some of the work from my shop

so today i decided to make another hood for the coupe, the more i looked at the first one the more i was not happy with the way it turned out. the new one looks much better. still needs some minor work but coming along

 

Nice!

 

yesterday night (1/7) my buddy decided he wanted an aluminum 4 piece hood on his coupe before Cincinnati Cavalcade of customs indoor car show, load in for the show is tomorrow (1/9) so this is were i am as of the end of today, everything is fabbed up, and louvered, center hinge is in. all i have left to do tomorrow is but hinges on the sides and latches. this is 5052 16 gauge, the sides have 105 louvers per side

 

That's a lot of louvers sir. Lol.

 

Johns coupe looks killer with the hood? Love it!

 

I've seen your work in person at the Road Rocket Rumble in Indy and it is impressive. I would love to go to that show in Cinci but I have to much work on the 49 to get it ready for the Motorama 1962 Feb 8-10 here in Indianapolis.

 

Nice Fab work! I do a little myself and can appreciate what you are doing...keep it rollin... fabmancoe

 

Do you mind sharing your plan on how your hood top is hinged on your coupe? Its looking good

 

Seen the coupe over the weekend at the cavalcade show in Cincinnati......VERY Nice work and the car is nice as well. Watched as you all helped Winfield chop the Ford. Was a good weekend...and the women.................

 

been super busy around the shop the last couple weeks, knocked these bomber seats out for a customer











here is a good pic of one of the coupes i took today, as it looked at cincinnati cavalcade of customs



and picked up a bridgeport for the shop

 

Good deal mike! keep on keeping on!

 

thanks guys, here is some more


its been a while since i have been able to work on this car, but am slowly getting caught up on work at the shop. i have been busy getting all the metal work finished up so it can get epoxy primed and start the body work. the first major job was to get the panels made that go beside and behind the seat. these give the upholstery something to attach to, so needless to say no one will see these when the car is finished lol







a shot from inside the trunk

 

more progress on this one

doing some welding and grinding on the street rod styled tail lights that were in there. they will be replaced by some 50 Pontiac lights



laid out and drilled the hole for the deck lid handle



laid out the placement for the flip top gas cap



welded the transition peice that attaches to the 1/4 panel and rear panel



removed the trunk flooring to prime all the flanges that will be welded



getting welded up



then pulled the body off to do some reworking on the frame



going to redo these body mounts that were on the car when it came to the shop.

 

for the past couple days i have been working on stretching some quarter skins for a pro street nova II.

all the cut lines laid out to move the rear edge of the wheel opening back 4 inches. and the cutting starts



all moved back and tacked up, still need to make the filler piece





all welded up ready to start grinding





all ground down, and ready for some finish metal work





both quarters finished and ready to go to the customer

 

You do nice work, what does a pair of bomber seats run?

 

a set of the seats like the ones pictured are $699 a set

 

its been a little while since i have been able to work on this car, but here is some progress. after a full day of fitting doors, and panels, it is all clamped up ready to start welding the body up solid!!!









and some on this one, put the body back on the frame for some last minute changes and additions. then it is ready to start body work and paint

 

Looks great mike, keep up the great work!

 

thanks man! i will do my best

 

Hi there CFC...on the 1st page,pic 10.....is that a '26 Dodge sitting next to the FED chassis?

 

great work, looks like you got plenty rolling through your door

 

thanks guys, fleetmaster yea that is a dodge roadster that was being built as a boatail speedster, with a banger by a good friend of mine that past away a few years ago. if i ever get the spare time i am going to finish it. i bought it from his estate after he passed

 

working on getting this one a full roller with motor and trans installed

tig welded the 4 link links up







got the rear axle mocked up on jack stands





bolted the mock up block to the trans, then mocked up in the frame. going to be fully mounted up tomorrow







and i made this the other day, milled it out on the bridgeport, did some minor grinding, then sand blasted it to make it look cast

 

looking great. where do you get your bushings for your links? Thought about making my own, but by the time I buy DOM tubing and bushings, its almost as much to buy one. Found a place that makes them to size for $40 with an adjustable end. How long I'd have to wait I dunno.

 

i get my 4 link parts from welder series. they come in pieces and i weld them all up

more progress today, got the motor mounts tacked up







and got the 4 link and coil overs all mocked up

 

That is soooo nice !!!!

 

yeah I peeped some of welder series stuff, def nice. here is another place that seemed pretty good have you heard of them? Let me know, I was planning on making my 4 link from scratch and or buying the two upper link bars from these guys. I'm making the bottom a different way.
http://thecustomconnectiononline.co....html?osCsid=ab4293051c2bc1837804c328549fcb85

 

Wow, that is some quality work you do. Great craftsmanship! Beautiful

 

not much of an update but all the suspension, engine and trans mocked up. ready for wheels and tires to get it sitting on its own weight

 

i had a customer ask me to make a 6 port fuel block for his 6x2 set up so i made this one, and i think this one is better looking than the first one. next up will be some finned aluminum fuel blocks