

Travis

Event Coverage: 2013 Texas Thaw Pt. 2

Event Coverage: 2013 Texas Thaw Pt. 1

I'll share a bunch of the photos with ya, I don't want to waste too many words as I'm writing an article about the event so enjoy these photos without the interruption of my writings...

Build Threads!

I'm off traveling this weekend, today I'm driving back from the Texas Thaw. I should be stopping at Atlas Speed & Custom for a shop visit. I'm writing this on Thursday night and the plan is to stop by Chaotic Customs and Premier Body & Paint tomorrow on the way to Texas, as well as pick up some freshly embroidered hats for sale.

So since I'm off gallivanting around on the road I thought I'd share some more build threads with you from the H.A.M.B. Click the titles to see the threads!

The Chemical City Coupe '32 5-window build thread

 

Royboy Friends: RJay's Speed Shop

If you're building a hot rod or street rod you need parts. You can go to the junk yard or swap meet, get dirty, maybe find something maybe not, maybe have to fix it if you do find it, or you can order new stuff.  If you are in a time crunch ordering parts can be a life saver. Have a look at my friends over at RJay's Speed Shop.

Limited Edition Poster #1 IN STOCK!

Okay the time has come!

First I need to say thanks to all of the folks that pre-ordered! You make stuff like this possible! As a reward, when Poster #2 comes out, you will be given first option to purchase, at the #1 pre-order price of $10 shipped. After that the regular pre-order will happen for 2 weeks and finally it will go on regular sale like this one does today! Now, on with the announcement!