Valley Hybrids in Cali.....

[custyota]

Well as some of you know I'm in California right now for the holidays. I went down to Vally Hybrids in Stockton Ca. I bought a rear confer sear from Georg (orangefj45). Hear are some pics of his amazing shop and some vehicles. He has a ton of parts.

 

[custyota]

more pics...

few more pics

 

[alk747triodad]

Place looks awesome Adam! Is the purple and white a pig and also the one with the canoe on top?

 

[erymer]

the one with the canoe is a pig but the other is an FJ45LV

 

[lt1fire]

Seen pics of his shop before.... although I wasn't aware he had a cummins powered 80.

What's a confer sear

 

[custyota]

Sorry I was excited and have fat fingers on the droid. I meant rear seat. With 2 tool boxes under the seat.

 

[custyota]

Here some shot of my rear seat/tool box

 

[fourtrax]

cool solution to lack of storage.

 

[krzyabncanuck]

Those were big back in the day.

Makes my place look like childs play, but got to start somehow.

 

[custyota]

Darin u will get there soon!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

That is awesome. George seems like an excellent guy from how he conducts himself on the forums.

 

[orangefj45]

thanks for the kind words guys, always good to meet a cruiser-head from out-of-town.

georg

 

[krzyabncanuck]

One of these days i have to get out that way and spend about a week meeting all the old timers like Georg / Mark / Marv / and a bunch others i can not think of right now.

 

[krzyabncanuck]

And if you come back this way on this forum Georg i need a closeup of that rack for your axles as i need to build one soon.

 

[orangefj45]

did you really call me an old timer?!

that's funny. really funny.

i think some people consider me the punk kid with a cruiser shop in our little community.



the axle rack has grown over the years and this one is the 3.0 version.

the first rack started lift as a set of uprights for a pallet rack. chopped up and welded back together. 4 levels, would hold 8 housings no problem. the second rack was basically the same thing but a little taller.

this one is welded angle iron, 3x3" .250 thick. it's about 12' tall and has a set of feet that stick out about 2' at the bottom. it's also bolted to the wall about 8 feet off the ground. the complete axles are kept on the bottom 4-5 racks, the top racks are for empty housings. if you go more than 2 axles deep per shelf then it's a real pita to ge them out. this rack allows me to get any one housing outta there in just a few minutes with the forklift. been there for about a year now and so far, so good. but once again, i'm running out of room and i have 2 more pallets full of axles sitting around the shop.......


georg

 

[krzyabncanuck]

Georg, Now ya know i mean that nicely.

Old timer as a person that has been on here / doing cruiser work longer than a bunch on here.

Heck i am an old timer to most people as i am already retired once.

Thanks for the info young man..

 

[orangefj45]

maybe i can see if woody can come up with a "cane" smilie for me/us?!

 

[krzyabncanuck]

Sad part is.

I actually have an old wooden cane that i use when my hips / knees give me too much problems. All that from jumping from them perfectly good airplanes for over 20 years.

 

[orangefj45]

In an effort to make this amusing....

That means we need a "pirate" smilie and we can both use it; you fir the peg leg and myself for the eye patch. I'm blind in one eye.

 

[custyota]

Darin needs a smiley with a beard on it! He is the bearded one.