Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside RESTO-GO!

[Grizz1963]

JETLAG....!!

What a PITA !!

Wrote up a full and detailed entry on Dick Valenzuela last night and went to hit enter, but in my tired state, hit the close page button and lost it all.
So went to sleep, badly.
On a train now, headed for London, trying to fight a bad nights broken sleep and feeling like poop.

Anyway, back to Meme the dog.....

She loves feet, anyone's feet.



Dick is 79 years old and certainly does not act that way.

He is one of the Valenzueala brothers who were racing the Salt Flats in the 70's and before, holding various class records.

This is one of their cars.



At 79 he continues to build cars, hotrods etc.

And drives them all with gusto.

Having owned his 32 Ford for over 62 years now, I got to go for a ride in it, Dick driving hard and enjoying it.
He is also into both old and new motors, and this one has modern fuel injection and Satelite navigation based speedo etc.

A bit of history photographed.





Proud Papa, 32 in foreground and his Big Block full size, lowered Chevy in the back.



Hard to believe he painted this in 1971



In the garage another 5.0 injected pickup he has built, unfortunately my YouTube refuses to upload videos, or I could show it starting and running.



The Bandit out driving.

His golden earring and pony tail made me smile.

Hard core.



From there we headed to Steves good friend Marty's shop that I visited last year as well.

Marty is a lawyer who builds hotrods and fast cars.

Interestingly, one of his builders in the shop is known as "Doc"

Turns out he is an Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialising in Hip and Knee replacement surgery, who manages his time between the shop and a local hospital.

Petrolheads really are everywhere.

Marty's shop awning.



Greeting at the door.



More on Marty and his current builds in a while.