some of Mikes toys

Mike T Bucket

Sorry for useing the pics josh but its only till we bet some of our own pics

Mike T Bucket

Here is Mike T bucket that he picked up about 15 years ago I was only a little kid(6yrs old or so) then but that was one of the cars that got me into hot rods and kustoms today. I just started painting last year but have gotten pretty decent at it. Mike(Buzz) gave me the great honor of painting the car. Buzz preped the car and did the silver base coat then we both did the flake on it an got covered with silver and gold snow. then I knocked out the paint work in around 15 hours non stop the next weekend. Now a little about the car the car is a glass body T from the 70's and is sitting on an old race frame the Buzz did a ton of work to probably more than he would care to mention. The Hemi is out of Buzz'z old car that he had and the intake is a swap find that was given to our good friend Fat Jack he is killer with old carbs he did all six of the old Stronburg 97's there is a lot more to this car but Buzz could let you all in on that later. Here are some pics of the paint

Chapter one

It started out as a lonely old 49 ford sitting in Mr. Wilsons garage, only putting a few miles on it in the 19 years that he owned her, He had purchased her from the original owners son , A Postal worker from the old Post Office in River Grove ILL. The old Ford sat in Mr. Wilsons heated garage only to be driven around the block a few times a year.Mr Wilson finally realizes that he is getting way to old to do anything with her and decides to let her go,He decides to sell her to someone who can restore her to her original virgin begining!Now here is where the story goes bad! Along comes Chris , He tells poor old Mr. Wilson that he is a collector of original old Fords, So the poor old man cuts the Kid a super deal on his baby thinking that his dream car is finally going to get the attention it deserves!! O BOY!!! The Kid gets the thing home and RAPES that poor inocent car!! He takes a SAWZALL to the roof and wacks 5 inches off its top, cuts her eye balls out and installs some out of a 40 ford,heats up the front springs till they shrink about 3 inches, jams some steel blocks in her rear, rips the life out from under the hood and installs two carbs( I guess he thinks gas is still 49 cents a gallon)the poor 49 don't know what hit her! Mr. Wilson is just sick puking his guts out, his old 49 looking like a little old lady that just came from church now looks like a cheap HOOKER with all it flashy glitter and pearls !! But the KID don't care, she is his girl now and he will pimp her however he wants

here it is now

My Shoe Box

My name is Chris I am an original SLACKER her are some pics of my shoebox. This is a car that I owe thanks to all my fellow SLACKERS for. If it were not for the Help of all the slackers but mainly Buzz, Speedy Al, and Joe this car would never be were it is today.

Slcakers cc Chicago

We are the SLACKERS Car Club from chicago IL. We are a group of close friends building traditional styled Hot Rods, Kustoms, Choppers and Bobbers. We are are just guys doing what we could with what we have. We sarted calling our selves Slackers cause it always seemed like we all had a handfull of projects that never seemed to leave the project stage for a long time. We all seeem to take a likeing to early fords but like anything old. We will try to keep this blog as up to date as possible. Hope you all enjoy.