Crated and ready to ship

Yeah so,.. 

Some people say I get obsessive over shipping my paint work out,.

I don't care whether its 2 miles of bubble rap , a triaxle of peanuts or hand made crates and welded metal fixtures,.

I always do my best to get it back to my clients safe.

Is a couple bucks and a few hours of my time worth a fucked up paint job,...??

I THINK NOT,.!!!   

still Onit

Here are a few pix of some paint work I'm working on.

 I'm still trying to finalize the end design.. 

but wanted to share some pix,.

The below pix are before the palladium leaf accents. 

Flames on a ford coupe

 A buddy of mine brought in this nice little coupe for some flames,.

he didn't want to go through the expense of re clear coating  3/4 of the car,. i said no problem,.I'll just do everything on top,. and then outline the flames with one shot lettering enamel.

  

I took a pic of the cars profile and drew the flames right on the pic,. this gives me good proportion to go by. then I drew the flames on the car with a stabilo pencil using the pic as a reference  .

 after the Fine line tape is down I take a piece of paper and trace the flames,. I flip the paper over and using a pounce wheel,. pounce the outline of the flame so that i can transfer the flames on to the other side of the car without trouble .     

 I spray the flame ,.blend my colors and clear coat.

 unmask ,.wet sand and buff

 pinstripe

 prep for delivery.

25 years coming up,..wow..

looking a little ahead,. 2013 marks my 25th year in business.

The same place with the same people working there,." ME "

wow,. it seems like almost yesterday,.. 

 I grabbed my tool box,. 300.00 buck and kissed New Jersey good buy.. 

I was looking to start a new life for my self,..

I guess I did just that...   

I've never had an open house or garage party,.

 but I'm thinking,... this just may warrant some celebration.

stay tuned.

  

Primary Belt Lettering

I always enjoy doing these ,. 

I saw the VOODOO VIRGINS,...

ha,.. fuckin love this kinda shit,... I was going through some old stuff  I Have and ran a crossed a pile of old smut mags,..

WHISPER MAG 1954..

 Romance on Lend Or Lease,.!

Awesome,.. 

Bad Influence

Finishing up the latest project.

Rootbeer candy over flake,. Gold leaf lettering and slime green pinstriping topped off with a little airbrush work on the rear fender.

My customer asked for rootbeer flake and somthing with a New Orleans / Mardi gras Kinda feel.

and this is what I came up with,..

Before Clearcoat,..

  

Finished Pix to follow ,..

Girl T's

GIRLS TEE'S

$25.00

includes shipping in the USA.

Nice quality Bella shirt

size

Med Lg Xl

A blast to the Catskills in the 31

I finally took some time from the shop last fri afternoon .

My wife and I took a blast up to the Catskill mountains . 

we got an invite from a friend that was staying at the Catskills mountain run,. a motorcycle rally that goes on every year. it turned out to be a good excuse to blow off Connecticut for a day and a half.

My wife,. nor myself,. really felt like riding over so she suggested ,.hey,. lets take the coupe out,.

Man,..I dont know,.shes been sitting  in barn for the most part of 2 years ,.just getting a blast to the shop every now and then,..

 Fuck it,.!!! lets take it,.

I pulled it out of the barn ,.changed the oil and off we went,.  

3 hrs @ 3800 and we get there ,. a little cramped up and half deft ,.but safe.

now mind you,..this is a Hotrod Not a Street rod.

steel body,.strait axle,.small block,.411's ,.on an original frame that was for the most part put together in the 60ies,.a hand full at times,. but worth every moment it gives us,..

 so glad we went,.Great getaway,. great people,.and the county side,. Beautiful..

( thanks POP...,..wishing you were here. )

it was just a nice getaway and wanted to share.

,..oh if your ever in the catskills go to

 Howe Caverns ,.

awesome caves,.!!!

  

INDIAN LARRY BLOCK PARTY 2012

This is one of two projects I'm in the middle of working on for the block party deadline,..

Take the time and head out to it,..the guys and girls and the shop always through a GREAT time,..

http://indianlarry.com/

My labor day efforts,.

My Labor day Efforts ,..

                                      

all set for Tuesday morning clean,.mask and clear. 

Anne's Z 750 S

 My wife asked me if I could do some things to her bike,..

so,..

 I Cut the upper fairing back , ( I never did like the way it fed in to the tank ),.changed the licence plate mess added some LED turn signals ,.a pipe and some mat finish black,.. 

before and after pix,.

not a bad little street fighter ..

thanks to Chaplin Kawasaki for hooking me up with parts.. 

Australia bound

Finished and ready for crating...

 

block sanding