Most Important Date . . .

Hi Guys/Gals,
This is Ron and Ron's story, unfortunately, starts out like many stories that Hodgey has heard over the years. Ron contacted Hodgey and said that he needed help to finish a project that had been previously been worked on but need a few changes and had a time frame to be finished. Hodgey said no worries and the Ford Customline was delivered all the way from Western Australia. Hodgey new about the urgency of this particular 'time frame' and set to work organising the work that had to be outsourced such as a full respray. Anyway the old girl eventually turned up back at Hodgey's shed and the boys got stuck right in and started dressing this Lady's new paintwork with chrome and bling. Sooner rather than later, the little lady was ready for the Engineer and when he duly arrived the boys took him out for a spin and when they returned the new motor that the car arrived with had a massive heart failure and basically shit it's pants completely. Unfortunately the Engineer was still present and the certificate was staying in his pocket. Hodgey had to turn the car around quickly and after a quick little 'shits and giggles' session the motorr was removed and something with a bit more reliability was placed between the frame rails. Finally the Engineer was good enough to add his signature to the paperwork and the painted lady was on a truck heading back to Perth. If you are wondering about the time frame, well this weekend is Ron's daughter's wedding and he kind of promised it could be her wedding car. As for Ron, he's all smiles and why not, he gets to give his beautiful daughter away on her special day after driving her to the wedding in his own 'Special Lady' . . .

PK Sandblasting . . .

PK Sandblasting, I'm just trying to think of the best way to describe the quality of work, the volume of work and the fact that it doesn't matter how much work there is to do, or how badly the shit has hit the fan, you are always met with a friendly smile and handshake. . .

 Quality of work, well I know for a fact that every bit of work that goes out of Hodgeys shed has had a visit to Jay to be cleaned up. My personal project has had every part that is removable sandblasted and the parts literally come out like new. When you visit Jay's shed and see the size of some of the metal fabrication that big engineering firms regularly drop in to be cleaned and painted, it makes you wonder how in hell he can get on top of the stuff without being a bloody monkey, fair dinkum, the shit is huge!

Give'em a call and discuss your job. Jay will give you a 'no bullshit' opinion and he sticks by what he has to say, and this is pretty rare in industry these days.
Ring: 5335 8339 and talk to Michelle, or
Ring: 0413 391825 to get Jay direct. . .
Champion team doing champion work. . .

Mechanica. . . Nice Toyrana

This was one very nice ride and in my humble opinion was probably the car of the show? Big statement, but a bloody nicely understated rig with all the good gear where it needed to be. . .

Love the Weld wheels and if Mr Weld is watching this, please give me a call with a good offer (for free) and I will buy a set. . .

Huge motor that's very neatly dressed with hidden wiring and an extremely tidy engine bay.
Car Of The Show for sure !!!

Mecanica. . . Hodgeys collection

For those of you who don't know, this is 'Salty' and she's a '29 Willy's tha't being dressed up to look like on of the salt racers of her time and there is literally hundreds of hours in hand made panels all over her because she arrived looking like she's been shot three times with an Abrahams Tank . . .

New boot lid has been installed to allow air flow to the custom radiator that's now mounted in the boot behind the fuel cell and is also wearing twin thermo fans. Boot space for your Lady's 'fineries'? forget it. . .

This chopped Tudor is on Bad arsed MF and is only getting worse the more things that get added. For startes, shes running a huge big Mopar up front that would scare the living shit out of St Peter. . .

 Now if you think that that other thing was bad arsed, this thing is mental. Running a Donovan V8 with over 700 cubic inches, this thing shreds tyres in about 15-20 seconds. . .

Some little birdy was telling me that this mental monster could be yours if you had the cash.  . .
Yep, For Sale, ring Hodgey and he will put you on to Brad.

Mechanica. . .The other side of the coin

Decisions, decisions, which one would you chose? In one corner you have a boss 302 and in the other corner you have a full-on, rigdy-didge, fucking Shelby !!!

Very famous face for you to ogle at. . .

Now that's a good looking arse in anyone's language. . .

Mechanica. . .Difficult choices . . .

When you own two very fine examples of the breed, what to do? Simple, you just show both of them. . .
Boss 302. . .

Probably the most recognised set of tail-lights in the world. . .Mustang!

Not a bad looking engine bay? If you'd like one looking like this, you'd either be very good at saving or extremely good a robbing banks. . .

Mechanica. . .The Gary Show

'34 Roadster and looking very 'Gentlemanly' indeed. Nicely understated pale orange hue so that it doesn't stand out in a crowd while you quietly glide past on your Sunday sojourn. . .

Nicely laid out inside with a comfortable leatherwork of the finest needle and thread. Just for those who like to wave to their adoring fans as they pass, the roof is completely removably for that little added Vitamin D. . .

Mechanica. . .Time to go inside

This year it seems to be the Gary Show? Dunno what happened to Mechanica but this bloke stole the show with more cars on display than i've had, er you get the idea. . .

This car is so low i had to get Marvellous Marvin the fucking midget to lay on the floor to get a decent shot. . .

How many scoops do you need? Geez, I'd hate t be a bloody pigeon with this thing flying down the West-Gate !!

Mechanica. . .Car Park

These broom-brooms were out in the car-park and as usual it's a foolish person who walks past all the cars outside because you are never going to know what's out there if you don't take time for a look . . .

Baby blue and fucking huge. . .

This truck can deliver parts to my shed anytime he likes. . .

Leigh from Darby's paints tells me that this one was handed down to him by his Grandma and it's still in original condition. . .

Mechanica. . .Car Park

I have to admit that I have no frigging idea as to what this is, but they seem to have done a good job on its conversion. . .

But, this is the part that scares the shit out of me and there ain't no way in hell that you'd get me in the thing even with the motor turned off!