Day 3 Bakersfield to Lake Havasu
The late (and fun!) evening at Buck Owens Crystal Palace last night made for an early morning today. The stretch between Bakersfield and Barstow was quite scenic. Barstow to Lake Havasu, not as much. But the stops at lake havasu were worth the wait. The first stop was a Premier Street Rods. In addition to being a full service parts and service shop, they also manufacture the 49-54 Chevy pickup cabs.
The next stop was car the gorgeous home and shop of Richard Raczuk, owner of Koul Tools. Richard is an inventor and tinkerer and has a better equipped home shop that is better than many manufacturers.
Then is was on to the airport hangar of Big Mike Harrah. Big Mike likes big toys. The dual engined, 12 blowered exercise in fabrication and polishing is almost surreal!
The last stop in Havasu was the Sunday evening car show in downtown. Lake havasu is not a huge town, but somehow about 400 cars turned out! Great time.
Tomorrow…on to Phoenix!
Bret Voelkel
President, Ridetech
For the guys who think Troy Trepanier and George Poteet don’t drive their cars…you’d be wrong. George is loving his ridetech coilovers!
From the outrageous mind of Big Mike Harrah…2 Detroit Diesels with (12) 14-71 blowers.
Troy is trying to figure out how to incorporate this concept into his next build 🙂
This is part of the HOME shop of Richard Raczuk. When I get home I’m going to burn mine.
..and this is the stunning work that Richard turns out.
A small portion of the showroom at Premier Street Rods in lake havasu. Great shop!
