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took some junk hood sides and cut louver's out of them, made a sub-frame out og 16 gauge strap ,welded in 27 0r so blades after having to weld 16 together then I used (new to me ) automotive panel adhesive to glue subpanel behind new hood sides.
then made stainless...........will talk about that another day .
Kirk whined a lil the other day about not selling many records, and how he has to watch his spending .
I told him I was sorry that he didnt write his "stairway to heaven yet" but I was going to make him imortal with his 36 and it is my "freebird"
also said ..........Im as good as you .....in our fields of work, but I have to live in my shop , sorry you have to wait to buy the new mercedes , I will finish your car soon, love cole
Roadsters.com
05-02-2004, 05:28 PM
Maybe if Kirk released a cover version of Stairway to Heaven, that would raise enough money for you to tool up to produce fiberglass copies of the hood sides; which in turn could cover the cost of Kirk touring to promote the release of his Freebird cover, which could pay for the molds you'd need to produce fiberglass copies of his '36, which could generate enough for him to do some videos for MTV.
Dave
http://www.roadsters.com/
Once again, damn nice job!
I really like the 'swept' effect you gave the fins.
It adds a nice, clean touch to the front of the car without taking too much away from the overall look.
I'm sure you really wanted my oppinion http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Thanks for posting the pics.
Tony.
thanks for your opinion........really
Me likes. Neat idea. Tell Kirk that they would have sold more of the last album if Lars hadnt used that damn kettle drum on every song! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
oddrod
05-02-2004, 06:54 PM
you just let your secret past occupation as a Levelor Blinds salesman out of the bag Cole. don't feel bad, my past as a gay porn star is about to hit the stands because of one film i made with a certain "american idol" finalist before he became famous. when you come to city and play again? stevo
Wow, amazing metal work!
Now I'm just fuckin' around with it a bit...
I did an idea on the grill to line it up visually with the new louvers.
I lowered the top to the same height as the louvers and reshaped the side higher and further back on the sides. Sorta like a pre 38 deluxe look.
Way easier in photoshop than in real life, I know though...
It'd take an all new or much modified grill to pull it off.
Blue? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Roadsters.com
05-02-2004, 07:40 PM
Kirk just called. He's stoked. The plan is for him to use Barris, the '36 and one of your bikes in a ZZ Top-inspired MTV video called Sharp Dressed Pan. If it's a big as we think it will be, he says he'll be able to have his next car built by Dick Dean.
- lordz of azzholez (http://www.roadsters.com/)
yorgatron
05-02-2004, 07:45 PM
doesn't it qualify for a tax write-off if he uses it in a music video?
choprods
05-02-2004, 07:52 PM
Doesnt Kirk Know you cant make music nowadays[ that sells] if you have any talent? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Great metal COLE.........gives me pinginghammer envy
Assdragger
05-02-2004, 08:01 PM
You said a mouthful there Kenny!....fuckin Napster anyway!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
bradberry00
05-02-2004, 09:15 PM
this would be a bad ass paint job....
long live music bootlegs!
kustombuilder
05-02-2004, 09:32 PM
my god Cole, you NEVER cease to the shit out of me. i also dig the way you laid the louvers back at varying angles. your the TRUE rock star!!
...keep those pics coming. i have an entire folder titled "COLE FOSTER IS MY FUCKING HERO!" that i save ALL your under construction pics in!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
haring
05-02-2004, 10:05 PM
Cole, I'm going to go out on a limb here and criticize the new side panels. I know they required a lot of effort, but I think they conflict with all of the other lines of the car.
My opinion may not matter at all, but I once pointed out something I liked on someone's bike and you replied saying that you always choose on the side of tasteful practicality. I'm grossly paraphrasing -- I don't remember the words you used, but the point was clear. Things do look better when they flow and work in harmony and those louvers look out of line when compared to everything around them. They look like they are showing off rather than gracefully pulling the eye along that panel.
I'm sure a few people will pipe up and say "how dare you!" or "you're so wrong!" but I figured I can be the lone person willing to say that those panels don't stand up to you usual spot-on sense of design.
Jkustom
05-02-2004, 10:20 PM
I Have mixed feelings of the panels... Half the time when I see the pics I think "Yeah thats rad"...And the other half they just seem to look a little awkward to me. Like the eye gets caught up and stuck on them. I think that the bigger blades are angled too much... If they were at a little less of an angle it would flow better. I'll bet its one of those things where in person its the coolest thing ever, especially from different angles... Im 50/50 on em, but who the fuck am I? -J.
Cole is my hero too......
choprods
05-02-2004, 10:36 PM
Wax-On Wax-OFF........... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifNEVER -QUESTION .......a Master.
Dirk35
05-02-2004, 10:47 PM
Very nice indeed Cole. Thanks for taking the time to share with us!
i like em' figure if the car is a dark color itll look tight, other wise yeah, it might seem a bit aquard
bobbleed
05-02-2004, 11:31 PM
Jesus, that car is fucking unbelievable.
It really is, everytime I see a picture of it I get chills.
I don't like the louvers though, I want too, but I don't.
They look too square. Ford type flaired louvers would look better too me......
Maybe some sort of simple spear type moldings that run over the top of those louvers horizontally would be cool. They would soften them and add to the deco lines.
Maybe I'm just a dirtbag from WI.
Fastsporty
05-03-2004, 02:35 AM
My critique....
I love the concept...
but looks unfinished and unrefined...
don't take a step backward with that car....
stand back, watch how the lines move across the car....
design it like it has always been there....
Then build it...
FS
well they are ford louvers , I could have done a few diffirent things for the hood sides, but Im pleased with them, they get stainless on top and bottom.
one of my favorite cars ever is a 1931 lancia Astura Cabriolet and there close
I think you will like the hood just fine. and i swear it flows, it gives it balence and is elegant.
Its my favorite thing about the car.
I dont mind the dislikes at all, even though I really think there 100% right.lol they have been drawn on hood sides for a long time . stainless makes it insane
burndup
05-03-2004, 02:45 AM
My opinion doesnt count for squeak, but..
I think those louvers are too busy... too visually disruptive to the rest of the elegantly subtle and clean car...
However, I SO MUCH wish that napster logo would go on the door, as a temporary vinyl peel-off when he picks up the car!
-J
PEDDRO
05-03-2004, 03:03 AM
Hell, I didn't like it at first, then I did.....now I can't make up my mind! Maybe it's the sweep.....maybe not.
I wanna see it with a border trim of some sort. Is that what the stainless will do? Maybe radiused corners?
Fordman75
05-03-2004, 03:27 AM
Awesome work! I really love that car.
Oh yea and tell Kirk they'd sell more records if they added a guitar solo or two like on the older albums.
littledeucecoupe427
05-03-2004, 05:50 AM
Good job, and very creative.
Thin stainless trim on the top and bottom is going to make a huge difference in the way the hood looks. I think an extra 'spear' right through the middle of the louvers would be cool too...kinda like a stock '36...only really different. It would effectively break up the longer louvers in the rear. A medium to dark body color will make the louvers a little more subtle than they are now too.
I also think a good profile pic would help these guys see how it actually "flows." It seems like those pics kinda make it look weird because of the angle.
That is truely an impressive piece of work, Cole. I can hardly believe that car used to be a 5 window.
raven
05-03-2004, 10:03 AM
I'm not anyone by any means but, I too think the louvers are a bit disruptive visually so after thinking about it more, I have an idea.
What if the louvers were to become increasingly narrower toward the back of the car?
They seem a bit too 'thick' as the lines lay down.
Just a suggesttion.
By the way, I just got my MFS dvd over the weekend ad watched the Cole Foster, Rockstar segment. For some reason I kept thinkiing about Germ while I was watching it.
Ruler, yes.
r
voneyeball
05-03-2004, 10:27 AM
Everyone has an opinion. I think the plastic surgeon who did Pam Anderson's nose should have done it just a little different...
50Fraud
05-03-2004, 10:37 AM
I think they're really neat, and are the most original detail on an already excellent prewar custom. I'm really interested to see how the stainless details work.
Mai Ki-Ki
05-03-2004, 10:49 AM
Damn i love that car....first look the louvres caught my eye (too much) but with some beautiful paint and stainless, hmmm....they really grow on me..Love them I guess..
V slick.
Cheers
MAiki
Tell kirk that you building his 36 is more important than their shitty new albums... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
'Flyin' Dutchman'
05-03-2004, 01:11 PM
Damn! That's bitchen!
Like Bass was mentioning... I'd love to see a side/profile shot!
Cole... Does the bottom line of the louvres run parallel to the line of the fender..?
SamIyam
05-03-2004, 02:15 PM
Wabi-sabi man...
It'll all make sense when there's paint on the thing... right now, the lovers jump out at you.
Anyway, nice work cole... I think I'll go out an buy a Metallica CD so you can finish the thing.
Sam.
Big A
05-03-2004, 02:50 PM
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Big A
05-03-2004, 05:03 PM
Just something about that shirt...
I have yet to find anything on that 36 that I don't like. Including the louvers.
BTTFT!
One man's louvers, another man's "boat anchor"
Hey man, I love you.
50mercfan
05-03-2004, 05:53 PM
amazing; inspiring
Spike!
05-03-2004, 05:54 PM
If the car is going to be a dark color, I don't think the louvers will be distracting at all. I like the asthetics thus far.. But, once again, I'm just a schmuck from PA.
Spike
Tinbender
05-03-2004, 07:29 PM
Nice to see the adhesives make it into our end of the industry. I'm guessing you liked the results, Cole? What brand did you use? Could you post a picture from the back, looking towards the front? I'd like to see the louvres from a different angle. Thanks.
roadstar
05-03-2004, 07:47 PM
That's gonna be a cool car man.
Anderson
05-03-2004, 09:03 PM
Nice work Cole. Was watching the MadFab video, staring at that hoodside the whole time....I think it would look better if you slanted the rear edge of the hood side back. Make the line between the hoodside and the cowl lean like the louvers.
By the way, what are the other three famous '36 Fords?
I miss INDIANA, and autographs..
maybe thursday Cole..
Your "FREEBIRD" was hatched many many YEARS ago.. .......Not in some MODEL materialistic Bullshit car.... But in the SOUL you shined when you opened up your HEART to us DUMB fucking Kids.............
Someday they will inderstand why Me and HARVESTER, spent the weekend, in a hotel, 2 blocks from my house, with bitches and songs and ALICE coppers RECORDS................
We talked about how lucky we are to be ACCEPTED and TAUGHT by the MASTERS,,
Yet we both admitted that it HURTS us when we make mistakes........
"Tell KIRK that he isn't selling RECORDS because Hetfield quit hitting the PIPE"...
THE HORSEMAN are DRAWING near. LEATHER STEEDS they RIDE, THEY'VE come to TAKE YOUR LIFE"........
That CAR is ENOUGH to JACK off the MASSES,
But we need to HOLD you, and then REPORT to FATHERFURY....
I'm too tired to say anything else..
I have NAMES to go DROP on the ROCKABILLY SIGHT....
and ROB F is a GAY HOMO
HOPE HARVESTER made it HOME to HOLLISTER this week
BYE
Cole you never let us down!!! People can't judge till it's done and then
im sure you'll all say damm Cole your right on!!!
I love it... I know it will be the baddest ride!!!
evel
a couple more 0f the wooda-coulda-shouda 36
I beadblasted the louvers and polished the sheet metal , for now, till prime.
Im punishing myself nightly
Retroline
05-04-2004, 08:06 AM
I've studied the pictures last night and tonight. Last night I wasn't sure,but now looking at the curve,they fit the fenders,roof and rear as one. It works for me.....not that I would doubt the master..
Retroline
05-04-2004, 08:07 AM
Yeah, all those curves are working alright...
Mai Ki-Ki
05-04-2004, 09:23 AM
*thud*
Sweet Jebus That's Perfect.
maiki
That's it I'm gonna Liquid Nail some air conditioning vents to my Vespa.
If'n you don't paint that car, it oughta to be named The Metallicar.
Is this the same Kurt that was in The Meat Puppets?
Rad.
I'm guessing here, but the three famous '36 Ford coupes: Calori, Pierson Brothers, & ???
Gay Homo? Somebody must'a went to court! Will your parole allow you to leave town for Paso?
[ QUOTE ]
If'n you don't paint that car, it oughta to be named The Metallicar.
Is this the same Kurt that was in The Meat Puppets?
[/ QUOTE ]
No.
MeatPuppets - Once PUNK rock eventually Tempe Fag Band
haring
05-04-2004, 01:54 PM
Cole, it looks like the last louver aligns with the angle of the a-pillar. Is that true? If so, that makes all the difference. Looks really cool.
-don
ShortBus
05-04-2004, 02:58 PM
damn cole
Who do I have to blow to get dibs on shooting that when it's done?
Our band, Turkish Gravity Bus, opened up for The Meat Puppets in '85.
cleatus
05-05-2004, 12:37 PM
Cole,
By chance...will you be bringing that to Paso in bare metal?
If so, be sure to bring lottsa paper towels and hand lotion.
plan9
05-05-2004, 12:44 PM
[ QUOTE ]
Our band, Turkish Gravity Bus, opened up for The Meat Puppets in '85.
[/ QUOTE ]
right on! id bet my bottom dollar youve got some stories to tell.
I had alot of friends in tempe az , was friends with the "Nova Boys" we used the meat puppets bus to tour, we crashed bus(no brakes ) and I had to beat on that shit box alot to get it going. think the other bands were called the harvest, jfa, I was the guy who got laid during or texas tour, I remember getting dropped off by the band at a lil dragstrip in texas an 1/8 mile, my dad was running a funny car there. fun times.
slammed
02-28-2005, 12:57 AM
Any recent update's of this car?
low springs
02-28-2005, 02:21 AM
check the recent Rodder's Journal. they have a story on it. very nice work.
yorgatron
02-28-2005, 02:42 PM
photos :D
This is going to be an epic car. Selling Records? I thought they were doing movies now...
slazzen
02-28-2005, 03:48 PM
thanks for your opinion........really
the sweep looks like Germ is giving up opiates and trying crack!!! I dont see the flow maybe just the pic. but it dont fit for me.awsome work but I have to give the effect a thumbs down
57JoeFoMoPar
02-28-2005, 04:29 PM
The car is incredible, and will likely be the tsandard by which all are judged when it is done,
I dig the louvers, adds a nice effect IMHO
Metallica used to rule, but then Lars got on the rag about Napster, Jason left, and all that was left was a clean Hetfield and Kirk. Where were all the guitar solos on St. Anger? AC/DC has made the same record 14 times, but everyone of them kicks ass. Metallica should go back to the tried and true formula so Kirk can have enough bread to finish this car. Metallica still rules though, I'll stand by em
AC/DC has made the same record 14 times, but everyone of them kicks ass.
Ha ha, now I know you're on crack, AC/DC has sucked hind teet since Bon Scott dies period... :D:D:D:D
and yes Cole's work kicks ass...
loogy
02-28-2005, 07:03 PM
Cole, that metal panel adheisive is some wild stuff, huh? We took two peices of steel (18 gauge), glued them together, clamped it up in the frame rack and tried to pull it apart. The steel ripped apart so we clamped it up again and ripped the steel in half again. No affect on the glued area at all. Pretty amazing.
Levis Classic
02-28-2005, 07:04 PM
Cole
Looks like the adheasive worked well - I am curious about that stuff. Seems like good stuff
Any thoughts?
mazdaslam
02-28-2005, 07:13 PM
That is the best looking 36 5W EVER!!
plmczy
02-28-2005, 09:27 PM
That is a beautiful piece of art, Cole nice work. Metallica needs to go back to the garage and get back to their roots. later shawn
briggs&strattonChev
02-28-2005, 10:05 PM
That's gonna be a cool car man.
GONNA BE? I think it already is.........
excellent work (like you havent heard that one before)
what did you think of the panel adhesive? Any dislikes?
Crease
02-28-2005, 10:12 PM
I like it!
Im currently building a Vespa for Gary Coleman. We should talk shop some time!
Seriously it's lookin great. The TRJ coverage was quite enlightening.
BARNETT
02-28-2005, 10:46 PM
Ha ha, now I know you're on crack, AC/DC has sucked hind teet since Bon Scott dies period... :D:D:D:D
and yes Cole's work kicks ass...
Bon Scott ruled, but Back in Black is a solid album.
...I've got patches on the patches, on my old blue jeans....
:cool:
hotrodladycrusr
02-28-2005, 11:06 PM
I am curious about that stuff. Seems like good stuff
Any thoughts?
Earl Schieb used it on a couple of places on Big Olds the last couple of months. He swears by the stuff.
autocol
03-01-2005, 05:59 AM
GONNA BE? I think it already is.........
aah, yes, but given that roadstar posted on 05-04-2004, he can probably be forgiven for sounding like he's talking from the past...
briggs&strattonChev
03-02-2005, 03:58 PM
aah, yes, but given that roadstar posted on 05-04-2004, he can probably be forgiven for sounding like he's talking from the past...
point well taken.........
gmgrunt
03-02-2005, 07:19 PM
the 36 in the pics,filled roof was a english wheeled piece or of a donor car? I'm looking to fill my roof and was wondering what donar car would have a good profile for that? jeff
hiboyroadsterboy
03-02-2005, 07:38 PM
Hey Cole,great job on the bike you built for the biker build off,I loved it.
BICKFORD
03-02-2005, 11:43 PM
WOW!! that shot of it from the side as amazing.i like the the hood sides.damb what else can be said but that this is beautiful.
jason
LiL' NiCk
03-03-2005, 07:11 AM
Cole I truly respect your talent. You are one of the best! (Maybe the best contempory hotrod builder) The above comment challenges your design. I think the louvers mimic the grill, & compliment the curves of the fenders & roof line. loose paraphrase: "there a few famous 36's, I want this to be the next....."
joeycarpunk
03-03-2005, 08:25 AM
Nice work, I think it flows well with the fenders from the side view. Once finished it will look great.
Tudor
03-03-2005, 09:02 AM
Hey Cole - Car looks great - What is the schedule on finishing the car? I hope you have it for a while longer - I like seeing the picutres of it on here. How long have you had it for now?
Tell that guy to sell a jet if he is hurtin for money.
Who is doing the motor and going to make the car run?
I assume the car is going to be black - or maybe Pink like there last album cover?
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