some of the work from my shop

Looks to me that if it's in your shop it's COOL! I have been there and I seen it with my own eye's!

 

been finishing up a few smaller projects around the shop.

worked on making another door skin pattern for the Packard Darrin project. door skin to come soon



got a batch of production parts made for a local automotive shop cut and machined ( please keep us in mind for all your plasma cutting needs!!!!)



needed some extra floor space so sent my dragster to the ceiling for a while



also tied up a ton of small loose ends on the Pope RPU bed. the bed is done minus the actual floor, made the aluminum tailgate with custom script. made extended aprons from aluminum and worked on the last couple filler pieces on the bed. started to make some good head way on this one. just need to get the correct wheels and tires on it for the total look

 

a little more progress on the Pope RPU

made an adapter to run a stock model A steering wheel with a quick release hub



bent up and dimpled some bed supports/ risers. got them clamped in









and started making the aluminum version of the 30-31 commercial truck grill shell





also been working on the floor of the Boss 429 truck

re shaped the edges of the sub rails



made a new center sub rail to replace the rusted and bent one



still need to do the kick up over the tail shaft in this pic

starting to do some pans, once i get them all mocked up i will pull them back out and add some beads for strength





the customer brought me this tractor hood, he like the gauge pod and center section. and wanted to add it to the tunnel. not my thing but not my truck either



tomorrow i will get the front of the tunnel roughed in and fit the gauge pod area

 

You are a visionary and a Blessed fabricator. I have been following your work from the beginning and to say that I'm seriously impressed would be a understatement. Your sharing with us all is a true blessing.
Thank you.
Glenn

 

that gauge pod thing looks like an alien or some creature. could be scary at night.

 

started making the area over the main part of the transmission, started by doing shrinking to get the edge to roll over.



fitting in the truck after some plannishing



then to make the pass side to match



mostly tacked up



here is the driver side all welded, plannished out and hit with the sander

 

wow, nice work there, cornman

 

You, sir, are an ARTIST! Amazing work!

 

thanks guys

 

nice!

 

Nice stuff!

 

very nice work.

 

Mighty fine work young man!

 

When I grow up, I want to turn out work just like yours. At 56 there isn't much chance of me growing up though...

 

Beautiful Work

 

It's great to see your updates with the fine work you do. Kind of sets the tone for the rest of the day.

 

here is a little more progress on the Pope RPU. got the right wheels and tires on the back and the rear sitting on its own weigh









you can see a decent shot of the aluminum grill shell i am making as well

 

my computer crashed last week so i have not been able to put up any updates on stuff. so here they are

rolled the Pope RPU out side for a good distance look. still waiting on the front wire wheels to come back from cleaning, so we used some steelies to roll it around







started on the 4 piece aluminum hood, all hand made in the shop, hand rolled hinges







still needs some fine tuning and trimming

worked on designing some universal pedal assemblies











some metal work on the hood of the C-10. pancaked 1.5 inches, and front edge stretched 2 inches









also go the "Larkness Monster" in for some sheetmetal work on the fire wall and trans tunnel

 

Welds not of this earth. Stellar update man. You do good stuff ! Awesome everything.

 

Awesome Fab Work from Your Shop!

 

Looks good as always

 

thanks guys

 

here is a pic of the Pope RPU at the end of the day yesterday. thinking about posting a dedicated build thread to this one

 

I like how you did the hood on the model a pick up. Nice redesign that most would not notice.

 

Mike your thread is like an educational series, thanks a bunch for posting.....all I've compliments you are given leaves nothing new for me to say but they are all accurate and deserved,....with your engineering background you must be aware of and probably already fixed it but in the photos of the suicide front end with wilwood brakes the Ackerman is reversed with the tierod in the front....THANKS again for educating many of us old dogs!

 

i am no engineer by any means, just good at figuring things out lol. yea i know with the drag link out front it throws the ackerman off. i am going to correct that as much as i can when i get the rest of the steering worked out. thanks for the kind words, i am just a young pup that like to make stuff

 

a little more progress on the Pope RPU got the correct front wheels back from the cleaner. painted and tires on



extended the stock running board to meet back up with the fender. added a few louvers to dress up the flat part



got the upper stantions chopped , welded and smoothed out



and got the inside of the bed truck bed lined

 

I figured you had that covered but just wanted to make sure....your truly a metal master....thanks again for the " in progress shots, that helps us that are still learning tremendously!

 

been a while since i updated this thread. been busy working on the Pope Rpu, and some late model OT sheet metal repairs. the things you have to do to make money lol.

here are some of the other on topic projects going on right now. a couple years ago i did the aluminum interior work for the larkness monster studebaker. he is doing some drive train changes and decided he wanted a new fire wall and trans tunnel to make tuning a little easier. he brought it with the fire wall already cut out. so i made some flanges to help strengthen the body back up. then hammered out another flange to attach the new fire wall to, i figured adding a double flanged area would give the front of the body a lot more strength and a factory look. we also dimpled this flange for something other than flat steel. the backs of the holes will be covered to pass tech.







then we started to make the new fire wall itself. dished way back since the engine is set back. wanted to a shaped firewall to keep it clean looking. it will all be tig welded together and metal finished out







more metal work on this 38 ford truck. working on more of the fire wall sheet metal and floor











hand made some military seats for a customer. hand formed, hand wire edged. matched the original pretty close







did a little work on my buddies 29 A truck







and have been working on some small parts design





also been working on the Pope RPU, blown apart for paint and final assembly. i will update that thread later tonight

 

What are you using to make these hole & dimpled recess? Awesome work.