Ford Reconditioning

rear & gears

1947 Mercury

On ebay right now. Don't miss out.

5 of 6

I have sent 6 flatheads to the machine shop to be cleaned, magnafluxed and inspected. 5 of them passed with flying colors. I consider this a great stroke of luck.

east coast A Coupe

around the shop

new tenant

Druss32

Giving it all he's got. And I don't mean pushing this car. Death or Glory.

4532 pictures ago

I took this picture 4532 pictures and 1000 years ago. It feels like forever ago now. ( go ahead click on it)

gypsy punk

    Every band has a moment in the show where they peak. Maybe the big pyrotechnics go off or the lead guitarist jumps off of an eight foot high stack of Marshall amps. Or maybe the big light extravaganza blinds you for sixty seconds. Maybe the lead singer has all of the lights turned down and sits soulfully on a lone stool with his acoustic guitar with one white spotlight focused on him and in his vulnerable moment he sings his song just for you in a touching high school crush kind of way.

   Gogol Bordello is different. They came out high energy and exited the stage high energy. And everything in between was a huge burst of high octane, heart pounding, accordion induced excitement! It was as if their entire show was one big jump from the top of a Marshall stack. I believe that they left it all out there on stage. They didn't save a thing for later. They went big and pulled it off. They didn't follow the Rock and Roll formula.There was no pretense; just loud and lively gypsy punk. Everyone danced and sang along. I don't think that you could have stayed still if you wanted to. Their energy was infectious. Their music is truly unique. And it also makes for great driving music.

If you get the chance to see them; go see them. The CD's are fun, but I didn't really "get it" until I saw them live. Seeing them has changed my mind about what a concert should be.

In the words of Eugene Hutz:

If we are here not to do
What you and I wanna do
And go forever crazy with it
Why the hell are we even here?

Fenton Headers

New parts for the wall

8ba

Last Wednesday at the shop.

No, that is not snow. It is pollen. It is just that time of year.

A few of the usual suspects

roadster

This was at the Open House last weekend. I still have a pile of socks in front of the shop. This car was knocking socks off all day. Unfortunately this photo doesn't do it justice, but I do like the recycling symbol in the background.

Christopher Columbus moment

I just had a Christopher Columbus moment.

I just discovered that The Clash had given a nod to The King with their album cover. Actually I am not sure of what their motivation was, but I am a big fan of both. I was thumbing through some albums and said " hey that looks like the best album The Clash ever released". So I went and grabbed that album and much to my surprise it does look very similar, right down to the font. I was so excited to discover this that I rushed to the Internet to get jpgs to post here and share this with all of you.Wikipedia was the first thing that came up when I searched for the London Calling image.

And yep, you guessed it. Wikipedia had both of these images, right next to each other. Apparently a lot of people already know about this. 

And that is why it is a Christopher Columbus moment. I discovered something that lots of other people already knew about.

So, if you didn't already know;now you know.

More Open House pictures here

Go to Facebook and check out the album.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Joe-Smith-Early-Ford/255791070965?ref=ts

The Open House was a huge success

Thanks to everyone who came out! It was a good time. Of course I didn't get any pictures at the height of the madness, only a few before and after, but here are just a few of the cars, bikes and people that showed up. I missed a whole group that came up from the Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Norfolk areas. So if anyone has some of those pictures; how about dropping me a message?
Thanks to everyone who showed up and made this what it was. There were no trophy queens or attitudes. It was about building nice cars and driving them. Everyone who showed up was pretty laid back, no attitudes and no fuss.We got to hang out and talk about cars. It was cool. Thank you all for helping to support a good cause. The Spinal Cord Injury Association of VA did well for the day and the poster sales will continue to benefit them, long after the Open House.
  Thanks to old friends and new friends. I have said it before and I suspect that I will say it again: I would not be in business if it wasn't for my friends and family. I love you all.
I get the chance to do something that I really enjoy and I get to share it with others. I am a lucky guy. Some would say blessed.
  I will post more pictures as I get them, but this will get us started.