The Abyss

I finished this painting just yesterday.
(Sorry for the crappy pictures)

Oil on canvas 70 x 60 cm.

A close-up.

The sketch I made before painting.

To be continued...

... next winter. Unfortunatly I'm going to continue
my XS650 project next winter because I'm using
the summer-period to maintain my house.

Me busy on yet another painting

Inspired by Sylvia Ji

As we were invited to a horror-party I facepainted
my girlfriend to look like one of Sylvia Ji's paintings.
Took a picture and made a quick modification in
Photoshop.

Maria scetch

I made a quick scetch on a noteblock and roughly
modified it in Photoshop.

Landscape

Made this one for my aunt, it's placed in her backgarden
under a shelter. (Acryl on aluminium - 1.80cm x 2.00cm).

OMG Posters

While I was searching the internet I found this blog
about posters and prints. Real cool stuff and lots of
links, it gets updated every day!
So if you're interested: omgposters.com

4 colour screenprint by Kevin Tong

Dragontears

I saw this band at the Roadburn festival, after they finished
their gig I immediately bought their second album.
Dragontears is a collective recording project centered
around members of 'Baby Woodrose' and 'On Trial'
featuring an everchanging line up of friends.
www.myspace.com/dragontears2000

The Hammer of God

Got it! Malleus' first book... just great artwork.

Radio Moscow

Yesterday we went to the first day of the Roadburn festival.
Really got blown away by these guys: Radio Moscow.
Their music is influenced by Jimmy Hendrix, Peter Green and
Cream among others. They've also got a new album out:
"Brain Cycles". www.myspace.com/radiomoscow

Malleus

I''ve been following these great artists for a while now.
Really love their style. They just finshed a series of
posters for the 2009 Roadburn festival.
Check out more of their fabulous work at:
www.malleusdelic.com

Fender modification

Finally I got more time on my hands to spend on the
XS project: Cut slits in the sides of the fender to lose
tension so it get's the same curve as the tire.

Almost finished

Adding a second layer of varnish to a painting I made on an
aluminium plate (size 1.80m x 2.00m). This plate is going
to be placed in a garden. Because of that I used "Lasceaux
3-VU" varnish because it's resistant to weathering.
More soon...

1949 Plymouth coupe

Last monday I bought this unfinished project with a lot of spare parts
from Fred (Fred's V8 Shop). Who made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
15 years ago this chassis and engine were totally rebuilt!
I'm going to use all the good parts for my 1951 Plymouth.
and keep the engine en gearboxe(s) in storage.
-Let my know when you need that logo for your Hudson Fred!

Treasure Chest

Didn't do anything on my xs-project lately; Too busy
with other things at the moment. I made this treasure
chest for a client (cookie company) at my work.
They are going to fill it up with cookies and cakes
and give it away as a 1st prize in a childeren's competition.

My latest work

Oil on canvas 40 cm x 100 cm.

Assembled the manifolds

Yesterday my gasketset arrived, so today I could finally
start assembling the manifolds. I took out the valve in the
exhaustmanifold and put a copper plate between the two
manifolds. This way it stays shut. It's simular to a
2 manifold setup.
After filling up the coolingsystem I could finally start the
motor at 5.00 pm. It ran immediatly (left it running idle for
about 20 minutes). Then I made my first testdrive; it has
never been this quiet before! So I suppose there was a
small crack when I bought the car 8 years ago and it became
bigger within the years and eventually cracked in half.
The next couple of days I'll drive the Plymouth to my work
(about 40 miles a day) after that I can check if the bolts need
to be tightened again.

3D chopper (part 2)

Last week I made some progress on the
3D chopper I started...

Dan Auerbach: Keep it hid

Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach's first solo album.
Check it out at danauerbachmusic

John Frusciante: Empyrean

Check out his new album at johnfrusciantemusic

As expected

I was lucky: none of the bolts that attach the manifold to
the engine snapped! Only the four bolts that keep the two
manifolds together had snapped off. But by heating and
gently twisting them I could get them off.

As expected the manifold was broken in two !!
Probably because the valve that controls the hot air intake
collapsed. This provented cylinder 4,5,6 from releasing
their heat. Yesterday I ordered gaskets, they will be in on
tuesday. That gives me time to clean up some parts.

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Rusty Hope

Check out Rustyhope.com,
They offer disc brake conversions for a variety of Mopar cars
and trucks, shock relocation arms for Mopar, dual intakes,
and dual exhausts, all for the Mopar flathead six. And also
they offer full restoration and rebuilding services as well as
parts location. Great helpfull people!

Got one!

Thanks to Charlie Akers from Rusty Hope, Bob Norman
and all others on P15-D24.com, you've been a great help!
Thanks to Fred from Fred's V8 Shop (The Netherlands) who
provided me a new exhaust manifold for my 1951 Plymouth.

1951 Plymouth manifold needed!

Last week my exhaust manifold cracked in half!
Because I use this car daily I'm in need of another one.
It's a 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook and it still has the
original straight six motor in it.

If you have one or if you know where I can find one.
Please contact me at: dcharged@gmail.com or leave
a comment on this blog. Thanks!

The seat

Today I finished the seatsetting. I liked the original
six spring setup but the springaction didn't work out.
So I had to modify the springmountings and used
only the big lower springs.

Rear fender

I'm going to use this rearfender.
I have to modify the radius so it will fit the tire.

Battery Box

Made some brackets for the battery box I bought
off the internet secondhand.

Sneak preview: 1928 Indian 101 Scout project

Here are some pictures of my other project which I'm
gonna start after I've finished the XS project.

The seat

Last week I bought an old Dutch "Lepper Primus" bicycle
seat. The previous owner didn't have a clue what he was
selling so I got it real cheap. I wanted to use the spring-
'system' for my new seat. But... after I tried the complete
saddle on the frame I was amazed how good it looked in
combination with the other parts on the bike.
Just have to modify the springs so it fits the frame.