Talkin Shop with Mantis's Kevin Brown and Lazar

We are dong some cylinder head work on the Mantis a couple days before the Seattle Roadster Show...

This in the engine that was previously in the Mantis...

36 ford pick up parts...

36 ford cab with a 55 chev front end?...

283 cu in motor and adapter for the pick up

inside 36 ford pick up front fender

Garage time with "Dad" is something special. Kevin Brown's father shared that time with him and now Kevin is passing his passion on to others. Max Lazar is an eager 8 year old that is learning the ropes at an early age. He walks around with a '65 GTO-1:24 Scale model-that houses a monster engine with tri-power carbs. Steve and Max journey around Kevin's garage and see the '36 Ford in different stages, an incredible restored '56 Chevy and the "Praying Mantis" getting ready for the Seattle Roadster Show. One can see all the different engines; one that was in the "mantis" and the other going into the '36.

The fenders to the '36 Ford took some hours. Kevin had to cut out the rust and weld new metal to the fenders.