Primer Nats afterparty at Kiwi Kevs

First of all I loved the primer nats on saturday but for me it was just the opening act. Kiwi Kev invited us, Bad Bob, Tet**** shot and myself to an afterparty at his house/shop in Ventura.
We arrived and our jaws just dropped. Kev is the real deal, his shop houses an ecclectic collection anything and everything hot rod related.
Dropped axles everywhere, window posts from previous chops line the rafters and amazing tin ads, add to an incredible feel.
We felt like we just entered the holy grail of hot rodding, something we just heard and read about in the past.
He demonstrated his recently completed louver press. I was just ready to take my hood off my car and louver the heck out of it but it wasnt the right time to do it, as party guest arrived.
The pics speak for themselfs but don't really do it justice.

 

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showed up late. thanks kevin.

 

Thanks Kev for the Invite...It RULED>>>I still need a chrome Axle

MMuuuMmmuuu Swine.

evel

 

i would like to state for the record,

Kiwi Kevin Is The Man!

the food was awesome, thanks alot for having us!

and your garage is amazing, it would make any hot rodder weep at the sight of it. the cars, the parts, the tools, the history, i was just awe struck

thanks again

 

Whats the story on the 40 Willys ?

 

I've heard rumors around town about some crazy mofo with a Willys in his back yard... now I know who it is!

 

It was obvious we were in the right place,when we pull up and this BAD*** red Willys is in front(steel!). Some hotrods in the alley.

 

Here's some more fun stuff. The lawnmower on the side of my house doesn't look like that! There's tet****shot bowing to the hotrod GOD in Kiwi's backyard. Dreadman getting some grub. I would have gotten more pic's,but I would've had to get a film crew! Talk about a treasure chest. You could look around for hours,honest! It takes an hour to take a dump,cause of all the old reading materials,How to build a hotrod,racing books,racing posters,I could go on and on.

Thanks Kiwi for the hospitality,the grub,the tour,next time we'll stay longer. Thank your wife too,i'm sure she loves having a bunch of car farts at your house. Bad Bob

 

I'm glad you guys made it and had a good time. It's so great to have a great show like the Primer nat's in your hometown! Here are a few pics I took. The guy on the left in the first pic is Mike, a friend of mine from work who is pretty good at cooking pigs. And that's my awesome wife of 20 years, Mary. She says she will never divorce me because she doesn't want half of my ****.

 

I cant belive we missed this. Bummer.

 

Looks like a good arvo, Kev you need to clean out that shed and send some of that stuff back home, folks are starving here you know......

I shoulda called the other year when Squeak gave me your number, ended up staying just up the road too.

 

Wow!

 

Good to hear from you Kiwis. I'm a member of the Scroungers, I've known Chris since the late 70's. Here are a few more pics. I always thought pigs had skeletons but you guys ate everything!! One pic shows why they call them pickup beds. The Willys coupe body isn't for sale. I.guess I'm the old guy who says "I'm gonna fix her up one day".

 

whats the story on that red panhead?

 

That's Nick Oteens new bike and it's a Stunner! Believe me, it'll be in all the mag's. The paint is some of the finest I've seen. Nick's a super nice guy, I always enjoy bumping into him at all the shows!

 

Nics Bike is UNREAL.

 

I'm speechless!!

 

Some H.A.M.B.ers who attended..... Dreadman, BadBob, TetnusShot, Evel, Savage, PBRawwwww, HotRodWilly, DESOTO, HemiCoupe, Zibo. Who'd I leave out? There were quite a few people and I didn't get to talk to everybody.

 

Oh yeah, Scratch. In a couple of weeks he will be coming over to stripe my just completed louver press, can't wait!

 

your louver press kicks ***, i cant believe it exerts enough force to make that whole arm flex!!

 

TO ANYONE WHO HAS NEVER ATTENDED A GET TOGETHER AT KEV'S PLACE IS JUST MISS'IN OUT !!!!!!!!

HE OPENS HIS SHOP FOR EVERYONE & ALWAYS THROWS A GOOD FEED.

SO HERES TO YA KEV.... VERY COOL...

VANESSA, CARLA & I EXTEND GREAT THANKS FOR THE BASH & ALWAYS HAVING THE TIME TO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS & FUTURE FRIENDS TO YOUR SHOP BBQ'S.

CATCH YA SOOOOOOOON !!!!

 

Doh! I should have guessed that you were one of the elite, few, 'Scroungers' . Saw Chris the other day - he has been tidying up his shop, well maybe not tidying as such, more rearranging to make room for new arrivals - I am sure you understand the rearranging principle. Better not let too many of his secrets out as he is known to lurk around these parts (hi Chris!).

Cheers for now ...

 

I thought it was an Oteen paint job. Nicks a TRUE CRAFTSMAN. Didn't know he was throwing a bike together.

 

Next year i'll be bringing some stuff to louver! Just kidding Kiwi.

 

Yep, I will be at Puke on Sunday unless it is ******* down. See you there.

 

For all the non Kiwis reading this, Puke is pronounced Pooky, it's a shortened version of Pukekohe. A big time hot rodding town south of Auckland city.