American Metal Bike & Car show.

Carole and Terry left for San Jose this morning. They went as far as Crescent City today and will finish the trip tomorrow stopping at some interesting tourist attractions along the way.

Romeo and I went to Eastide Harley this morning for the third annual American Metal bike & car show. Nice day and a nice turnout of cars this year.

The highlight for me was the "Sixpack Rat". A rat rod built out of a 1944 WC-62 troop carrier from WWII and a 1935 Dodge pickup. This thing is the coolest rat rod I think I've ever seen!

It's even powered by an old straight six out of a 1966 Chevelle instead of the usual small block chevy. I don't have anything against a small block chevy, I have one in my '57 and my corvette, but it seems like that's what powers most hot rods these days because of it's low cost and high reliabilty. It's really nice to see other engines in homebuilt rods.

This "Ace Five" is a really interesting car. I guess it's a car. It's actually a three wheeled vehicle. Powered by a Harley V-Twin, it has one wheel in the back and four speed transmission. The interior is very much like an old british sports car from the forties or early fifties.