another A tudor DESTROYED!!!! [Archive]

fordnutz

11-15-2003, 11:07 AM

Cool pic. Just so the newbies and young guys know. You can't really use a chainsaw to chop a car. It is a joke guys. Chain saws don't cut, they rip. If you saw the damage cause by a chain saw it would scare the bejesus out of you. Oh, and axes don't work either. Chopping is just an expression. Nuff said.

Donzie

11-15-2003, 11:11 AM

Hmmm, still have mixed feelings on this. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif I'm sure I'll be ok when I see the finished product. Since the body's gone I've decided to sell the inline.

Paul

11-15-2003, 11:19 AM

http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-1-2.jpg

do like this to get yer pic werk'n

beatnik

11-15-2003, 11:29 AM

Hi Mike, you finally got time to get started on it, that's great! Keep us posted on your progress.

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 01:09 PM

FORDNUTZ, thats no joke. can't you see all the smoke from the chainsaw??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

bring on that Vicky, i'll cut it up!! hell why not a 32 B-400 while i'm at it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif i've never been afraid to cut up ANYTHING, it's just metal, i can always weld it back together. you know how many brand new or nearly brand new vehicles i've cut up??? i channelled the body and smoothed the firewall on a loaded 2002 S-10 e-cab when it was only 7 months old. check out page 130 of the december 03 Street Trucks mag (on the shelves NOW) you'll see the art for that 97 Yukon i've been cuttin on for the past two years. it was a FULLY LOADED 4WD!!! now it lays on the rocker panels and has an all new frame under it. the whole interior has been gutted and it's been shaved clean as porn stars kooter http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.. i like to cut em up http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif he he he...

60'sStyle
when i hit "properties" the address did'nt have the "jpeg" at the end. i did'nt have time to try and figure it out cause CherryBlossom was standing over my shoulder waiting so she could use the phone. i'll look at it again.

Mike Brimm
Killer Kustoms

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 01:44 PM

lets see how clever i really am and see if i fingered this out....

http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-1-5.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-2-2.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-2-3.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-2-4.jpg

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 01:47 PM

YEAH BABY YEAH!!! damn i'm good http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

.....looks like i'm buildin a damn coupe out of it don't it?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

29EHV8

11-15-2003, 01:54 PM

KB,how'd you get the pic up from starphoto?I can't do it anymore either?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
That chainsaw rocks eh!Sawzals are for pussys!LOL........Shiny

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 02:01 PM

right click on one of the photos that are up right now and look at the "properties". then do the same to the same pic on Starphoto. copy only as much of the address from Star as what we did then add the ".jpg" to the end of it. thats what i did and if i figured out you can too!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Unkl Ian

11-15-2003, 02:05 PM

How wide is the quarter window now?
And how far from the back of the quarter window to the back of the cab?
I want to rearrange the proportions on a 5 window Coupe in a similar fashion. Thanks.

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 02:12 PM

top secret man. if i told you i'd have to kill everyone who read it and i don't have time to do that much killin http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

i took 21 inches out of the quarter window so it is 9" on the inside now. took 7 out of the panel behind the Q-window cause thats all i could get without it getting REALLY complicated (the curve and all ya know)..

ok, now everyone who read that has to kill themselves. i'd do it but like i said, i just don't have the time. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

laverda

11-15-2003, 02:20 PM

What is the end goal of the cdan? Is it a pickup or coupe? Inquiring minds ... thx.

later,
papa al

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 02:31 PM

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What is the end goal of the cdan? Is it a pickup or coupe? Inquiring minds ... thx.

later,
papa al

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remember the February 03 RnC?? ofcourse not... well my bro Jimmy Smith (JEEM on the HAMB) came up with this bitchin ass ride and i've ben collecting parts since 4 months before the mag came out. bout time i got started on the body. it should be done next summer. somehow! i'm runnin a 62 401 Nailhead with 6 Holley 94s, Radir wheels and rear tires (they are repoppin the old 12 spoke fronts), kustombuilt (Ionia Hot Rod Shop) 7 inch dropped I-beam axle and between myself, IHRS and my buddy Boyd at Curbside hot rod parts we're building a completely custom frame. the chassis will be super detailed and a testimate to the talents of all involved. i'm lucky to have such talented friends, JEEM included.

http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/1-1-1.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/1-1-2.jpg

Sam F.

11-15-2003, 02:57 PM

man,that thing is gonna ROCK. you gonna bust ass on it this winter?

Unkl Ian

11-15-2003, 03:11 PM

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ok, now everyone who read that has to kill themselves. i'd do it but like i said, i just don't have the time

[/ QUOTE ] Seems only fair. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif But first....
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kustombuilt (Ionia Hot Rod Shop) 7 inch dropped I-beam axle

[/ QUOTE ] Is this axle going to be completely carved out of a solid ? Or are they going to weld new ends onto an old I beam ?

roadstar

11-15-2003, 04:13 PM

Ohhh...So Now I suppose I can't build that either.

First It was the way cool concept of Denny and Matts RPU fromIONIA ROD SHOP and now this super cool rendering you will be bringing to life.

Damnit I want a super cool rod project to do too. Guess I'm gonna have to get me someone to do a rendering of a RPU for me to do. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I just bought this and was thinking about a 28 rpu on 32 rails. flat head,toploader, 16 inch wires ect.

Any artiest types want to do a drawing for me http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Fat Hack

11-15-2003, 06:55 PM

Roadstar...you've already gotten your quotta of free drawings from me!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

PM me with the specifics and I'll see what I can do...just a damn Hack...but it's somethin'! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

choprods

11-15-2003, 07:14 PM

Injected A? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

ESnacky6

11-15-2003, 07:29 PM

KB- good luck getting glass for it..!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

...Snacks...

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 07:57 PM

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Injected A? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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actually i started mine first. we had a little rivalry going to see who'd get done first but i think he gave up on his. i'd never seen one before JEEM did the art (i've since seen a couple similar).

Phil1934

11-15-2003, 08:03 PM

You going to try to do the curved megaphone headers? Could be done in two halves over wooden bucks and welded together.

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 08:18 PM

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You going to try to do the curved megaphone headers? Could be done in two halves over wooden bucks and welded together.

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yes i do and that is exactly the method i planed to try first.

ROADSTAR---damn Rudy. startin another one allready?!! the 40 ROCKS!! for art work JEEM is "DA MAN"!!! (shameless plug for my buddy http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 08:32 PM

got most of the "easy" cutting and fitting done ont he back side. time for some detail work now. make stuff line back up PERFECT!! found out i'm gona need to widden the rear panel to get the sides to fit with it right. no biggie though. i expected to run into something like that (advantage of building it in your head for the past year). anybody got a rear panel from a sedan they want to sell cheap?? i hate to part out my other sedan body just to cut a strip out of the middle to widen this one. it's only got to be good for about 6 inches through the middle from top to bottom. a little rust at the bottom is no problem either. well, take a look at a few more pics.... might just go back out in a bit and chop it up some more. looks funny UNchopped don't it?? that'll be fixed soon enough...

http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-2-5.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-3-1.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-3-2.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-3-3.jpg

and this is the rear panel i need to widen...
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-3-4.jpg

Fat Hack

11-15-2003, 08:34 PM

The guys down at HammerArt are building something similar...inspired by Jeem's drawing, but actually being based off of a local artists rendering of the idea...

<img src=http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p5f368c5b59973437a04a3adf24146565/fb21dbbc.jpg>

Took this photo at their open house chili bash in early September this year!

Is it done yet, Thom??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Fat Hack

11-15-2003, 08:36 PM

Here's the pic they're working from...

<img src=http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/p96147e9221f34358cd6a77f13dcc037e/fb21dbba.jpg>

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 08:38 PM

i'll kill em http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif where are they??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 08:40 PM

OOOOOOW. I LIKE!!! very nice and totaly different than mine. that really ROCKS!!! who are these guys and are they here in Michigan??? i'd like to see that...

Fat Hack

11-15-2003, 08:41 PM

Down in Indy...but don't be hate-n'!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Plenty o'room for both of ya!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

kustombuilder

11-15-2003, 09:05 PM

[/ QUOTE ] Is this axle going to be completely carved out of a solid ? Or are they going to weld new ends onto an old I beam ?

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boy, you guys want me to give away ALL the secrets don't you?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Mr. Lesky at the Ionia Hot Rod Shop spent 30 some odd years as a die welder at Generous Motors and REALY knows his stuff. he is gonna build new I-beam ends and weld em to an old stock axle center. he has a jig for doing tube axle ends allready and did a 6" or 6 1/2" for a top secret project. he knows all about preheating and postheating and heat treating and all that jazz so i'm in more than capable hands. it would prolly be easier (and still really cool) to do tube ends on an I-beam center but i want to keep true to JEEMS artwork. but if anyone else wants one i'm sure he'd be willing to make one up for ya. email Hotrodrummer for details...

kustombuilder

11-17-2003, 01:11 AM

ALLRIGHT!!! more progress today. i'm REAL happing with what i got done in just one weekend. i did'nt even spend the usual 12-16 hours a day out there either. took my time and really enjoyed what i was doing.
unfortunatly this will be all the progress i have to show for a little while. i have customer cars to do and the other side of the cab, which will be the same as what i've allready shown. only flipped. now that it is roughed in and i have the length of the body determined i can have Boyd (NOT that Boyd) start on my rails http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif ROCK ON!!! now sit back and enjoy the next half dozen pics.....

http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-3-5.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-4-1.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-4-2.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-4-3.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-4-4.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/2-4-5.jpg

kustombuilder

11-17-2003, 01:19 AM

oh yeah. i stuck the seat in it (65 Mustang) and even raised up 4 inches (the amount of the channel) i have TONS AND TONS of leg room (and i'm 6' 1"!!) and also lots of head room. a good 8 inches or more of head room but it'll be getting chopped 5 3/4" and i'll still be sitting pretty!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif i'm so excited!!!

Tinbender

11-17-2003, 01:38 AM

Fuckin A, thats killer. And the important thing is, your having a good time!

kustombuilder

11-17-2003, 01:43 AM

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Fuckin A, thats killer.

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funny you should say that cause thats what me and JEEM call it is "The FnA" i'm even going to TRY to get a license plate that say "FnA"!!!

beatnik

11-17-2003, 07:11 AM

Damn Mike, you're making a lot of freaking progress on that thing for one weekend. Bitchen so far.

What are you going to do for the bed?

kustombuilder

11-17-2003, 09:47 AM

shortened 'A' bed or maybe make one from scratch that looks like a shortened 'A' bed. then build the louvered bed cover from scratch and use a model A tailgate. it won't hold much but a custom built alluminum tank and the battery. should look bitchen with the CHAMP rearend hangin under there!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mongo

11-17-2003, 12:50 PM

You actualy got some thing done on it on Sunday , wow. I would have came back over on sunday if we hadn't had all the guys over for the race . Looking good man. Just remember there has to be enough room inside for me too.

kustombuilder

11-17-2003, 04:41 PM

your fat ass won't be as comfortable as mine but the two of us will fit. we'll be touchin shoulders though. EEEWWWWWW!! but i guess thats why your building a 60 Olds and not a chopped and channeled model A. Denny like to say that alot of people have eatin themselves out of their cars (which is true) but you've eatin yourself out of MINE http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

sorry for the fat jokes everyone. i'm kinda fat too http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif no offense..

Mongo

11-17-2003, 07:23 PM

Hey my fat ass fit in that Opel we test drove a long time ago http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. Sure I couldn't move but I fit.

Mongo

11-17-2003, 07:27 PM

I was actualy out working on my Olds tonight , if you can belive it. Every time I go over to your place it makes me want to get mine done.

Unkl Ian

11-17-2003, 11:18 PM

What are you planning for springs on the front ? And for steering ? http://photo.starblvd.net/kustombuilder/1-1-1.jpg

CherryBlossom

11-18-2003, 10:12 AM

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Just remember there has to be enough room inside for me too.

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What am I? Chopped liver?
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

29EHV8

11-18-2003, 10:24 AM

Nice werk KB.I gotta get started on my next gowjob project.I gots enuff bits now to get going.Just gotta get de kustomers cars outa de way........Shiny

hammeredabone

11-18-2003, 11:10 AM

Great job on that body, Kustombuilder! In the early seventies I took 24" out of the rear quarter window of a 30-31 tudor. Was inspired by a 28-29 shortened in Canada that was in R&C annual.
I also chopped it 6 inches. I used a mustang fastback rear seat.
I never liked the fat panel behind the window and am glad to see you and the hammerart guys shortening that up. I wasn't going after a picup idea but wanted a bantam stlye car. Hope to see more pics as this comes to life.
Why don't you just fab a 6" strip of metal to fill in the back panel? I think the hardest part would be the window but you will have those pieces when you chop the top.

kustombuilder

11-18-2003, 12:12 PM

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Just remember there has to be enough room inside for me too.

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What am I? Chopped liver?
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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ofcourse not. i would never eat chopped liver http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

kustombuilder

11-18-2003, 12:20 PM

SUSPENSION and STEERING: the front spring (and prolly the rear as well) will be transverse leafs just like Henry did em. only lower and mounted suicide style. the steering is gonna be a nifty and unique design that Boyd came up with one day. you'll just have to wait and see it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

as for HAMMEREDABONE'S question/comment: i just may fab the filler myself but it'd be easier to get the body lines PERFECT if i had a donor panel. a little less work and it'll definately match. i don't plan to use no stinkin bondo on this sled, just some heavy fill primer.

Mongo

11-18-2003, 03:08 PM

"Bondo" "We don't need no stinking bondo"

Unkl Ian

11-18-2003, 03:35 PM

Looks like the guys at www.autohammerart.com (http://www.autohammerart.com) also stretched the window,by adding a strip above and below and making a new lower panel.
http://www.autohammerart.com/projects/jim%20linder%20a%20truck/lindera12.jpg http://www.autohammerart.com/projects/jim%20linder%20a%20truck/thomtoday%20002.jpg
I think Kulturepimp works there.

the-rodster

11-18-2003, 04:36 PM

There are a couple of similiar trucks for sale on Hotrodhotline.com.....

http://hotrodhotline.com/bazaar2/bigpics/05117497.jpg

http://hotrodhotline.com/bazaar2/feacars/fc74753.jpg

kustombuilder

11-20-2003, 04:08 AM

cool stuff!!

Glen

11-20-2003, 09:32 PM

keep the progress pics coming, this kind of stuff is why i read the hamb

Unkl Ian

12-21-2003, 10:48 PM

Kuistombuilder: How are things progressing ?

kustombuilder

12-22-2003, 04:52 AM

HOLY COW! my post is back from the dead. i'm afraid it is progressing very SLOOOOOOOWLY at the moment. holidays and all. plus i have a couple customer cars demanding my attention. chopping Donzie's 50 Chevy after the first of the year. i will be laid off after the holidays so i should have nothing but time then. iWILL keep you all posted as things progress. plans are to have it done this summer. or at least by SEMA next fall. i have some VERY talented and compitent help helpers who will be helping me very soon.

Stone

01-21-2004, 11:05 PM

Any new updates?Pics.

kustombuilder

01-22-2004, 01:07 PM

go here for the latest update...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=278040&Forum=U BB1&Words=killer%20kustoms&Match=Entire%20Phrase&S earchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1week&Main=277723&Search= true#Post278040

hope that works...