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ENJOY SOME
SUMMER PICTURES... The idea of this side is to mix some, maybe fun, moments. Some sort of describing text might go with them as well...
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First thing out this year was GNRS (
Grand National Roadster Show ) in San Mateo, south of San Francisco. As I had a
lot of pictures from it last year so here are a smaller collection of pictures. First out is Art Himsel´s one of a kind old RV. As Art is an exellent painter the look of it is ofcourse outstanding. |
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This year´s big thing seem to be flames... | |||
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... here on a wild pro street car... | |||
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... and here on a Willys... | |||
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... some cars have more heat than others... | |||
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... and some makes it without it.
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By the end of March it
was time for Goodguys All American Get Together where we had a booth this
year. Showing our equippment for metal forming and some pictures from the Step-2 Classes
Lazze had in Sweden. This was the best show we have had so far, with a great response and a lot of people looking us up. First two pictures are from our booth inside the Exhibition Hall. |
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Here are some cars in the hall... | |||
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...and here is picture from outside
early Sunday morning.
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Lazze and I was down to Los Angeles and
San Diego for some car fun, and to pick up a complete Willys coupe body + frame
for the scheduled Step-2 Classes we going to have in California later this year. If you go to San Diego, don´t miss the " Corvette Diner ". A place we fall in love with, great music and a lot of fun !!! |
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We heared about a regular car meet in Brea, held at a Best Buy parking lot. | |||
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Here we just loaded the trailer at Willys Replacement Parts (check
out their fun little Willys), ready to begin the haul back to Mountain View.
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Lazze came back to California by
the beginning of May, and even though the Step-2 Classes in California is
not an official car event, I just like you to have the oppertunity to see some pictures
from it. Maybe you think it was not possible to build a car from flat sheets of Aluminum in your garage... take a look at this ! This is how it looked when the Step-2 Classes started... |
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... and here my youngest son looks at what is going to become the first Aluminum Willys in USA... | |||
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... here is after one week... | |||
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... here the students are in full action... | |||
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... and this is the result of two weeks ( 5 days
each ), three new students each week. If you like to see and read more click here.
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| GASSER REUNION - Thompson Drag Raceway,
OHIO. Now we´re back in business... We ended this session ( May
-02 ) for Lazze by going to a big gasser meet. Thompson Drag Raceway is a privat owened
strip in the middle of nowhere, but MAN do they know how to make you feel like home !!! Here are a few great gasser links: Speedy Willys Racing Team Here comes a bunch of pictures from the event - hope you love it as much as I do... |
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For those of you who don´t know what a Willys is - here comes an explination... | |||
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This is Friday morning about 7.15 way out in the sticks... would you believe it - traffic is backed up with a lot of horse power... | |||
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... there where many cars driving to the event... | |||
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... I don´t know the names of the owners or builders... | |||
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... but I do know I just love those cars... | |||
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... This was not just a show and shine meet... | |||
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... and there where other manufacturers represented as well... | |||
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... Time trails started 9.00 Friday morning - and the show was on... | |||
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... in GASSER MAGAZINE´s booth: people had the
possibility to talk to, and get the signatures from living gasser legends... Here are
some of the people we met (and a link to their web sites if I know about it, please e-mail
me if I missed someone) |
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... while they enjoyed the view of some of the best looking gassers there are... | |||
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... they sure look great from every angle... | |||
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... These two are driven by a lady, Barabara " Barb " Hamiliton... | |||
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... one kind of a lady... | |||
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... here K.S. Pittman shows us the motor on one of her cars... | |||
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... Barb also showed us how she make the car to hook up back then, a lot of thing where different those days... | |||
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... Here are a snapshot from the exhibition area, would you dream of doing this today... | |||
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... but as you can see, there are still some dare devils... | |||
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... just scuff as many hp under the hood as possible... | |||
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... Here is a picture of our " first class display "... | |||
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... to compaire with some of the more stylish guys... | |||
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... but most guys and girls came just driving... | |||
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... and everybody was wellcome... | |||
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... some more wild than other... | |||
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... we where enjoying this... | |||
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... from all aspects... | |||
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... This is how GASSER MAGAZINE´s tent looked in the early morning sun, before everybody arrived... | |||
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... then we had some time to walk around in the pit area... | |||
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... get some good pictures of different things... | |||
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... I even dragged my feet a little and stayed in the burnout area... | |||
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... this is show time... | |||
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... even though it´s only time trails... | |||
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... In the far lane you can see how Phil treated his 1949 Ford... | |||
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... Here Barb is startng up one of her cars... | |||
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... these blown bad cars sure makes you want one... | |||
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... and it does not necceserly have to be a Willys... | |||
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... there are a lot of different cool rides to choose from... | |||
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... but my choise is a Willys, late or... | |||
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... early design... | |||
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... Last pictures from Thompson are the view we had all weekend from our display... | |||
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... here some of the legends are sitting outside... | |||
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... enjoying the great weather we had all weekend... | |||
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We ( The Swedes = Swede and Lazze ) also got the Long Distance Award ( non driven ). Another time hopefully we will be driving in... | |||
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