Customs I've been FINKED! Fuzzbox is back in time for LSRU

You'll see it at LSRU this year, but I thought I'd post a teaser to what has been going on with my 5-1 lately...

Well, many of you shared the carnage real-time with me as I posted my hood misfortune enroot Pistons and Paint last November.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307577



Thanks to the Chup’s and the Yayhoos, the weekend was still one of the finest times I can remember but once back in the garage the Monday after the show, the site was downright depressing. I knew I had to act quickly or this was going to turn into festering frustration.

The question was who could match the candy and the flake without having to repaint the whole piece of **** again? Enter my cigar buddy; Von Franco who mentions he has a fellow club member who can fix it. At this point, I’m thinking “I hope it’s Jeff Myers” low and behold it was Jeff Myers (aka FINKD). Jeff’s easy going and confident demeanor had the job by the end of the first phone call, the only obstacle was Jeff’s shop is 500 miles to the north, so a road trip was in order and off to Ark City we go…

New Years day turned out to be a beauty of a day for a road trip, so armed with a dozen kolachis from the Czech Stop (thanks Yayhoos’ for the tip, a must stop now every time I find myself traveling I35. Oh yeah, the Dr Pepper Cake is amazing) RIXREX and I pulled into the south central KS town around 9:00PM that evening without incident.

The next morning, we we’re off to Premier Paint and Body where we were greeted by Jeff with a fresh pot of coffee in hand. After the requisite shop tour and a chance to drool over Jeff’s personal collection of rods and custom (oh that caddie&#8230, we got ol’ fuzzy offloaded and secured the trailer to leave it behind for awhile.

The hospitality didn’t end at the shop, Jeff’ buddy Neal Reeves who runs the Zombie Speed Shop http://zombiespeedshop.wordpress.com/ joined us for a tour of the area and some pretty decent BBQ (Salt Licks on me when y’all get to Austin though)just over the the OK border. Over lunch, Jeff mentioned that Neal had done quite of bit of the electrical work to his 57 Cadillac and it wasn’t long before Neal had pitched me a bid to tidy up the wiring, add some door solenoids, and change out the 80’s camaro column that had been installed back at the beginning of the project.

Before heading out that afternoon, Jeff had one more stop in mind; a quick visit to Kool Rides http://www.koolrides.biz/ an honest to goodness speed shop about three blocks from Jeff’s house. I’m starting to realize what a hot rod Mecca this area really is and the whole “Wichita” thing is finally starting to settle in.

There’s another twist of irony or something here. The night that we were in the parking lot of the hotel in Denton, doing our best impression of a monkey ****ing a football to get into the jammed trunk, the Kool Ride’s trailer rolled in with Kirby at the wheel. After ascertaining what we were doing and getting the low-down on what happened to the hood, Kirby mentions that I should “bring it to Ark City, cause there’s a guy up here who will do you right”, little did I know. It was nice catching up with Kirby and Lee and as we talked, we ended up hashing out a deal on some custom laminate knobs for the dash.

Well we headed out shortly after that, made it home without a hitch and I settled in to do my best to be patient (something I don’t do well). Low and behold, I get a call a few weeks ago; "it’s done, come and get it!" I couldn’t wait and though I had to postpone my trip by a week due to the recent blizzard that hit the area, I got up there last week and man was I surprised.

I gave Jeff creative license to do what he needed to do and not only did he metal straighten the damaged hood, but he added some scallops, some striping, and a little more flake for a little something extra. Neals stuff looked great, and the Kool Rides Crew even installed some super kool, one off tear drops. Am I happy? Hell yeah! Take a look for yourself…

 

Man I thought you car was sweet before, Now it is down right *****in'

 

dayuum! ^what wesley said^ !

 

Out of sight. I love it!

 

MY OH MY!!! That car is so beautiful!!

 

Can't wait to see it in person!

 

Wow! That car is flat ridiculous cool! Normally when someone shows off their paint, you say "yeah, you should see it in the sun". With this car, you look at the sun and say "yeah, you should see it next to that car". Gorgeous.

 

Holy smokes that car is a knockout! Cant wait to see it.

 

*****in'!

Jeff Myers is the man.

 

Looks awesome...glad you have had a sweet turn around after a not so nice start!

 

Looked that car over at the 08 drags and it has to be one of my all time favorite shoebox Fords. And yep, Jeff's a great guy.

 

Right on!! Congrats, guys... can't wait to see it up close.

 

Dayum!! That car is gorgeous!

 

Wow looks killer man! Look forward to seeing it up close

 

Very nice, Gregg! It certainly takes some skill to metal finish and match candy ....Jeff's got it!



Malcolm

 

Congrats, looks great Gregg! Glad it was back in time...

 

Hot Damn.

 

That car rules, glad you got it back together.

 

X 2

I love that car.

 

looking good.

 

Man I fell in love with your car at Pistons and Paint and teared up when I heard you tell the story about the hood...........but wow I cant believe I am sayiing this.........but.......its even nicer now.

Cant wait to see it in person, and con you into letting me take some pictures of it

 

I thought I'd be the one doing the conning, have at it!

 

THANKS GREGG for putting the faith in me and bringing it all that way to have me work on it. My pleasure and i'm glad a could bring this one back from a bad situation. i was hoping you would like your new addition of scallops and flake, but you know, if it comes out of here it just has to be!! can't wait to see it again at the round -up. I'm outta here on thurs. , see you friday. !! thanks again gregg for giving me the chance, glad I could make you happy. send more.............. I've got a craving to paint .............. jeff

 

that is one of the highlights for me this year at roundup. I can't wait to see it first hand.

 

damnit i'm going to blow up my cars now, see ya in a couple days

 

Super nice as always Jeff

Gregg i know you are very proud

See you and the ride Friday

 

Wow... that is the coolest shoebox I have seen in a long time...

 

Wow what a car. Nice to see a ****ty situation turn out for the better. Sounds like good people

 

I sure hope that paint holds up well to drool.

You're gonna have alot of it all over the car before the weekend is over.

Looks fantastic!