Restoration work...

 About a year and a half ago, veteran racer Kenny Van Blargen had a fluke accident, that flipper his vintage race car. After seventy some years of racing, this low speed flip nearly killed him. For sure Kenny is one tough old dude! Now confined to a wheelchair, Kenny along with the Woodland family is having the car put back in shape. Once restored, the car will go to the Estrella Warbirds / Vintage Race museum on permanent display. I had lettered much of this car nearly ten years ago, today, I re-did the lettering. It is bitter sweet, but for sure, this car is on it's way back to glory, and will be preserved in race history for years to come.

Today along the way...

 Spring is in the air... 

Paso Robles Police Chief Solomon Resigns...

This just in! Paso Robles Police Chief Solomon Resigns | KSBY.com | San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles

Plus they gave her $250,000 in Hush Money!!! Next Jim App?

Then and Now...

 Bitchin'

Now that's a van...

This week...

Chicks...

Hormone free... Organic...

Mexican Bakery...

 Yet another reason to love California...

First thing this morning...

 If your a fan of early Mopar's this was quite the yard. Many nice examples... 

 And one super rare DeSoto...

Pedal Car...

 Striped up this little Chrysler pedal car today, a fun little job...

Unraveling from the top...

Today it was announced on the local news, that the police chief of Paso Robles, will be taking a leave of absence. There have been rumours of sexual misconduct for years, along with questions as to how this lady raced straight to the top of the police department. It has also been long felt that the City Manager Jim App has aligned the city officials under him to push "his agenda". Remember, these are the people that grossly falsified the "facts" (lied) in order to push out the West Coast Kustoms car show. Perhaps the snare will widen as the investigation continues. We will have to wait and see, but as we have learned all to well in the past, at that level, the rules don't always apply...

The Paso Robles police chief is taking a leave of absence, the city manager tells us.
City Manager Jim App says Chief Lisa Solomon sent out an email late last week saying she would be taking leave effective Monday, March 12. She indicated she would return to the police department on March 22.
In Chief Solomon's absence, Captain Robert Burton has been assigned to takeover her roll, according to App.
App says he can't speak to the reasons Chief Solomon is taking a leave of absence. But in late January, an article published by Cal Coast News described sexual misconduct allegations against the chief. In early February, an officer with Paso Robles Police Department filed a lawsuit against the city, saying he was subject to illegal ticket quotas. Most recently, questions about the public's safety have surfaced, as the city is forced to operate with 14 fewer officers than it did in 2007.

Ramblin' Feaver...

Chicks and Cars...

Always interesting

Mr. Madden's shop...

 1916 Flying Merkel painstakingly taken back down to original paint...

 Crocker...

 Indian found between two houses in Paso Robles...

Tomorrow...

The Quake, Rock of the 80's for the Bay Area...

In the early 1980's, I believe from 1982 to 1984, in the San Francisco Bay Area, there was one great radio station. "The Quake" was a true "new wave" station, during the "new wave" fad. It was truly relevant to it's time. They played everything from the B-52's to the Sex Pistols. Though short lived, it's mark was made. As a kid I went down a few times and sat in the studio audience for the Alex Bennett morning show, that featured many edgy comics, like Bobcat Goldwaith , and Tim Bedore. There was one album, put out by The Quake and Miller Beer called "Rock to Riches" (1984) that featured some local mostly one hit bands. I pulled out this record the other day for a spin, and decided to duplicate the logo, and make a t-shirt design. It came out cool, so if your interested, contact me for one.

Clamshell...

Found another use for the clamshell tailgate, as much as they get in the way, it does work well as easel...

Reed & Bell sign, before and after...