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You've got two hands for a reason, babe

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List of my names

1. Mikey

2. Mickey

3. Stevie

4. Clyde

5. Finley

6. Blaire

7. Jessie

8. Simon

9. Flint

10. Karl

11. Nickey

12. Frankie

13. Basil

14. Lavender

15. Mercury

16. Eupheme

17. Ceres

18. Rowan

19. Dahlia

20. Iris

21. Aster

22. Daphene

23. Aspen

25. Azalea

26. Florian

27. Beckett

28. Sullivan

29. Oliver

30. Victoria

31. Syrus

32. Bentley

33. Henry

34. Valarie

35. Vance

36. Vic

37. Viv

38. Fern

39. Sear

40. Athen

41. Remington

42. Zena

43. Lainey

44. Bailey

45. Valentine

46. Jasper

47. Jolene

48. Evelyn

49. Ronnie

50. Samuel

51. Vinny/Vince

52. Hanson

53. Poe

54. Tom

55. Adrian

56. Fae

57. Salvatore

58. Sonny

59. Donnie

60. Lionel

61. Mint

Favourite names will be bolded and if you cycle through different names for me I will love you forever

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She Owns the Hip Boutique Bird. These Are Her 5 Places to Shop in Los Angeles

Jen Mankins became an influencer of style and taste with her free-spirited Brooklyn boutique, Bird. The clothing store was a fashion incubator for fledgling brands such as Rag & Bone and Isabel Marant, which today are juggernauts. In 2017, Ms. Mankins planted her flag in western Los Angeles County, opening her fifth Bird store — and first outpost outside of New York City — in Culver City. “I’m firmly a west side L.A. person,” she says. “It’s so quintessentially American. I want to see the beach and palm trees.”

When Ms. Jankins, 43, travels here for work, she rents a house in Venice, goes for walks on the beach and has breakfast at Gjusta every morning. “It’s like a commissary,” she says, “with baked goods, smoked fish, produce from local farmers, and everyone knows everyone. The tahini croissant is worth moving to L.A. for.” Here, Ms. Mankins shares her favorite places to shop in Los Angeles.

1. Tortoise General Store

The focus at this chic and spare shop is on Japanese artists, artisans and traditions, with wares that range from herb scissors to bookends. “It really is one-stop shopping,” Ms. Mankins says. “Any birthday, wedding or baby gift. I bought 90 percent of my Christmas presents there.” After 15 years on Abbott Kinney, the main shopping drag in Venice, the husband and wife team Taku and Keiko Shinimoto moved their brick and mortar operation to a series of storefronts in the Mar Vista neighborhood in 2018. Ms. Mankins especially likes the paper goods and textiles. “No one does them better than the Japanese.”

12701 Venice Boulevard; tortoiselife.com

2. Nickey Kehoe

“French market meets Brutalist,” is how Ms. Mankins describes this design studio and boutique. “It sets the tone for what I think of as Los Angeles.” The eclectic emporium in West Hollywood was founded by Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe, two designers who call themselves hunter-gatherers of good taste. The bright, high-ceilinged shop has a lived-in air and the international vibe — Peruvian rugs, antique French tools, colorful Portuguese plates — that comes from a lifetime of combing flea markets. The pair makes frequent sourcing trips abroad, shipping crates back to the United States, to mix with their own line of furniture. “I find things for my house,” Ms. Mankins says. “But also gifts — books to little ceramics.”

7221 Beverly Boulevard; nickeykehoe.com

In his fantastical trading post of a shop, René Holguin captures his own vision of the world. “The Dries Van Noten store in Paris is my favorite, but next is RTH,” Ms. Mankins says. “The spaces are beautifully decorated, chock-full, but every object is totally covetable.” Mr. Holguin, like Ms. Mankins, is a Texan. He grew up in El Paso, learning about leather from his father, who owned the Laramie Boot Co., then cut his teeth as a merchandiser in New York for brands including Ralph Lauren and J. Crew. In this intimate shop in a residential pocket of West Hollywood, there are giant hats and artisanal ceramics, some enormous, some tiny. There are everyday clothes like poplin shirt-dresses. “Some of the dresses I wear every single day in the summer.”

537 North La Cienega Boulevard; rthshop.com

4. Arcana: Books on the Arts

“It’s an art book mecca,” Ms. Mankins says of this sunny, open bookstore in Culver City. Arcana has a deep inventory of new, rare and out-of-print books and catalogs on cinema, photography, architecture … well, everything including the kitchen sink. The proprietors, Lee and Whitney Kaplan, have been in the business for 35 years and can help locate obscure titles (a Joseph Kosuth, say) with pre-internet zeal. Book signings, receptions and discussions regularly fill up the space, often featuring young photographers and creative types. “They’re really supportive,” Ms. Mankins says.

8675 Washington Blvd; arcanabooks.com

5. Rolling Greens

There are now three locations of this garden and home company, but Ms. Mankins likes the original nursery in Culver City, opened in 2001, that sits on two acres. “It’s one of the best plant stores I’ve ever been to, terraced up a steep hill, with a tropical hot house, one for orchids, tons of planters and a whole room of fake plants that are so good my husband and I spent 30 minutes trying to figure out if they were real.”

9528 Jefferson Boulevard; rghomeandgarden.com

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She Owns the Hip Boutique Bird. These Are Her 5 Places to Shop in Los Angeles

Jen Mankins became an influencer of style and taste with her free-spirited Brooklyn boutique, Bird. The clothing store was a fashion incubator for fledgling brands such as Rag & Bone and Isabel Marant, which today are juggernauts. In 2017, Ms. Mankins planted her flag in western Los Angeles County, opening her fifth Bird store — and first outpost outside of New York City — in Culver City. “I’m firmly a west side L.A. person,” she says. “It’s so quintessentially American. I want to see the beach and palm trees.”

When Ms. Jankins, 43, travels here for work, she rents a house in Venice, goes for walks on the beach and has breakfast at Gjusta every morning. “It’s like a commissary,” she says, “with baked goods, smoked fish, produce from local farmers, and everyone knows everyone. The tahini croissant is worth moving to L.A. for.” Here, Ms. Mankins shares her favorite places to shop in Los Angeles.

1. Tortoise General Store

The focus at this chic and spare shop is on Japanese artists, artisans and traditions, with wares that range from herb scissors to bookends. “It really is one-stop shopping,” Ms. Mankins says. “Any birthday, wedding or baby gift. I bought 90 percent of my Christmas presents there.” After 15 years on Abbott Kinney, the main shopping drag in Venice, the husband and wife team Taku and Keiko Shinimoto moved their brick and mortar operation to a series of storefronts in the Mar Vista neighborhood in 2018. Ms. Mankins especially likes the paper goods and textiles. “No one does them better than the Japanese.”

12701 Venice Boulevard; tortoiselife.com

2. Nickey Kehoe

“French market meets Brutalist,” is how Ms. Mankins describes this design studio and boutique. “It sets the tone for what I think of as Los Angeles.” The eclectic emporium in West Hollywood was founded by Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe, two designers who call themselves hunter-gatherers of good taste. The bright, high-ceilinged shop has a lived-in air and the international vibe — Peruvian rugs, antique French tools, colorful Portuguese plates — that comes from a lifetime of combing flea markets. The pair makes frequent sourcing trips abroad, shipping crates back to the United States, to mix with their own line of furniture. “I find things for my house,” Ms. Mankins says. “But also gifts — books to little ceramics.”

7221 Beverly Boulevard; nickeykehoe.com

In his fantastical trading post of a shop, René Holguin captures his own vision of the world. “The Dries Van Noten store in Paris is my favorite, but next is RTH,” Ms. Mankins says. “The spaces are beautifully decorated, chock-full, but every object is totally covetable.” Mr. Holguin, like Ms. Mankins, is a Texan. He grew up in El Paso, learning about leather from his father, who owned the Laramie Boot Co., then cut his teeth as a merchandiser in New York for brands including Ralph Lauren and J. Crew. In this intimate shop in a residential pocket of West Hollywood, there are giant hats and artisanal ceramics, some enormous, some tiny. There are everyday clothes like poplin shirt-dresses. “Some of the dresses I wear every single day in the summer.”

537 North La Cienega Boulevard; rthshop.com

4. Arcana: Books on the Arts

“It’s an art book mecca,” Ms. Mankins says of this sunny, open bookstore in Culver City. Arcana has a deep inventory of new, rare and out-of-print books and catalogs on cinema, photography, architecture … well, everything including the kitchen sink. The proprietors, Lee and Whitney Kaplan, have been in the business for 35 years and can help locate obscure titles (a Joseph Kosuth, say) with pre-internet zeal. Book signings, receptions and discussions regularly fill up the space, often featuring young photographers and creative types. “They’re really supportive,” Ms. Mankins says.

8675 Washington Blvd; arcanabooks.com

5. Rolling Greens

There are now three locations of this garden and home company, but Ms. Mankins likes the original nursery in Culver City, opened in 2001, that sits on two acres. “It’s one of the best plant stores I’ve ever been to, terraced up a steep hill, with a tropical hot house, one for orchids, tons of planters and a whole room of fake plants that are so good my husband and I spent 30 minutes trying to figure out if they were real.”

9528 Jefferson Boulevard; rghomeandgarden.com

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Nickey Gassers Invade the 2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals

For the past 10 years, muscle car fans in the know have made a pilgrimage to Chicago on the weekend before Thanksgiving for what has become the center of the muscle car universe, the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, or MCACN (mick-KACK-en) for short. It would not be an overstatement to say this show draws the best of the best: the rarest, most desirable 1960s and 1970s cars in the hobby. Cars are restored just for this show. Cars are dragged out of barns and sent there, still covered in dust and droppings. Unrestored cars with just a few thousand miles are inspected for what they will teach others about factory assembly techniques. What the Pebble Beach Concours is for classic cars, MCACN is for muscle.

The 2018 show had a new wrinkle: a lineup of straight-axle gassers thrown into the mix, courtesy of John Tinberg and Randy Schmitt of the Nickey Performance Gasser Shop. Nickey Chevrolet is well known for its 1960s and 1970s big-block Camaro conversions, and also for fielding several race cars, including the “Purple People Eater” Corvettes that road raced in the SCCA. But Nickey was also the first dealership to offer big-block conversions for Tri-Five Chevys, and it soon earned a reputation for “taking any model Chevy and transforming it into a high-horsepower monster for their many performance-minded customers,” says Tinberg.

That same line of thinking applies to the cars Tinberg and Schmitt have built in the Gasser Shop, only their work isn’t limited to Chevrolet products. Most are, sure, but as you have seen on these pages—and from the display in Chicago—these guys aren’t afraid to ply their trade on any car, including a Nash and a classic T-bird.

That’s Novel

That’s Novel: John Tinberg’s near lifelong obsession with Bill Thomas’s 1965 Novel Nova drove him to build a tribute to the car in 2001. So you can imagine how he felt when he learned that Nickey Performance’s CEO, Stefano Bimbi, bought the actual Novel Nova in 2008. It took Tinberg just two weeks to make the car his own. With input from Thomas and his son, Bill Thomas III, Tinberg restored the Nova, keeping many of the original components intact. The fiberglass tilt nose is the same one Thomas used to update the car from its 1962 origins to 1965 appearances, and Tinberg was able to reuse the Nova’s custom-built instrument panel and aluminum interior panels. An injected small-block was in the Nova when Bimbi bought it; Tinberg built a period-correct 427 using a date-coded block and heads and a vintage Hilborn mechanical injection system. Even with a “conservative” tune, the motor put out more than 600 hp on the dyno. The Novel Nova also has its unique tube front axle—curved, not straight—and deeply arched leaf springs that fabricator Don Edmunds scienced out for Thomas back in the day.

Dragnasty

Dragnasty: This ’62 Corvette is a true dragstrip survivor that was “stored in a barn from 1969 until four years ago,” says the current (and just third) owner, Houston-based collector Jim Jard. The Vette was raced primarily in upstate New York, going into storage after retiring from the track. Jard bought it sight-unseen from the second owner in 2013 and sent it directly to Tinberg and Schmitt with this request: “Make it look the way it did in 1969, no more, no less.” During teardown they discovered the 327 was “in sad shape and broken,” said Tinberg, the likely cause for the car’s early retirement. It was rebuilt by Keith Dorton of Automotive Specialists, who was able to restore and reuse many of its vintage speed parts. Broken fiberglass in the car’s nose was repaired, and Bob Sanford of Flatline Kustoms in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, carefully repainted the area to blend in with the rest of the car’s original and weathered coatings. When Tinberg shook the car down after reassembly, its 556 hp sent the car “from 0 to 1969 in 12 seconds!”

Speed Addiction

Speed Addiction: Don Kehrt bought his ’54 Bel Air with plans to use it as a daily driver, “but that soon changed. I reached out to John Tinberg and Randy Schmitt, and they transformed it into a gasser.” The car is home to one of Nickey’s front subframes and straight axles, onto which are mounted vintage Cragar wheels with Towel City nostalgic front runners. Under the hood is a 355ci SBC with M/T valve covers and fenderwell headers. The Turbo 350 behind the motor is operated via an old-time B&M shifter. Killer Designs did the lettering on the car. Kehrt wants to extend “special thanks to my dad, Phil Kehrt.”

In Progress

In Progress: That’s what Theresa and Charlie Gangler told us about their ’41 Willys, which they found in Canada. “It was used as a race car in the 1960s,” Theresa says. Stuffed into the small engine bay is a 409 with aluminum heads, a blower, and Hilborn fuel injection. A Muncie four-speed channels power to an Olds rearend. The Nickey Gasser Shop installed the front subframe and straight axle, and also fabricated the floors, trunk, interior sheetmetal, and rollbar.

The First

The First: In 2008, Tinberg installed the first Nickey Tri-Five subframe and straight-axle conversion kit on this ’55 Bel Air while he was turning it into a true street/strip car. Under the fiberglass tilt front end is a Jack Gibbs–built 409 V8, bored to 421 cubes and fitted with a 6-71 blower and dual four-barrel carbs. A Richmond five-speed sends the motor’s 550 hp to a Ford 9-inch with 3.90 gears and a Detroit Locker. Though he built the Bel Air “by myself, for myself,” Tinberg later sold it to the Eagles Mere Auto Museum in Pennsylvania, which brought it to MCACN.

Homewrecker

Homewrecker: “A gasser needs a name,” says Jason Bowman of his ’65 Chevy II, “and my loving wife named the Nova The Homewrecker. While I am still happily married, it was touch-and-go for a few years!” The plain white Model 100 was the one and only car of a Ms. Helen Skyarlo of Kansas, who bought it new and owned it until her death at age 99. It had 24,000 miles on it when Bowman bought it in 2012. “I wanted to keep the look original and as plain as possible on top while it would be all business underneath.” Inspired by Bill Thomas and the Novel Nova, Bowman got a Nickey subframe and axle kit from Tinberg. Terry Murphy Race Cars built the chassis; Mark Jones of Vortecpro put together a 467ci, 680hp all-steel big-block, and Tim Dacus at Edgar’s Transmission customized a TH400 trans for the BBC. Bowman credits Ken Ussery and Robert Woods at Ken’s Classics for the super sano body and paint.

Hammer Down

Hammer Down: “That’s my dream car,” Jay “Hammer” Frederick told his wife when the 1960 Corvette he bought “on the interwebs, sight-unseen,” arrived in his driveway on the back of a car hauler. While “trying to figure out what to do” with the car, he met Tinberg and Schmitt, who convinced him gasser was the way to go. Hammer stripped the car and took it to the Nickey Gasser Shop in 2015, where the crew set up the car’s chassis with dual chromed leaf springs and a straight axle up front, and a Ford 9-inch in back. Big Al’s Toy Shop built the motor, a 427 with a Dart four-bolt block, steel crank, Engle H-beam rods, JE forged blower pistons, polished Dart heads, Quick Time exhaust cutouts, and an 8-71 BDS blower that is underdriven right now so Hammer can drive on the street. At full strength, the BBC will “push 1,000 horses or more,” he says. Jeff Collins at Midwest Muncie built a T-23 four-speed to handle all that power. Buddies Jim Brando and Billy Hilty laid down the old-fashioned flames, paint that was “still wet” when Hammer rolled the Vette into MCACN. “Couldn’t have done it without my friends,” he says.

Working the Anglia

Working the Anglia: Randy Schmitt brought his work-in-progress to MCACN, a 1959 Anglia he found in the Facebook Marketplace in 2017. He had an Anglia gasser in high school, and he says it’s been a dream of his for 42 years to replicate it. The car was in original condition when he bought it; since Anglias are unibody cars, he had to fabricate a complete 2×3-inch rectangular frame to support the chromed Nickey straight front axle and John’s Industries 9-inch rearend (with 35-spline axles and 4.56 gears). Building his own chassis allowed Schmitt to alter the wheelbase 5 inches in the rear and 4 inches up front. Under the all-steel tilt front end is a 355ci, 750hp, Hampton 6-71-blown small-block joined to a Muncie M22 Rock Crusher transmission rowed by a Hurst Super Shifter.

Terrible Too

Terrible Too: A blast from Tinberg’s past, this is the Novel Nova tribute car he built back in 2001. He fabricated a replica of Bill Thomas’s front subframe and curved axle, moved the rear wheels up 8 inches, and installed a 502-inch big-block fed by Kinsler fuel injection. No show car, Tinberg’s Terrible Too made the 2001 Hot Rod Power Tour. It now calls the Eagles Mere Auto Museum home.

But Wait! There’s More

But Wait! There’s More: Several of the Nickey Gasser Shop projects we previously featured in Deluxe took part in the gathering, too. Next to Dragnasty, Jim Jard parked his Bird of Prey, a ’55 T-bird with a Hilborn-injected Ford Y-block V8 (“Bird of Prey,” May 2018). The Eagles Mere Museum brought its ’56 Nomad, which entered Tinberg and Schmitt’s shop as a 900-point resto and came out with a straight axle, tilt front end, and a Jack Gibbs 409 (“Mark of Excellence,” May 2017). Last but not least was Nashty, a ’55 Nash that, like Schmitt’s Anglia, started life as a unibody but needed a custom-built frame to anchor the Nickey straight axle, Ford 9-inch, and blown, Dart-based SBC (“Nickey Gets Nashty,” Mar. 2016).

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What’s Hot South Florida Nov. 29 – Dec. 4

Thursday, November 29

Stonewall National Museum – Wilton Manors (2157 Wilton Drive) presents, Home for the Holidays – stonewall movie night at 6 pm. Jodi Foster’s 1995 star-studded directorial debut is a perfect representation of why they say you can’t go home again…When her teenage daughter opts out of Thanksgiving, single mother Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) travels alone to her childhood home for an explosive holiday dinner with her dysfunctional family. Claudia quickly tires of her parents, her long-suffering sister (Cynthia Stevenson), her snobby brother-in-law (Steve Guttenberg) and her nutty aunt (Geraldine Chaplin). But the evening gets interesting when Claudia’s gay brother Tommy (Robert Downey Jr.) turns up with a new friend named Leo Fish (Dylan McDermott). The parents seem to accept their son’s homosexuality without acknowledging it, which is an accurate note for many families. Claudia is disturbed by the absence of Tommy’s former boyfriend, who was popular with the entire family. Free to attend with a $5 suggested donation. Friday, November 30

The City of Oakland Park presents their 3rd annual Holiday Village at Jaco Pastorius Park (4000 N Dixie Hwy) starting tonight with the Holiday Tree Lighting at 6:30pm and featuring events all weekend long. Friday is from 6-10pm, Saturday & Sunday from 11am to 7pm and Sunday. The events are free and open to the public!

Saturday, December 1

Today is World AIDS Day and Broward House along with CAN Community Health presents a Vigil and Remembrance Walk which starts at 6:30pm at Hagen Park and ending at the Pride Center.

Miami Beach is also doing something, but the details were not available at Press time. Keep an eye on our Website and Social Media channels as we will be posting.

The Ramrod presents Pig Dance #124 (first Saturday of every month) from 10pm to 3am with this month’s guest DJ Barry Huffine.

The Club Fort Lauderdale features their bi-monthly (1st and 3rd Saturday of the month) Res-Erection Naked Blackout event at 10p.m. This is always a sold-out event, so get there early!

Sunday. December 2

The Pub presents Brutbears the Bear Necessi-T Dance form 4-10pm with great music and Go-Go bear dancers.

Flip Flops Dockside Eatery presents their monthly T Dance (first Sunday of the month) from 4 to 7p.m., hosted by Amanda Austin with DJ Robert Lavalle spinning and this month’s special guests: Nickey Monet, LuLu Cavali and Joanna James.

The Ramrod presents the closing party for Pig Week, which will be a Happy Hour Pig Roast  hosted by Chad Bush with free food on the patio from 6-9pm.

Tuesday, December 4

Art Miami (art-miami.com), the city’s original and longest running international contemporary and modern art fair returns for its 29th edition, together with the seventh edition of its adjacent sister fair Context Art Miami,  (contextartmiami.com) running from today until December 9th. They will present an array of iconic and exemplary works, dynamic projects and special installations.  Art Miami and Context Art Miami will kick off Art Week with a VIP Private Preview at the Art Miami Pavilion located at One Herald Plaza at NE 14th Street on Biscayne Bay in Downtown Miami between the Venetian & MacArthur Causeways.  A One-Day Fair Pass provides admission to Art Miami and Context Fairs at $50. A Multi-Day Pass provides admission to Art Miami, Context and Aqua Art Miami Fairs for $90. Students aged 12 – 18-years, and seniors aged 62-years and older are $35. Children under 12 are free. The VIP Pass costs $250 and provides access to the VIP Previews; unlimited admission to Art Miami + Context Art Miami during public fair hours; and access to Art Miami VIP Lounge + Context Art Miami VIP Lounge; and complimentary admission to partnering museums. This pass will also provide access to Aqua Art Miami for the VIP Preview and during fair hours.  

This is HOT

Capitol/UMe celebrates a half-century of top-shelf music-making with the release of Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, a 6CD retrospective that spans the singer/songwriter’s entire storied career. This fully loaded collection contains 115 tracks overall set in a hard-cover book, featuring scores of Diamond’s most beloved hits alongside demos, rarities and 15 previously unreleased tracks. 

Diamond’s unique connection with audiences the world over is evident all throughout the breadth of material presented on this box set. Witness the folk-rock reverie of “Solitary Man,” the unbridled exuberance of “Cherry Cherry,” the sweet acoustic twang of “Forever in Blue Jeans,” the pure Americana swing of “Kentucky Woman,” the eternal sing-along sunshine of “Sweet Caroline,” the raw emotionality of “I Am…I Said,” the welcoming arms of “America,” and the deeply expressive heart light that’s on full display in his chart-topping duet with Barbra Streisand, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” for just the tip of the iceberg of Diamond’s artistic achievements.

A full disc containing 12 unreleased songs, including recently unearthed gems such as “Sunflower,” (written and recently updated by Neil Diamond, originally recorded by Glen Campbell), “Before I Had a Dime” and  “C’est La Vie” a song that Neil co-wrote with friend Gilbert Bécaud. Meanwhile, the original demos of two of Diamond’s most indelible tracks, “I Am…I Said” and “America,” give listeners further insight into the creative process behind a pair of his most iconic songs. 

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What’s Hot South Florida Nov. 29 – Dec. 4

Thursday, November 29

Stonewall National Museum – Wilton Manors (2157 Wilton Drive) presents, Home for the Holidays – stonewall movie night at 6 pm. Jodi Foster’s 1995 star-studded directorial debut is a perfect representation of why they say you can’t go home again…When her teenage daughter opts out of Thanksgiving, single mother Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) travels alone to her childhood home for an explosive holiday dinner with her dysfunctional family. Claudia quickly tires of her parents, her long-suffering sister (Cynthia Stevenson), her snobby brother-in-law (Steve Guttenberg) and her nutty aunt (Geraldine Chaplin). But the evening gets interesting when Claudia’s gay brother Tommy (Robert Downey Jr.) turns up with a new friend named Leo Fish (Dylan McDermott). The parents seem to accept their son’s homosexuality without acknowledging it, which is an accurate note for many families. Claudia is disturbed by the absence of Tommy’s former boyfriend, who was popular with the entire family. Free to attend with a $5 suggested donation. Friday, November 30

The City of Oakland Park presents their 3rd annual Holiday Village at Jaco Pastorius Park (4000 N Dixie Hwy) starting tonight with the Holiday Tree Lighting at 6:30pm and featuring events all weekend long. Friday is from 6-10pm, Saturday & Sunday from 11am to 7pm and Sunday. The events are free and open to the public!

Saturday, December 1

Today is World AIDS Day and Broward House along with CAN Community Health presents a Vigil and Remembrance Walk which starts at 6:30pm at Hagen Park and ending at the Pride Center.

Miami Beach is also doing something, but the details were not available at Press time. Keep an eye on our Website and Social Media channels as we will be posting.

The Ramrod presents Pig Dance #124 (first Saturday of every month) from 10pm to 3am with this month’s guest DJ Barry Huffine.

The Club Fort Lauderdale features their bi-monthly (1st and 3rd Saturday of the month) Res-Erection Naked Blackout event at 10p.m. This is always a sold-out event, so get there early!

Sunday. December 2

The Pub presents Brutbears the Bear Necessi-T Dance form 4-10pm with great music and Go-Go bear dancers.

Flip Flops Dockside Eatery presents their monthly T Dance (first Sunday of the month) from 4 to 7p.m., hosted by Amanda Austin with DJ Robert Lavalle spinning and this month’s special guests: Nickey Monet, LuLu Cavali and Joanna James.

The Ramrod presents the closing party for Pig Week, which will be a Happy Hour Pig Roast  hosted by Chad Bush with free food on the patio from 6-9pm.

Tuesday, December 4

Art Miami (art-miami.com), the city’s original and longest running international contemporary and modern art fair returns for its 29th edition, together with the seventh edition of its adjacent sister fair Context Art Miami,  (contextartmiami.com) running from today until December 9th. They will present an array of iconic and exemplary works, dynamic projects and special installations.  Art Miami and Context Art Miami will kick off Art Week with a VIP Private Preview at the Art Miami Pavilion located at One Herald Plaza at NE 14th Street on Biscayne Bay in Downtown Miami between the Venetian & MacArthur Causeways.  A One-Day Fair Pass provides admission to Art Miami and Context Fairs at $50. A Multi-Day Pass provides admission to Art Miami, Context and Aqua Art Miami Fairs for $90. Students aged 12 – 18-years, and seniors aged 62-years and older are $35. Children under 12 are free. The VIP Pass costs $250 and provides access to the VIP Previews; unlimited admission to Art Miami + Context Art Miami during public fair hours; and access to Art Miami VIP Lounge + Context Art Miami VIP Lounge; and complimentary admission to partnering museums. This pass will also provide access to Aqua Art Miami for the VIP Preview and during fair hours.  

This is HOT

Capitol/UMe celebrates a half-century of top-shelf music-making with the release of Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, a 6CD retrospective that spans the singer/songwriter’s entire storied career. This fully loaded collection contains 115 tracks overall set in a hard-cover book, featuring scores of Diamond’s most beloved hits alongside demos, rarities and 15 previously unreleased tracks. 

Diamond’s unique connection with audiences the world over is evident all throughout the breadth of material presented on this box set. Witness the folk-rock reverie of “Solitary Man,” the unbridled exuberance of “Cherry Cherry,” the sweet acoustic twang of “Forever in Blue Jeans,” the pure Americana swing of “Kentucky Woman,” the eternal sing-along sunshine of “Sweet Caroline,” the raw emotionality of “I Am…I Said,” the welcoming arms of “America,” and the deeply expressive heart light that’s on full display in his chart-topping duet with Barbra Streisand, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” for just the tip of the iceberg of Diamond’s artistic achievements.

A full disc containing 12 unreleased songs, including recently unearthed gems such as “Sunflower,” (written and recently updated by Neil Diamond, originally recorded by Glen Campbell), “Before I Had a Dime” and  “C’est La Vie” a song that Neil co-wrote with friend Gilbert Bécaud. Meanwhile, the original demos of two of Diamond’s most indelible tracks, “I Am…I Said” and “America,” give listeners further insight into the creative process behind a pair of his most iconic songs. 

Order Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition here: NeilDiamond.lnk.to/50CollectorsEdition

from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/11/29/whats-hot-south-florida-nov-29-dec-4/

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Đảng Dân chủ mua phiếu bầu phi pháp chỉ bằng một điếu thuốc lá?

Một phiếu bầu giả mạo được đổi bằng một đô la hoặc đôi khi chỉ là một điếu thuốc lá, Thời báo Los Angeles đưa tin.

Những trao đổi như vậy đã diễn ra hàng trăm lần tại các điểm bỏ phiếu ở Los Angeles trong suốt kỳ bầu cử Tổng thống Mỹ năm 2016 và một lần nữa trong cuộc bầu cử giữa kỳ năm nay, các công tố viên cho biết hôm thứ Ba (20/11) khi họ tuyên bố tội hình sự đối với 9 người bị cáo buộc trong một chương trình gian lận.

Sử dụng tiền mặt và thuốc lá như mồi nhử, các bị cáo tiếp cận những người vô gia cư và yêu cầu họ giả mạo chữ ký trên các bản kiến ​​nghị và phiếu đăng ký cử tri của tiểu bang, Văn phòng Công tố viên của quận cho biết.

Các bị cáo phải đối mặt với một số cáo buộc hình sự, bao gồm việc lưu hành một đơn yêu cầu với tên giả, lừa đảo cử tri và đăng ký một người không có thực.

Các cáo buộc đã được đệ trình cách đây ba tuần nhưng chỉ mới được công bố hôm thứ Ba, sau một cuộc trấn áp của Sở cảnh sát Los Angeles về nghi ngờ gian lận bầu cử đối với người vô gia cư vào đầu năm nay.

"Họ trả tiền cho các cá nhân để ký tên giả", Deon Joseph, viên chức lãnh đạo cấp cao chuyên quản lý người vô gia cư, nói với tờ The Times hồi tháng 9. "Đó là một cuộc tấn công vào nền dân chủ của chúng ta".

Các viên chức nhà nước nói rằng những vụ lừa đảo chữ ký không phổ biến ở California, nhưng ông Joseph cho biết thỉnh thoảng chúng xuất hiện trong những người vô gia cư.

Những người được thuê thường được trả cho mỗi chữ ký từ 1-2 USD, nhưng các quan chức cho biết một loạt người được thuê gần đây với 6 USD cho mỗi chữ ký.

Cảnh sát Los Angeles, Marc Reina, nói các quan chức đã sử dụng nhân viên bí mật và video camera an ninh trước khi bắt giữ Kirkland Kauzava Washington, 38 tuổi, một trong chín cá nhân bị các công tố viên buộc tội. Washington bị cáo buộc thiết lập một bảng thẻ bên ngoài Sứ mệnh Nửa đêm - nơi những người vô gia cư xếp hàng cho các bữa ăn và chỗ ở, Reina nói.

Hai người khác bị bắt cùng lúc với Washington hoặc là vô gia cư hoặc sống trong căn hộ gần con phố đông người vô gia cư, nhưng 2 người kia không bị cáo buộc.

“Chúng tôi không phạt bất kỳ người vô gia cư nào”, phát ngôn viên Văn phòng công tố quận Shiara Davila-Morales nói.

Trưởng ban bầu cử hạt Dean Logan từng khẳng định những kẻ giả mạo không có khả năng qua mặt nhân viên của ông, những người tự so sánh các chữ ký thỉnh nguyện với những chữ ký trên mẫu đăng ký.

Washington, Harold Bennett, 53 tuổi, và Louis Thomas Wise, 36 tuổi, đối mặt với 6 năm và 4 tháng tù giam. Những người khác gồm Richard Howard, 62 tuổi, Rose Makeda Sweeney, 42 tuổi, Christopher Joseph Williams, 59 tuổi, Jakara Fati Mardis, 35 tuổi, Norman Hall, 61 tuổi, và Nickey Demelvin Huntley, 44 tuổi đối mặt với bốn năm tám tháng tù giam.

Theo tờ Puppet String News, các bị cáo này đều thuộc đảng Dân chủ. “Điều này một lần nữa cho thấy đảng Dân chủ đã tuyệt vọng như thế nào trong việc giành chiến thắng cho cuộc bầu cử”, Puppet String News viết.

Mỹ Khánh

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Đảng Dân chủ mua phiếu bầu phi pháp chỉ bằng một điếu thuốc lá?

Một phiếu bầu giả mạo được đổi bằng một đô la hoặc đôi khi chỉ là một điếu thuốc lá, Thời báo Los Angeles đưa tin.

Những trao đổi như vậy đã diễn ra hàng trăm lần tại các điểm bỏ phiếu ở Los Angeles trong suốt kỳ bầu cử Tổng thống Mỹ năm 2016 và một lần nữa trong cuộc bầu cử giữa kỳ năm nay, các công tố viên cho biết hôm thứ Ba (20/11) khi họ tuyên bố tội hình sự đối với 9 người bị cáo buộc trong một chương trình gian lận.

Sử dụng tiền mặt và thuốc lá như mồi nhử, các bị cáo tiếp cận những người vô gia cư và yêu cầu họ giả mạo chữ ký trên các bản kiến ​​nghị và phiếu đăng ký cử tri của tiểu bang, Văn phòng Công tố viên của quận cho biết.

Các bị cáo phải đối mặt với một số cáo buộc hình sự, bao gồm việc lưu hành một đơn yêu cầu với tên giả, lừa đảo cử tri và đăng ký một người không có thực.

Các cáo buộc đã được đệ trình cách đây ba tuần nhưng chỉ mới được công bố hôm thứ Ba, sau một cuộc trấn áp của Sở cảnh sát Los Angeles về nghi ngờ gian lận bầu cử đối với người vô gia cư vào đầu năm nay.

“Họ trả tiền cho các cá nhân để ký tên giả”, Deon Joseph, viên chức lãnh đạo cấp cao chuyên quản lý người vô gia cư, nói với tờ The Times hồi tháng 9. “Đó là một cuộc tấn công vào nền dân chủ của chúng ta”.

Các viên chức nhà nước nói rằng những vụ lừa đảo chữ ký không phổ biến ở California, nhưng ông Joseph cho biết thỉnh thoảng chúng xuất hiện trong những người vô gia cư.

Những người được thuê thường được trả cho mỗi chữ ký từ 1-2 USD, nhưng các quan chức cho biết một loạt người được thuê gần đây với 6 USD cho mỗi chữ ký.

Cảnh sát Los Angeles, Marc Reina, nói các quan chức đã sử dụng nhân viên bí mật và video camera an ninh trước khi bắt giữ Kirkland Kauzava Washington, 38 tuổi, một trong chín cá nhân bị các công tố viên buộc tội. Washington bị cáo buộc thiết lập một bảng thẻ bên ngoài Sứ mệnh Nửa đêm - nơi những người vô gia cư xếp hàng cho các bữa ăn và chỗ ở, Reina nói.

Hai người khác bị bắt cùng lúc với Washington hoặc là vô gia cư hoặc sống trong căn hộ gần con phố đông người vô gia cư, nhưng 2 người kia không bị cáo buộc.

“Chúng tôi không phạt bất kỳ người vô gia cư nào”, phát ngôn viên Văn phòng công tố quận Shiara Davila-Morales nói.

Trưởng ban bầu cử hạt Dean Logan từng khẳng định những kẻ giả mạo không có khả năng qua mặt nhân viên của ông, những người tự so sánh các chữ ký thỉnh nguyện với những chữ ký trên mẫu đăng ký.

Washington, Harold Bennett, 53 tuổi, và Louis Thomas Wise, 36 tuổi, đối mặt với 6 năm và 4 tháng tù giam. Những người khác gồm Richard Howard, 62 tuổi, Rose Makeda Sweeney, 42 tuổi, Christopher Joseph Williams, 59 tuổi, Jakara Fati Mardis, 35 tuổi, Norman Hall, 61 tuổi, và Nickey Demelvin Huntley, 44 tuổi đối mặt với bốn năm tám tháng tù giam.

Theo tờ Puppet String News, các bị cáo này đều thuộc đảng Dân chủ. “Điều này một lần nữa cho thấy đảng Dân chủ đã tuyệt vọng như thế nào trong việc giành chiến thắng cho cuộc bầu cử”, Puppet String News viết.

Mỹ Khánh

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Alles ist möglich – auch Strafzölle

Strafzölle für deutsche Autobauer? BMW zeigt sich wenig beeindruckt von der Androhung des künftigen US-Präsidenten. Wohl auch, weil die Bayern in den USA inzwischen mehr Autos produzieren als daheim. Doch Trump könnte Zölle wohl tatsächlich erheben.

Von Sabrina Fritz, ARD-Studio Washington

Zum Start der Automesse in Detroit vergangene Woche gaben sich die deutschen Hersteller noch ganz entspannt. Er zittere nicht vor Trump, sagte der USA-Chef von VW, Hinrich Woebken. Und Daimler-Vorstand Dieter Zetsche wollte erst einmal abwarten, bis der neue Präsident im Amt ist.

Doch es war nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis der künftige Präsident Donald Trump auch den deutschen Herstellern droht. Ford, General Motors und der japanische Hersteller Toyota hatte er schon per Tweet gewarnt. Autos, die in Mexiko gebaut werden, müssten mit bis zu 35 Prozent Einfuhrzöllen rechnen. Und im Interview mit “Bild” und “Times” legte er mit Blick auf die deutschen Autobauer nach: “Sie können Autos für die USA bauen, aber sie werden für jedes Auto, das in die USA kommt, 35 Prozent Steuern zahlen.”

BMW produziert mehr Autos in den USA als in Bayern

Dabei haben fast alle deutschen Autohersteller ihre Produktion in den letzten Jahren in den USA kräftig ausgebaut. BMW zum Beispiel, das den Rüffel abbekommen hat, betreibt eine große Fabrik in South Carolina, dort arbeiten über 8000 Menschen. Sie stellen fast die gesamte X-Reihe her, die aus den USA in die ganze Welt verkauft werden.

BMW baut in den USA inzwischen mehr Autos als in Bayern. Als vor zwei Jahren die Ankündigung kam, dass BMW noch einmal eine Milliarde Dollar in South Carolina investiert, war die Gouverneurin des Bundesstaates, Nickey Hailey, voll des Lobes: “Eine Milliarde Dollar, ein neues Modell, 800 neue Jobs, danke!”

Doch gleichzeitig haben die Deutschen auch eine starke Präsenz in Mexiko. BMW will dort 2019 eine neue Fabrik in Betrieb nehmen, die den 3er BMW baut. Ein Großteil der Produktion soll in den USA verkauft werden, hohe Zölle könnten das Unternehmen also durchaus treffen.

Auf die jüngste Trump-Kritik im “Bild”-Interview reagiert der Autobauer aber unbeeindruckt: “Die BMW-Group ist in den USA zuhause”, erklärte das Unternehmen. “Die Produktion ist für den Weltmarkt bestimmt. Somit wird das Werk in Mexiko die bisherigen 3er-Prouktionsstätten in Deutschland und China ergänzen”.

Mexiko: niedrige Löhne und ein Katzensprung in die USA

Ähnlich ergeht es Daimler. Die Schwaben bauen gerade mit Nissan eine neue Fabrik in Mexiko, wo im kommenden Jahr die ersten Mercedes-Fahrzeuge vom Band laufen sollen. Mexiko hat sich auf jeden Fall in den letzten Jahren zu einem starken Automobilstandort entwickelt. Audi, VW und alle großen Hersteller haben dort Milliarden in neue Anlagen investiert. Die Löhne sind niedrig, viele Zulieferer haben sich ebenfalls dort angesiedelt, und in die USA ist es nur ein Katzensprung. Und noch besteht zwischen beiden Ländern ja ein Freihandelsabkommen.

Trump dürfte genügend Gründe für Einfuhrzölle finden

Aber kann der künftige Präsident denn einfach Zölle auf bestimmte Produkte beschließen? Eigentlich braucht er dazu die Zustimmung des Kongresses, aber es gibt Ausnahmen. Der Präsident kann Einfuhrzölle erheben, wenn sich die USA irgendwo auf der Welt in einem Krieg befinden, was ja fast immer der Fall ist. Weitere Ausnahmen: Das Land befindet in einer Krise, wie zum Beispiel die Ölkrise in den 1970er-Jahren, oder die nationale Sicherheit wird durch die Importe bedroht. Da Trump schon eine “Jobkrise” ausgerufen hat, dürfte er genügend Gründe finden.

Ford-Boykott in Mexiko?

In Mexiko bereitet man sich von Gegenschlag vor. Die ersten Firmen kündigten an, keine Ford-Autos mehr zu kaufen, nachdem Ford als erster eine Fabrik in  Mexiko rückgängig gemacht hat. Bevor Trump im Amt ist, ist er dabei, einen Handelskrieg anzufangen.

Über dieses Thema berichtete die tagesschau am 16. Januar 2017 um 10:35 Uhr sowie tagesschau24 am 16. Januar 2017 um 11:00 Uhr.

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Alles ist möglich – auch Strafzölle

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A State Of Trance Episode 944 [#ASOT944] - Armin van Buuren

A State Of Trance Episode 944 [#ASOT944] - Armin van Buuren Armin van Buuren's new album 'BALANCE' is OUT NOW: https://AvB.lnk.to/BalanceYA Subscribe to Armin van Buuren's YouTube channel via http://bit.ly/SubscribeArmin Connect with Armin van Buuren ▶ https://www.instagram.com/arminvanbuuren ▶ https://www.facebook.com/arminvanbuuren ▶ https://www.twitter.com/arminvanbuuren ▶ https://www.arminvanbuuren.com #ArminvanBuuren #ASOT944 #ASOT Tracklist: - A State Of Trance - Intro (00:00:02) - Orjan Nilsen feat. Allé & Damon Sharpe - Phantom Heart (BLR Remix) (00:01:17) - PROGRESSIVE PICK: Axis - Wasted (00:05:28) - Tritonal feat. Rosie Darling - Never Be The Same (PROFF Vocal Remix) (00:09:00) - Dave Neven - Requiem (00:12:55) - Andy Moor, Somna & BLÜ EYES - Up In Smoke (00:16:01) - Armin van Buuren feat. HALIENE - Song I Sing (00:19:54) - Ascension - Someone (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix) (00:26:49) - Armin van Buuren - Stickup (Maarten de Jong Remix) (00:31:20) - The Thrillseekers present Hydra - After The Rain (00:36:14) - The Thrillseekers present Hydra - Crystalline (00:39:46) - The Thrillseekers feat. Fisher - The Last Time (Hydra’s Altered State Mix) (00:45:31) - The Thrillseekers present Hydra - Aurelia (00:51:24) - Aly & Fila feat. Jwaydan - We Control The Sunlight (Dan Stone Remix) (00:58:19) - Husman - The Crusade (01:02:11) - Beatsole & Dan Thompson - Out Of This World (01:05:37) - Key Lean - Xenon (01:09:55) - Dan Stone - Novo (01:13:19) - Aleksey Gunichev - Inside Of Me (Tycoos Remix) (01:17:56) - Hazrain Norman - Syton (Digital Rush Remix) (01:21:35) - Allen Watts - Reboot (01:25:30) - Sholan - Gravity (01:28:08) - Eximinds - Eridanus (01:31:54) - A.R.D.I. - Heaven (01:35:12) - Adam Nickey - Perfect Destiny (Daxson Remix) (01:38:13) - Leroy Moreno - Empress (01:42:48) - Binary Finary - Syntax (01:46:45) - Sean Mathews - Odyssey (01:50:13) - Mark Sherry & Tempo Giusto - Celestial Body (01:54:09) - Lost In Noise - Heeding The Call (01:56:45) - A State Of Trance - Outro (02:01:56) #BeFree #BeBeautiful #BeYOU #BeLOVE #BedlamFoundry #IAmBedlam #EDM #ArminvanBuuren #ArminvanBuuren ASOT #ArminvanBuuren Blah Blah Blah #AStateof Trance #Rubenderonde #Avb #episode #armin #arminvanbuuren asot #van #buuren #asotavb #Futurefavorite #tuneofthe week #progressivepick #trendingtrack #servicefordreamers #ASOT944 #ASOT944 #AStateOf Trance 944 #Episode944 #Thrillseekers #guestmix #asotavb944 #Balance #Stickup

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Nickey Performance Turns a Restored 1956 Chevrolet Nomad into a Straight-Axle Blown Gasser

Tilt.

Somewhere in a small farming town in central Illinois is a garage with a couple of car builders who live in a time warp that starts and ends in the 1960s. John Tinberg and Randy Schmitt specialize in very period-looking straight-axle gassers (and an occasional Funny Car). The garage is affiliated with and a descendant of the famed Nickey Chevrolet and is now referred to as the Nickey Performance Gasser Shop. Nickey headquarters, five decades and 50 miles north in St. Charles, Illinois, is where Nickey’s owner, Stephano Bimbi, and his crew build new super high performance Camaros for customers, one at a time. The Nickey Gasser Shop is all old school, all the time.

While many Tinberg/Schmitt cars have been featured in magazines (including this one; see “Nickey Gets Nashty, Mar. ’16), others are more along the lines of an average-budget build and have the patina to prove it. All the Nickey gassers are built with the same level of quality workmanship, but some get taken to the next level, depending on the customer’s desires.

One of those “next level” builds began when Tinberg got a call from a gentleman named “Mark” from the Eagles Mere Auto Museum in Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. Mark said he liked one of the Nickey gassers featured in a recent magazine and wanted to send them a car to build. Tinberg and Mark hit it off pretty well, and they both spoke the same (Gasser) language.

All the Nickey boys knew about the car was that it was a ’56 Nomad, and they expected the typical “barn find” project. But when the trailer arrived and the car rolled out, they were shocked to see a 900-point car that had already gone through a full restoration. It had fresh paint, chrome, glass, interior, the list went on.

This one was going to be a challenge, as it would be hard to improve on such a quality restoration. Tinberg and Schmitt checked out the car, scratching their heads and trying to come up with a plan to put this one over the top. They called Mark to see what he had in mind, and his response was, “I’d like a tilt front end, other than that, no holds barred. Do what you do and have fun.”

Now it was up to the Nickey boys to make it happen and keep the customer satisfied. Tinberg made a rendering of the car incorporating the ideas he and Schmitt put together. That drawing went to Mark, and his response was, “Looks good, do it!”

The transformation started with the Nickey crew fabricating a custom front subframe that they grafted into the stock framerails. Next came building and attaching all the straight axle components. Since they were starting with such a beautiful car, the guys decided there was only one way to go with these pieces: chrome! So the heavy-duty tube axle, leaf springs, shocks, tie-rods, and drag link were all triple chrome plated.

To set the car apart even more, the rear axle was moved forward 6 inches and the front axle was moved forward 4. Moving the rear wheels forward meant lots of metalwork, as the rear fender openings were moved a full 7 inches forward to allow for the 29.5×10 Radir slicks.

The next call was to Jack Gibbs of 409 Chevy Performance in Willows, California. Tinberg asked Gibbs to build a bored and stroked 409 motor with a GMC style 6-71 blower, aluminum Edelbrock heads, and dual carbs. Jack Gibbs was on board and accepted the challenge.

In keeping with the Gasser tradition, the motor was moved back 6 inches, and the firewall had to be moved back as well to accommodate the big W motor.

Once the 409 was installed in the Nomad, the car was transported to AVS in Tinley Park, Illinois. There, Al Vershave made a custom set of fenderwell headers that went to Coating Specialties of South Chicago Heights, Illinois, for a bright silver ceramic coating.

The drivetrain behind the 409 starts with an 11-inch Centerforce dual-face clutch, Lakewood scattershield, a custom-built Jeff Collins/Midwest Muncie M-23 super Hi-Performance transmission, and a Hurst Super Shifter. Out back was a John’s Industries Ford 9-inch rearend with 35-spline axles and a Wave posi unit sporting 4.56 gears.

A custom set of Nickey 48-inch ladder bars was installed to hold the tires to the ground and keep the old-school look.

As for that one item Mark requested, an all-steel front end would normally be pretty heavy to tilt, but the Nickey boys came up with an idea that lessened the load. After much trial and error, the front end tilts with ease thanks to moving the pivot point back enough to balance the weight. Being close to the balance point minimizes the effort regardless of its weight.

The interior received custom pleated aluminum door panels and a black rubber mat floor covering. Aluminum bucket seats finished off the no-nonsense interior.

Fast-forward to October 2016: The last details, tweaking, finessing, and polishing are all done, and the car is ready for its first drive after a year of blood, sweat, and gears. The consensus is that the hard work was well worth it. Take a look at the end result and see if you agree that this Nickey gasser met its mark—the mark of excellence.

Less is more: The Nickey team moved the front and rear axles forward just enough to make the car look fast just sitting there, while keeping the Nomad’s classic look intact.

While the guys were expecting to start with a shabby Chevy, the car that rolled off the transporter was a fully restored, 900-point show car.

John Tinberg and Randy Schmitt put their heads together to figure out how to make a great car even better, and then Tinberg solidified their ideas by rendering them with felt pens.

This in-process shot reveals several things: Note the 2×4 rectangular subframes (with sleeved 2-inch holes) grafted to the car’s chassis to support the straight-axle suspension and tilt front end. Tinberg and Schmitt had to noodle a bit to figure out the tilt mechanism, as the steel front clip is pretty heavy. But moving the pivot point back gives it better balance and makes it easy to flip open. After this photo was taken, the firewall was replaced with a custom piece to allow the big W motor, blower, carbs, and scoop to be moved back 6 inches in true gasser style.

The Jack Gibbs-built 409 is a beauty and a beast, producing nearly 700 hp on pump gas.

Ever feel like you’re being watched? The remote-mounted Moon Equipment breathers keep an eye on the 6-71 blower, dual Holleys, and Hilborn-style scoop.

Al Vershave of AVS Fabrication made the equal-length headers, and the ceramic coating was done by Bob Buckley of Coating Specialties.

Unlike many tilt front ends, the one on this Nomad uses an internal latching system. That allows one person to flip the well-balanced all-steel hood without hood pins or other visible fasteners.

Although the fenders and hood are connected as a unit, it was important to keep the factory gaps and trim to maintain the timeless look of the Nomad.

Nickey Performance supplied all the suspension parts, including the custom heavy-wall tube axle. This is the same basic style used for years on all the Nickey-built gassers, though for this very special Nomad it and the rest of the suspension pieces were plated in triple chrome.

The 6.00×15 bias-ply Goodrich tires add to the period look, as do the 15×4 American Salt Flat wheels.

Moving the rear axle forward meant doing some serious reshaping of the rear quarter-panels to realign the wheel openings—and make room for the 10-inch Radir slicks.

Schmitt designed and fabricated the one-off “pleated” aluminum door panels.

The aluminum bomber seats are covered in pleated upholstery that mimics the pattern on the door panels.

The original dash is completely intact, a reminder of the days when your race car was your only car.

A Hurst Super Shifter is connected to the M-23 transmission custom built by Jeff Collins of Midwest Muncie. The M-23 four speed trans will take anything the 409 can throw at it, and then some.

To keep the balance between street and strip, the factory carpet was replaced with black rubber mats. The rear seat was removed to make room for a six-point rollbar. Note the tapered area at the very front section of the floor. That’s the lid of the hidden compartment that holds the battery and valuable storage space.

A “must have” set of Nickey-built 48-inch ladder bars keeps the period look alive and well.

The Nickey’s numbered badge identifies the car as belonging to a long list of in-house builds.

It’s hard to beat the look of a classic Nomad, so the changes had to be subtle. It’s not that easy to notice the altered wheelbase front-to-back, and that’s how the Nickey crew wanted it.

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