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This is one of the reasons I have a shop in the first place. A 1940 ford I bought about 30 years ago. You know the old story "I'm gonna fix it up some day".

0-02 1940 Ford
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I bought a 1940 Ford when I was 12 and put in a 354 hemi with 6 Strombergs. This one is to be somewhat of a replica of my first car.

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And this is the first one -- in 1962 (when I was 14)

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I lost interest in the '40 when this one came along. Altered spindles, bigger springs and a few other modifictions account the the height.

0-05 -- highfive
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During an engine swap. And this passed drag strip tech inspections!

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When this hardtop body was located -- we did a frame swap and the hard top body went on the modified chassis. Last time to be driven on the street was 1968. Last time on the strip was bout 1970

0-07 0-07
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Some of the best fun I ever had -- circa 1970

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The '55 as it sits today -- in dire need of attention. The shop has been piled up like this for years, but little by little I'm getting organized.

0-09
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Then the Funny Car. It was fired up on May 1970 for the first time on a country road and was smashed flat the very next day by a tornado. That's me in the fire suit and partner John Williams on the driver side. Wild man Bill Clements on the passenger side

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Here's a 468 Chevy I've kept in hopes of some day re-creating the Chevelle.

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The Chevelle body was replaced by a glass body I had bought from Don Hardy. But by the time we got the car to the strip -- it was so outdated, there was no class for it. It ran A/altered -- but the altered cars had already dissapeared.

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The '55 and the '33 Dodge are housed in this shop. This is the cleaner of my two buildings. I keep this one cleaner for things like engine building and light fabrication.

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This is a Shriner Circus Clown Car that my daughter and I used to drive in parades. A possible future TexFest project.

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The MSA planishing hammer project. I have everything to complete mine -- just haven't applied the elbow grease.

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Being a tool hound -- I have every kind of mallet I can find.

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Currently the Air hammer and Erco shrinkers are in the light duty shop -- but they will probably be moved to the other building with the heavy equipment.

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A Delrin anvil stand. The base came from the motion picture industry.

00Kalamazoocover-original
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This is the original cover on the band Saw.

00Kalamazoocover1
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This is a quickie aluminum cover.

American-tree-stump
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An old butcher's block, which I'll hollow out for hammering. My idea of a tree stump.

Clown
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An old clown car

Mvc-770s
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A favorite tool for shrinking edges -- a lead hammer.

Old Meat Cutting Table
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This table came from an old school. One end is hollowed out a little from where they cut the meat.

southsideracing
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A jacket patch from my teen years.