View Full Version : Ya gotta see this...fresh from Brimm's Kustom Shop
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:22 PM
Here's a photoshop reminder of what we're doing to my '50 Chevy. Mike sent me some photos today of his handy work. I know it's in the early stages but I'm excited to see something happening.
Mike's using bumpers from a'63 Rivi, removing the bumperettes and 2 halves make a whole.
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:23 PM
starting out
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:23 PM
step 2
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:24 PM
next
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:25 PM
then, remove the lower part..
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:26 PM
and put the 2 halves together..
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:26 PM
a little welding
Donzie
10-23-2003, 07:27 PM
TADA!
After it's fitted to the car it just needs a trip the the platers.
jdubbya
10-23-2003, 07:34 PM
That looks kick ass, cant wait to see all the work... I hope its michigan gay! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Dat Dirty Rat
10-23-2003, 07:54 PM
Man,,thats some killer metal work & i love the idea. Nice job!...Dirty
38Chevy454
10-23-2003, 07:58 PM
That's a good idea, but what about using a front bumper from a 63-65 Riviera? It already has that shape? When I saw the first picture, that is what I thought you had used!
Nice work though and it looks really good as a finished piece.
beatnik
10-23-2003, 08:42 PM
Nice work Mike, Keep us posted Donzie.
Donzie
10-23-2003, 08:43 PM
I'm thinking about a Rivi front bumper on the front.
Fat Hack
10-23-2003, 08:45 PM
SWEET! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
choprods
10-23-2003, 08:57 PM
Donzie-that is Killer!wait till you see what the vette taillights cost.....I was shocked what they bring. the lenses are enough without the housings!
ESnacky6
10-23-2003, 09:46 PM
Mike Brimm is a Ruler..!!!
Thanks alot for the door springs..!!!
the rear bumper idea is neat too..!!
Smooth is right...
Donzie
10-23-2003, 10:19 PM
Choprods, actually I found some lenses real reasonable. I'm not giving out my source just yet. I've got a pair (NORS) on order. I'll let you know when I get 'em.
SKR8PN
10-23-2003, 10:24 PM
DAMN..........
THAT is SWEET.....
Michigan Rick
10-23-2003, 10:35 PM
Looks good Donzie....... Now about 2 more years it'll be done.
Nice job Mike to bad that real job gets in the way of all the fun. Oh yeah your out of a job soon. Think of it you'll have Donzies car done by spring!!!!!
Donzie
10-23-2003, 10:43 PM
Hey, don't be pickin' on Mike. If he gets laid off he might have to move. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
We made a deal and he'll do as much as he can. I don't really expect the car to get "done" but he'll do as much as I can afford. I bet I run out of money before he runs out of time. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
kustombuilder
10-23-2003, 10:43 PM
yeah Rick, as soon as that layoff comes in January i'll have all kinds of time. i'll have to get some (paying) work done in the shop to make up for what unenjoyment does'nt cover.
glad you all like em. i just whipped that one up in about 3.5 hours before i left for work today. i had thought of doing the front bumpers but they are a little thinner and a bit too curvy. not too sure they'll work good on the front either Don. we need to find a bumper with some dagmars to build front bumperettes out of.
Mike Brimm KILLER KUSTOMS
kustombuilder
10-23-2003, 10:50 PM
if i move before it's done i'll just pack it up and bring it with me. no big thang!! we'll see what happens with that.won't know much till about Christmas time. don't tell my wife but i kinda hope i do get laid off. i hate my job (factory work sucks) and if i'm laid off i get moved to the top of the list to transfer to another plant. i'd like to go to Grand Rapids cause i have friends there and i think i'd like the work alot better but Fort Wayne is'nt too fasr and the wife is from there so we'd be real close to her family. PLUS they pay all your moving expenses and give you money just for transfering taboot. that is if they need the help.
sheeeoot, lunch is almost over. back to work....
kustombuilder
10-23-2003, 10:51 PM
oh yeah Don. i was thinkin that truck you got might just about cover the cost of a chop!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif something to think about....
Michigan Rick
10-23-2003, 10:59 PM
What you got a lap top at work????? Gonna have to get my buddy Reech to keep a better eye on ya!!
CherryBlossom
10-23-2003, 11:36 PM
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we'll see what happens with that.won't know much till about Christmas time. don't tell my wife but i kinda hope i do get laid off. i hate my job (factory work sucks)
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Umm hello.....? last I knew I was your wife...and last I knew...you knew I was on the HAMB :P
Not to steal the post....but everyone CROSS THEIR FINGERS FOR FT. WAYNE! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
CherryBlossom
10-23-2003, 11:38 PM
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What you got a lap top at work????? Gonna have to get my buddy Reech to keep a better eye on ya!!
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GM has a media center with computers and internet....
Donzie
10-23-2003, 11:41 PM
Oh man, he's been busted!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
hotrodladycrusr
10-23-2003, 11:50 PM
My fingers are crossed for Ft Wayne for you sweetie! I know how important it would be to you PLUS that means I'd have TWO girlsfriends in Ft Wayne that are not only into hot rods but scrapbooking as well... both in the same town! How cool would that be. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Oh yeah, and Mike, bumperettes look killer, great job. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
roadstar
10-24-2003, 12:12 AM
HEy Mike the bumpers Kick Ass!
a friendly hamber "damn you" mike! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
so much for my "perfect riviera" plan. a few years back, right before i had my world turned upside down due to a crazy girlfriend, as i was chopping my riv, my other project was reworking the rear bumper area, doing just that to make the bumperettes "right" along with the upper riviera bodyline mirrored on the bottom of the body below the bumperettes.
hey vance s. in minnesota, if you're out there, how much to buy my riv back?
kustombuilder
10-24-2003, 04:22 AM
thank you all. now we'll just see how long it takes me to get around top the second one http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif the first one is allways the most fun, after that it is work!!
tokyo
10-24-2003, 08:53 AM
What year vette lights are those? curious.. and cost...expensive eh..bout how much..? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Donzie
10-24-2003, 09:05 AM
The 'Vette lenses are '58-'60. As I mentioned above, I've got a pair of (supposably) NORS coming. I won't mention the price but let me say I bought a used pair to mock it up with and I paid $30. shipped, which I though was pretty good.
I'll keep you posted.
That is custom building in a nutshell! Improvments of the original design, and giving the car "style". The sectioned and reworked Buick bumper does look perfect!
Customs of Sweden (http://www.ckos.org)
kustombuilder
10-24-2003, 02:41 PM
hey DONZIE, show em all the pic of the front of that Buick you sent me and see if anyone knows what bumper that is or has one similar fo sale. the Riv front bumper comes out to a 'V' in the middle and won't work to swell on the front of your Chevy. a bumper with some boobies would rock though!!
oh yeah. a cheap alternative (or at least a good treatment untill funds are available for chrome) is to paint the bumperetes a metallic silver. not that ghetto chrome spray paint you see but just a nice silver with some metalic. it'd be cheap and keep em from rusting till the money is there for the chrome.
kustombuilder
10-24-2003, 02:43 PM
i think i'm gonna change my shop's name from "Killer Kustoms" to "NO Budget Kustoms"!! LOL http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Donzie
10-24-2003, 03:34 PM
Here's the car Mike's referring to. Man, I dig this plenty!!
Mike, how about 'Lil Budget Kustoms? 'cause that's what I got. I need one of those "Kustomizers" plaques!
fuel pump
10-24-2003, 08:35 PM
Mike/Donnie,
Who are ya gonna use to do the chrome plating?? I need some shoebox stuff done and don't know who to use. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
fab32
10-24-2003, 08:56 PM
Cherryblossom, I heard that you and Mike were at Donzie's and you didn't stop to see me. I'm bummed, Mike and I could have played in the shop and Sharon could have shown you the house.
BTW, if you move, I'm voting for Grand Rapids. I don't want to drive all the way to Ft. Wayne to visit my NAILHEAD. HAHA!!!
Donzie
10-24-2003, 10:54 PM
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Mike/Donnie,
Who are ya gonna use to do the chrome plating?? I need some shoebox stuff done and don't know who to use. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Rich. Mike has a line on a shop near where he works.
Mongo
10-24-2003, 11:35 PM
Nice work Mike! I might have to stop over and have a look.
CherryBlossom
10-24-2003, 11:40 PM
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Cherryblossom, I heard that you and Mike were at Donzie's and you didn't stop to see me. I'm bummed, Mike and I could have played in the shop and Sharon could have shown you the house.
BTW, if you move, I'm voting for Grand Rapids. I don't want to drive all the way to Ft. Wayne to visit my NAILHEAD. HAHA!!!
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LOL
first off...*I* wasn't there...had I been, I would have insisted on seeing you Frank :P
Second...I DID MY WORK FOR THE NAILHEAD....you can drive to see it darnit!. Ft wayne is only an hour and a half from here...GR is an hour...so it's not THAT bad.....
I'd be happier - doesn't that matter to you Frank? *grin*
fab32
10-25-2003, 12:52 AM
Cherryblossom, Absolutely, your happiness is paramount to me. How could I not take your feelings into consideration. I've got a solution, How about you talking Mike into delivering that frozen nailhead over here, then I wouldn't have to insist on visitation rights. Why don't you find out how much it's going to cost me to take it off his hands. Just keep in mind it's probably going to need a complete overhaul just to take its place in my engine museum. HAHA!!!
Frank
kustombuilder
10-25-2003, 04:26 AM
i allready miss the one nauilhead i did sell. i don't know if i could bare to part with another of my "children".
i wanted to stop by Frank but i came out pretty late cause i'd been bustin ass around here all day then ran out there in the evening. it was after 11pm when i left Donzie's and i KNOW that is way past your bed time.
you can come vist us though Frank. when you bring Donzie's car over here!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif OOPS! did he not ask you about that yet!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
MONGO you better git your butt out here. saturday would be best cause sunday i am going to Airlift for a yet undetermined amount of time to help them get their SEMA car put back together so they can leave for Vegas tuesday. it's pretty cool for a CAVALIER!!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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