Project "49 No Buck$"

[OrrieG]

Nice to see it on the road. You really need to come by on your next trip to Idaho. I will cut you some slack for allowing your daughter to go to Corvallis, I grew up in Eugene!

[kustombrad]

This was something I got to work on a couple months ago and probably the coolest thing ever! Was asked by Chip Foose along with 2 other stripers to help in Carsland at Disneyland! Here's myself on the left, Dennis Ricklefs, Jeff Styles, Chip and Carson Lev (Chip's marketing guy) when we first went and did our walk through!
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[kustombrad]

Thanks Orrie for cutting me some slack! I'll be going through your area in August on my yearly Baker trek!
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[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by kustombrad

Thanks Orrie for cutting me some slack! I'll be going through your area in August on my yearly Baker trek!
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Let me know when, I may be going down to my Sisters place near Lakeview in the last half of August. Do have some flexibility if I know in advance.

[OrrieG]

Is the Carlsbad thing a Cars themed car based ride (like the motor rama I remember from a trip to Disneyland in the 60's)?

[kustombrad]

I survived the washout that Billetproof 2012 was! What a rainy mess...Ugh! Was a bunch of fun talking to fellow HAMBers and checking out some of the cool rides even in the lousy weather. Went to the cruise night in Centralia and I must say I'm jealous. *****in' downtown with lots of great shops and places serving "adult" beverages! LOTS of great cars and trucks showed up once the weather cleared and even more people showed up to watch. Had the idiots in the imports trying to be cool and race but the "Man" put an end to those morons! I was lucky enough to get a great parking spot across from the Olympic Pub (Awesome place to check out!!) and hung out 'till well after 1 am! The guy having the most fun at the cruise was low buck Corey in his '62 "Short Bus" who was charging $1 a ride and it was packed the entire time! I HAD to go and took the pic when he dropped a group back at the fairgrounds. Great guy who was very creative and made a really cool and REALLY cheap (he has like $700 in the whole thing!) driver that everyone had a ball in! What a fun day!!

[kustombrad]

The headwind between Sacramento and Redding was awful! Was probably 40mph (easy) and was all I could do to keep the truck on the road! I took the wipers off because it was trying to rip them off the truck, so needless to say that part was no fun! Without the wind it's pretty quiet inside, but it was a little noisy then.

[kustombrad]

No, Carsland is based on the movie "Cars" by Pixar a few years back.

[Kabwe]

Nice to see you are having fun with your truck man. I hope to see you and Alex at Brothers this year.

[kustombrad]

We will be there!!!
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[kustombrad]

Here's a shot cruising on the road trip (notice speedo) waiting for the trucks to get out of the way and another one at a rest stop by Mt. Shasta Was a fun road trip that I'm sure I'll do again! I even got pulled over by the MAN (a CHP) coming off the mountain into Redding! He said he pulled me over because it seemed a bit "loud" as he was following me. I think he just wanted to check it it out because he asked "car guy" questions and was flipping out on the interior! He told me to be careful (no ticket OR warning!) and I took off and came home with no problems! Fun 2500 mile trip...

[OrrieG]

I've gotten stopped in my 64 Chevelle a couple of times because the cop was bored or interested in the car too.

[Groyd]

I'm jealous.

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by kustombrad

Here's a shot cruising on the road trip (notice speedo) waiting for the trucks to get out of the way and another one at a rest stop by Mt. Shasta Was a fun road trip that I'm sure I'll do again! I even got pulled over by the MAN (a CHP) coming off the mountain into Redding! He said he pulled me over because it seemed a bit "loud" as he was following me. I think he just wanted to check it it out because he asked "car guy" questions and was flipping out on the interior! He told me to be careful (no ticket OR warning!) and I took off and came home with no problems! Fun 2500 mile trip...

I used to run that route almost twice a week pulling 48' flatbeds. I thought I would never want to see it again. but now I am thinking about taking my wife to see Mt. Shasta

[iehotrod]

Originally Posted by kustombrad

Here's a shot cruising on the road trip (notice speedo) waiting for the trucks to get out of the way and another one at a rest stop by Mt. Shasta Was a fun road trip that I'm sure I'll do again! I even got pulled over by the MAN (a CHP) coming off the mountain into Redding! He said he pulled me over because it seemed a bit "loud" as he was following me. I think he just wanted to check it it out because he asked "car guy" questions and was flipping out on the interior! He told me to be careful (no ticket OR warning!) and I took off and came home with no problems! Fun 2500 mile trip...

LOVE this picture...

[oldcouple]

! I even got pulled over by the MAN (a CHP) coming off the mountain into Redding! He said he pulled me over because it seemed a bit "loud" as he was following me. I think he just wanted to check it it out because he asked "car guy" questions and was flipping out on the interior! He told me to be careful (no ticket OR warning!) and I took off and came home with no problems! Fun 2500 mile trip...[/QUOTE]

Yeah right, loud, with the semi jake brakes coming down from Shasta, he heard your truck over it.

I got stopped between Ontario and LaGrande Or for the same thing, I asked "who complained, jack rabbits"? Had the receipt in the glove box for the new mufflers from a week before. Then he gets down on his hands and knees in front of me, gun sticking up in the air and looks to see. If I had been a bad guy... poor choices by a trained professional.

[BlueJeep]

Looking good! What did you end up running for coil springs in the front? Did you run the stock ones or are they dropped?

[kustombrad]

Off subject of the truck, but I had to share this! I showed in an earlier post that I had been working at Carsland in Disneyland, but I didn't share everything. I've known Chip since '93 and was honored when I got the call to help with the project! On my first day to stripe, I showed up with my old trusty and a bit beat up paint box that I'd owned for close to 30 yrs. I was kind of embarrassed being I knew the other 2 stripers (Dennis and Jeff) would show up with way newer setups and here I was with old faithful! I wasn't there an hour and the comments started, but quite the opposite from what I expected. The Imagineering people were going nuts and EVERYONE was taking pictures of the dumb thing! When John Lassiter (who directed Cars, Toy Story and others) told me he had to have it in the Racers ride, I knew it was over. I knew they wanted to buy it, but the biggest thing was now it's in the coolest museum ever!! I made some Ramone paint cans and added my crown (King, baby!) for Ramones name to go over and they grabbed a bunch of leftover paint cups from the store stuff to finish off the display. When you come out of the paint booth (I did a bunch of striping in there) it's sitting on the floor just to the right of the car ride. Pretty much made my year! So now I just say my OTHER paint box is at Disneyland!!!

[65Pickup]

Very cool, huge honor...must have been hard letting it go. Enjoy creating the new one.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by kustombrad

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Ordinarily I am kinda anal retentive about trying to keep things all organized, clean and neat, and in its way your box is absolutely PERFECT! (Obviously or it wouldn't be at Disneyland!) So its on my PC as wallpaper now.

I SO wish I'd taken up striping as a teenager when a buddy of mine did. I'm 57 now and I wish I could still learn but seeing stuff like you do, mine would never satisfy me.

[VA72C10]

That is TOO cool!

[Detroit3100]

very cool. art rocks!

[OrrieG]

That is way cool. All of my carpentry tool boxes are very vintage, passed down from previous generations. Every signigicant building I have been involved with has a bottle with my business card and a note on my involvement hidden in a wall for someone to find in the future. When I did some remodeling on my Dad's house last year I found his "makers mark" behind the medicine cabinet from the 50's when he remodeled the place. I like doing historic building work because we always find cool things. On new buildings the crews think the masonry block is for disposal of beer and pop bottles.

[OKGMC4]

The truck is awesome and you have to have about the coolest job ever. Really neat about the toolbox!

[Groyd]

Who would've thought you could make a toolbox look cool?

Well done.