Just another day . . .

Just a normal day in the car-park at Hodgey's, these rigs are what the worker's ride and drive, so can you imagine the shit that get's dragged in to be worked on? Except, of course, the really nice EH wagon and the bad-arsed HJ Prem that's just waiting to burn rubber and blow decibels and shit everywhere at its first chance. . .they're two really nice cars owned by two very nice and law abiding citizens with only 16 outstanding arrest warrants and convictions between them.

Bert's Drifter . . .

 New full width bumper bar is now being closely fitted to the rear and the contours are amazingly close to original side bumperettes. . .

You can see where Dylan has cut the bumperettes down and welded them to the ends of the new bumper to complete the system. Just a bit more grinding and a lot of polishing and this thing is off to the chrome platers for that added bling. . .

FE Holden . . .

Dave's finished re-routing the tail-pipes and given them a nice flat black coat of paint. When I left today, Dave and Andrew were modifying a Harley fuel cap and new hand-made inlet for the fuel system and this refurbishment is just about finished. Looking reeal cool . . .

FE Holden . . .

After getting the FE back from Griff's Upholstery yesterday, Dave put the car straight up on to the hoist and got rght back into it. Only things left to do are cut up the tail pipes and re-route them around the new four-link suspension and coil-over shocks. You can see here that he has one done and is in the middle of grinding up all the new welds before painting and fitment. . .

'55 Mercury . . .

After all his hard craftmanship yesterday, Dylan remounted the dash into the Mercury this morning. It's been a very productive day so far. . .

Bert's Drifter . . .

Dylan had been woking hard on grinding, sanding and polishing this newly profiled length of plate steel that is going to be Bert's new full width rear bumper bar. Andrew has had the steel plate put through a 'brake something" machine, which is basically a very large and heavy metal profiler that does a very good job of copying the profiles of certain bumper bars and makes it easier for sme of the larger custom jobs, Dylan has been filing, etc., all the creases to give them a rounder, fuller look instead of the squarish appearance they have when removed from the press . . .

FE Holden . . .

 FE arriving back from Griff's Upholsters, big Dick can be seen unloading. I didn't say he had a big dick, I said it was big Dick, I didn't say he had a small dick either, FN hell, I haven't even seen his dick, so let's just say it's Dick and he's a bit big?

Inside rear compartment and seats have been modified to allow for the new tubs that were installed. . .

The new materials used in the rear match the front perfectly. . .

Inside the boot loks top notch and the panels, although filling spaces, still leave the boot looking spacious . . .

 Pull down back panel hides the boot mounted battery and windscreen washer. . .

On her way to the back door and straight up onto the hoist for the rear ends of the exhaust system to be re-fitted. Due to the massive custom job carried out byAndrew and Dave, the exhaust is now going to have to be re-done from the mufflers back . . .BTW, Griff did a bloody great job with the upholstery! Kudo's to you mate.