Sunday, April 26, 2009

MyRideisMe.com and Burger Stop Car Show
















So, I'm stoked! I was asked to be a blogger/contributor to a sweet hot rod and custom car enthusiast website called MyRideisMe.com. Here is my latest blog entry on last week's Layton, Utah Burger Stop Car Show and Cruise-In. Here are some teaser pics.





Sunday, April 19, 2009

PoppiRod's dream machines














So, I asked PoppiRod what he consider his dream hot rods.

"63 galxie 406 tri power 4 speed and 3:90 gears ///or GTO ,63 tempest with a 455sd in it."

So, here's some pics of 63 Galaxie, 63 Tempest and 67 GTO. PoppiRod digs the 67 Goat because of the honeycomb grille action and tri power 389.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

A&M Deluxe Customs visit #2


















So, it's been a year and a half since I visited Oregon. I got the opportunity to visit A&M Deluxe Customs in Cornelius. Here are some of my pictures (with my cell phone mind you) that I took of the shop. They had probably twice the number of cars and more employees wrenching and bending metal. They're progressing on the '57 Nomad as you saw on my previous post as well as the coupe (dang, can't remember what year right now). Again, if you didn't see my Visit #1 blog entry in '07, Aaron and Mark (hence A&M) are metal working artists, craftsmen, metallic geniuses, I could go on and on. Seriously, this is top stuff here. I am in awe just walking around this place. You'll see even the machine tools have been pinstriped, powder coated and one even given the tigershark treatment. Awesome! It definitely adds to the professionalism of the shop and the company. Oh, for all you gearheads out there, check out the toilet flush handle...yep, that's a 5 speed shifter swingin' from the porcelain rod. :) ha ha I mostly talked with Mark, as he showed me through the various projects. He would talk me through the various details of what has been changed from the original body lines and design. Even his custom '46 Pickup was getting a new set of wheels and tires. Of course, as a customizer, he is going to smooth out the "American Racing" emblem engraved into the spoke and fill the cap mounting holes. Nice! It will look sweet! Don't worry old schoolers, the black wire wheels and tall rubbers will stick around and be swapped over as needed. ;) I didn't want to leave. But, I'm sure Mark and Aaron and the A&M boys had to get some work done and I had to catch my plane.
Again, I can't thank Mark and Aaron enough for letting me take a couple hours of their busy day to simply talk cars with an obsessed gear head.
Chris "Hechtspeed" Hecht

A&M Deluxe Customs=I Love Oregon




So, I'm in the Portland Airport getting ready to head home after a good business trip. A trip to Oregon wouldn't be complete without visiting the boys at A&M Deluxe Customs. I wish I was good with the Digital SLR my wife has, cause there is so much metal to shoot. Here's a teaser of their '57 Custom Nomad that is running an LS7. This thing is going to be/is amazing. I'll post up pics once I get them off my camera phone. Dang point and shoot wouldn't work. :(
Thanks Mark and Aaron!!!

http://www.aandmdeluxecustoms.com/

Sunday, April 12, 2009