Sites and Sounds at Barrett-Jacksons Scottsdale, Az 2012

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Sit back and crank up the sound….you are gonna love hearing this Camaro!!

 

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Tim

Model Car 1965 Ford Thunderbird

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If I were able to collect any number of cars, I’d need 3 football fields just to park them side by side and end to end (length and width).  Since I don’t have that kind of acreage, I collect a few die-casts, mainly from the Danbury Mint and 1/8 or 1/24 scale.

Here are a few pics of my 1965 T-Bird:

1965 T-Bird

 

Love the white walls and red stripe tires.

 

Tails lights are great.

 

The detail is pretty good.  In the first image you can see all the trunk hardware.

I’m not a photographer and got some tips from my son.

Drop a note if you have a die-cast collection.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Barrett-Jackson – Car Art 2

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This is one of my favorite photos thus far (with over 600 to look at it’s gonna take a while).

This is my son’s shot of a 1956 BelAir.

 

Bel Air side molding.

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

TrackVids Racing4Vets – BWM

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Got this from my circle over on Google Plus:

Lawrence – the Beamer is Looking good.

Hey everybody, just a quick update on the TrackVids Racing4Vets BMW E30 325 ground up build. Here are a few photos of the cage and interior paint work. Very clean, very tidy, gonna be lots of fun!

BMW Shell getting some paint.

Interior Sprayed

Cage shot

Can’t wait to see it done.

Thanks for reading.  Here is their Site:    https://plus.google.com/u/0/112504538024847827140/posts

 

Tim

1934 Ford V8 Deluxe Roaster and 1932 Ford Convertible Sedan Give-Aways

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Yup you read that correctly.

I’ll be giving away  two (2)  National Motor Museum Mint die-cast (metal) Ford licensed replicas.

1934 V8 Deluxe Roadster (image is of the card that comes with the car)

 

1932 V8 Convertible Sedan (Image is of the card that comes with the car)

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Grab my feed/subscribe or follow The Average Guy’s Car Restoration, Mods and Racing (https://www.average-guys-car-restoration-mods-racing.com/ or www.timsweet.wordpress.com) and stay tuned for details.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Restoring a 1953 Chevy Cop Car!

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Whenever I can I like post up a plea for someone doing a restoration that may need some assistance. The Sarasota County Lodge #45 needs assistance with restoring a 1953 patrol car. This car is a ’53 Chevy Bel Air 150.

Here are some details:

1953 Chevy Bel Air 150

 

The Sarasota County Lodge #45 of the Fraternal Order of Police is spearheading a project that will involve the restoration of an antique patrol car. The vehicle will match one that was actually used by the sheriff’s office since the office first purchased patrol cars in 1953. Once the restoration is complete, the vehicle will be donated to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office for various public uses.

By reviewing photographs in “From Shield to Star,” a book by retired Sgt. Bob Snell that documents the history of the department, several vehicles were identified by make and model. The first fleet of four vehicles consisted of 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air 150s. The project is being coordinated by FOP #45 Vice-President Kevin Lynch, who is a retired SSO lieutenant. Lynch has overseen the restoration of several emergency vehicles including two fire trucks and a Cadillac ambulance that he currently owns.
Tax-deductible contributions to this project can be sent to The Community Foundation of Sarasota County, P. O. Box 49587, Sarasota, FL 34230-6587, marked for the antique patrol car project.
The FOP is also looking for in-kind services and donations such as labor and supplies needed for the project, and possibly the vehicle itself. Storage space will also be needed for the vehicle as well as initial transportation to Sarasota. Questions can be sent to FOP Lodge #45 at P.O. Box 1488, Englewood, FL 34295-1488 or e-mailed to Lynch at floridafop45@yahoo.com. You may also visit the Lodge #45 website at foplodge45.com.

Thanks for help out.

Tim

 

Barrett-Jackson – Car Art

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I love car art, whether it be paintings of cars or car parts, photographs of either, hood ornaments, door handles, even bumpers and grills.  From time to time I pick up piece, or my wife does. 

My Son is a digital art’s major and photographer and he takes some great shots and produce some fantastic images.  The image of the two corvettes at an auto cross is his creation.  Interesting enough the red vette was my 1984 and the black C6 was an oman, as I now own a black C6.

At Barrett-Jackson besides beautiful cars there is a huge area for venders and car art is everywhere and yes my wife did find a piece for me from photographer Shane Knight – I’ll get to him in another entry.  But it is a mecca for creating your own car art.  It’s a bit crowded to set up you easel and whip out your paint brushes or charcoal, but a good camera and a little skill even the Average Guy and get some shot to take home and play with.

Now I can’t say as I have a great eye for doing this myself but over the next posts associated with this title, I’ll show you some that we took.  Believe it or not my wife did a great job with just her new Iphone 4S camera and of course my son with his higher end digital camera and lens.

First up is a shot my son took.  I can’t recall the car but I bet someone out there can.

Photo by RJS - prints are available

 
Great looking dashand side mirror.  Steering wheel is of course, not original.   This is one of my favorites.
 
Thanks for reading.
Tim

Barrett-Jackson Results – The Tucker

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Having attended the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Az. and blogging about it, thought I’d make a few entries as a follow-up.

I written about previous times I’ve attended (actually it is a family and friend affair – last year  went with friends and the previous and this year our son was able make room in his schedule to go) and how much fun it is and all of the events.

An additional thrill is being there in person and seeing some of the rarest cars on the planet.

Case in point is this Tucker.  That eventually sold for $ 2.9 million!!!  This picture is from Hemmings:

Beautiful car...but...

…Under the lights and in person….

1948 Tucker A beauiful Car!!!

Truly a great piece of history.

More coming…like…..wonder where some of those Win Both Vettes or Mustangs end up?   You’ll see.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Introducing Ford Factory Racing Page

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I’d adding some new content to the site.  I get a lot of emails on factory racing and I thought I’d include article from time to time.

These entries will not be my original work – but with my commentary (EVERYONE loves my commentary…ok….maybe some one does..but too bad, it’s my blog!!!) .  This won’t be the driver stats, or the standing for championships, this will be about the cars.

First up is the Ford page which gives a look at the Ford Fusion race car for 2013…..now why would you want to EcoBoost on your race car???   (ok..fine ruin my fun….it’s only an ad!!!) Check it out at the following link:    http://wp.me/PKHNM-SK

Hopefully the ECOBOOST will be in the off mode!!!
 
Thanks for reading.
Tim