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| Jim Lauer's 63 Fairlane 500 has it's own page...follow this link. |
| Last year I finished a '55 Dodge pickup for Steve Albrecht. I replaced the front half of the frame rails, installed a '85 Chrysler K member, 383, Torqueflite 727, 3:91 posi, all new brakes including hard lines and dual master cylinder. It also received a custom homemade instrument panel, Lokar shifter, and a complete new wiring harness. Gary Putnam made a custom aluminum fuel tank, and hand built the exhaust. My favorite part of the pickup was the rear valence, with frenched tag (my first french job on a vehicle). Now if it just had some primer... |
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| Engine | Rear Valence | Going home for now... |
| Follow this link for more on the '55 | ||
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Also in the shop periodically, my son, Tim, is building a Cafe racer motorcycle from a Kawasaki 440. He has lowered the bars, smoothed the tank, and rebuilt the seat pan. LED tail lights are on. He is also currently working on his '72 Triumph Bonneville.. He also has a '96 Chevy pickup. He has added a posi, throttle body spacer, cold air intake, Gibson exhaust, lowered it 2", and added polyurethane bushings. He has put some tuneage inside. This is his daily driver, and drag race machine. It is in the 14's now. |
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| Old picture. Now has different wheels | Reworked rear fairing | Tim and his Cafe' |
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| One of Tim's latest projects...restoration for a friend. | Checking ignition on Shawn's
'64 Dodge with my Sun machine one Sunday afternoon. See his web site here. |
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some pictures of other cars that have been through the shop: Follow this link to my own '45 Dodge pickup |
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| This '62 Bel Air belongs to me and my son. It spent over 20 years in a barn before we acquired it for payment for roll bar installation in a '64 Impala SS. This was a father / son project, and was Tim jr.'s high school car. It came complete with 48,028 miles on the clock, a 235 and 3 on the tree. We resurrected the 6 banger, put all new brake system on, new homemade floorboards, electric seats from a '89 Caprice, and made our own door panels. We installed a stereo with CD player in the dash, and an Impala deck lid. Some chrome was shaved, and Cragar SS's were added. Low budget car that is just a blast to drive. | ||
 Early on. Tom McDonald doing body work. I traded wiring work on Tom's '63 1/2 Galaxie 500 for a paint job. |
 Tim's HS graduation picture |
 We have since installed a 350 / 350 with a quadrajet, HEI and Krylon overhaul. Low mile 4 bolt main out of a Cutlass we bought for a hundred bucks. Tim rebuilt the trans in VoTech. |
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Cecil Riffel's '69 Nova. I rebuilt the engine and put subframe connectors on. Best time 11.90's at Wichita, with street tires and exhaust. This car is un-cut up, full interior, and can be driven anywhere. |
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 Before and after shots of Dale's '73 Duster. Look at the wheel tub widths. |
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The caging of Marco's Camaro |
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Dustin Diehl's Dodge. Another Mini-tub job... |
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More pictures of cars and other stuff from the shop. |
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 Tim's lowrider bike |
 Tom McDonald's 63 Galaxie 500 |
 Mike's drag race Duster |
 There's always the odd airplane engine... |
 ...and Mustangs everywhere |
 Jerry's 1st edition 55 Chevy pickup |
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| Tim's entry in the Flusher 500 toilet bowl race, in Newton, KS. 3 pushers, one rider, and a toilet bowl. From there, you can go nuts. | ||