Pure Fun.....

I have been secretly doing some more traditional painting......

hang tuff.....its a coming.....

I Spy with my Little Eye.....

......Candy........getting closer ....

Tony Nancy.... All American Guy.....

I never met or knew Tony Nancy..... but I sure would have like to. As a kid I sure built enough of his models.

Drag racer,innovator and craftsmen supreme.I truly believe not enuff has been written on this fella.

One of my heroes...... I read somewhere he gained his nick name"The Loner" due to the fact he could do it all.......no doubt.

In a time when alot of race cars were built purely for speed, Mr Nancy added the beauty as well.

This guy had it all... looks, talent and desire.A cornerstone of what we lack in some respects today.

All of Tony's fine stitching could be identified by his trademark Sea Horse.

What a guy........

I sent the Bitch Packing......

It was love at first sight.

The right stance,deep black and all the right parts.

6 years back I traded a perfectly fine 34 3 window for a nice tight 30 a coupe.

Mind you.. she had ALL the right lingo,specially the baby hemispherical.

I was overcome with her lust.I would caress and talk to her every night.

But it was a one sided love affair.

At every turn she would laugh and ridicule me. For the good part of 5 years I lavished her with praise and luscious gifts.I thought I could buy her love.

I was wrong,...... dead wrong.

In the beginning I overlooked here small shortcomings.......

Never have I EVER had one give me so much grief.

Fuel problems...carb problems,I began to replace each and every ornery part with fresh speed parts...... still she mocked at me at every turn. Frustration at every turn of the wheel.

At this point I think I named her the Black Mariah.

The tranny was replaced.. rear suspension.... poor wiring...rad and coolant leaks.

It never ended. She started to act like Christine's younger and immature sister.

The more I tried, the less love I got.

It was like a high school girl friend that did the whole football team, but would let me get to first base.

Finally I had enuff..... my scorned  love turned to hate.

The final straw was when she threw her crank,spit out her bearing and blew the block ......she let me no alternative.

Make fun of me huh?......

I parted the bitch out and sent her down the road.

Sold the body and frame to a guy... wishing him good luck.

I then sold off the remaining drive line parts to others,... at flea markets and swap meets,secretly laffing like a fiend in some dark corner.

I deconstructed her and bid her farewell......

I got the last laff..... I now date her older,prettier sister.....

...a 32 5 window.

Who is the Big Kahuna?

I have now idea.. but its been going on now 11 years........

One day I would like to meet those crazy Okies,sure sounds fun....small and intimate.

They have asked me again to come up with a scribble to promote there party.

Gee,.... does everyone get a free Mai Tia and a grass skirt?

Never been to Mustang(Although I have passed thru coming back from the Lone Star State)

These guys know how to have fun.

Book'em Danno......

The Diamond Deuce..... getting closer....

Spy shots... more to come.....

Candys Hot Rod Supply.....The Candy Man

Remember your folks saying"Don't accept Candy from Strangers".....

Well....I always listened to them until I met this gentleman... Neil Candy.

I consider Neil to be one of the finest upstanding Hot Rodders around,(And a helluva a great friend!)... so much so.... he in my mind, is my savior on the Diamond Deuce.(More on that later.)

First off,....  he runs a great little Speed shop just outside Kingston Ontario.... and fills the gap for anybody who has the need for Speed.

Candys Hot Rod Supply.

Neil also practices what he preaches.....he has built quite a few Traditional cars and now runs the Drag car"Mother's Worry" The car is named not for some coined Rothian phrase.... but rather for a tribute to his mom. The other influence on his A drag car was the Orange Crate. If ya don't know that piece of fine history.....pack up,go home and beat it.

This car is a true throwback to the real days of quarter mile brawl'in, Gear grinding,high whinding,rubber burning monsters.

A tuff, no bullshit,hold on and shut up drag car.

He also has a Blown 409 32 5 winda.An interesting note here, there were no 409 blower plates available on the market when Mr. Candy set out to build his W monster motor.So, like any respectable innovative young man.... he designed and got one made,no small feat .....and not too shabby either!

I guess Neil and I hit it off real fast due to we speak the same lingo....pure gearhead in the traditional sense.

We recently travelled to the Lone Star Round up and had a blast.I converted him to it..... he is hauling the 5 winda next year.I may even get him to wear a Stetson.

... And yea.... he drives them.....HARD.

Hard Candy..I like that.

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