Joe Smith Early V8 & Hot Rod: January 2010

bumperette

Your bumperette is being held and you will do what I ask, if you ever want to see it intact again.
Or
What is the Safeword?

Dan: You think love is simple. You think the heart is like a diagram.
Larry: Have you ever seen a human heart? It looks like a fist, wrapped in blood! Go fuck yourself! You writer! You liar!

IFC just played Closer. It had its moments.

Stock on the left

Isky cam sponsored Dad's shop when I was a kid. I guess I've always had a soft spot for them because of it.
So here is one for "Doug's Speed Shop" and Isky.

fasteners

A few of the things that they don't make like that anymore.

Tom Waits vs. Rob Zombie

Tom Waits (1992)
Earth Died Screaming

Rudy's on the midway
And Jacob's in the hole
The monkey's on the ladder
The devil shovels coal
With crows as big as airplanes
The lion has three heads
And someone will eat the skin that he sheds
And the earth died screaming
The earth died screaming
While I lay dreaming of you
Well hell doesn't want you
And heaven is full
Bring me some water
Put it in this skull
I walk between the raindrops
Wait in Bug House Square
And the army ants
They leave nothin' but the bones
And the earth died screaming
While I lay dreaming of you

There was thunder
There was lightning
Then the stars went out
And the moon fell from the sky
It rained mackerel
It rained trout
And the great day of wrath has come
And here's mud in your big red eye
The poker's in the fire
And the locusts take the sky
And the earth died screaming
While I lay dreaming of you

vs.

Rob Zombie ( 1995)
Grease Paint and Monkey Brains

Death is on the Midway
Gambling with souls
Roulette on the wire
Ace is in the hole
I sink beneath the feeling
Moon is in my hands
A crooked wheel of Twenty-One
I just don't understand - NO!
Laugh - Yeah - Drown and Laugh
Your life is over

If God is the dealer
why do we never win?
A bloody mix of silk and mud
that starts all over again
NO - Laugh - Yeah -
Drown and Laugh -
Your life is over!!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Clowns - they scare
The children
Roll around the
The ring - The
Animals they
Wanna KILL
Anyone - Anything
Laugh - Yeah
Drown and
Laugh -
Your life is over!!

friendship

Troy came to Richmond this weekend. It was good to see him. I would not be in business without the help of friends.

shop truck

This has all kinds of potential to be fun. 1948 F-1

Age old question

Only Joe Smith Early Ford and Hot Rod has the guts to ask the question...Have you stoked your flatty? Everyone has to answer this question for themselves. "Joe Smith" just asks the question.
www.joesmithearlyford.com
Dig it

showcase

one of my favorite valves

2 tires

My name is not Joe Smith

I run a Hot Rod shop that was started by a man named Joe Smith. He named it after himself many years ago. So when you call the shop and I say " Joe Smith, this is Doug" do not be confused. I am talking about the shop, not the person. Thanks for your understanding.

old logo

Old logo from the old shop.

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fresh from the woods

Overdrive trans ready for a rebuild and a new home in the Merc.

my last day at H-D

I went out on Saturday to celebrate my last day at Richmond Harley-Davidson. I am now devoted to Joe Smith Early Ford and Hot Rod without the nagging distractions of a steady paycheck and benefits.