ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Hey gang, I'm getting ready to hit the bricks again. Here are some of the dates where you can stop by and say hi and check out the Roswell Rod.


See us with the "Roswell Rod" at the

50th World of Wheels in
Pittsburgh, PA
January 21-23

The car will then be going on to the following locations:

52nd World of Wheels
Indianapolis, IN
February 11-13

51st O'Reilly Parts Autorama
Dallas, TX
February 18-21

49tth O'Reilly Parts World Of Wheels
St. Paul, MN
February 25-27

We will be with the car again

49th O'Reilly Parts World Of Wheels
Chicago, IL
March 4-6

...and speaking of my DVD series

IRON HORSE MAGAZINE REVIEWS MY DVD

Big Nick wrote up this killer review of my dvd for issue 134 of Iron Horse Magazine. Available now.

The Daily Grind

I have been putting some time in at a Classic car body shop here in Kansas City. It keep me on my toes! I'm working on a 1963 Chevy station wagon doing a lot of rot repair that might scare off most guys but after spending most of my life in the rusty north east fixing this stuff and cutting out a floor pan is a bag of shells.





I deleted the A/C stuff off the fire wall and made up new panels with factory looking ribs so it will have that Mod smooth look. I braced up the body before I cut the floor out just to be on the safe side. there was no way the one piece floor was going in as "One piece" so I took it apart and put it in a piece at a time. You can see the cross braces in place. I'll have the pans welded in soon.

More Progress!

I finished filming my next dvd, "HOW TO BUILD FIBERGLASS BODIES AT HOME" this week! I still need to sit down and edit 9 hours of film but it will be avabile in a few months.

The "Baja Bandeeto" is going to be one hot show rod. I am using a yellow tinted bubble for this car between that & the crazy paint it will burn your eyes out!

Steering Committee

I got a little work done setting up the crazy steering linkage on the Bandeeto last night. I'm trying to get it as close to the inner body as I can so my foot wont hit the shaft when I hit the gas pedal.

Back in the garage

Its been a while since I last posted, I guess I just got side tracked with life.

My wife Carrol's Surgery went well, The Cancer did not spread and she is going through a few chemo treatments to make sure they have gotten & killed all the little SOB's She is doing well!

I did a few bike paint jobs, did some rot repair of my neighbors pick up truck, Bought five 1959 chevy El Camino's (I don't know why I did that) but I did get my new show rod the "Baja Bandeeto" back into the garage.





I have the body off and am gluing front body mounts in under the nose with fiberglass. I'll do another set up where the split wishbones meet the body then I can move onto working on all the things that make a car a CAR! (Steering pedals, etc.)



In other news Famed Magazine (C.K. Deluxe & 'Ol Skool Rodz) cool guy Alan Mayes was kind enough to include me in his new book "HOT RODS" My clone of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's "Outlaw" made the pages as well as my restoration on Roth's "Mega Cycle" an Honer indeed! You can get a copy of the book online at Amazon.com It would make a great stocking stuffer ya know!



My first DVD is done with great fan fare ;) "How to paint your motorcycle at home" or anything else for that matter. 3 1/2 hours of me painting 2 sets of motorcycle tins. you'll see candy paint, fogs, gold leaf work, etc! Watch your favorite magazines for a review. It isn't just motorcycles all the info is the same no matter what you happen to be banging on kids! You can check out what the guys over at Sideburns magazine by clicking here.

Thanks for reading and I'll see ya around the paint booth!

- Fritz