LowHeat’s 1949 Chevrolet Master Deluxe

1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows K A cars and stripes... Flames, Stripes, Renderings and More! Check it out. I love Rat Rods, Nastalgics, Kustoms, V-Dub's and anything Hot Rod! Here are the new stripes on the hood and air cleaner This is my 1949 Chevorolet Styleline Special 2-Door Sedan. She has been nosed and decked with '48 Chevy taillights. The buisness end is a 350 V8 with a 700R4. It has a Nova front clip and rear end. The car has power steering and power bakes with disc's up front. This is my second vehicle to install air ride on and I love it. I have independent controls for each wheel using 8 of the 3/8" 250psi E Valves from SuicideDoors.com. Just put on some skirts! The car is in the 15th issue of Car Kulture Deluxe! Page 62-65! It is the subject of a "how-to" article for After Burners! Here is a picture of the nut who wrote the article. It is in CKD again in issue #17 for a lead working article! In CKD #18 it shows how we shaved the doors. I was kind of disapointed in the pictures for the article though. Its just your basic 350, runs strong and drives great. I found the old finned aluminum valve covers at a swap meet. I just painted the underside of the hood satin black. I now have the engine compartment painted, the new master cylinder installed and a chrome luvered air cleaner on! Now I have an old Caddy air cleaner that I pinstriped. I installed a heater from Vintage Air. It is the 50615-VUH. It fits under the dash nicely and it was easy to install. Here I am after we filled up, this was my friend Dan's maiden run in his bagged '50 Buick. If you want to see a sweet transformation, check it out! The beginning of the flames for Dan's Chopped Merc. About done with the taping. That is a big car and it took a lot of tape! Got pulled over! My bumper is less than 12" off the ground. Here is a shot from another Car Kulture Deluxe picture shoot. The other cars belong to people I work with, hopefully we all will get in the mag. This is my new toy! She is a 66 VW Bug named Velma. It will take some work to get her back on the road but I think she is cool! This is at the fireworks display in Stillwater for 06. My work has a building right across from Boomer Lake where the display was. We had a company picnic and car show, it was a lot of fun!

One amp was working just fine but two is better than one right? I just got a SX500.2 to go with the SX700.4. The new 500 watt amp will be for the L5 sub and the 4 channel will now be dedicated to the mids and highs. Here are some pictures of the amp install and sound system... I moved the SX700.4 down 2 inches to make room for the SX500.2. This also shows what a stock SX amp looks like. The amp shrouds were removed so I could paint them. The covers come off rather easy, which is one of the many things I love about these amps. Here is a shot of the shrouds painted satin black (looks better than flat black in this case) and with the chrome vent and fan installed on the SX700.4. Amps put back together without end caps. Amps installed on the trunk lid with the chrome endcaps. I decided to shoot the lid satin black while I had the amps off. Here is my huge couch in the back! I finally covered the center console! It is leapord along the top and black vinyl on the sides. Here is the new Kicker Solobaric L7 10 with a pinstriped grill that I did. I also installed new black carpet and recovered the kick panels with black vinyl. It's all installed and sounds good! I finally installed my rear RS56.2's 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

Here are a few of the bikes in my dad's bike club, Tony Creek Choppers in Elgin, Oklahoma. Dad has a lot of fun on those low budget projects! This is the one we call the "Rat Bike." Dad chopped up the frame and made it a rigid. I just put the exhaust wrap on the pipe, what do you think? I just pulled some stripes on the tank. It looks kind of cool. 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

I did the air ride myself in my garage. The rear suspension consists of 2 Firestone 2600 lb air bags with 3/8" ports mounted on top of the axle, with mono leafs holding everything straight. Above the axle, the frame was notched about 7 inches to allow for the car to sink into the weeds. The top mounts for the rear shocks were relocated to the front bar of the bridge to maintain a smooth ride. The inner fenders were also moved up to allow the body to swallow the back tires. Since the front suspension is from a 69 Nova, the air bags were very simple to install. And I think it lays out nicely. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to answer them. This is a picture of the trunk with it just stripped out. No cutting... yet. The fender wells were removed for easier access to the frame, the floor above the axle and the section above the gas tank was cut out. The gas tank was dropped in from inside the trunk and hangs half in and half out of the trunk for added ground clearance. I built the monster frame notch and the bridge and the bag mounts are from SuicideDoors.com. The section above the drive shaft was opened up and the fender wells put back in and raised up. Some braces were added because the factory rear dash bracing was removed, this also serves as my air tank mount. A new drive shaft tunnel was bent for me and I cut it down to size. Sheet metal was added to seal everything up and strengthen the floor. And the stock seat went back in with no problems! (Yes, these are pictures of pictures, sorry for the low quality) This is a recent shot of the tank, valves and stuff. This is my air compressor. I just relocated it and the battery to tuck them more out of the way. You can see my orange water trap, it gets pretty humid in Oklahoma. I also added an external fan to help keep the compressor cool. This is where I control the 8 valves and compressor 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

Here is my first vehicle to put air bags on. Its a 95 Ford Ranger Splash extented cab, it was a fun truck... I miss it. It had full custom interior with embossed flames, 6 cu.ft. vented fiberglass box for 2 15's, it hit 142 dB with the mike on the dash. Not to bad for a musical box (not a one-note-wonder). The air ride was 4 wheel independent like the '49. All of the moldings were removed and emblems and tailgate shaved. The rollpan was molded in, and the bed rails were smoothed. I fabbed some grill inserts and added chrome 17's (which were plenty big for me back in 2001). Before I sold it I put an '03 Ranger Edge front bumper on it. It was a cool little truck. OK now this is my first car, a 66 Mustang Fastback. My dad bought it when he was 16 and gave it to me when I turned 16! God blessed me greatly, to say the least. The car now sets in my parents' garage. (Still in the family and always will be!) The Mustang has 16 inche Torque Thrust II's, and is a factory AC car with Pony interior. Yes, those are 4 eight inch old school Kicker CVR's lining the back pannel of the Fastback! They are mounted infinate baffel style and powered by a Kicker KX650.4. The front 1/2 of the amp pushes a set of Kicker K-series components in some custom kick panels. You guessed it, I am a Kicker fan. I rebuilt the 289 when I was 16 and drove the crap out of it. And now we are about to put a fuel injected 5.0 with an AOD in 'er. Below is a picture of the donar car that we will get the motor and tranny from. (My wife had a little accedent.) 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

This Page will be dedicated to car events that I have participated in or attended. (This will probably be mainly my car, but I will try to include links to the event coverage.) Tulsa Technology Center Car Show Tulsa, OK April 21, 2007 It was a fun little show, and I got 2nd in my class. More pictures at my PhotoBucket, click here. ----------------------------------------- 6th Lone Star Round Up Rod and Custom show Austin, TX March 30 to April 1, 2007 The show is just on Saturday but the party is all weekend! On Congress Ave which was home base As I was walking up to my car at the show, I saw this girl posing next to my car and a guy taking this picture. He posted it on the H.A.M.B. so I stole it. One of the hundreds of cool cars there. Want to see the rest? Check out my PhotoBucket by clicking here! ------------------------------------------ Perkins Car Show Perkins, OK September 30, 2006 Here is our dog Kiddie hanging in the shade. ------------------------------------------ 31st A.C. Tumbleweeds Last Run Arkansas City, KS September 22-24, 2006 Saturday at the show. What a beautiful day. Yes I like Fords too! This is Joe's Caddy on the cruise after the show. The cruise was the best! Here is me and Jeb popping off some flames. Great shot from Joe's Psycho-billy Cadillac. On Sunday Dan won "Best Late Model Custom" with his 78 Merc. The award presentation was cool because you drove through the main building to get your award so everyone could see who won. More pictures of the Last Run. ------------------------------------------- 26th KKOA Lead Sled Spectacular Salina, KS July 28-30, 2006 Wow! What can I say... It was the best Kustom car show I have ever been to! I met Bill Hines, Gene Winfield, George Barris, and Paul LeMat (the guy who drove the yellow coupe from American Grafitti). Bo Huff even took a picture of my car!!! Bill Hines "the Lead Slinger" (He's 84!) A shady spot was easy to find, the park was full of trees. It was great. Dan's chopped and flamed Merc is looking good. Some of the greatest custom car builders were there. I got an event shirt signed by Bill Hines, Darryl Starbird, George Barris, Gene Winfield, and John D'Agostino. If you don't know who they are look them up! More Lead Sled Spectacular, Click here! ------------------------------------------------ Halibrand 12th Annual Open House Rod Run Wellington, KS May 20, 2006 On the road again! This is a shot from Dan's chopped "Slamnd Marque" We planted ourselves right in the middle of the street! They shut down about 2 blocks of road for this. Halibrand let everyone poke around their buildings. The big brick building with "Ol' Glory" flying is the main building with machine shops on the bottom floor and offices upstairs. Cool Stuff! ---------------------------------------------- 3rd Crawds 'n Rods Elgin, OK May 13, 2006 Crawds 'n Rods event pictures Here is a shot of some of the cars at a stop on the Poker Run. It was a good time! You can see the edge of the Wichita Mountains in the background. The 49 is parked by the Kicker Element. Can you see my pinstriped toolbox in the trunk? The Fastback now has rack and pinion steering with a new stainless steel tilt column! Here it is sitting beside Dad's '64 1/2 convertible. --------------------------------------------- 23rd NSRA Southwest Street Rod Nats (1948 and earlier ONLY) Oklahoma City, OK April 7-9, 2006 This is me and Mike Cook. He was on Monster Garage when they built a mini truck. Mike is also on the "All Star" episode of Monster Garage that will come out at the end of the season. More Street Rod National pictures, click here! ---------------------------------------------- Spring Bash 2006 Lawton, OK April 1-2, 2006 There were a few hot rods and muscle cars. The '49 was the only "Custom" there. Lots of mini trucks and tuners, but the car got a lot of attention. Check out JanceCustoms.com and this link for great show coverage. Here is a shot from the cruise after the show on Saturday night right before a big thunder storm! Check out Hot Rod Shack for more shots of the show and the cruise. ------------------------------------------------ 30th AC Tumbleweeds' Last Run Arc City, Kansas Sept. ,2005 Here is my wife, she puts up with alot and I couldn't ask for more ----------------------------------------------- 2nd annual Crawds 'n Rods crawfish boil and car show (Small home town show & poker run, lots of fun!) Elgin, OK May 14th, 2005 Check out this site for more pictures! Hot Rod Shack Me pulling into the fire station where it was held yep that's me. You can see that this was before I bagged the front Here is the Fastback ------------------------------------------------ Spring Bash 2005 Lawton, OK April 2005 This was the first show for me to enter the 49. I entered it in the under construction car class and got a 1st place trophy! For more pictures check out Jance Customs ------------------------------------------------- Small local show (don't remember the name) Stillwater, OK October, 2004 This is the Mustang at a small show here in Stillwater at a new church. The yellow buggy was a buddy's of mine. It was fun. (This was back when my grandpa was still driving the '49.)

Step 1: Get your Stuff together! This is a 75 lb shaved door kit and a Viper 5000. The alam is a 6 function 2-way system. So if my alarm goes off I will know! I plan on having it control opening driver door, passenger door, pop trunk, and air suspension up and down! Needless to say I am very excited. Step 2: Door Panel off, Solenoid on. You may need a special tool like the one here to remove the clips from the handles. Mark your holes for the solenoid, make sure this is a good location, free of moving parts and a clear shot to the latch. The bolts for the bracket need to be in contact with bare metal because in this kit that is how the solenoid in grounded. Now we need a hole so the power wire can go into the door. After the first hole is drilled in the door jamb, shut the door (with you in it, and make sure you can open it back up!) and mark the hole for the door. These holes need to line up so the wire doesn't get pinched. Insert a gromit in each hole to prevent the wire from being cut. Now run your wire and attach it to the solenoid. Step 3: Attach Cable Keep the cable clear of moving parts or anything that it could get caught on. You will want a little bit of slack in the cable when it is attached, so keep that in mind when crimping it. Step 4: Remove outside handle and weld 'er up: Remove the handle and sand around the holes to make a good welding surface. Cover all windows or anything else you don't want to get pitted. Cut out your filler plate using similar gauge sheet metal to the doors. You can use a magnet to hold the plate and then tacked it. Use small tacks, alternate from side to side, top to bottom, and go SLOW! You don't want to over heat the metal and warp your door. Do this until it is completely welded. 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

One amp was working just fine but two is better than one right? I just got a SX500.2 to go with the SX700.4. The new 500 watt amp will be for the L5 sub and the 4 channel will now be dedicated to the mids and highs. Here are some pictures of the amp install and sound system... I moved the SX700.4 down 2 inches to make room for the SX500.2. This also shows what a stock SX amp looks like. The amp shrouds were removed so I could paint them. The covers come off rather easy, which is one of the many things I love about these amps. Here is a shot of the shrouds painted satin black (looks better than flat black in this case) and with the chrome vent and fan installed on the SX700.4. Amps put back together without end caps. Amps installed on the trunk lid with the chrome endcaps. I decided to shoot the lid satin black while I had the amps off. Here is my huge couch in the back! I finally covered the center console! It is leapord along the top and black vinyl on the sides. Here is the new Kicker Solobaric L7 10 with a pinstriped grill that I did. I also installed new black carpet and recovered the kick panels with black vinyl. It's all installed and sounds good! I finally installed my rear RS56.2's 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

Here are a few of the bikes in my dad's bike club, Tony Creek Choppers in Elgin, Oklahoma. Dad has a lot of fun on those low budget projects! This is the one we call the "Rat Bike." Dad chopped up the frame and made it a rigid. I just put the exhaust wrap on the pipe, what do you think? I just pulled some stripes on the tank. It looks kind of cool. 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

Here is my first vehicle to put air bags on. Its a 95 Ford Ranger Splash extented cab, it was a fun truck... I miss it. It had full custom interior with embossed flames, 6 cu.ft. vented fiberglass box for 2 15's, it hit 142 dB with the mike on the dash. Not to bad for a musical box (not a one-note-wonder). The air ride was 4 wheel independent like the '49. All of the moldings were removed and emblems and tailgate shaved. The rollpan was molded in, and the bed rails were smoothed. I fabbed some grill inserts and added chrome 17's (which were plenty big for me back in 2001). Before I sold it I put an '03 Ranger Edge front bumper on it. It was a cool little truck. OK now this is my first car, a 66 Mustang Fastback. My dad bought it when he was 16 and gave it to me when I turned 16! God blessed me greatly, to say the least. The car now sets in my parents' garage. (Still in the family and always will be!) The Mustang has 16 inche Torque Thrust II's, and is a factory AC car with Pony interior. Yes, those are 4 eight inch old school Kicker CVR's lining the back pannel of the Fastback! They are mounted infinate baffel style and powered by a Kicker KX650.4. The front 1/2 of the amp pushes a set of Kicker K-series components in some custom kick panels. You guessed it, I am a Kicker fan. I rebuilt the 289 when I was 16 and drove the crap out of it. And now we are about to put a fuel injected 5.0 with an AOD in 'er. Below is a picture of the donar car that we will get the motor and tranny from. (My wife had a little accedent.) 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

I did the air ride myself in my garage. The rear suspension consists of 2 Firestone 2600 lb air bags with 3/8" ports mounted on top of the axle, with mono leafs holding everything straight. Above the axle, the frame was notched about 7 inches to allow for the car to sink into the weeds. The top mounts for the rear shocks were relocated to the front bar of the bridge to maintain a smooth ride. The inner fenders were also moved up to allow the body to swallow the back tires. Since the front suspension is from a 69 Nova, the air bags were very simple to install. And I think it lays out nicely. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to answer them. This is a picture of the trunk with it just stripped out. No cutting... yet. The fender wells were removed for easier access to the frame, the floor above the axle and the section above the gas tank was cut out. The gas tank was dropped in from inside the trunk and hangs half in and half out of the trunk for added ground clearance. I built the monster frame notch and the bridge and the bag mounts are from SuicideDoors.com. The section above the drive shaft was opened up and the fender wells put back in and raised up. Some braces were added because the factory rear dash bracing was removed, this also serves as my air tank mount. A new drive shaft tunnel was bent for me and I cut it down to size. Sheet metal was added to seal everything up and strengthen the floor. And the stock seat went back in with no problems! (Yes, these are pictures of pictures, sorry for the low quality) This is a recent shot of the tank, valves and stuff. This is my air compressor. I just relocated it and the battery to tuck them more out of the way. You can see my orange water trap, it gets pretty humid in Oklahoma. I also added an external fan to help keep the compressor cool. This is where I control the 8 valves and compressor 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows K A cars and stripes... Flames, Stripes, Renderings and More! Check it out. I love Rat Rods, Nastalgics, Kustoms, V-Dub's and anything Hot Rod! Here are the new stripes on the hood and air cleaner This is my 1949 Chevorolet Styleline Special 2-Door Sedan. She has been nosed and decked with '48 Chevy taillights. The buisness end is a 350 V8 with a 700R4. It has a Nova front clip and rear end. The car has power steering and power bakes with disc's up front. This is my second vehicle to install air ride on and I love it. I have independent controls for each wheel using 8 of the 3/8" 250psi E Valves from SuicideDoors.com. Just put on some skirts! The car is in the 15th issue of Car Kulture Deluxe! Page 62-65! It is the subject of a "how-to" article for After Burners! Here is a picture of the nut who wrote the article. It is in CKD again in issue #17 for a lead working article! In CKD #18 it shows how we shaved the doors. I was kind of disapointed in the pictures for the article though. Its just your basic 350, runs strong and drives great. I found the old finned aluminum valve covers at a swap meet. I just painted the underside of the hood satin black. I now have the engine compartment painted, the new master cylinder installed and a chrome luvered air cleaner on! Now I have an old Caddy air cleaner that I pinstriped. I installed a heater from Vintage Air. It is the 50615-VUH. It fits under the dash nicely and it was easy to install. Here I am after we filled up, this was my friend Dan's maiden run in his bagged '50 Buick. If you want to see a sweet transformation, check it out! The beginning of the flames for Dan's Chopped Merc. About done with the taping. That is a big car and it took a lot of tape! Got pulled over! My bumper is less than 12" off the ground. Here is a shot from another Car Kulture Deluxe picture shoot. The other cars belong to people I work with, hopefully we all will get in the mag. This is my new toy! She is a 66 VW Bug named Velma. It will take some work to get her back on the road but I think she is cool! This is at the fireworks display in Stillwater for 06. My work has a building right across from Boomer Lake where the display was. We had a company picnic and car show, it was a lot of fun!

Here is my first vehicle to put air bags on. Its a 95 Ford Ranger Splash extented cab, it was a fun truck... I miss it. It had full custom interior with embossed flames, 6 cu.ft. vented fiberglass box for 2 15's, it hit 142 dB with the mike on the dash. Not to bad for a musical box (not a one-note-wonder). The air ride was 4 wheel independent like the '49. All of the moldings were removed and emblems and tailgate shaved. The rollpan was molded in, and the bed rails were smoothed. I fabbed some grill inserts and added chrome 17's (which were plenty big for me back in 2001). Before I sold it I put an '03 Ranger Edge front bumper on it. It was a cool little truck. OK now this is my first car, a 66 Mustang Fastback. My dad bought it when he was 16 and gave it to me when I turned 16! God blessed me greatly, to say the least. The car now sets in my parents' garage. (Still in the family and always will be!) The Mustang has 16 inche Torque Thrust II's, and is a factory AC car with Pony interior. Yes, those are 4 eight inch old school Kicker CVR's lining the back pannel of the Fastback! They are mounted infinate baffel style and powered by a Kicker KX650.4. The front 1/2 of the amp pushes a set of Kicker K-series components in some custom kick panels. You guessed it, I am a Kicker fan. I rebuilt the 289 when I was 16 and drove the crap out of it. And now we are about to put a fuel injected 5.0 with an AOD in 'er. Below is a picture of the donar car that we will get the motor and tranny from. (My wife had a little accedent.) 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

Here are a few of the bikes in my dad's bike club, Tony Creek Choppers in Elgin, Oklahoma. Dad has a lot of fun on those low budget projects! This is the one we call the "Rat Bike." Dad chopped up the frame and made it a rigid. I just put the exhaust wrap on the pipe, what do you think? I just pulled some stripes on the tank. It looks kind of cool. 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

One amp was working just fine but two is better than one right? I just got a SX500.2 to go with the SX700.4. The new 500 watt amp will be for the L5 sub and the 4 channel will now be dedicated to the mids and highs. Here are some pictures of the amp install and sound system... I moved the SX700.4 down 2 inches to make room for the SX500.2. This also shows what a stock SX amp looks like. The amp shrouds were removed so I could paint them. The covers come off rather easy, which is one of the many things I love about these amps. Here is a shot of the shrouds painted satin black (looks better than flat black in this case) and with the chrome vent and fan installed on the SX700.4. Amps put back together without end caps. Amps installed on the trunk lid with the chrome endcaps. I decided to shoot the lid satin black while I had the amps off. Here is my huge couch in the back! I finally covered the center console! It is leapord along the top and black vinyl on the sides. Here is the new Kicker Solobaric L7 10 with a pinstriped grill that I did. I also installed new black carpet and recovered the kick panels with black vinyl. It's all installed and sounds good! I finally installed my rear RS56.2's 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows K A cars and stripes... Flames, Stripes, Renderings and More! Check it out. I love Rat Rods, Nastalgics, Kustoms, V-Dub's and anything Hot Rod! Here are the new stripes on the hood and air cleaner This is my 1949 Chevorolet Styleline Special 2-Door Sedan. She has been nosed and decked with '48 Chevy taillights. The buisness end is a 350 V8 with a 700R4. It has a Nova front clip and rear end. The car has power steering and power bakes with disc's up front. This is my second vehicle to install air ride on and I love it. I have independent controls for each wheel using 8 of the 3/8" 250psi E Valves from SuicideDoors.com. Just put on some skirts! The car is in the 15th issue of Car Kulture Deluxe! Page 62-65! It is the subject of a "how-to" article for After Burners! Here is a picture of the nut who wrote the article. It is in CKD again in issue #17 for a lead working article! In CKD #18 it shows how we shaved the doors. I was kind of disapointed in the pictures for the article though. Its just your basic 350, runs strong and drives great. I found the old finned aluminum valve covers at a swap meet. I just painted the underside of the hood satin black. I now have the engine compartment painted, the new master cylinder installed and a chrome luvered air cleaner on! Now I have an old Caddy air cleaner that I pinstriped. I installed a heater from Vintage Air. It is the 50615-VUH. It fits under the dash nicely and it was easy to install. Here I am after we filled up, this was my friend Dan's maiden run in his bagged '50 Buick. If you want to see a sweet transformation, check it out! The beginning of the flames for Dan's Chopped Merc. About done with the taping. That is a big car and it took a lot of tape! Got pulled over! My bumper is less than 12" off the ground. Here is a shot from another Car Kulture Deluxe picture shoot. The other cars belong to people I work with, hopefully we all will get in the mag. This is my new toy! She is a 66 VW Bug named Velma. It will take some work to get her back on the road but I think she is cool! This is at the fireworks display in Stillwater for 06. My work has a building right across from Boomer Lake where the display was. We had a company picnic and car show, it was a lot of fun!

I did the air ride myself in my garage. The rear suspension consists of 2 Firestone 2600 lb air bags with 3/8" ports mounted on top of the axle, with mono leafs holding everything straight. Above the axle, the frame was notched about 7 inches to allow for the car to sink into the weeds. The top mounts for the rear shocks were relocated to the front bar of the bridge to maintain a smooth ride. The inner fenders were also moved up to allow the body to swallow the back tires. Since the front suspension is from a 69 Nova, the air bags were very simple to install. And I think it lays out nicely. Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to answer them. This is a picture of the trunk with it just stripped out. No cutting... yet. The fender wells were removed for easier access to the frame, the floor above the axle and the section above the gas tank was cut out. The gas tank was dropped in from inside the trunk and hangs half in and half out of the trunk for added ground clearance. I built the monster frame notch and the bridge and the bag mounts are from SuicideDoors.com. The section above the drive shaft was opened up and the fender wells put back in and raised up. Some braces were added because the factory rear dash bracing was removed, this also serves as my air tank mount. A new drive shaft tunnel was bent for me and I cut it down to size. Sheet metal was added to seal everything up and strengthen the floor. And the stock seat went back in with no problems! (Yes, these are pictures of pictures, sorry for the low quality) This is a recent shot of the tank, valves and stuff. This is my air compressor. I just relocated it and the battery to tuck them more out of the way. You can see my orange water trap, it gets pretty humid in Oklahoma. I also added an external fan to help keep the compressor cool. This is where I control the 8 valves and compressor 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows

This Page will be dedicated to car events that I have participated in or attended. (This will probably be mainly my car, but I will try to include links to the event coverage.) Tulsa Technology Center Car Show Tulsa, OK April 21, 2007 It was a fun little show, and I got 2nd in my class. More pictures at my PhotoBucket, click here. ----------------------------------------- 6th Lone Star Round Up Rod and Custom show Austin, TX March 30 to April 1, 2007 The show is just on Saturday but the party is all weekend! On Congress Ave which was home base As I was walking up to my car at the show, I saw this girl posing next to my car and a guy taking this picture. He posted it on the H.A.M.B. so I stole it. One of the hundreds of cool cars there. Want to see the rest? Check out my PhotoBucket by clicking here! ------------------------------------------ Perkins Car Show Perkins, OK September 30, 2006 Here is our dog Kiddie hanging in the shade. ------------------------------------------ 31st A.C. Tumbleweeds Last Run Arkansas City, KS September 22-24, 2006 Saturday at the show. What a beautiful day. Yes I like Fords too! This is Joe's Caddy on the cruise after the show. The cruise was the best! Here is me and Jeb popping off some flames. Great shot from Joe's Psycho-billy Cadillac. On Sunday Dan won "Best Late Model Custom" with his 78 Merc. The award presentation was cool because you drove through the main building to get your award so everyone could see who won. More pictures of the Last Run. ------------------------------------------- 26th KKOA Lead Sled Spectacular Salina, KS July 28-30, 2006 Wow! What can I say... It was the best Kustom car show I have ever been to! I met Bill Hines, Gene Winfield, George Barris, and Paul LeMat (the guy who drove the yellow coupe from American Grafitti). Bo Huff even took a picture of my car!!! Bill Hines "the Lead Slinger" (He's 84!) A shady spot was easy to find, the park was full of trees. It was great. Dan's chopped and flamed Merc is looking good. Some of the greatest custom car builders were there. I got an event shirt signed by Bill Hines, Darryl Starbird, George Barris, Gene Winfield, and John D'Agostino. If you don't know who they are look them up! More Lead Sled Spectacular, Click here! ------------------------------------------------ Halibrand 12th Annual Open House Rod Run Wellington, KS May 20, 2006 On the road again! This is a shot from Dan's chopped "Slamnd Marque" We planted ourselves right in the middle of the street! They shut down about 2 blocks of road for this. Halibrand let everyone poke around their buildings. The big brick building with "Ol' Glory" flying is the main building with machine shops on the bottom floor and offices upstairs. Cool Stuff! ---------------------------------------------- 3rd Crawds 'n Rods Elgin, OK May 13, 2006 Crawds 'n Rods event pictures Here is a shot of some of the cars at a stop on the Poker Run. It was a good time! You can see the edge of the Wichita Mountains in the background. The 49 is parked by the Kicker Element. Can you see my pinstriped toolbox in the trunk? The Fastback now has rack and pinion steering with a new stainless steel tilt column! Here it is sitting beside Dad's '64 1/2 convertible. --------------------------------------------- 23rd NSRA Southwest Street Rod Nats (1948 and earlier ONLY) Oklahoma City, OK April 7-9, 2006 This is me and Mike Cook. He was on Monster Garage when they built a mini truck. Mike is also on the "All Star" episode of Monster Garage that will come out at the end of the season. More Street Rod National pictures, click here! ---------------------------------------------- Spring Bash 2006 Lawton, OK April 1-2, 2006 There were a few hot rods and muscle cars. The '49 was the only "Custom" there. Lots of mini trucks and tuners, but the car got a lot of attention. Check out JanceCustoms.com and this link for great show coverage. Here is a shot from the cruise after the show on Saturday night right before a big thunder storm! Check out Hot Rod Shack for more shots of the show and the cruise. ------------------------------------------------ 30th AC Tumbleweeds' Last Run Arc City, Kansas Sept. ,2005 Here is my wife, she puts up with alot and I couldn't ask for more ----------------------------------------------- 2nd annual Crawds 'n Rods crawfish boil and car show (Small home town show & poker run, lots of fun!) Elgin, OK May 14th, 2005 Check out this site for more pictures! Hot Rod Shack Me pulling into the fire station where it was held yep that's me. You can see that this was before I bagged the front Here is the Fastback ------------------------------------------------ Spring Bash 2005 Lawton, OK April 2005 This was the first show for me to enter the 49. I entered it in the under construction car class and got a 1st place trophy! For more pictures check out Jance Customs ------------------------------------------------- Small local show (don't remember the name) Stillwater, OK October, 2004 This is the Mustang at a small show here in Stillwater at a new church. The yellow buggy was a buddy's of mine. It was fun. (This was back when my grandpa was still driving the '49.)

Step 1: Get your Stuff together! This is a 75 lb shaved door kit and a Viper 5000. The alam is a 6 function 2-way system. So if my alarm goes off I will know! I plan on having it control opening driver door, passenger door, pop trunk, and air suspension up and down! Needless to say I am very excited. Step 2: Door Panel off, Solenoid on. You may need a special tool like the one here to remove the clips from the handles. Mark your holes for the solenoid, make sure this is a good location, free of moving parts and a clear shot to the latch. The bolts for the bracket need to be in contact with bare metal because in this kit that is how the solenoid in grounded. Now we need a hole so the power wire can go into the door. After the first hole is drilled in the door jamb, shut the door (with you in it, and make sure you can open it back up!) and mark the hole for the door. These holes need to line up so the wire doesn't get pinched. Insert a gromit in each hole to prevent the wire from being cut. Now run your wire and attach it to the solenoid. Step 3: Attach Cable Keep the cable clear of moving parts or anything that it could get caught on. You will want a little bit of slack in the cable when it is attached, so keep that in mind when crimping it. Step 4: Remove outside handle and weld 'er up: Remove the handle and sand around the holes to make a good welding surface. Cover all windows or anything else you don't want to get pitted. Cut out your filler plate using similar gauge sheet metal to the doors. You can use a magnet to hold the plate and then tacked it. Use small tacks, alternate from side to side, top to bottom, and go SLOW! You don't want to over heat the metal and warp your door. Do this until it is completely welded. 1: Car Basics 2: Sound System/Interior 3: Tony Creek Choppers 4: Old Danger Ranger and Mustang Fastback 5: Rear Air 6: Shaved Door Handles: Step by Step! 7: Car Shows