Banjos are for hillbillys

My good friend Pål Torp in Norway got himself a very nice 29/32 roadster and soon it will be out on the street. But the fuel line is not what you wanna see on a traditional period correct hotrod. Banjo fittings are not correct my friend!

Last week I made him a new fuel line made of copper and brass. sent it by mail to Norway. Yesterday I got these last two pics on my cellphone from Pål. No words needed.

Ford 1932 tudor build in Denmark

Sometimes I miss this old bastard , built this car 4 years ago. And now it just sits in parts in a barn, maybe I should put it back together?
This car war actually built in Denmark in 1932. The european body is a little different then the american, its wider and got suicide doors and got deeper cowl. The europeans must have been bigger then americans in the 30´s!
The dash does have dual glowboxes. One on each side of the dash cluster.
I liked the car almoust better then the american.
Maybe it will be running next year..

Flattie on the salt

I also wanna run full trottle at the salt.

Juniors panhead

When the hell do we see your panhead flying down the road?
Its about time you got it running. Come on man, Ill race ya. I need to get my panhead road ready as well.

Chopper helmet

Painted by ChopperMikko.

Jack Nethercutt´s 1952 olds Holiday 98 built by Barris

1952 Oldsmobile Holiday 98 restyled by Barris Kustoms for Jack Nethercutt of Santa Monica, California. Jack bought the Oldsmobile in 1953. He was 16 years old at the time and decided to have they guys at Barris Kustoms restyle the car for him. At Barris Kustoms the top was chopped and a new molded grille opening was made out of exhaust tubing. The gravel pan was molded in and the front bumper guards were sectioned and fit with 1953 Mercury bumper bullets. A floating bar from a 1953 Ford was installed between the modified bumper guards. The hood was shaved and peaked and the headlights were frenched. Custom made parking lights were integrated below the headlight rims. The car was shaved for door handles and deck lid ornamentation and the doors were push-button operated. The side trim was a combination of 1953 Dodge and 1953 Ford side trim. Jack had George and the guys install custom fender skirts on the car. Functional scoops were fabricated in front of the fender skirts. The stock taillights were kept, but they were frenched into the extended rear fenders. Twin Cadillac antennas were installed on the rear fenders. The exhaust was routed through square slots in the rear bumper and backup lights were integrated into the bumper guards. Jack also had Barris install dual spotlights. Once the bodywork was done, Jack's Olds was painted copper with a gold roof. The car got its power from a gold plated 1953 Cadillac engine. Because of its extensive use of gold plating, Jack's Olds was often referred to as the "Goldsmobile" although it's real name was "Vienesse". Among the guys at Barris Kustoms working on the car was George Barris, John Manok and Frank Sonzogni.


Jack's car was later mangled in the right rear quarter, so he had to bring it back to Barris Kustoms to have it repaired.

I hope my dad reads this and maybe get some ideas for his ´52 Olds holiday 98!
Hint hint!

The art of the motorcycle

Flathead Harley

Everybody likes a flathead Harley. This is true art!

Right hand shift Knucklehead

Black chopper boys

Not a common wiew, but damn cool choppers!

Smile

This is what hillbilly Bob does when he´s happy!

Vintage Dirt track racer

Stewart Warner tach angledrive

FIRST




SECOND



THIRD



N.O.S




I got a problem.
Now I got 3 stewart Warner tachometer angle drives. They are all for the flathead V8 but they are all diffrent in small details.

Now I need to figure out which is what and when.

The FIRST one I got hand of sits on my roadster today.
it has a bronze bracket with casting# 103314T and is a short bracket. And the bracket on the angledrive was diecast. The SW angledrive had ID# 649 - L .500 V8. The keyhole is square.

The SECOND one has both brackets cast in bronze. And the angledrive is mounted upside down. the big bracket got casting# 103314M and are much longer then the first one. And the SW angledrive ID# 649 BY .500 V8.
The keyhole is shaped as a key.

The THIRD has a diecast bracket with casting# 103314T(shorter) and the angledrive bracket cast in bronze. this unit has been together atleast since 1956 when the guy I bought it from removed it from his 1929 roadster.
The SW angledrive got ID# 649 - L .500 S11.
the keyhole is square.

I also got one N.O.S SW angledrive with ID# 649 AD .500 H11.
this got a key shaped keyhole.

Anyone out there knows what years these are manufactured. I gues someone of these are older then the other one.
But it would be very intresting to know.I guess the third one is oldest. If they are made for diffrent flathead V8 engines 18 , 99A/T, 59ab , 8Ba and so on. If any on the world wide web knows anything,send me an email at Flatheadroadster@gmail.com

Mikkos knucklehead and 50 chevy truck

I used some pics on mikkos rides a few days ago , but his knuckle looks good enough to show again. When I met Mikko this weekend he did what he can do best. Being a drunk Finnish dude.
He´s a what we tall guys call a shorter guy. Like a smurf. He needs to stand on one knee on his saddle when he kicks his knuckle!
This ride got what I need for my panhead.. A speedyshift. Damn you!

But he also has this mean supercharged 1950 Chevy truck.

Kippis you smurf!

Josef´s chopper and kustom shoebox

I visit some friends in Örebro 2 days ago to check out theirs gargage. Its filled with choppers, hotrods, kustoms,streetmachines lowriders, you name it.
Damn nice people.I took a few photos of my pal Josefs rides. The shoebox has been a kustom since the 60´s by Bosse "Gamen". swedich kustom history!
His -56 panhead chopper is sweet ride. just got new paint a few weeks ago.

Mercury Monteray 1950

This is a rare car made in about 800 in 1950.The regular mercury coupes where made in 151489 cars. This was the first year of the monteray,a car made to get more publicity to the mercury company.They realized they could never get a hardtop model as the other companys so they dressed the roof in canvas, made some new emblems and a different steering wheel.

When you ordered a new car in 1950 you could get it in blue with blue roof, red with black roof or like this one black with yellow roof. In the catalog they had a white with black roof but it never got in production.

This car belongs to my good friend Ronnie here in sweden.
He has owned this car since 2005. It still got its original black paint and its original leather interior. super sweet untouched car.

Knucklehead EL 1939

Found this super nice 1939 EL Knucklehead on ebay. Its still over 46 hours left and reserve not met at 42750$. Thats shitloads of money, but hey its my favorite knuckle.I need one.

choppermikkos earlyshovel and knucklehead

PigFukkerMikko got two sweet rides.
Im gonna get more and better pics next time I visit the dump of sweden.Örebro.