Plodding along slowly. . .

Now that Dave has finished the plates, they are bolted to the rear axle and put in place on the jig.

Now that the frame and rear plates line up on the jig, Dave can insert the new frame rails and rear forks to make the 'soft-tail' hard. . .

Hot News. . .

Keep an eye on these pages folks as Nigel will be debuting the 'Gasser' at the Queenscliff Rod Show.
The race is now on to ge the new motor into the rig and rebuild it in time for the show.
Remember Nigel's on a hot streak at the moment with his Firebird being released at SM26 to a rousing reception and Top 60 and Encouragement Awards from its first outing. . .

Toughen up the tail. . .

Harley 'soft-tails' are delivered to the shop and put into a jig and cut up to be custom made into 'hard-tails'. . .

Dave has roughed out the shape of a pair of 'hard-tail' axel plates from 10mm steel and has started to drill out the cut out. . .

Two plates are welded together and fabricated together so that they end up being an exact match for each custom frame. . .

Dave Almighty, fair dinkum if it wasn't for this bloke things would be going backwards at the moment. Boss is down the beach and the apprentice is throwing his guts up in the backyard with some sort of 'oyster-born lurgy'. . .hehehe

2013's early arrivals. . .

Have a look at this old Dodge Plymouth. Looks like a bit of a junkyard dog but she is well put together and holding up real well despite her age.

Dylan has been hard at work stripping out the running gear and getting her ready for her transplant. . .

Which by the way is via a Ford XR6. That's right a complete running gear transplant, from the pedals right through to the last bolt in the diff, it's all going into the old girl. Pictured is the motor and gearbox from the donor vehicle. . .

Anthony's 'Bobber'. . .

Another project that has been moved up the schedule and needs to be 'gone' is Anthony's Bobber. As you can see it is very near completion and it has just received its hand made exhaust system. . .

Close-up of the hand-made exhaust that was carefully put together by DIY Dave. Incredible attenton to detail. . .

Congratulations. . .Top 60 at Summernats 26

That's right Nigel's Firebird spent the weekend in the Great Hall at Summernats 26 after being selected as one of the Top 60. As if this recognition was not enough for its first time out at Summernats it went on to receive The Encouragement Award. Certainly prestigious recognition for the painstaking work carried out by the boys at Hodgeys Hotrods and Customs. . .
Some times it pays to take your time with the boys from the 'slow' lane?

Johnny's Trike is back. . .

For those of you who have been missing Johnny's trike lately, here it is back from cyber space and yep, he's still wearing that bloody great grin. . .