the inlaws came up today so we did all our gifts today and between CherryBlossom and her folks i scored HUGE!! i got Bangin Gears & Bustin' Heads by the HAMBs own Roger Jetter, and he even personalized it for me. too cool!! i also got the Mike Bishop/Vern Tardel book how to build a traditional Ford hot rod, the Marvelous Mechanical designs of Harry A. Miller, a Pictorial history of Chevroloet 1940-1954, the August 1974 issue of Hot Rod Magazine (the month and year i was born), the Last Great Miller the Miller four wheel drive Indy car, and the Piece Da Resistance, THE MILLER DYNASTY!!!! HELL YEAH!!!! i also got a couple rockin CDS. got Korn's greatest hits volume 1. i'm listening to Another Brick in the Wall as we sit hear. i also got Non-Point and Saliva's newest album. i scored bigtime this year!! what did you get???
Harry Miller wa THE MAN!! i'm flippin through the Miller Dynasty right now and i'm just in AWE!!!! nearly forgot, i got a couple od hot rod books from the early 50s that the wife and mom-in-law found in an antique store. both are Fawcett books, one is "How to Build Hot Rods" and the other is "Best Hot Rods". i'm overwhelmed. i can't wait to soak up all this knowledge. i can't belive i hatted to read when i was in school, it's my favorite thing now... hope all have great Christmas... i still have to have Christmas with my folks when they get back from Florida in a couple weeks. hopefuly mom gets me the 50 years of Rod and Custom book that i asked for ...
i got a really simple and well laid out book about the smallblock chebby, lots of good pictures and info, as well as the casting number record and head casting info. not rocket science by HAMB hero standards, but it's stuff i need to know and the book will get lots of use. oh, and my gun nut buddy gave me a pack of 45 acp hydroshock hollow points! irony so thick you can cut it, i think! merry christmas
Kustombuilder, Korn did a very good job on that song. I'd like to hear them do Sorrow from Pink Floyd. Did you get the CD with the bonus DVD? later plmczy
You will LOVE reading "The Miller Dynasty"! That photo on page 96 with Jimmy Gleason in the "Convertible" was in some Miller papers I had years ago. The car itself is restored and making noise in Milwaukee now. Many of the cars featured are still in existance. Great to know there is another Miller fan on the HAMB. Merry Christmas!
The Miller Dynasty is one of my most prized possessions. It's easy to be consumed by the photos but to read it is amazing!
[ QUOTE ] the Marvelous Mechanical designs of Harry A. Miller, what did you get??? [/ QUOTE ] I didn't get that, but I know that I'm gonna get it! I thought I had all the Miller books, obviously not..... Is this book new out??
You think you scored big? Mrs. Winfab found a '32 Ford Roadster for me!!.....OK, so it's 1/8 scale but I get to build a '32. Now I need suggestions on modeling technique books so it doesn't look like it was built by every other "12 & older" builder out there. Merry Christmas everyone!
Wonderful! I did ok this year too. I gotta model A front and rear axle set with wishbones, an 8-ba engine, a 30 ford radiator shell, a 49 ford bellhousing and ****** and a full set of 39 ford wide-five wheels, hubs, drums and brakes! Now, all I need is a bike, a firetruck, a pair of "fanner fifty" pistols, my two front teeth, a partridge in a pear tree and........................
i bought myself a 63 impala convertable project,,does that count?? nobody knows but me and the dude i bought it from...its my OLD project i sold along time ago ...finally got it back,,,cool story behind it,,
Yeah All I got was another 32 Roadster. The Baddest 1/8th scale 32 roadstar you will see. IT can be done three different ways. I will be doing it the way I want to build one.
Well I got one of those new XM2GO satellite radios so I can listen to great tunes crusin' in the '34 next summer!
[ QUOTE ] Great score Mike. Now if you just get a little milk and nookie...oops, I mean cookies. [/ QUOTE ] oh no, you had it right the first time ...
I'm watching MFS2 on my portable DVD player! Already half lit on mimosas too. God bless us every one!
[ QUOTE ] Kustombuilder, Korn did a very good job on that song. I'd like to hear them do Sorrow from Pink Floyd. Did you get the CD with the bonus DVD? later plmczy [/ QUOTE ] i sure did. have'nt watched the DVD yet. Hotroddrummer's dad, Denny Lesky, turned me onto Miller and Kustis Kraft which by the way i got another book last night from CB's aunt and uncle called Kurtis-Kraft Masterworks of Speed and Style. another SWEEET book. they also got me a 1/18 scale black and flamed VW Beetle ... i forgot that i did'nt tell my mom about the Rod and Custom book , i told her about the Peter Vincent book and i think she got it for me. i'll find out in a couple weeks. well, the family is comin back over for brunch, i better go....
Hmmmmm Mike, looks like you've got a lot of reading ahead of you...you up to the task between the CD's and all the garage work you got? You're quite welcome... Roger
[ QUOTE ] Hmmmmm Mike, looks like you've got a lot of reading ahead of you...you up to the task between the CD's and all the garage work you got? You're quite welcome... Roger [/ QUOTE ] i'm looking at 14-16 weeks of lay off from work in the first part of 2005. i think i'll find time . can't wait to get started on the book.
[ QUOTE ] i forgot that i did'nt tell my mom about the Rod and Custom book , i told her about the Peter Vincent book and i think she got it for me. [/ QUOTE ] She has been told about both. Like I said yesterday...WHICH one do you want MORE, and I'll take care of it
Man...those are some awesome CDs. Get you a copy of the new Shinedown CD. It'll keep you rockin' in the garage too! I really like their version of "Simple Man". Butch
I got the Sirius redio with a car adaptor, home adaptor, boombox and a surround sound system for the shop
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