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KarensKaiser Review

GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER SHOW

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January 21 to 26 2015 we took the 1953 Kaiser "Karens Kaiser" to the Grand National Roadster Show "The Grand Daddy of Them All"  We stayed at the KOA RV Park next to the Fairplex, unloaded the car from the trailer on Thursday morning and carried the display carpet sticking out of the passenger window. Waited in line an hour before they would let us into the building.  We got in, unloaded the carpet & lay'ed it down, moved the car in place and started the display setup that took 2 hours including the cleaning.  One of the outstanding was this hand formed all aluminum car.  This 1947 Hudson truck won first place and best paint.  Moor beautiful hot rods.  This is one of 13 contenders for most beautiful roadster.  The theme was The Grate Gatsby and lots of people dressed up.  This 1959 Cadillac De Ville is from Italy and was hung up in customs untill just before the show.  Lots of low riders like this Lincoln C
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  CHOPPED 51 FOR SALE By  Ron's Hot Rods   -  August 19, 2019 We are considering selling our very special 51 Ford 4 door that has been heavily modified.  We have won multiple awards including Grand National Radical Hardtop 2nd place and Sacramento Autorama Radical Hardtop 1st place.  All information regarding complete build and description available upon request.  Contact Ron Austin via email:  austinpeakrd@gmail.com or comments in blog post. Paint - Sky Blue with Sunset Flames, Custom designed flames with pin stripping, Top chopped 3", lengthened 4", rain gutters removed, Hood peaked & louvered, Nosed, decked, door handles & side trim removed, seams filled, Gas filler relocated, Headlights frenched, Fire wall & inner finders filled and smoothed, Bumpers filled, One piece front & back glass custom made, Custom made rear & trunk floor pans, Bottom of car finished and painted, Hand formed interior trunk panels, One piece door glass (vent windows removed)
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 HOT RODS FOR SALE  July 2023 These cars are currently in storage (and have been), and maintained for the last 5 years  if interested E mail me at austinpeak2003@yahoo.com

Stained Glass Window Project

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 I have sold the 41 Cadillac and the Hudson project cars & needed a new project & decided on a stained glass window for the Caboose.    I start with a picture or an idea in this case it was a picture on a puzzle I have that is just half of the running woman. The sketch or drawing on the left is close to the size and look that I wanted with the rest of her body drawn in, the center is the actual size of the window and the right is the pattern paper that will be glued to the glass. Carbon paper is used to transfer the sketch to the drawing and pattern paper.   I made up a table out of plywood and attached it to a roll-a-round cart then laid out the glass size on it, and attached the 1X11/2 frame to it that is the size of the glass & zinc (less the oak frame) then put the drawing in it.   The pattern paper was cut to size and the 1/2" U Zinc Cane cut to size and laid in at the perimeter of the glass.  The pattern's for the glass were cut out using pattern scissors tha

1964 1/2 Mustang Project (For Sale Project Car)

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I found a 1964 1\2 Mustang for sale on Craigslist at a reasonable price and decided to go to Lake Havasu to take a look. It turned out to be complete and in good condition, with no rust, for a good restoration car. The VN showed that it was made on April 14 1964 and is #13,223 made out of 92,705 made. This one came with a 3 speed manual transmission but somewhere along its life it got changed out for a automatic, the clutch peddle is still in the car.  The hood received some damage during it's move from L. A. area to Lake Havasu  Do not know why some parts ars in prime but it has no rust that I have found.  56260 show on the odometer  Interior is in good usable condition  Trunk is clean with no rust & has some spare parts.  The rear fender was hit and a poor repair job done on it.  The car had been stored for several years and was not running. The interior is in good condition and the body is fairly straight with some damage to the ho