1965 Tiki Suburban – Perfect Theme Execution

MyRideisMe.com is happy to have 680 members now, including this bad 1965 Chevy Suburban owned by Cameron and Debbie Day from Austin, TX. This is another well done “shop truck” for their hot rod parts business House O Speed. They have created a GREAT garage already even though they just joined. Their garage is a great example of how you can show detailed pics of the interior, engine and exterior of your ride in an organized way. You don’t need to insert pics in an email to show a buddy what you’re up to on your ride, just send them over to your MyRideisMe.com garage and you’re all set!

Cam says, this is Ratiki. It began life as an Arizona based 1965 Chevy Suburban built by my friends and I from the ground up over the span of five years. The concept was Cam’s, that existed as ideas, a few magazine pics and some sketches. Cam then turned to my buddy Brian Stupski from Problem Child Kustoms to render the truck. Brian kindly referred the Day’s over cause he knows I’ve got a weak spot (or maybe a screw loose) for wagons. Somehow, this truck really winds my clock.

Need to know more about this truck? Spend some time checking out 1965classiccar.com. It’s got tons of detailed pics of the build. It’s the kind of site we wish we all had for the build of our rides. (And now you can with My Ride is Me!)

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1963 F-100 Twin Turbo Video

My Ride is Me had a busy weekend! NO! I didn’t hang out with my mom! I went to my friend Steve Szymanski’s shop called Industrial Chassis Inc. and got this ultra cool video of what has been transformed from a really nice truck to a full-on Big block Chevy – twin turbo -1000HP badass! I’m doing a full story on this car soon, but for now, here’s the video: (gotta go to MyRideisMe.com!)

Here’s a sneak peak under the hood too! That’s a 427! Fuel injected, custom headers, you name it, this thing is done right. Much more later… Take a look at Steve’s Garage (Click HERE) and see what else he’s up to. I have a bunch more pics to show and a profile of Industrial Chassis coming up.

Please read the whole story: Hot rod F100 Twin Turbo: Full story plus the video

1963 F-100 Twin Turbo Video

My Ride is Me had a busy weekend! NO! I didn’t hang out with my mom! I went to my friend Steve Szymanski’s shop called Industrial Chassis Inc. and got this ultra cool video of what has been transformed from a really nice truck to a full-on Big block Chevy – twin turbo -1000HP badass! I’m doing a full story on this car soon, but for now, here’s the video:

Here’s a sneak peak under the hood too! That’s a 427! Fuel injected, custom headers, you name it, this thing is done right. Much more later…

Take a look at Steve’s Garage (Click HERE) and see what else he’s up to. I have a bunch more pics to show and a profile of Industrial Chassis coming up.

What do you think? Wicked!

(your comments are welcome!)

Lagrange, Georgia Treasures

Written by: kastoo

Submitted: 1/18/2008

Katstoo is a MyRideisMe.com member. Here’s a story that’s close to home for him. If you’d like to submit a blog to MyRideisMe.com, please contact us! All bloggers are welcome here.

We hope you enjoy it!

Here in Lagrange, GA, there is a piece of sprawling land owned by a man named Mack Waugh. On this land are many, many vehicles. People will drive by and stop to look, in awe of what they see. Most of the vehicles are in terrible shape but there is a heap that are still worthy projects. The city has been after Mack for a while, they call it an eyesore, even though Mack lives out in the beginning of rural country. Mack wants to keep the land and sell the cars. He’s going to try to sell them in one lot 1st. If that doesn’t work he is going to reopen the yard and the cars one car at a time and sell the loose parts. When the cars and parts are gone the yard is closed. I don’t believe anyone is going to buy the whole yard because they’d have to haul it off the land. I’m sure he’ll be forced to sell individually. There will be many opportunities then depending on what he wants for each car. The following link is an album at Flickr of Mack’s cars that another person took. Enjoy and dream away!

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=mack+waugh

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Donahoe Racing in Trouble?

What started as a few Off road drivers posting concerns about service on their Donahoe Racing products allegedly is a much bigger story!

Read the full story at the MyRideisMe.com blog: Click Here
A friend of mine showed me this post from Dezertrangers.com: POST LINK

A forum member named DJSSniper posted the Riverside, California District Court notes from Monday, 12/17/2007 for the Honorable Stephen G. Larzon. Here’s that link: Link to court notes If you scroll down to item #20 you’ll see the notes for:

USA vs. William Kreag Donahoe for two counts: 1) Distribution of Child Pornography and 2) Possession of Child Pornography

W-W-W-What? Child Porn?

Read the rest of the story at MyRideisMe.com by clicking HERE

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Dad’s Old Dodge D200

This blog is well over due, but oh well. I need help writing these things, so if you’re a struggling writer or just a car/bike freak with some extra time, why not give this a try?

So here’s Mike and Luz Wilson’s 1965 Dodge D200. I met Mike at the Scottsdale Goodguys show when the sun was setting. I caught a couple good photos that I wanted to share. (Click an image to enlarge…)

This truck is ultra clean and straight as an arrow and these pictures show it. Who’s ever even seen one of these? Mike told me that the military and forest service were the ones buying up these trucks for a tough life, so the haven’t survived well. Mike worked at Norman King Dodge back in ’65 and since his pops needed a truck, the deal was made. I could have been Mike’s plan all along to get the truck, but he had to wait 30 years before his dad was ready to let it go.

The engine is a late model Hemi backed by a modern automatic trans put together by our friend from The Drag’n Wagon, Mark Greenwell. From here, I’ll let the pictures do the talking. This old work truck’s come a long way since carrying a camper for his dad. With the work Mike’s done, 30 years from now, this will still be a truck worth the wait.

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The Drag’n Wagon!

So you’ve owned it since you were 16? Yes. And that was when? 1973. So then, what’s the next obvious question… Why’d a 16 year old kid buy a van? I’m a drummer!

Mark Greenwell of Phoenix, AZ drove this 1966 Chevy Van to the 2007 Scottsdale Goodguys show and immediately caught my eye. The sun setting on those retro-perfect murals blew me away. I knew right away this van had a story. Check these out: (click to enlarge)

Do you dig the van?

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The Big Show: Goodguys Scottsdale, AZ

Mess-up fuel pump, lost air bleed screw for the new carbs, broken rocker stud, up all night getting ready for the show and sore-as-hell-legs. We had a great time! Here’s my recap of the 2007 Goodguys Show in Scottsdale, AZ.

That all didn’t happen to me, I did change the fuel pump on my car, but probably didn’t need to. The new pump only hit about 1.5psi to start, then up to 3, back to 1, all over the place. Finally, she settled in and makes 3 psi as I’d hoped. My friend Joe helped out by taking this photo. By the way, your battery will go dead if you leave the pump on. sigh.

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Feature Rides Coming Soon

I’ll be doing several feature stories about the cars I liked at the show. I expect you won’t like all of them. Isn’t that what makes MyRideisMe? Otherwise, we’d use the name ThatOtherGuysRideAintMeAtAll.com.biz.tv.net.org. (we would have, but that domain’s already taken!) Here’s what’s in store:

The Dragon Wagon owned by Mark Greenwell of Phoenix, AZ

Kissing Cousin (to my car!) owned by Joe Clifford of Scottsdale, AZ

The Hand-Me-Down 65 Dodge D200 owned by Mike & Luz Wilson of Phoenix, AZ

The Cool Gold 38 Chrysler owned by Mike Flynn of Lake Havasu, AZ

Swede with a Need for Speed – Tucson, AZ’s Seaholm family rides and service with bonus info about Hi Speed the hot rod shop that’s been helping the Seaholm family.

Hank’s Killer Anglia (Who knows Hank? or his wife’s Willy’s truck?)

My Pops freshly built T-bucket (You did great dad! You’re my inspiration!)

Mr. Freeze, Rob Zollar’s “Up All Night” 40 Ford Pickup

Then, if that wasn’t enough, I’ll be breaking the story on this car and what’s happening at Squeeg’s Custom in Mesa, AZ. First time out, this amazing car fittingly won an award.

Which one should I do first? You should read this blog at MyRideisMe.com!

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Hot Rod Model T’s and Typewriters

It was my pleasure to meet Kirk Wright of Scottsdale, AZ at the Scottsdale Pavilion’s show. We started talking about my car, a 27 Ford Roadster and the the 2.3L Pinto motor I run. Then Kirk started telling me about some of his cars. After hearing about the Model T ‘banger motors he was building, I set up a meeting at his house to see what he’s up to. His card says AAA Typewriter Service on it, so I didn’t know what I was getting into. I got into this Hemi Headed Model T four cylinder!

If you’re into nostalgia racing or old-OLD time hot rodding, or just really into Model T’s, then you just spilled your beer. You’re looking at a one of kind Hemi headed model T engine. The valve cover is also a unique piece.

You have GOT TO read the rest of the story!! Go here!

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