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The Comeback of Xander Cell’s xXx GTO Flame Car!

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“Then Came Bronson” was a joy venture TV series, about a fellow on a Harley, driving from town to town and getting into conflicts, and helping out. It was on the air in 1969-1970 and was excellent escapist TV. If you know the showcase, and want the bike, I found a superb website truly doing all the work for you and handing you the recipe on a silver Harley! Here’s an excerpt from the very first page! If you want to build one, go to the site HERE and love all the joy detail work that was done and collective!

Note: Back then the bike was advertised as a 900cc, however this was a marketing technology used by Harley-Davidson when they rounded up the cc from eight hundred eighty three to 900, making the engine emerge fatter than it truly was. The bike above is the infrequent Boat-tail model. One of Peter’s many bikes.The one thousand nine hundred seventy Cycle Guide Magazine article gives evidence of what is required…. “A Harley-Davidson CH gas tank substituted the standard turtle tank. The front wheel was substituted with a 21” aluminum rim carrying a Three.00 x twenty one ribbed Avon Speedmaster tire. The front fender was switched to a chromeplated, bobbed chunk and the headlight nacelle, or housing, was eliminated and a chrome sports light substituted it. The oil tank and rear shock springs were chrome plated. A kickstart was added albeit the Sportster carries an electrified starter. The seat was substituted with a custom-built leather unit and a brief chrome hand-hold was mounted behind the passenger seat. (Folklore has it that the sissy bar was cobbled from a Schwinn banana seat bicycle – ed.) The chain guard cover and the voltage regulator cover were chrome plated. The rear fender was bobbed five inches and the tail light substituted with an old style English light. The motorcycle was repainted with a specially mixed formula which is called from this point on, Bronson Crimson. The final touch was the addition of the Bronson “Eye” insignia to the gas tank.”The 883’s pictured here below are a one thousand nine hundred seventy XLH and 1969, a kick starter was added later. A one thousand nine hundred seventy has a slightly different front fork because of the way the front fender mounts, but can be adapted by welding tabs on the forks for the Bronson front fender. A vintage XLH is hard to find now-a-days. Once you have your bike, stir on to another step.”

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Rockford Files Firebird to be Displayed at Charlotte AutoFair

This April 6th through 9th 2017, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, a Rockford Firebird will be on display. They are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Firebird and Camaro’s.

KITT from Knight Rider and the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am will also be on display with some significant Firebirds and Camaro’s.

The Bumble Bee Camaro from the 1st Transformer movie will be there too. This Bumble Bee Camaro is from the Volo Auto Museum collection.

They are expecting over 100,00 people to attend. So here is a link to the shows information. http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/tickets/spring-autofair/

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30th Anniversary Marty McFly Vegas Toyota Fantasy Truck

Putting it all back together again! After tearing the truck down to the framework, the bed came off, and WAY too much in “ding” repair was done. Then eventually the paint job. As this was an old truck and had to look brand fresh most of the cost was repairing thirty years of puny dings and imperfections. Now it was back in my yard, and time to put it all back together again, but with fresh reupholstered seats, fresh carpets, fresh headliner etc.

I had custom-built Statler Toyota Licence plate frames made, and of course, McFly personalized plates! it was the 80’s after all!

I did have to rush the job as the mechanical and paint work took much longer than I had figured, and I had an appointment to drive down Las Vegas blvd. with the cast of Back to the Future, and almost thirty Deloreans and many other movie and TV starlet cars!

After my trailer was hit by a fan attempting to take a photo of the truck, I got back on the road with miraculously no harm to my truck, just tore off a fender of the trailer! (I had bought rental insurance, so no worries on that!)

Once we all got to Vegas, it was packed with panels with the starlets, the big parade and lots of photos! We had a good time, and I got to interview Bob Gale the writer of Back to the Future along with the cast members and fans.

The truck worked excellent, and during the parade I heard several people shout out “Is that you Mike?” That was funny! Claudia Wells who played Marty’s Gf eventually got a rail in that truck she was promised, but we didn’t go up to the lake with sleeping bags! Sorry!

Michael Scheffe, who helped design the Delorean Time machine, as well as KITT from Knight Rider is a friend, and I had the pleasure of delivering him up to the podium for the big event in Vegas!

In the back of this cast photo with Paul Casey, the Organizer of the event, you can see Bob Gale and I taking questions from the audience that was gathered to see the starlets. Lea loved my truck, and we ended up providing a KITT for her scene of “The Goldbergs” Hollywood is a puny world, sometimes!

One of the few times they shut down the main unwrap! In the parade out front was a pair of Blues Brother’s cars, then two Starsky and Hutch Torinos. Next I’m in my McFly Truck followed by the cast in two convertibles and rows of Deloreans with their “wings” up!

After all that excitement a few weeks later, I was invited to come see the Hollywood Cup screening and also stayed afterwards and partied with the cast and team that came out. My truck was on display for the crowds of fans, some even came as their dearest characters!

Now the big year is over, and it’s time for the amazing truck to go make a BTTF (aka Back to the Future) fan glad! It’s for sale to make room for my next project, the 1940’s Batmobile!

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The Batmobile no one drove… Part Four

By waiting and buying the ideal donor car, I had hopped over months of work! I skipped taking the car to and from shops, and haggling over price and workmanship. So I found myself in a superb place embarking with the joy details and the finish work!

After registration with the DMV, looking for insurance, it was time to go over the car.

I went through all the paperwork to see what had been done. As the dash was all custom-built, I had to get acquainted with all the switches, find the fuse box, etc.

The door treats had no locks, but I had been given a set of fresh replacement hot rod treats.

There were no windshield wipers.

A gas leak had emerged from the rear of the car.

The trunk wouldn’t open, and it had no lever, just an electronic switch.

The battery was dying because the lights would come on when I had the door open, but the battery was locked taut in the trunk!

The door treat could be a blog by itself! Figuring out how to liquidate a door panel in a “regular” car is hard enough, but a hot rod with custom-made interior, clean-shaven doors, custom-made glass and reversed hinges proved to be a long learning curve! After many attempts I ultimately got the interior panel off, only to detect why the fresh treats had never been installed. There was no way to get to them!! Surrounded by acute metal, there was a clip like paperclip to hold the treat together. A custom-made metal chunk held the treat in place with two screws. If you liquidated the screws, it fell down into the door with a thunk. So I used magnets, dental instruments, little clips along with a lot of sweat and attempts to eventually operate on the driver door and successfully substituted the door treat. After not being sure if I would ever get the door to close and latch again, I determined to wait on substituting the passenger side for now. I had an interior lock on that side, so I could at least key lock the car now.

Next I knew I needed some bat hubcaps to substitute the jag emblems, and a bat in the steering wheel if I was going to keep that. It came with what I think was the original horn, but was rusted beyond recognition. I will attempt and restore, but it may be hopeless.

I would have to find a 1940’s police siren anyway, you know, for crimefighting! Also I wished to make another big bat somewhere on the motor, and the entire dash needed the batman treatment! To the Bat-garage photos!!

So very first things very first, off with the Jag center caps, on with some period bats I designed and cut by my friend, the late good Eddie Paul. (He was my “brain builder” and we had began the project a few weeks before his passing. I love that stud, and I am proud that his talented arms worked on this final project. He will be sorely missed.)

I interchanged out the Jaguar logo for a bat in the steering wheel, until such time as I want to exchange it to either a banjo type classic wheel (They are very big, so not leaning that way) or some other custom-made bat wheel! A custom-built car is never finished!

The duo of drawings in the comics of the dash in the car were a brown dash of the basic multitude, (The shot above was the most detailed drawing of the era) but I know bat fans wouldn’t go for just a plain dash! So out it all came, and I packaged it in bat black, added a ww2 aircraft panel and dug into my magic box of switches and dials. I had to have a FEW bat-gadgets! Just for me! I moved the stereo into the glove box so the modern stereo couldn’t be seen, but I could still play batman music!

Ace the Bathound stood guard by the car most days, powered by what else? Gentle Giant Dog food, created by Burt Ward!

Reminisce that shot from the 40’s cop car? Well, I got a ww2 forearm unit to connect to the dash, and a period linesman phone for when Batman had to make a call. With this lump of crime fighting equipment, Batman could clip into any phone line anywhere, and dial anyone, while being untraceable! It was very nostalgic to spin the dial and have that feeling again to make a call! I know it will be a joy attraction to demonstrate kids!

Found the smallest blades 9″ and the smallest arms from a 70’s VW bug. Batman’s ready for the storm! The car was sliced in the back and the front of the roof was lowered, so the windshield had to be custom-built cut and it’s not very tall!

Eventually I made a bat for the back wall like in the fucktoy, but I dropped it on the air cleaner, and liked it way better there. I had one spot in the dash I didn’t have figured out, but once that was packed in I could reinstall the dash. Then I would have a cool bat themed hot rod, ready to take to car shows! I think I have to embark driving this thing soon! Sorry for the cliffhanger, but that’s all for now!

Next scene: Making custom-made side panels, getting that dash back in and working, sourcing and making side pipes and figuring out the giant bat-face, with light up eye headlights! Stay tuned bat-fans, this may take some time!

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The Comeback of Xander Box’s xXx GTO Flame Car!

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“Then Came Bronson” was a joy escapade TV series, about a man on a Harley, driving from town to town and getting into conflicts, and helping out. It was on the air in 1969-1970 and was fine escapist TV. If you know the display, and want the bike, I found a fine website indeed doing all the work for you and handing you the recipe on a silver Harley! Here’s an excerpt from the very first page! If you want to build one, go to the site HERE and love all the joy detail work that was done and collective!

Note: Back then the bike was advertised as a 900cc, however this was a marketing technology used by Harley-Davidson when they rounded up the cc from eight hundred eighty three to 900, making the engine emerge fatter than it indeed was. The bike above is the infrequent Boat-tail model. One of Peter’s many bikes.The one thousand nine hundred seventy Cycle Guide Magazine article gives evidence of what is required…. “A Harley-Davidson CH gas tank substituted the standard turtle tank. The front wheel was substituted with a 21” aluminum rim carrying a Three.00 x twenty one ribbed Avon Speedmaster tire. The front fender was switched to a chromeplated, bobbed lump and the headlight nacelle, or housing, was eliminated and a chrome sports light substituted it. The oil tank and rear shock springs were chrome plated. A kickstart was added albeit the Sportster carries an electrified starter. The seat was substituted with a custom-made leather unit and a brief chrome hand-hold was mounted behind the passenger seat. (Folklore has it that the sissy bar was cobbled from a Schwinn banana seat bicycle – ed.) The chain guard cover and the voltage regulator cover were chrome plated. The rear fender was bobbed five inches and the tail light substituted with an old style English light. The motorcycle was repainted with a specially mixed formula which is called from this point on, Bronson Crimson. The final touch was the addition of the Bronson “Eye” insignia to the gas tank.”The 883’s pictured here below are a one thousand nine hundred seventy XLH and 1969, a kick starter was added later. A one thousand nine hundred seventy has a slightly different front fork because of the way the front fender mounts, but can be adapted by welding tabs on the forks for the Bronson front fender. A vintage XLH is hard to find now-a-days. Once you have your bike, stir on to another step.”

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Rockford Files Firebird to be Displayed at Charlotte AutoFair

This April 6th through 9th 2017, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, a Rockford Firebird will be on display. They are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Firebird and Camaro’s.

KITT from Knight Rider and the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am will also be on display with some significant Firebirds and Camaro’s.

The Bumble Bee Camaro from the 1st Transformer movie will be there too. This Bumble Bee Camaro is from the Volo Auto Museum collection.

They are expecting over 100,00 people to attend. So here is a link to the shows information. http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/tickets/spring-autofair/

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30th Anniversary Marty McFly Vegas Toyota Desire Truck

Putting it all back together again! After tearing the truck down to the framework, the bed came off, and WAY too much in “ding” repair was done. Then ultimately the paint job. As this was an old truck and had to look brand fresh most of the cost was repairing thirty years of puny dings and imperfections. Now it was back in my yard, and time to put it all back together again, but with fresh reupholstered seats, fresh carpets, fresh headliner etc.

I had custom-made Statler Toyota Licence plate frames made, and of course, McFly personalized plates! it was the 80’s after all!

I did have to rush the job as the mechanical and paint work took much longer than I had figured, and I had an appointment to drive down Las Vegas blvd. with the cast of Back to the Future, and almost thirty Deloreans and many other movie and TV starlet cars!

After my trailer was hit by a fan attempting to take a photo of the truck, I got back on the road with miraculously no harm to my truck, just tore off a fender of the trailer! (I had bought rental insurance, so no worries on that!)

Once we all got to Vegas, it was packed with panels with the starlets, the big parade and lots of photos! We had a superb time, and I got to interview Bob Gale the writer of Back to the Future along with the cast members and fans.

The truck worked superb, and during the parade I heard several people shout out “Is that you Mike?” That was funny! Claudia Wells who played Marty’s Gf ultimately got a rail in that truck she was promised, but we didn’t go up to the lake with sleeping bags! Sorry!

Michael Scheffe, who helped design the Delorean Time machine, as well as KITT from Knight Rider is a friend, and I had the pleasure of delivering him up to the podium for the big event in Vegas!

In the back of this cast photo with Paul Casey, the Organizer of the event, you can see Bob Gale and I taking questions from the audience that was gathered to see the starlets. Lea loved my truck, and we ended up providing a KITT for her scene of “The Goldbergs” Hollywood is a petite world, sometimes!

One of the few times they shut down the main undress! In the parade out front was a pair of Blues Brother’s cars, then two Starsky and Hutch Torinos. Next I’m in my McFly Truck followed by the cast in two convertibles and rows of Deloreans with their “wings” up!

After all that excitement a few weeks later, I was invited to come see the Hollywood Cup screening and also stayed afterwards and partied with the cast and squad that came out. My truck was on display for the crowds of fans, some even came as their dearest characters!

Now the big year is over, and it’s time for the amazing truck to go make a BTTF (aka Back to the Future) fan glad! It’s for sale to make room for my next project, the 1940’s Batmobile!

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The Batmobile no one drove… Part Four

By waiting and buying the ideal donor car, I had hopped over months of work! I skipped taking the car to and from shops, and haggling over price and workmanship. So I found myself in a fine place embarking with the joy details and the finish work!

After registration with the DMV, looking for insurance, it was time to go over the car.

I went through all the paperwork to see what had been done. As the dash was all custom-made, I had to get acquainted with all the switches, find the fuse box, etc.

The door treats had no locks, but I had been given a set of fresh replacement hot rod treats.

There were no windshield wipers.

A gas leak had emerged from the rear of the car.

The trunk wouldn’t open, and it had no lever, just an electronic switch.

The battery was dying because the lights would come on when I had the door open, but the battery was locked taut in the trunk!

The door treat could be a blog by itself! Figuring out how to eliminate a door panel in a “regular” car is hard enough, but a hot rod with custom-built interior, trimmed doors, custom-made glass and reversed hinges proved to be a long learning curve! After many attempts I ultimately got the interior panel off, only to detect why the fresh treats had never been installed. There was no way to get to them!! Surrounded by acute metal, there was a clip like paperclip to hold the treat together. A custom-built metal lump held the treat in place with two screws. If you eliminated the screws, it fell down into the door with a thunk. So I used magnets, dental instruments, little clothespins along with a lot of sweat and attempts to eventually operate on the driver door and successfully substituted the door treat. After not being sure if I would ever get the door to close and latch again, I determined to wait on substituting the passenger side for now. I had an interior lock on that side, so I could at least key lock the car now.

Next I knew I needed some bat hubcaps to substitute the jag emblems, and a bat in the steering wheel if I was going to keep that. It came with what I think was the original horn, but was rusted beyond recognition. I will attempt and restore, but it may be hopeless.

I would have to find a 1940’s police siren anyway, you know, for crimefighting! Also I wished to make another big bat somewhere on the motor, and the entire dash needed the batman treatment! To the Bat-garage photos!!

So very first things very first, off with the Jag center caps, on with some period bats I designed and cut by my friend, the late good Eddie Paul. (He was my “brain builder” and we had commenced the project a few weeks before his passing. I love that dude, and I am proud that his talented palms worked on this final project. He will be sorely missed.)

I interchanged out the Jaguar logo for a bat in the steering wheel, until such time as I want to exchange it to either a banjo type classic wheel (They are very big, so not leaning that way) or some other custom-made bat wheel! A custom-built car is never finished!

The duo of drawings in the comics of the dash in the car were a brown dash of the basic multitude, (The shot above was the most detailed drawing of the era) but I know bat fans wouldn’t go for just a plain dash! So out it all came, and I packaged it in bat black, added a ww2 aircraft panel and dug into my magic box of switches and dials. I had to have a FEW bat-gadgets! Just for me! I moved the stereo into the glove box so the modern stereo couldn’t be seen, but I could still play batman music!

Ace the Bathound stood guard by the car most days, powered by what else? Gentle Giant Dog food, created by Burt Ward!

Recall that shot from the 40’s cop car? Well, I got a ww2 arm unit to connect to the dash, and a period linesman phone for when Batman had to make a call. With this lump of crime fighting equipment, Batman could clip into any phone line anywhere, and dial anyone, while being untraceable! It was very nostalgic to spin the dial and have that feeling again to make a call! I know it will be a joy attraction to display kids!

Found the smallest blades 9″ and the smallest arms from a 70’s VW bug. Batman’s ready for the storm! The car was sliced in the back and the front of the roof was lowered, so the windshield had to be custom-made cut and it’s not very tall!

Eventually I made a bat for the back wall like in the fucktoy, but I dropped it on the air cleaner, and liked it way better there. I had one spot in the dash I didn’t have figured out, but once that was packed in I could reinstall the dash. Then I would have a cool bat themed hot rod, ready to take to car shows! I think I have to commence driving this thing soon! Sorry for the cliffhanger, but that’s all for now!

Next scene: Making custom-made side panels, getting that dash back in and working, sourcing and making side pipes and figuring out the giant bat-face, with light up eye headlights! Stay tuned bat-fans, this may take some time!

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