Posted by: Steve Strope on July 8th, 2008
Well, we are at week 7 of our 8 week thrash on the 515 GTB. Our schedule since we started has been 9 AM to 12AM. Everyday! Yes, that includes the weekends! The car is coming out fantastic, but it is exhausting to keep this kind of pace. Plus, as an extra bonus, once the 515 goes […]
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Posted by: Steve Strope on June 24th, 2008
We are busy. Very busy. Try 9am to 12am everyday including sat. and sun. We are under the gun to have all the fab on the 515 GTB done by July 15th. It is a tall order, but it is necessary to keep the car on schedule for SEMA. Here is a shot of Pete […]
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Posted by: Steve Strope on June 13th, 2008
Here is a quick foloow up to the illustration I posted featuring Chico’s GTO. This is obviously the engine placed in the engine bay. Duh. The car is turing out quite nice and we will be proud to show it in our booth at the GNRS in Jan.
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Posted by: Steve Strope on June 11th, 2008
Howdy all! Well, we have been non-stop thrashing on the 515 GTB. I will get you some update pics soon! But also we have begun final assembly of Chico’s 66 GTO. Here is the illustration. It is slated to be featured in Popular Hot Rodding magazine when completed. We will have it in our booth […]
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Posted by: Troy Ladd on May 28th, 2008
We had the best time at Roy Brizios’s open house!! Scott of Hot Rods & Hobbies & I, flew up north and visited Steve moal, then Konecti Motors, then stayed at Maynard’s (owner of Konecti) lake house. Great time!
The next day we drove down to Brizio’s open house, there was a ton of people! Lots […]
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Posted by: Scott Bonowski on May 27th, 2008
the name of my shop is HotRods and Hobbies and we are located in Signal Hill , NOT to be mixed up with Scotts hot rods n customs in oxnard , there seems to be a mix up , I think it is because my name is Scott , I do believe the owner of scottshotrods […]
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Posted by: Scott Bonowski on May 12th, 2008
finally got an invite to go to Brizios open house , so I called up Troy Ladd and off we went , we landed a day early and were greeted at the airport by Maynard from Kinocti motor co. , he then took us to Moals shop in oakland where we got a full tour […]
Posted by: Steve Strope on April 20th, 2008
Man, I blew it! I totally spaced and forgot that the Chevy on the cover of the aforementioned Street Rodder magazine is from Hollywood Hot Rods! My apologies Troy. I will now trot off and give my self 50 lashes.
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Posted by: Steve Strope on April 16th, 2008
I don’t know if anyone noticed but almost every Buildsheet builder is in the current rags! In the June 2008 issue of Street Rodder Magazine Scotty is on the cover and a full feature with that 40, then Jessie’s got a feature with that way bitchin 51 Chevy woodie. Awesome paint by the way Jeff! […]
Posted by: Troy Ladd on April 13th, 2008
I have alot of blog catching up to do. Always so buzy.. never enough time….. last month we were invited to show the “Respect Tradition” roadster at Blackie’s show in Fresno. This is an invite only show with tons of history dating back to the 50’s, it is quiote an honor to be invited. Spent […]
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Posted by: Steve Strope on April 9th, 2008
Great news this time around! The new June issue of the all mighty Hot Rod has not one, but two Pure Vision feature cars! It’s just too cool! You will see the 72 Torino and the Petrol Charger being taken for a little cruise. I would like to thank Jerry Pitt of Hot Rod for all […]
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Posted by: Scott Bonowski on March 31st, 2008
we are going to be at goodguys in delmar this weekend , we should be easy to find driving around in our bare metal hot rod merc ! we are shakin it down before moving into body and paint . come check it out before we primer it ! we will be there sat and […]
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Posted by: Steve Strope on March 25th, 2008
What Up? I thought I would bring this cool little 64 Barracuda to show and tell today. The owner, Jodell is really coll and really excited about the transformation that her car is about to undergo. What you cannot see in the illustration (done by our buddy Tavis Highlander) is the stroker 372 small block, […]
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Posted by: Scott Bonowski on March 18th, 2008
just got back from Blackies show , made the best out of downtown fresno , probably @ 300 cars in the show and a few I personally would have takin out for a spin and done so with a smile , as far as entertainment goes I sure am glad I found the famous Troy […]
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Posted by: Steve Strope on March 17th, 2008
Hey all! So many cool things are happening! The Torino is enjoying a bunch of up coming press. Hot Rod Magazine and I put together a cool ride and drive featuring the Torino and the Petrol Charger. Also included are A couple of way bitchin’ cars from one of Troy’s customers, F-bomb, One of my […]
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Posted by: Scott Bonowski on March 8th, 2008
O.K. finally I got the password thing sorted, so now I can post ! whats going on at Hot Rods an Hobbies ? Our new shop is working out perfect ! it has changed the outlook of the shop and the employees attitudes , everybody wants to work ! cars are coming […]
Posted by: Zane Cullen on February 14th, 2008
I’m sure by now you’re wondering what this Cotati Speed Shop thing is all about, well we intend to let you in on it. Stay tuned as we fill you in on our local Hot Rod heritage that started back before the 1920’s. Over the coarse of upcoming weeks we will begin to outline some incredible history that […]
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Posted by: Jesse Greening on February 13th, 2008
Hello Everyone,
We have a new project that we are building for ourselves and we wanted to post the build here as it progresses. It is a ‘71 Camaro. We are going to use an LS1 with a six speed behind it. We plan on using parts from these companies: Baer brakes, Classic Instruments, Comp Cams, Detriot Speed […]
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Posted by: Steve Strope on February 12th, 2008
Hey all! We had the coolest time last week! Hot Rod magazine and yours truly put together a bitchin little reliabilty run. A small but super cool grup of cars were chosen for the editors of Hot Rod to jump in and drive along a prep planned route out along the foothills of our So. Cal. […]
Posted by: Steve Strope on January 30th, 2008
Wow! We had an awesome show this year. This was the first time Pure Vision ever had a real live booth. John Buck, the GNRS pres., got us a killer spot in the main hall near the trophy! Even better, directly across from us were the Hot Rods and Hobbies dudes! That means we got […]
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