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1934 Ford & 1938 Chevy update

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:26:00 +0000

Having an early breakfast snack,

in the back of my boyfriends

1934 Ford

with cowboy coffee and mini blueberry muffins...

Just finished grocery shopping...

It's been over 5 months and still awaiting

1938 CHEVY UPDATE;

for the Mustang front end for the 1938 Chevy.

The owner of the shop is trying to stiff my boyfriend,

he thinks that time will keep him

from bugging him regarding the front end.

1934 Ford (My boyfriends truck)

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:30:00 +0000

Ted s (my Baby s) 34 Ford, a photo by teri412002 on Flickr.

The update on the 1938 Chevy is still being delayed, due to parts complications. I've decided to post this photo instead.

This photo was taken of my boyfriends 1934 Ford truck on the coast of California, in Fortune, CA couple, few yrs ago at a car show.

Update on the 1938 Chevy

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Wed, 29 May 2013 18:23:00 +0000

This is a update on the 1938 Chevy, my boyfriend is restoring. A HUGE mess up with the ordering of the front end (suppose to be a mustang front end).

The man that ordered it April 19th and today is May 29th, I'd mentioned in the my last posting that some of the parts we're missing, and just a week ago, he finally got the rest of it, all which needs cutting and fitting.

The man ordered the wrong front end, my boyfriend had seen the exact front end in a catalog, and it was priced $800 dollars less than the what he paid for, and now he is in the process of trying to return it and getting ALL of his money back, he's just having a hell of a time just getting in touch with him.

The man owns the company, and I don't understand why he would do that to a customer, does not make for good reviews.

So, anywho, I decided to repost some photos from a Hot August Nights Classic Car show I went to in 2010.

These are some photos I'd taken during the 2010 Hot August Nights Classic Car Show.

Scroll your mouse under the picture, and view the other cars.

2003 Hyabusa FOR SALE

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:50:00 +0000

Yesterday brand new Mustang front end came in, and parts we're missing, and another delay. But I decided to post a motorcycle my botfriend has listed on the "Chico, California" area, I'm posting photographs of the bike, it's a 2003 Hyabusa
2003 GS1300R SUZUKI HYABUSA,
VEHICLE BODY RS, FUEL TYPE "G" GARY COLOR, CLEAN TITLE,
17,500 MILES,
STRAIGHT BODY, EXCELLENT SHAPE, HAS NO COMPUTER CONTROL SO ITS COMPLETELY WIDE OPEN, HAS REMOVABLE INLINE CHIP(WHICH ALLOWS IT TO RUN WITH NO GOVERNOR, K&N AIR FILTER, ONE OWNER...HELL OF A DEAL.
10,000.00 or
OBO BIKE IS LOCATED IN Chico, California area. 2003 Hyabusa .

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mOefreeman@gmail.com

Beautiful 1951 Mercury

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:52:00 +0000

The update on the rebuilding of the 1938 Chevy, is that the front end my boyfriend purchased brand new Mustang front end, came in today. As for any pictures on that, I have none, but I do have pictures of his sons 1951 Mercury, with suicide doors, duel electric fans, 100 spoke rims with white wall tires, and his airs bags going into the front and rear, the car will be able to lift each tire up off the ground,they will be put in at the end of the month.
Click on photos to enlarge...

Classic 1938 Chevy Rebuild project

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:03:00 +0000

My boyfriend is finally rebuilding his 1938 Chevy,
currently awaiting for the front end, which will be a brand new mustang front end. The top 2 photos are of his, the other photos are off the web, just to show you an idea.

I will be taking photos as to keep you all updated. Keep in touch, by subscribing to this blog

Harley Tunnel Riding

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:43:00 +0000

Paint Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:42:00 +0000

Created by mOe, designed with mircrosoft paint.

My 3rd Grandson

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:37:00 +0000

A sonagram of my 3rd grandson, my youngest daughter

Michelle my youngest daughter

Abstract Art

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:36:00 +0000

Abstract Art

Created by mOe

Artistic Video

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:56:00 +0000

My Photo Shots

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:12:00 +0000

I took this shot and used a photo program, this is me;

I shot this photograph at my daughters house in Missouri last year. It was taken with basically a crappy camera, but I think it turned out pretty good. Its her kitchen window, and it was late at night.

(All of these were taken with the same camera).

I have more, but its getting late now... I'll post more another time, please feel free to comment on them.

Cat Shower

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:52:00 +0000

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Handmade Portraits: By Jason Tennant

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:36:00 +0000

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Hot August Nights Reviews

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:17:00 +0000

Hot August Nights 2009

During Hot August Nights July 30- Aug 8, 2010, cars are "cherry" and cruisin' is "too cool." According the Hot August Nights organization, more than 800,000 people flock to the events where cars are the stars and rock 'n roll rules through dozens of concerts, controlled cruises, show-n-shines, a sock hop and much more! Plenty of shopping can be found at the Silver Car Auction, Big Boy Toy Store, Hot August Nights Swap Meet.

HISTORY OF THE EVENT

About 7:30 on the evening of Saturday, August 1, 1986, the Reno-Sparks Convention Center was bursting at the seams. Hundreds of revelers were still outside, partying, cheering and pushing to be let in to a first-time event of a magnitude yet to be realized. Inside, ten thousand applauding teen- agers of the 50's & 60's" were massed together in anticipation of seeing and hearing the Righteous Brothers, Wolfman Jack, and Jan & Dean...live!

It was an event whose time had come. The pent-up demand was there, waiting for someone with foresight and vision to unleash the nostalgia of the 50's & 60's... a time of innocence, prosperity, cars and the birth of Rock and Roll. We "Baby Boomers" were ready to return to the good times, the "happy days," our youth. The weather was right - HOT; the place was right - RENO; the time was right - AUGUST -- HOT AUGUST NIGHTS was born!

The aim was to fill a void in tourism in Reno during the month of August and to raise money for local charities. The exact sequence of events and how the name, "Hot August Nights", was conceived depends on with whom you speak. Some say it was a great reason for a party and some felt it could be a dynamic event, drawing people throughout the Western states.

The founders came up with the idea of a concert and related events celebrating the origins of Rock n' Roll. Next, the Event needed volunteers to help out. Sponsors were also necessary. That first year there were only thirty volunteers, plus the Board of Directors. The total budget was $65,000. Assembling entertainment was a challenge. Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) had just undergone throat surgery, but reluctantly agreed to perform, as well as Bobby Hatfield. Wolfman Jack came along with Jan & Dean. The first concert was held Friday night in the Convention Center parking lot. The beer flowed, the atmosphere was charged - and middle-aged hearts were 16 again! Most hadn't danced to "that" music, to a live band, under the stars, since high school. The memories flooded back and so did the desire for more!

That first year of Hot August Nights was more of a nostalgia event than a car event. But, did the organizers learn! The car parade on Friday night was the highlight of the Event for the participants and the crowds who thronged Virginia Street. No one remembers exactly how many cars were in that first parade, you "registered" on the spot, and they were lined up six abreast on North Virginia Street across from Lawlor Events Center. The car owners were thrilled to show off their cars. They'd never had so many people "oohing and aahing" over their "works of art". It was a proud moment for nostalgia car buffs, they were beaming... and they wanted more! And here we are to today!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How can I enter my car in the show?

To participate with your car at Hot August Nights, you must be one of our 6,000 registered car participants. Our car participant registration is full for the 2010 Event. To get on the waiting list, please fill out a waiting list application. There is no fee to be on the waiting list. While the majority of activities are open only to registered Hot August Nights participants, we do have pre-kick off activities (July 30 – August 2) that are open to non-registered participants.

How does the Hot August Nights Waiting List work?

Your submitted waiting list application, will be assigned a number based on the date your application was received. Current Hot August Nights car participants have the first right of refusal to renew their space each April for the following year's Event. When car participants cancel or do not renew their registration to the Event, we will offer the space in numerical order to those on the waiting list. We will contact waiting list applicants by mail or phone when space becomes available. Applicants will be notified four times a year as to their position on the waiting list.

Is the Event held in one location?

Hot August Nights held at seven different venues during the week: downtown Reno, downtown Sparks, the Atlantis Casino Resort, Grand Sierra Resort, Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Reno, the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center (Hot August Nights Swap Meet) and the Reno-Sparks Convention Center (Silver Auction). Additional pre-event or single day venues include the Bonanza Casino, Cabela’s and Summit Racing.

Are tickets needed for the Event? If so, how much are they and where can they be purchased?

Tickets for the Silver Auction ($12) and Hot August Nights Swap Meet ($6) can be purchased at the gate daily. Hot August Nights headline concerts located at the outdoor stages at the Grand Sierra Resort and in downtown Sparks are free. Reno & Sparks casinos will have ticketed concerts with sales available through their websites and ticket outlets prior to the Event. For a list of free and ticketed concerts, check out our entertainment lineup (available on our website June 9).

What type of seating is available at the outdoor concerts at the Grand Sierra Resort and downtown Sparks?

The Grand Sierra Resort, has no outdoor bleachers or permanent seating for concerts. We suggest you bring your own low back folding chair from which to enjoy the concert. Unattended chairs that blow down or create an unsafe environment will be removed. Do not remove the chairs from the food court as they are there for those who are dining. At the downtown Sparks stage area there will be bleachers from which to view the concert.

Where can I purchase official Hot August Nights merchandise?

Prior to Hot August Nights, merchandise is available on our shopping cart. During the Event there will be merchandise tents located at the Atlantis Casino Resort, Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Reno, downtown Reno and downtown Sparks venues, Car Participant Check-In at the Grand Sierra Resort and our “official merchandise store” located at the outside venue at the Grand Sierra Resort.

Where can I sell or buy a car during Hot August Nights?

Cars can be sold or purchased at either the Silver Auctions located at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center from August 5 – 8 or the Hot August Nights Cool Car Showroom located at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center during the Swap Meet from August 5 – 7. For information on selling or buying a car at the Silver Auction, call (800) 255-4485; for the Cool Car Showroom call (530) 307-9999.

For additional information during the Event, please visit our Information Booths (look for the red Hot August Nights tent) in downtown Reno, downtown Sparks and at the Grand Sierra Resort.

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Hot August Nights 2010

Scroll your mouse under the picture, and view the other cars.

Hot August Nights Reno Nevada 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:17:00 +0000

August of 2009 "Hot August Nights". Me and my boyfriend went to Reno, Nevada for the car show. Check out the pictures below, I have more, this is just some of them.

The first car is a 1972 Ford Pinto, first car I ever bought, I was 17yrs so that yr that I bought it was 1977.

Cam shots

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:26:00 +0000

Never felt better about life

Crushed

OMG !!!

BRB..lol.(Be Right Back)

Short kitty video clip

Here kitty, kitty !!!

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Awful Awaking

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:10:00 +0000

Why must they ruin the Harley image with this, makes me want to sell my Harley...

Harley Ride Home

Now you've rode a Harely

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My Harley ride

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:26:00 +0000

Most of these pictures were taken while on the back of the black Harley. My boyfriend Ted, his son & his sons wife, and of course mee went to Ted's Mothers grave site, and then cruised around outside of Butte County, Northern California.

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Video clip taken off a Harley Video Harley Clip

Check out pictures of my garden through this LINK to garden pics

An American
Hot dog Saturday

Continues to Unfold

My boyfriend Ted's Harley, this is the one I ride on the back of.

Steven's Harley

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Oldies but maybe not such Goodies

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:51:00 +0000

1899 Horsey Horseless;

Somewhere between an early car and the head-in-the-bed scene in The Godfather, the Horsey Horseless, the brainfart of inventor Uriah Smith of Battle Creek, Mich., was intended to soothe the skittish nerves of our equine servants. A wooden horse head was attached to the front of the chuffing buggy in order to make it resemble a horse and carriage (Smith recommended the horse head be hollow to contain volatile fuel — another great idea). "The live horse would be thinking of another horse," said Smith, "and before he could discover his error and see that he had been fooled, the strange carriage would be passed." Stupid horse! It's not clear if the Horsey Horseless was ever actually built or if it is a chimera of auto history, but it reminds us just what a radical, hard-to-conceptualize thing a horseless carriage was.

1. 1909 Ford Model T

Uh-oh. Here comes trouble. Let's stipulate that the Model T did everything that the history books say: It put America on wheels, supercharged the nation's economy and transformed the landscape in ways unimagined when the first Tin Lizzy rolled out of the factory. Well, that's just the problem, isn't it? The Model T — whose mass production technique was the work of engineer William C. Klann, who had visited a slaughterhouse's "disassembly line" — conferred to Americans the notion of automobility as something akin to natural law, a right endowed by our Creator. A century later, the consequences of putting every living soul on gas-powered wheels are piling up, from the air over our cities to the sand under our soldiers' boots. And by the way, with its blacksmithed body panels and crude instruments, the Model T was a piece of junk, the Yugo of its day

2. 1911 Overland OctoAuto;

Milton Reeves had a very hard head and, apparently, very poor eyesight. While the general conformation of the automobile was largely sorted out in the first decade of the 20th century — particularly that business about four wheels — Reeves thought perhaps eight or a minimum of six wheels might provide a smoother ride. Welding in some bits to a 1910 Overland and adding two more axles and four more guncart-style wheels, Reeves created the OctoAuto, proudly displaying it at the inaugural Indianapolis 500. Like its Marvel Comics-worthy name, the car was a bit of a monster, measuring over 20 ft. long. Talk about scaring the horses. Zero orders for the patently ugly and silly OctoAuto apparently didn't discourage Reeves, who tried again the next year with the Sextauto (six wheels, single front axle design). Reeves is remembered today as the inventor of the muffler, which is far from ignominy.

3. 1913 Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo

A 3,200-lb. motorcycle with training wheels, a V8 engine and enough copper tubing to provide every hillbilly in the Ozarks with a still, the Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo was the daft experiment of James Scripps-Booth, an heir of the Scripps publishing fortune and a self-taught — or untaught — auto engineer. The Bi-Autogo was essentially a two-wheeled vehicle, carrying its considerable heft on 37-in. wooden wheels. At slow speeds, the driver could lower small wheels on outriggers to stabilize the vehicle so it wouldn't plop over. This is not a case of the advantage of hindsight; this was obviously a crazy idea, even in 1913. The Bi-Autogo does enjoy the historical distinction of being the first V8-powered vehicle ever built in Detroit, so you could argue it is the beginning of an even greater folly.

4. 1920 Briggs and Stratton Flyer

By 1920, the automotive was no longer a primitive experiment. Companies such as Rolls-Royce, Cadillac, Hispano-Suiza and Voisin were making potent and luxurious automobiles, the technical achievements of the age. And then there was this, the Flyer, which is no more than a motorized park bench on bicycle wheels. No suspension, no bodywork, no windshield. It was actually a five wheeler, with the dinky 2-hp Briggs and Stratton engine driving a traction wheel on the back, like a boat's outboard motor. The Flyer represents something we'll see several times on this list: The drive to make the absolute cheapest, most minimal automobile possible.

5. 1933 Fuller Dymaxion

Designer-genius R. Buckminster Fuller was one of the century's great nutjobs, a walking unorthodoxy who originally conceived of the Dymaxion as a flying automobile, or drivable plane, with jet engines and inflatable wings. It would be one link in his vaguely totalitarian plan for the people to live in mass-produced houses deposited on the landscape by dirigibles. Okayyyy...Deprived of wings, the Dymaxion was a three-wheel, ground-bound zeppelin, with a huge levered A-arm carrying the rear wheel, which swiveled like the tail wheel of an airplane. The first prototype had a wicked death wobble in the rear wheel. The next two Dymaxions were bigger, heavier, and only marginally more drivable. The third car had a stabilizer fin on top, which did nothing to cure the Dymaxion's acute instability in crosswinds. A fatal accident involving the car — cause unknown — doomed its public acceptance. Though unworkable, this three-wheeled suppository was the boldest of a series of futuristic, rear-engined cars of the 1930s, including the Tatra, the Highway Aircraft Corporation's "Fascination" car and, everybody's favorite, the Nazi's KdF-wagen.

6. 1934 Chrysler/Desoto Airflow

The Airflow's "worst"-ness derives from its spectacularly bad timing. Twenty years later, the car's many design and engineering innovations — the aerodynamic singlet-style fuselage, steel-spaceframe construction, near 50-50 front-rear weight distribution and light weight — would have been celebrated. As it was, in 1934, the car's dramatic streamliner styling antagonized Americans on some deep level, almost as if it were designed by Bolsheviks. It didn't help that a few early Airflows had major, engine-falling-out-type problems that stemmed from the radical construction techniques required. Chrysler, and the even more hapless Desoto, tried to devolve the Airflow stylistically, giving it more conventional grill and raising the trunk into a kind of bustle (some later models were named Airstream), but the damage was done. Sales were abysmal. It wouldn't be the last time American car buyers looked at the future and said, "no thanks."

1904 St. Louis is my Dads car, he sold it last year to the company that built them in St. Louis Mirrouri. His father's father bought it used in Fullerton Calif. back in the late 1900's. This car was an awesome car with wooden wheels, crank engine and lantlerns for head lights. enjoy the pictures.

My boyfriend Ted's 1934 Ford pickup

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Steven's Brand new Harley

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:33:00 +0000

I took these pictures of my boyfriend Ted and his son Steven. The HArley is his son's.

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Rat Rod Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Robbie,

he is the one that built this Rat Rod.

Robbie, Rex and Ted (my boyfriend).

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Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000

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More motorcycle photographs from the car show

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:16:00 +0000

More bike photographs, there were at least 20 or 30 bikes, and over 700 old cars. Click on the link below and see the cars.

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Designer Motorcycles

noreply@blogger.com (Struggling Parents) — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:39:00 +0000

this is a designer bike, I took these pictures at a car show this year. I really like the little bike and its actually small enough for me to ride, light weight. Enjoy the pictures.

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