COOPSTRIPES
The raNts and miSadventures oF a Krazy pinStriper
Friday, October 11, 2019
The latest striping adventure
This could be the most stripes I ever put on a cycle. Parts are to be cleared yet,and the motor will get some stripes also when installed.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The next adventure.
It
has been quite a while since I have had the opportunity to do anything
with this blog. I want to update you followers as to what has been going
on. When I was in Vegas for the S.E.M.A. show, Scotty and I went down
to Parker, Arizona to visit my buddy, Jimmy C. He has a 1965 Dodge A100
van that I have been bugging him for years to sell. While we were there I
wanted him to show us the van. It was in a storage lot where it has
sat for over 20 years. the van had 2 inches of dust on it. The tires
were rotted away and anything rubber had since turned to concrete. But,
the body was in excellent shape. Very little rust. After some haggling and working on Dena,his wife. Jimmy sold us the van. the problem is that we both wanted the van. so we bought it together! since we had the trailer with the vans from the sema show we loaded the Rainbow van in the back and I drove the A100 pickup back to Ohio. More on that later.
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We had the Surfink and the L600 at a show in downtown Vegas. We were a hit. |
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On the way into Vegas we were stopped by the biggest DOT asshole I have ever come across. After an hour of harassment he finally gave up trying to pin something on us.. |
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into the trailer she goes |
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there were a lot of doodles on the dash and the walls. They looked familiar |
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After some research we have been told that this van was the Roth Studios shop truck in the mid 60's. WHAT A FIND. You have no idea how excited I am about this one! |
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guess we're gona leave it like this for awhile. |
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Heading west
Heading west to eventually arrive at the SEMA Show.. Making a stop near Salt Lake City for the Kulture Krash car show. A bunch of my pinstriping bretheren put togeather a show in Riverton , so we decided to hit it on the way.and of course, a stop at the In n out burger
Thursday, July 10, 2014
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This was a delivery that I did several years ago. It was repaired and I got to do it again. |
I have made a lot of progress on the early Dodge
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I took off the exhaust system to polish it., touch up paint, and install shocks. |
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all shiny lol |
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got the seat trims installed. |
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the door handles are painted. |
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the last major thing to finish is the bed top. |
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I took the I.D. plate off to paint the door jams. |
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one of the last things to do. |
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The sign board is finished. I wanted a retro look for the dash so I used the stock dodge steering wheel. add a chrome horn ring from the custom model{ thanks scottie} and you get this! |
Next time, finished pictures of the Surfink!
Thursday, May 15, 2014
There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
It wont be long till I have this baby on the road. I am workin' hard to get this done for the Nationals and it looks like I just might make it., The interior is close to being finished.
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Down to the last headliner panel. |
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The engine cover is done Got to put everything together, to make sure it will all fit. Got the rubber gasket installed. . |
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The center panel goes up. This is tough when you do it alone! |
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The side door panel is the last major piece left of the interior. I had to take the door off again to get it fit and install the door gasket. |
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Headliner done. comin out just fine! |
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padding the front of the bed . |
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I've got 2 surfboards that go with the van one inside and this one I will use for a show sign. |
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using up some of the paint layin around |
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The engine cover fits together pretty good. |
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door panels are installed. The speaker covers arrived too! |
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Ron is fitting the carpet. I am fitting the carpet on the wheel wells |
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This board is going to hang on the wall. I carved the design into it and glassed it |
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and a little one shot. |
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Cut the wood for the floor and glued it into place. |
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It is starting to come together I am trial fitting it all. |
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Chris and Kenny are the local glass gurus. They are installing the windshield. Gona do some tricky stuff! |
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Brown glass????? |
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The hope is to set the windshield with urethane and eliminate the ugly wide rubber gasket. |
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This was the first cut. Makin me nervous! |
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Hmmm. not bad. |
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After it was cut they install a trim gasket and set it in black urethane. |
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And Blacked out the edge just like the new cars come. The center is sealed with urethane,thus eliminating the vertical rubber in the center. |
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Man I'm lovin this |
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It's thick and quite easy on the knees. |
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