The second week of June we took a trip to Northern California to see family and friends. While there we were going to pick up a 60 Edsel 2 door as the parts donor car for the 60 Edsel Station Wagon. We stayed with my son in Sonoma County and I visited my friend Fred, who I got the Kaisers, T-Birds and Edsel from. Karen spent time with her daughter and new grand baby. Fred and I had a great couple of days preparing and loading: the edsel sedan and spent one day trying our luck at buried treasure using Fred's metal detectors at Bodgea Bay. I spent one day visiting an old friend (who has some failing health problems) I had not seen in over 10 years at Clearlake. We reminisced about hot rod days and friends in the 50's and 60's. We talk about his current 100 mph plus twin hull boat with 2 superchargers and his 7.45 ET chevy drag car Karen and I went and visited our friends Dave and Carol in Healdsburg. Dave has a collection of 20 (+/-)Ford, Dodge, and GM Trucks and a fe...

On Saturday (May 18Th) we took the Starliner to a Fund Raiser Car show in Kingman AZ to benefit the "All Starz Kidz" a dancing and tumbling academy for young girls. The event is called "flipping for Fenderz Car Show and all the judging is done by the gymnasts and dancers, and some of their picks for awards were unique to say the least The Starliner was in the customs category but was not flashy enough for the girls and they picked a 40 Ford 2 door that was candy apple purple with red, orange, and yellow flames. There was a good turn out, about 100 cars, trucks, t-buckets, and motorcycles. We had a good time visiting with people we have met at other shows and watching the All Star Kidz dancing show. Its a short run for the Starliner, about a 60 mile round trip and the show runs from 10 am to 2 pm so we did not have to sit through a long drawn out affair. The DJ played good 50's and 60's music and we enjoyed our day with our special car.

This was the fourth year we took the Starliner on the "fun Run" on Route 66 from Seligman to Topock. There is a Friday night cruise and barbecue in Seligman but, we did our normal Saturday morning run from the house (East on I40) to Seligman 43 miles, for the 10:00am start. Then west on Route 66 through Peach Springs, Truxton, Valentine, Hackberry, Valle Vista to Kingman that is another 60 miles and takes us around 2 hours with the stops along the way. In Kingman old town 2 of the main streets are closed for all the Fun Run cars to park for a Show and Shine car show, with lots of vendors and live bands. A lot of people recognized the Starliner and stopped by for a visit and we enjoy all the other cars. On Sunday morning we go from Kingman to Golden shores through Goldenrod and Oatman for the awards then out to Topock and back east on I40 to home that is 150 mile day. The Starliner ran great and we had a wonderful time. If anyone is int he Kingman area the first weekend of May...

The engine from the 51 on the last post didn't sell on EBay and is still available. It is a good complete engine for a project car. I was in L.A. last week and visited the 51 4 door in Costa Mesa. Progress is slow, the glass is taking a lot of time to move the glass channels, make new brackets, remount the electric window motors and make a custom piece of glass for each door due to the chop and the elimination of the wing window. the rear wheel and trunk area were cut away to make room for the "C" notch Rear end and new rear suspension, but the new sheet metal can not be welded in until the body is back on the frame. The Frame is finished and waiting for the new custom made rear sway bar to arrive. Then the paint can be finished, the engine installed, brakes, plumbing, and the steering can be finished. The engine is being put back together after the head, manifolds and accessories were sent out for chrome and polish. New engine for the 51 Ford 4 door project is a 347 smal...

Update on the 51 Ford 4 door project. The car has received a new engine due the many modifications to the body and frame. Thus we are putting up for sale the original re-built engine for this car ((we need a fresh burst of money to budget)). Any of you know of someone interested in a good engine to dress up their ride or for one their street rod projects please pass this along or email us, Thanks. Ron FOR SALE FORD 302 C.I. - EFI with accessories Not included (but shown in the first 4 pictures) are: bell housing, transmission and shifter, flex plate, torque converter, headers, starter, throttle and kick down cables, transmission dip stick and the chrome pan has been replaced with a painted pan. This 302 C.I has been completely rebuilt bored 30 over, crank turned and polished 10 and 10, new pistons, reconditioned rods, Hi Performance oil pump, balanced, rebuilt heads with new valves, springs, push rods and lifters. The Pro Stock ELGIN #951 P CAM is a mild street performance with a good ...