A day in the life

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I figured it was time to show some of what goes on in my shop, things have really started heading the direction I'm after this last year or so. These are all car done in house, usually from top to bottom.


This is what i've been driving while Carroll is done for the nitrous and other upgrades, yes its Pontiac powered


This is a GS400 with a 2JZ swap, AEM stand alone engine management. If the "strut tower brace I built into the custom fuel tank mount looks familiar it's because I used a S197 pan hard bar, lol. The fuel cell fills using the stock filer neck and is imperceivable to the end user. I built a frame within a frame so the tank will slide out for service on the little rack in the trunk.

 

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The Chevelle is coming along nicely. These pics are sort of random, I recently took the car back apart for powder coat and paint, along with a cage and some other upgrades before this race season kicks off.

 

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A truck I bagged recently for a customer, this thing would sit squarely on the ground, not bad for my 1st time doing a complete custom suspension from a bone stock truck.

 

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Some interior shots on the Goat, she bad, 455 FTW!

 

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Some of my past loves

 

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We called this girl 'Ms. Piggy"
Small block 400 with a TH400 and a 4 linked 9 inch. No one ever wanted any on the street, lol.

 

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Past paint schemes on Carroll, all designed by me and done at a good friend's body shop. I laid the most recent paint myself.

complete matte finish

same color now in gloss with stripes on hood
Latest scheme, 2 tone matte on sides and gloss black finish on hood, trunk, and roof

 

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A 5.0 deal I built for myself to run around in my 84 F250 single cab, we call this cranky old guy "Leonard", after my Gpa who passed away a year ago. He was my main man, good lord do I miss him, last of the Mohicans.

 

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A 12 valve I did for a customer, this engine came out fo my personal diesel drag truck...trust me, you don't want none.
I did the engine install and paint all in house, along with the tuning and set up.
Se the oil filler cap?

 

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My 82 Bronco "Shelby", EFI 5.0 swap. Talk about dirt drag racing, lol. She breaks necks and hearts.
100% built in house.

 

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A 4V conversion in a 1998 GT that I absolutely hated. Wish the dude would have just let me build him 351. This thing was a underpowered, overpriced pile of shit.

 

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Roller cam SBC Vortec deal, I built this for myself to do some street racing on the cheap and a friend's dad wrote me a check I couldn't turn down and hauled it off before I could install it, lol.

 

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Modern Hemi rebuild, typical wiped cam issues. Pics are random from tear down and assembly.

 

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A jeep I did, designed and executed 100% in house from the powertrain to the stereo there was nothing lacking. Sorry race fans, that ain't my mug you're looking at.

 

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One of my 1st real builds where I had control and no customer interference. He wrote the check and I never even met the guy. He bought the truck from a customer of mine and decided to let me do my thing.
68 F100 with a FE360
She would R-U-N-O-F-T on ya ass!

 

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Original 22k mile 5.0 I picked up for $2k and flipped in 2016. One of my all time favorite year Mustangs and the 1st real retro version along with being the last year for a pushrod engine in a Mustang.
The wheels are 20x10 Rohanas at all 4 corners, fit like a glove.

 

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My Gpa's old shop in Houston still has the lettering from the 70s. Right next door is a garage that specializes in high end muscle cars. I though it was pretty fitting when he took me there, we were in town to sell some old cemetery plots he had held onto.
"Rose Motor Company"

 

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4.10 gear swap, trac-loc upgrade, and long tube headers on a New Edge Mustang today. After tuning and gear break-in I think this guy is gonna have a whole new love for this ole girl.

 

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We called this girl 'Ms. Piggy"
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Had a black 86 short bed that I started redoing my first year in college but needed some thing a little more professional as my construction business was taking off. It would drag the wheels off my first trailer. Had a mean 350 in it with a loud ass custom exhaust. A lot of new sheet metal.