Nice car! was just wondering, how many guys did they have working on your car on average? Shawn

Greg have you picked out the exact color for the interior yet? I'd love to see what you picked. It looks sweet.

JUST HOLY WOW!! LOVE THAT!! I'm really a fan of the whole "rat rod" movement…. I don't "fit" that movement -- Gwen isn't going to wear 50's clothes -- and I'm not mid 20's anymore -- but I absolutely LOVE what the creativity is on these cars!










Do you have ANY idea how long of a ride this is going to be??? For YOU that is….



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Thanks buddy. The VIBE as you put it -- is just a nice simple traditional looking hot rod -- but one that exudes "Quality" from a distance and up close… and there won't be any "oh wow's" as far as details go. It's simple and sweet and will get LOTS and LOTS of miles put on it.









Per month there's usually 4 or 5 names listed as billable hours… whether they're working on it at the same time or separately -- sorry -- I just have no idea. I doubt very much that there's many people working all at the same time on it. It's not a rush project like my last one was -- and the deadline set is easily doable.

The AVERAGE hot rod produced at this shop is about 1500 billable hours is what I think I was told one time. Made sense to me -- but of course that's nothing but an "average". I think mine will be close to that average.







Yes I have picked the exact color…. and the actual leather. But I don't have any photos of it or samples either. So here's a "kinda sorta like this pic"



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Did someone say Mountain bike ?:_paranoid

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I have a way kool mountain bike! Just because I'm old - and fat - and weak - and infirm - and demented - doesn't mean I can't go trail riding!! I just don't go very far very fast or for very long - if I do…. I have to ride into town to get a candy bar - and then sometimes I forget where I went and why.

that is the best

Sorry I can't resist this comment.

Depending on where the gas tank is it might actually be a "Bomb"

However I agree with you. It is the bomb !!!

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SEE MARTY!!! Just like I said. HAHAHAHAHAHAH







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Thanks!!!
 

This is the info I was after! thanks for the reply!

That is awesome so what kind of bike is it ?

It's a Trek -- I wanted the Fuel EX8 29 but I didn't like the 29's -- so went with a 26 but I'll be danged if I can remember the exact model. It's "high end" - but not crazy high end. Lucky for me SV is a HUGE bike town - but at the end of the season they blow stuff out and change over to ski stuff. It's got 3 big gears up front and 9 in back I think - and has hydraulic brakes - and the adjustable suspension for soft - medium and locked up… The rear suspension is cantilevered rocker set up.

I LOVE IT… But I just ride it around -- I'm not jumping logs or planning any canyon jumping on it. I do CHOOSE to go down stairs though rather than avoid them!! LOL

That's awesome Greg I miss Mtn Biking, years ago I built a couple of my own from the frame up.

Here's my last one... the frame was so so but the components were top notch in their day

HAHAHAHAHAHA --- We're going to have to set up a Mountain bike track day!!



Nice looking bike Jerry!



I haven't had a bike for years… Gwen rides her road bike (a Trek Madone 5.9) 50 miles per ride and she'd ride 6 days a week if the weather would cooperate… She's actually has TWO of them - identical - one here in Bellevue and one in Sun Valley… and then when I got my mountain bike - she bought one too - so we've been doing rides together - road and trails. We use our bikes way more than our cars when we're over in SV.

Since last September. We bought a condo by accident… went over there in January and stayed until the end of March - by that time we'd bought a lot and are building a house and moving there as our primary residence.

I've skied over there for 25+ years - and always loved it - but those were always just "winter" ski trips… then we went over a couple times the last couple of summers and loved the summer just as much as the winters.

It's a town of "insane" money. There's one Alaska Air flight per day from Seattle -- but the airport is just a parking lot full of private jets. Some of the houses there are OMG amazing… You'd mistake them as ski lodges or hotels… hahahaha


I'll ask someone that will know.


You know they have the big Allen & Company tech conference over there every year… and the whole town is crawling with private security for all the who's who in tech that come over.

When ?

:cheers:

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Man I just read some of the story about David Hayden but I was unable to find anything on the house.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/21/te...anted=all&_r=0

I also think we need to set up a MTB ride after Good-Guys events and Sema next year. I know I will have my bike with me.

ps Greg that is a great bike you have there.

I like those pics Greg.

And the bench is a nice touch. :relax:

Does that Weld Racing shirt glow at nite? That would be a nice safety feature. Or just have it :flashie:on and off.


:D

That's awesome, you both get to enjoy such beautiful riding areas ..Track day for Mtn bikes lol sounds like fun..I'll have to get another bike one day.

As it turns out - the arc - is off Fairway road which I walk three or four times a week since it starts (it's a short road) at our driveway. Fairway was the gold coast for awhile… and there are some real beauties there. My source (real estate agent/friend - whose husband is our architect - who's BFF's with our builder….) says she hasn't been in it.

It's a VERY SMALL town… some 3,000 permanent inhabitants… all of whom are either related - or friends of someone. It's amazing that way (to us coming from a big town).

I personally despise people like "him"… or like the bozo neighbor of mine that hoovered thru some 250 MILLION… because why? He put all his money in one basket and then was so F'n' greedy he borrowed even more money so he could put that in the same basket.. and then BOOM… lost it all. Stupid azz deserved to loose it all. Now he's suing the banks that lent him the money claiming they shouldn't have. What an ass.

Yep he's an idiot

Do a Google Map -- just put in FAIRWAY ROAD - Sun Valley, Idaho


You'll see why it's called Fairway Rd - DOH! The homes there are - for the most part - beautiful and large by huge. Walking on the road - they're mostly empty as they are 2nd or 3rd or 4th homes for the owners.

If you look on the google map (do the earth shot version) just to the WEST - is DIAMOND BACK RD… We'll be the second house built up there and we own the lot at the end of the cul d sac on Diamond Back. Our view will be of the Trail Creek golf course and Fairway Rd… HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Elk Trail has to be moved OFF our property as it cuts across the corner. But the point is -- I can get on my bike and ride those trails without lifting so much as a finger to get there. Marty and Rob would think they died and went to mountain bike heaven.

I have a life time free supply.


IF they stay in business "this time". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



To those that DO NOT know me -- NO I have absolutely nothing to do with it - other than we just happen to share the same name.

Greg --


I googled "The Ark - Sun Valley, ID" and found pics of the house - yes I do know it. Not my taste but it has some really kool industrial metal stuff going on.

There are two "metal" houses on Fairway -- one is like two square boxes connected by an enclosed bridge… all done with rivets and corten steel… And then there's "The Ark"… which is nowhere near the largest house on Fairway. There's a stone (think stone like in a castle) house that stretches about three lot widths… even driving a car - you think "does this house ever end?"

Yes I would. Next house will have a trail built around it instead of just the back yard.

And now back to CARS…… LOL







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Greg, I really like that color choice. Looks really rich. Those old bodylines wear old colors well.

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I like that!

Sssssswwwwwweeeeettttttt!!!!!!!!

Drool! Beautiful color. Looking forward to seeing it buttoned up.

Damn that is pretty!! Color is perfect.

Very Nice.

That looks like the blue I painted my first Toyota Tonka Truck. I really love that color.

Oh yeah going to be sweet with that interior color.

That black looks nice on there... a lot better than grampa blue... :poke:



Jeff-

LOVE IT :gitrdun:

It'll be done for the January Grand National Roadster Show == Isn't that about 6 or 7 YEARS faster than some builds on here?? :snapout: :mock: :lmao:

:smiley_smack: :waveflag:

:lmao: :lmao: :headspin: :lmao:

:cheers:

Did I live up to "Butthead"??