'49 Pilot . . .

The boys don't stay in one place for long here, now 'D' has moved over to the '49 Pilot. D has joined in with Rhys and the two of them are now working on a new firewall for the Pilot . . .

Meccano set . . .

 As I said when Hodgey was assembling Shorty's ride, once you start mucking around with different parts, you end up with a shit load trouble. The new rear wheel on this one is that wide that there is no way in hell that the original braking system will fit. Hodgey is seen here pulling out the 'big toys' to cut and fabricate a new mount for a in-house modified set of braking calipers . . .

 New brakes in place and they look as if they grew there. Another one-off fix from the boys and now the bike can get back on the road with a rear tyre that wouldn't look out of place on a car.

While Hodgey has been busy on one side with the new braking system, Dylan Swagey has had the time to make up a new mount to house the brake light and number plate. Team effort for this bike . . .

FE Holden . . .

 Different gearboxes require different crossmembers to support the rear mount. Luckily Dave was able to save the original and with a new centre section happily converted the old into a, great looking and fulling functional, new mount. Just needs a coat of paint and she's ready to go straight back in . . .

As you may recall, I tried to get a pic of the new Deadenbear constructed PowerGlide recently, but in its mounted position it was not a successful result. Well here it is, out and waiting on the new 650HP small block that's due to arrive any day now . . .

Chopped . . .

Let me tell you from the start that when I heard that this year's show was going to cost around the $50 mark, I was not going full stop. Anyway, as time got closer, I relented and eventually Hodgey and I made the hour long trip to the 'Event' known as Chopped. Well folks, I'm certainly glad I did because when next year's show comes around I can safely say "No fucking way in Hell"! What a fucking waste of money. If I wanted to go to a circus, I would wait until Silvers comes back every year. I have never seen such a bunch of disorganised rabble in all my life! Apart from the tragic event of the young kid being critically injured and the moron rolling his shit-box XP with four passengers on board, it was hard to find a genuine highlight. As for the cars, 10% were worth looking at and the other 90% was unroadworthy shit that shouldn't be allowed in the paddock let alone driven to a car show?My highlight of the show was found in the food hall with the best hamburger that I've been served in a long, long time. If only I could get the Hamburger Cart in the Safeway carpark to serve beetroot in their hamburgers I would be a happy man. . .
How is it that one of the biggest 'local' aftermarket car-parts manufacturers are heard to say, "We don't bring parts anymore, because we are now the biggest sellers of 'Moon-eyes' TShirts in Australia." I suppose that after you get flogged $50 a day at the front gate, you'd need fucking big pockets to be able to afford food, let alone buying some spare parts from a vendor?  So folks . . .if you want to watch morons ride shitty old dirt bikes with the exhaust pipes removed, round and round the venue and through the camps and food stalls. this place is for you . . .me, I'm giving it a big miss!
Value for money . . . 1 / 10
Entertainment . . .      2 / 10
Cars . . .                      As above.
Hamburgers . . .         10/ 10.

I'm signing my name to this, so no-one else gets the blame . . .
Bruce

FE Holden . . .

 Motor and new gearbox dummied up and in place so the boys can measure the new tailshaft and also make up a new crossmember for the new gearbox. As I previously mentioned the new motor will be pushing out close to 650 HP. . .

Although it's hard to see from this angle, this is the brand new Deadenbear featured Powerglide gearbox. An upgrade was necessary to channel the horsepower gains rearward . . .

Not only will the motor and gearbox be upgraded but it is a full drivetrain upgrade. The diff is out and it's internals are being changed over to a Strange centre with 35groove billet axles. The diff also has to be shortened for the new wider, deeper set Converse rims that have also been ordered . . .

Shorty's Shit . . .

 Hodgey's still working hard on the jigsaw puzzle that's Shorty's new ride and it's slowly all coming together . . .

Andrew has mounted the huge new tank and it looks great with its new paint job. Color, although it looks fantastic, is a standard car color, but looks extra special on the new tank . . .

FE Holden . . .

 This baby is back from the painter's shop and is now awaiting her new donk that is going to be grunting out 650 ponies. . . giddy-up!

Engine bay paint now looks like it is liquid black. Sensational paint work guys. . .