The Strombergs with the first prototype of the kristal velocity stack in the foreground and some of Ludvigs creations in the back. The poster - My Wide Life - is one of many units in the launch campaign för Ludvig 2010 spring collection. It was created by Sunny side up advertising agency (where I work) and it's due to that cooperation that the crazy idea of making this hot rod came about. Ludvig mailed me a couple of days after we met for the campaign brief. He sent a picture of an old tudor rat rod with wild pipes and asked if it wouldn't be cool to... And of course it would. And here we are! And it's fun.
http://www.tv4play.se/search?text=ludvig+löfgren
...territory to make real bad jokes aluding to the word bed. Bedtime story, let's go to bed, som man bäddar får man ligga (swedish, sorry!) Bedder safe than sorry... I could go on, but I'll spare y'all, you'll be bedder of. 
All of a sudden we sense and feel that this project will become reality. And that's a great feeling and Mattias has alot to do with that. Even though alot is left to do, imagination runs wild and fills in blanks and adds both details, crystal and Blasters paintjob. 
For all you earlybirds Ludvig will appear on swedish TV 4 tomorrow the 23 oct. Seems like you'll get an inteview, an insight to his creative headquarters, the steamin' hot glas hut and wisdoms and insights about art and stuff - And hopefully some about the Juxtapod!
One down 5 to go for the Strombergs that is. It's the first nearly finished beautiful swedish crystal application for the Juxtapod. And the way light breaks through crystal... Magic, pure magic.
Bit by bit the Juxtapod is coming together. The metal parts under the expert hand of Mattias. In the case of the Torpedo (which is the swedish name for firewall ) he's tried to keep alot of the original pressings and features and to adapt it to the new mill, a Chevy 348 V8, which is considerably different from the original 4 cyl flathead (4-banger as it nicknamed I believe). He works in the higher echelons of quality and craft and it shows
A place for worship and contemplation. Nothing makes me reflect and ponder more than crystal skulls in top hats, rabbits on acid and spacy inkas and big red hand ghouls...
Mattias sent som pics. of progress. I cant wait to get up there and check it out for myself. Parts of the bodywork is in place (not finally, but in place) over the frame so you can see the posture and stance relatively. When the Radirs and rubbers arrive safely in Sweden and are mounted we'll see even better. Seems US shipments are a constant worry...