Quick update...

Jessie lost! But she did so gracefully. She smiled for the judges but there were just SO MANY kids. Anywhoo, we're having a great time. The winner was a dead ringer for Colin Creevy (the kid who is always following Harry and the gang around with a camera).

Harry Potter Launch Party!

Coming to you live from the Barnes & Noble at Clackamas Town Center. Jessie has already won the games drawing and has hooked up with her Weasley kin (see pic). We're now beginning the costume contest. I think Jessie is a shoe in for the Ginny Weasley category although competition is intense. There are over 50 kids in just the 7-11 group!

Threadless Failures

You can now by all my threadless failures on Cafe Press. You can also buy all the latest Official Organic Chimpz gear! The McAfee Design Studio is fielding a 3-on-3 basketball team for this year's Amberglenn Sportsfest. Our team is the Organic Chimpz.

Betty's First Show

Took Betty to her first show this weekend. The Sherwood Cruise-in is one of the coolest shows of the year. Even though it rained all day there was a respectable turnout and a lot of spectators.

Although I didn't win anything (I entered the Under Construction class) the show was a lot of fun. If there had been a class or best sign, I think mine would have won. In the end, just hearing all the cool comments by people passing by was enough to feed my ego.

There were a lot of sweet rides there and one cool perk of being in the show is that you get to vote for the winners. Check out the pics on Flickr.

Kelsey's First Ride

Long time, no blog

My friend Aaron said that according to the "blogospere" my car was not really done. Betty's paint job, which I so faithfully documented at first, has been done for months. I just haven't put anything up here for a while. Here are some pics:

Almost done.

I am about to go insane with anticipation. It takes everything I have to just be patient and let the guys at Superior Performance take the time and finish Betty up. They are putting the chrome on and buttoning up some final tweaks. Here are some pics, including one of another car that has been taking up my time (an illustration project for Coates Kokes):

Pumkin Carnage!!

Got a tree this weekend! Yeah! Christmas!

More pics!

Betty revealed a little more today... I was in the neighborhood so I stopped by to visit. They have finished the wet sand and buff and are essentially done. They are going to put the windows in and bumpers. I am going to spend the weekend putting the chrome on.

The color is spot on. More than I could have imagined. Woo hoo!

Polish!

Now that the car is finally painted I've kicked the chrome polishing in to high gear. Betty has a lot of bling and it looks kinda grimy right now. Plus, she has a bunch of pieces (one of them pictured below) that have a silver inlay. I've seen a lot of Skylarks with the inlay taken off for an all chrome look. Having done the inlays, I can see why. It's a pain in the ass! It looks a lot better though so I will tough it out.

I used a polishing wheel on some stuff but found a soft cloth and some Dursol (Für alle metalle as it says on the tube) did wonders. Check it out: