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MBL
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Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Posts: 64
From: Tampa FLA
|  Posted: 2009-03-16 3:02 pm Permalink
OK well it's that time again BilletProof is this coming weekend, and we are getting our hot rods ready for the haul to Ocala. But I also carved a Tiki for the "Best Wagon" Trophy. It is very similar to the X-Mas Tiki but I liked how that guy came out so what the hey. Here is the new guy drying from some spar varnish:
And for those of you who think it is impractical to own and drive a traditional hot rod...this is what happens when you fill up at the local 7-11...
Yeah...bikini model chicks want to walk barefoot in the dirty parking lot to take a pic with your car... 
Tim
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GMAN
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Joined: Jul 14, 2005
Posts: 2994
From: My Island
| Posted: 2009-03-16 5:23 pm Permalink
dude, get her number for me.........
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-03-16 8:33 pm Permalink
Looking good the tiki that is.
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mijaba
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 25, 2008
Posts: 78 | Posted: 2009-03-17 4:16 pm Permalink
That tiki looks like an old dude asking for some change! Priceless- I love it!
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-03-17 6:25 pm Permalink
Yes, Excellent looking tiki but not "looking like an old man asking for change", instead, looking like an old tiki who saw that chick in her bikini hanging on his car and realized that he is just a tiki head with arms and no body".
Nice Cypress tiki there MBL
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MBL
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Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Posts: 64
From: Tampa FLA
| Posted: 2009-03-18 03:47 am Permalink
Hey Benzo! Thanks for the kind words. Is that a cypress log you say? I wasn't sure. This is the one that was really watery when I stripped off the bark...and it smelled of coconut. What kind of cypress do you think?
Tim
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-03-21 08:36 am Permalink
MBL, theres only a few types of cypress but in Florida I would say Bald
Cypress. Here is a shot of Aloha Station's Cypress Moai, grain look familiar?
Of course his carving is Way small compared to yours so the grain looks bigger and not so fine.
Check out Alohastation's thread HERE for more on that.
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surfintiki
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Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2009-03-21 11:51 am Permalink
That Cypress has got some serious grain. Lot's o' possibilities with that wood. Nice work.
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MBL
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Posts: 64
From: Tampa FLA
| Posted: 2009-03-22 6:18 pm Permalink
Thanks for the info Benzo! I will look into it more. You are probably right.
So the BilletProof Show came and went. We gave the Degenerators' trophy to the best wagon this year. Here is the tiki on stage just before being presented to the winner:
And it seems that a strange side effect of having built this Model T Roadster...chicks seem to have a hard time staying away from it
A good time had by all.
Tim
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wplugger
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 09, 2006
Posts: 161 | Posted: 2009-03-23 04:15 am Permalink
How was Big Daddys show ?
I wanted to go but I didnt think they would let me in. My 53 chevy has cast [halabran] wheels.
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TheBigT
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2009-03-23 08:20 am Permalink
Oh man, I think I've found a new hobby! 
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MBL
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Posts: 64
From: Tampa FLA
| Posted: 2009-03-23 08:57 am Permalink
Dude, the show was amazing. We showed up on Friday and did the whole pre-party thing. Then Saturday was great. There was about 650 cars there. My buddy with the Tiki T Sedan won a trophy for Best Flake. Sunday morning, we drove home...in the roadster through horse country, smelling exhaust and orange blossoms. Couldn't have been better.
Tim
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MBL
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Posts: 64
From: Tampa FLA
| Posted: 2009-03-25 3:01 pm Permalink
Here are some more pics of the weekend. Here is when we first arrived with the trophy and the Tiki T Sedan:
Here with the other trophies made of metal:
and the winner of the Tiki:
We all can't wait until next year.
Tim
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big daddy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 02, 2008
Posts: 325
From: houston
| Posted: 2009-03-25 10:45 pm Permalink
mbl, just awesome photos, and the cars look good too. keep up the good work on all your projects.
bd
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MBL
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Posts: 64
From: Tampa FLA
| Posted: 2009-05-03 6:13 pm Permalink
Well...The Tiki T was in a photo shoot today. They took a bunch of pics and got some good ones of the interior with a fine pinup gal. Here are some shots of the day.
And the owner Jon with his Damnation Speedshop Pickup..
Tiki's Hotrods and Pinups...get better? maybe not.
Tim
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