Fast Times Rods

04/11/2015

Something a littl different for us. We finished this 27 T a while ago for the owner who had been driving it with a homebuilt chassis and original 27 T transverse leaf with NO shocks. Car hit one large pothole and broke the front leaf spring and sent the car into the shoulder of the road and folded the frame rails up about 45 degrees, pushing the distriutor into the firewall. We designed a ground up chassis for him, stretching the wheelbase and giving it a few new touches. All chassis, suspension etc designed in house. well over 75 custom parts drawn and burned on our CNC for this chassis alone.

04/02/2015

FOR SALE
A courtesy listing for a few of my customers down South. These boys do nice work and this would save you a pile of money on a new project:

For Sale
NEW -S & W 200 WB C/M Front Engine Dragster.
New SFI( NHRA_IHRA) cert ( 7.50) –JR fuel- 11/30/14.
Set up for Early hemi/ Donovan – glide( long or short)
Will accept – any drive drain.
Complete aftermarket 9 inch rear( NEW)- with custom dual disc brakes.( 4.56)
New Love /Joy couplers, safety shields- anti-rotation devices, drive line enclosure-custom.
New rear/ front engine plates.
New / complete on board fire system.
New chute/ Frameworks shifter.
Custom aluminum body ( short style)/ with fully Enclosed belly pans
Custom aluminum wind screen ( engine turned)
Custom aluminum built aluminum seat ( back side is also engine turned)
Custom aluminum fuel tank
Custom front wing .
Ansens( 11.5X33 mickys) rear/ New 17X2.25 tires and front wire spoke wheels.
Seat / cage fits larger person. Measures 20 ½ inches inside to inside.
Brand New Car – fresh out of paint. SOLD the Donovan and glide. Plus a Willys/ Prefect Gasser got into the equation – imagine that.
Includes : 1965 dual axle enclosed 26 ft (real deal ex top fueler) trailer. Good tires, electric brakes. Pulls great with a ½ ton pick up.
18000$ for car and trailer. ( You can’t even buy the parts / materials- let alone with trailer for this) Cash talks 662-542-0796 ( text or call) Mitch

03/16/2015

Looking for talented shop help! We are as busy as ever and making some new changes. Starting pay rates of 20-50k per year depending on experience. Job is located in Western New York, about an hour from Buffalo, NY or Erie, PA.

Automotive familiarity and skill an absolute must. We are looking for hard working professionals willing to put in the time and effort to produce top quality cars. We demand hard work and attention to details, some evening and weekend hours are a must. In exchange we offer good pay, flexible hours, paid vacation, 401k use of the complete shop and Blue Cross/Blue shield health coverage available. If you would rather talk on your cell phone than work, or cant bother to call in if you are sick this is not the place for you.

This month's core value: "Seek Change"
This month's quote: "What's dangerous is not to evolve." - Jeff Bezos

03/11/2015

Thanks for the numbers! Don Jr Cash is the winner of the Aldan American Track pack. he has been sent a message but if anyone knows Don, please reach out and tell him to contact us with shipping info!

03/11/2015

Quick...first person to spit this post, comment with
a number between 1-100. Thanks! We picked the number for the Aldan Track pack! Keep an eye out for the next new contest which will be sweeeeet!

03/08/2015

On to a more pleasant note today lets take a look at something we all like no matter what we drive...FREE SWAG! My buddy Garret Harmola over at Aldan American is letting me give away some goodies.

JUST "LIKE" this post and I will pick someone at random to ship this to. PLEASE check your "other" folders for news from us. We still have a few unclaimed prizes from past contests. I notify eveyone the day they win, but if we are not "friends" it will go to the little known "other" folder.

We have been using Aldans for 20 years and have had great success....not only with new shocks but when I get the call from a guy who has had a car for 12 or 15 years and they leak for some reason, they are amazed (and thankful) when I tell them just to send them in and ALDAN will repair them for free for the lifetime of the shock.
American Made quality at great prices. Call us for your next shock order, we can drop ship directly for you.

03/07/2015

A note to anyone (like Bill Sworn) who feels the need to talk trash or voice their negative opinion on my page. I post pics and videos for people to enjoy...if you dont like them turn the page. I was always taught that if I had nothing good to say to keep my mouth shut. Obviously not all people have the good manners my parents instilled in me, especially when they are hiding on the other end of a computer monitor.
If you feel your car is that much better than everyone elses feel free to post detailed pics so we can have a crack at it.
If you have something negative to say keep it to yourself or feel free to talk smack to me personally at a show and I will be happy to debate the pro's and cons of any given subject with you in person.
There isn't a car on the planet that I can't find something wrong with or something I don't like about it...including my own. In fact I am my own worst critic as most of my customer know.
All my posts are pictures of cars that people had a dream to build and spent a lot of time, money or both on. Not all of them are cars I built, but simply cars I enjoy...Not all of the cars I post are built the way I would personally build them if given the choice...however I respect ANYONE elses vision of what their car should be. Thats what makes this an awesome hobby....you can make your project into WHATEVER you dream it to be.
With that said any negative comments will be deleted and the poster banned from the site.
Here is another video to make the Bill Sworns of the world stew anonymously behind their omputer screens....a 1941 Willys Pro-Tour chassis.....ohhhh no could there be anything worse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhfT0Vn8Q5c

This is a 5 minute walk through of one of our 1941 Willys Pro-Tour chassis built for Greg H. in Texas. This chassis is setup for 20x10 wheels in the rear and...

03/07/2015

And for whats underneath.....can't have a great car without a great chassis, so why don't many companies show you whats UNERNEATH the body? You wouldn't buy a house just because it has nice siding without looking in the basement first right? Here is a walk around of one of ours, nothing to hide here and almost a shame to cover it up.
With 20 plus years of chassis design and fabrication and over 250 Willys chassis on the street, we have the knowledge and flexibilty to build it any way you want....Pro-Street, Pro-Tour and Gasser style we have you covered.

03/07/2015

Getting itchy for spring, can almost smell the tires roasting on warm pavement! Until then heres a dose of a turn key (prior to paint) getting a little shakedown time in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H41RTCAB02w

1941 Willys gasser coupe. Just finished the build yesterday and took it on its maiden voyage today. Have to be gentle at first and work out the bugs, then af...

02/25/2015

Sorting out some pics while I wait on help for a broken water line and came upon these showing a bit of our plumbing and some nice shots of our bolt in cage. Lots of effort into stuff no one may ever see but details make the car and the end result speaks for itself.

02/21/2015

A friend from Texas Weldon Richardson is behind this awesome tribute! Cant wait to see it in the magazine!

Weldon Richardson got his 1941 Ford Gasser Pickup to honor Mike Bamber's 1941 Willys pickup (the "Silver Dollar") after it left a lasting impression on him.

02/20/2015

Saying goodye to another one.....one of our base model Willys Gassers shipping to Mickey and Mitch in Mississippi. A couple of well respected chassis builders from down south, I was pretty pleased when they decided to have us build all their Willys chassis for them. They will be doing the build out on this roller but you can have one similiar for under 20k (this car has owner supplied wheels, tires and rear brakes) a perfect way to get started. And once again, you can see how far we take the bodies once we get them. By starting with an already good body, we spend a few days making them even better for you!