keith sim metalcraft inc
02-27-2007, 08:25 PM
Just a note to let you know who I am, and why im here. Im not real big on computers and crap,im still learning how it is suposed to work. My dad was a hot rodder and a biker ,he bought his first harley in 49@age 17.He had a34 three window with an olds in it in 53 ,was a member of the shifters car club in milton ont can. in the late 50s when they broke a world record with a home built rail dragster.Ive been fed this soup my whole life, so i guess i come by it honestly. I had a lot of great teachers over the years who were not afraid to let a new kid loose to learn, even if it was the hard way(you learn more by doing it wrong sometimes) Idid a ton of fabrication work ,painted some cars ,raced some hydroplanes,built some hotrod carsand trucks and generaly slugged away like everyone else on the planet untill i found Nick Rampling,an incredibly talented metal shaper and fabricator who showed me what i could realy do with a sheet of cold steel.That 3 year trip led me to a career in sheet metal shaping , a short stint on TV, and eventually to my own custom metal shaping and fabrication shop.(www.ksimmetal.com (http://www.ksimmetal.com)) (the reason toms shop is so clean is because his sheetmetal dirty work is done in my shop!!)Im just putting the final touches on a 51 studebaker milk truck rat with a1 ton GM chassis andGM drive train (due out as soon as the snow clears)I love this site already,and hope i can catch on to this computer crap soon ,if i cant cut it ,chop it,weld it or hit it with a hammer its going to take some getting used to! keep it steel guys! K.