gear for your pup
gear for that special darkside girl
gear for him
click on through and see what you like
http://www.cafepress.com/airkooledkustom
Its more than a Passion its a way of life
Thursday, February 9, 2012
New Gear Its more than a Passion its a way of life
gear for your pup
gear for that special darkside girl
gear for him
click on through and see what you like
http://www.cafepress.com/airkooledkustom
Its more than a Passion its a way of life
Saturday, February 4, 2012
sat
For not being open on a saturday , sure was a busy day, phones, clients, foot traffic
…. hate to what would happen if I was open , ……….
…. hate to what would happen if I was open , ……….
Friday, January 27, 2012
change is good
There are always changes, it is one of the few constents, semi -ironic
this phrase got me thinking, we are going thru some growth pains at Airkooled Kustoms .
We have added an office that could fit two cars, although we hate to give up the space as the company grows it is needed. This gave us the opportunity to take the old office space and turn it in to an engine assembly room since we have been asked to add motor build and service to our list of offerings.
We have been working with a great machine shop about 2.5 hours south of AK. Its worth the extra miles, these guys have been doing this for 20 yrs .
Crazy Uncle Floyd has been just giddy about getting his own room to build motors
all though I think we should have to padded the walls
First Build up
Sledds T-4
full on 2.0 with some nice goodies
can you say fully balanced and blue printed ? I knew you could …
If you are up for a new mill come by and say hi.
and we have the transmissions to back them up
www.airkooledkustom.com
this phrase got me thinking, we are going thru some growth pains at Airkooled Kustoms .
We have added an office that could fit two cars, although we hate to give up the space as the company grows it is needed. This gave us the opportunity to take the old office space and turn it in to an engine assembly room since we have been asked to add motor build and service to our list of offerings.
We have been working with a great machine shop about 2.5 hours south of AK. Its worth the extra miles, these guys have been doing this for 20 yrs .
Crazy Uncle Floyd has been just giddy about getting his own room to build motors
all though I think we should have to padded the walls
First Build up
Sledds T-4
full on 2.0 with some nice goodies
can you say fully balanced and blue printed ? I knew you could …
If you are up for a new mill come by and say hi.
and we have the transmissions to back them up
www.airkooledkustom.com
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sats Long haul
Rolling out on a very cold at morn 2 weeks before Christmas ,4:30 am dark , short on sleep, The AKK Krew is going to get it's newest piece of equipment a Debliss paint booth, no more renting a booth, or transporting cars, on site paint booth .It has been a long time coming .
The booth was part of a Collision Shop that fell victim to this last down turn in the biz cycle, Out of the ashes of one comes another.
So 4.5 hrs later we are on site,in Columbus Ga looking at a 27'x15'x12' fully operational semi down draft
lights on and fans running . oooo this is going to be fun.
First up cut elec, sounds easy , just hit the breaker marked ' booth 1 ' ... there is none, This building was built in the 20's, beautiful brick building, or it was at one time, before neglect and time had taken over, I wish I could describe it accuracy , the main offices have a small show room on the corner , big glass windows on to the main street, with art deco touch thru out , then the 'back' office looking on to the service floor well over 10 K worth of space with a mix of old and new equipment lifts frame machines
and some stuff I am not to sure what it is but it is interesting , the upper offices are just as intresting, well over 2K sqft devoted to that, with the 'corner ' office over looking it all. Off to the far end are 2 booths, and one is ours, We just have to remove it and transport it.
Attached to the booth is a make up room , wood/drywall room built on the the tech door . Marc & his lovely bride Dena go at it, a full on tear down , mean while Spook is get the elec/ and air shut down, 00Dub is on the exhaust stack, and Snoop take Thomas and Dan and start on the booth it self.
It took us the better part of 7 hrs to remove a 5 gal bucket of nuts and bolts from the structure and disassemble our paint booth.
Rolling out of Ga after dark, the 4.5 hr trib back wasn't to bad other than the alm latter that showed up in the road in front of Snoop, and the 3 of 4 other drivers that almost took out the front of the Deathstar, ( snoop lifted 2500HD , ) back at the shop way past out bed times, drop the trailers and home all of us go,
Mission accomplished
Tired, and in need of a shower , but with a smile,
It was a good Day
The booth was part of a Collision Shop that fell victim to this last down turn in the biz cycle, Out of the ashes of one comes another.
So 4.5 hrs later we are on site,in Columbus Ga looking at a 27'x15'x12' fully operational semi down draft
lights on and fans running . oooo this is going to be fun.
First up cut elec, sounds easy , just hit the breaker marked ' booth 1 ' ... there is none, This building was built in the 20's, beautiful brick building, or it was at one time, before neglect and time had taken over, I wish I could describe it accuracy , the main offices have a small show room on the corner , big glass windows on to the main street, with art deco touch thru out , then the 'back' office looking on to the service floor well over 10 K worth of space with a mix of old and new equipment lifts frame machines
and some stuff I am not to sure what it is but it is interesting , the upper offices are just as intresting, well over 2K sqft devoted to that, with the 'corner ' office over looking it all. Off to the far end are 2 booths, and one is ours, We just have to remove it and transport it.
Attached to the booth is a make up room , wood/drywall room built on the the tech door . Marc & his lovely bride Dena go at it, a full on tear down , mean while Spook is get the elec/ and air shut down, 00Dub is on the exhaust stack, and Snoop take Thomas and Dan and start on the booth it self.
It took us the better part of 7 hrs to remove a 5 gal bucket of nuts and bolts from the structure and disassemble our paint booth.
Rolling out of Ga after dark, the 4.5 hr trib back wasn't to bad other than the alm latter that showed up in the road in front of Snoop, and the 3 of 4 other drivers that almost took out the front of the Deathstar, ( snoop lifted 2500HD , ) back at the shop way past out bed times, drop the trailers and home all of us go,
Mission accomplished
Tired, and in need of a shower , but with a smile,
It was a good Day
Thursday, August 5, 2010
muggiedays of summer
Been a bit since my last post, as much as I try I just am not writing as much as I'd like. Lack of time is a bitch.
About 3 months ago we lost the RT , It was totaled at a stop light by some yaho not applying he brakes at a stop light, The truck is now 6" shorter.
So the hunt began for a replacement tow rig. As much as I loved that RT , the only thing missing is the 4x4, They made a Darango , and a 4 seater and a short cab but no crewcabs. Guess what I am building
I hunted around for a while and found a 2K dakota with a motor that would not start, It was a 4.7 slt,
dragged it and the wrecked RT up to a buddies shop, They are more of a mech. shop and handle primarily domestic autos and big rigs, After the truck is done with its heart and brain transplant it will come back to Airkooled for paint and body,. Some of the panels are already here being reworked on my very limited off time. If you want to follow the build pics they are here , if not, I have been updating on the twitter account.
Oh the muggie part you ask,
damn near swimming out there
About 3 months ago we lost the RT , It was totaled at a stop light by some yaho not applying he brakes at a stop light, The truck is now 6" shorter.
So the hunt began for a replacement tow rig. As much as I loved that RT , the only thing missing is the 4x4, They made a Darango , and a 4 seater and a short cab but no crewcabs. Guess what I am building
I hunted around for a while and found a 2K dakota with a motor that would not start, It was a 4.7 slt,
dragged it and the wrecked RT up to a buddies shop, They are more of a mech. shop and handle primarily domestic autos and big rigs, After the truck is done with its heart and brain transplant it will come back to Airkooled for paint and body,. Some of the panels are already here being reworked on my very limited off time. If you want to follow the build pics they are here , if not, I have been updating on the twitter account.
Oh the muggie part you ask,
damn near swimming out there
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