Hot Rods Melting down beer cans....

Not really.

I just got a shipment of parts from my local foundry that I'd been waiting on for a couple months. Cast in 356 aluminum, no beer cans involved. A new version of my Pierce Arrow dash panel I had a few years ago, and a rear cover for a quickchange.

The dash panel is my new Pierce Narrow (tm), very similar in style to the last one but down-sized to fit completely on the face of a '32 dashboard. No more hanging below the bead. I'd consider it a five gauge panel, but creative guys might layout other arrangements. I'll have an ad in the classifieds once I get the casting flash off them.




The rear cover is for a recreation of an ancient constructed quickie that my brother and I are going to be making with our machinist wizard buddy. This is the first draft, to check for sizing and set up machining fixtures and tooling. I've propped it up to the old original center so you can see what they will look like. We'll probably make a few for our own cars, and my nephew's '32 pickup currently under construction.

 

WOW
Nice parts!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

 

Nice work there. Really nice.

 

Looks like nice parts!

 

And a thanks to Mr. Smith too for some other materials to be used in the quickchange!

@guthriesmith <<<<<

 

Nice 356 castings!

I hear of people making castings at home from beer cans, but surely starting with cast aluminum such as old pistons or transmission cases would be preferred.
Kind of like trying to make iron castings from sheet steel.

 

Hot Stuff @alchemy, certainly a milestone in your adventures in Vintage Hotrod Culture...an artist in metal you certainly are...congratulations.

 

Is the Pierce Arrow dash panel a limited production piece like the other? If so, how many.

 

Aluminous! Who's the pattern maker?

 

These are not limited editions.

I make all my patterns. I use loose patterns, not plate patterns. The foundry I use doesn't mind my small quantities.

 

That's a nice looking dash panel you are having produced there.

 

Those are awesome! You still making the Stude tail lights?

 

I haven't made the Stude taillights in a couple years. I still get requests almost every week though. Making the same thing over and over can get old, so it's fun to make something fresh.

 

Neat stuff!!!!!! Lippy

 

Nice work. You do alright to be in the middle
of a corn field.

 

I've always been curious what foundry you used. There's one about 15 mi from me that does small runs.

Gary

 

Love your parts and your commitment!

 

Xcellentt work as always! That foundry does killer work. My pieces are some of the best castings I have seen

 

Very nice. Snowman ⛄️

 

Great work on the cover and Awesome dash insert and please put me in line for one or two.

 

You had me, at
"Melted down beer cans "
Very nice work !

 

Wow really neat!

 

Does your QC have bearings in the rear cover, or utilize a dog bone to hold the bearings ? Great looking pieces, by the way !

 

Beautiful. Happy you have a foundry willing to work with you, hard to find in general and right now there's a lot of work available.

 

That's sweet, just when I swore off buying future project parts.

 

The original was incomplete, but it did use a loose dogbone bearing holder which we didn't have. I've modified the cover by building bosses inside the backside to machine for bearings. All the "modern" quickchanges use the bearings in the cover so I thought that would be easier.

Final results still to come.

 

Who is your foundry? I use S.E. Iowa and they are closing next April.

 

Great job.

 

Pat, I use Kloppenborg in Davenport.