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Damn

Skillbilly — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:28:13 +0000

I wish I could do this.

Looky here

Skillbilly — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:14:46 +0000

I tend to like things that most people would call old. We and most people who understand prefer the term vintage. Another way to put it is stuff made much better than today’s crap. My wagon is more than 50 years old and my newest bike is at least 15 years old. Now this love makes it difficult , at times to find parts and /or accessories to go along with these classic items.

Such has been the case in my hunt to find a seat to carry my daughter on my vintage cruiser, which is actually older than my wagon. I came close to finding a new child seat but that would have meant removing the lay back seat post that took me two years to find. not only that it is the only thing that allows my petite 6′ 3″ frame to ride it comfortably.

Well today ebay came through once again. Looky here:

Going to get it blasted, powder coated and maybe a little red & white roll and pleat to match the Colson.
I will of course also add a 3 to 5 point harness to keep the Peach in her fancy seat.

hell yeah!

Skillbilly — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:49:31 +0000

Car shows are lame

Skillbilly — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:25:58 +0000

You live in an area long enough, you get to know or recognize the same people and the same old cars.
After a while it gets pretty stupid to go and park and just hang out all day. Now I just went to what
was supposed to be a “cruise”. Saw some people I hadn’t in a while, so that was cool. Had a really good
throw back burger. Hung out a bit and caught up. Waiting for the “cruise” part of it all. Never happened.

I was excited to hit the road with a bunch of folks in their old cars and just “cruise ” up and down the streets.

Never happened. Whatever.

Just the usual stand around and take pics of the same cars in a parking lot and put them online.
Well not every car. Seems like my ride was the only one that didn’t make the grade.
Could have been the color, could have been the rust, could have been my colors.

Really not important. I left and went on my own cruise…

Madsen Cycles

Skillbilly — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:05:26 +0000

We all know I love me some bikes. I have a trike that I’m finishing up so that I can take the munchkin around the island with her car seat in the basket. I have anotheKustom trike in the works as well about 8 others. Originally I was trying to find a flatbed industrial bike like the Dutch, Chinese and many other countries use, so that trips to the beach, grocery shopping etc could be done via pedal power. Most of these are hard to find, prohibitively expensive or require doing a conversion like xtra cycles clever option.

Well just yesterday my wife introduced me to Madsen Cycles. Not sure how I missed them. Wicked awesome cargo bikes that appear to rival Workman cycles. I can’t wait to get my hand on one of these. And maybe convert it to a trike.

Wicked

Skillbilly — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:44:08 +0000

I’m not usually a fan of heavily processed photos, but the car and the craft that went into this shot is amazing. The photographer, Stephen Arens has a lot of other work that is worth checking out.

Awesome

Skillbilly — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:29:39 +0000

Gettin’ it done

Skillbilly — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:14:02 +0000

I saw this photo and it reminded me of my buddy Chop. Not only is the vehicle
similar to his, but it seemed to embody the determination that he put into
his own work. Plus it’s a rad pic.

Tattoos & Tires

Skillbilly — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:00:36 +0000

An awesome image “found” trolling the interweb

Van Baby’s room

Skillbilly — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:11:47 +0000

When last we met our hero and heroine, they were in the midst of their battle with the monster known only as “the unpacking of the house”. Both sides being tired, the campaign to exert supremacy continued with progress leaning in the favor of the humans. In this exciting episode you clearly see victory is going their way.

The battle began, with the removal of the Brady bunch wood paneling which reveled the true depth of evil within the monsters heart. 50 years worth of layered wall paper! Our heroes not easily discouraged and with the aid of their trusty sidekick, the Wagner power steamer, set forth to battle this enemy formed by the bad taste of many decades. Here is the visual record of this battle of the ages.