Back to business. . .

 Airbags in, air lines in, shockers in, just waiting for the air tanks and compressors. . .

New full length tail shaft tunnel in and welded up. Rear seat has to be slightly modified to allow for extra height of tunnel and then new dynamat and carpet to finish the job. But, there is always a but, BUT, then we have to start on the front end and the customer is picking up the finished unit next Thursday! Here's hoping?

Today's Big Open day. . .

 Huge open day at Hodgey's shed today saw plenty of classics and quite a few cycles parked in the yard, not to mention the beautiful young ladies in all their 'finery' looking the part. . .

 How can you walk past a ride like this and not get excited?

Just a couple of the bikes that dropped their stands for the afternoon. . .click on the photo gallery link to get a full run down over at our Flickr site.

'54 Chev

 Not all fun and games at the moment either. New shocker mounts for the 54 Chev going through a serious 'arse-dumping' session. . .

Near completed rear end. Bags are in place, 2 link arms and new shocker mounts leaves only the sheet metal to weld into place for completion.
Then it's up to the front end and a bit more grief with the new bags supplied being waaay too big for the openings in the front control arms. . .

Where to start?

 Nearly finished product. At left is Arthur who commissioned the tiki and Marcus Thorn, artist, at right. . .

 Local tradesman, who just happens to be Dylan's dad doing the all important rendering work. . .color started out as blacker than black but Mark assured everyone that the color would 'lighten' when dried . . .and as usual he was right.
Finished rendering gives the Tiki that classic made in stone appearance. . .

Here he is folks, 2.4meters tall and mean as a junk yard dog. Bottom half of monument still has to be completed and Marcus will return in two weeks to carry out final carving. . .how cool is this guy?

Family of Artisans. . .

 Introducing Hodgey's younger sister Karen. Her own style of art work and her craftmanship is sooo damn cool, you just have to see this stuff to believe it. . . Hand crafted echidna.

 One of Karen's dragonflies. . .Karen has a beautiful soul and creative mind and these two influences are obvious in her work. . .

When two dragonflies get together, funny things happen. When Karen gets hold of a hunk of metal and a blow torch even funnier things happen! It is bizarre the talent that some people possess and this young lady has it all. . .in spades!

For Sale. . .

Madness. . .tow truck pulls up and drops of this old three window and the driver promptly says it's for sale, know anyone who's in the market ??

Nearing completion. . .

 New sheetmetal in and looking great. . .

 Solid mounts and the shockers sitting in a more appropriate upright position. . .

Final fitment and all is looking good. A good coat of rust inhibitor and then a piant job and all is done. . .