Projects "Freakin' A" 60s hot rod drag coupe

Wow, mad skills.
I found this thread when you first started it, then I lost it again, subscribed this time though.

Scotty

 

Nice work!!!
You make it look too easy!

 

I love this car. I've searched it out couple times to see your progress on it. It's totally BAD ASS!!!!!

 

I need an update! lol Ive been following this thread for a while. I haven't touched my Model A in over 4 years and it sucks being hurt. I want to see this one finished to Perfection, almost as bad as i want mine to be!

 

I`m REALLY waiting to see this one finished!! Just a perfect piece of machinery!!

 

Nice!!!!

 

That's an awesome build!

 

Very nice work!

 

Very impressive.

 

One of my favorite cars on the HAMB! Great build.

 

Supper sweet!

 

Once again, the Henry J has been demanding my attention, so the Freakin' A has taken a temporary sideline.


I thought I would wait to make another post until I had some substantial progress to show, but it has been a while since my last post. So here is a short update on the chassis.

These are the inner ladder bar mounts.

 

I also thought I would switch gears a bit and work on a part of the car not based on metal work.

-Casting a replacement shift knob-

Obviously at this point of the build, I'm no where near close to needing this, but I had other reasons for making it now.

All the details and steps of this could probably call for its own thread. This is a slightly abbreviated step by step that should cover all the bases pretty well.

Here's the original Hurst Autostick knob I have. The pattern is clear, but it was overtightened at some point and shattered. Sure, I could find another (I have one) but I opted to make one.




I used bondo to fill in the missing shards. This really shows how bad it was.


Then I made a shell to pour the silicone rubber mold into.

 

Then pour the 1st tier




remove the alignment lugs and pour the second tier.



Disassemble and viola! an Autostick shift knob mold!



Mix up the 1:1 resin with black dye added.


pour





There are still some imperfections in the knob created by high spots that the initial filling did not remove. These are now sanded out. Then cut off the sprue created from the fill spout, drill, tap, sand, and polish or paint. The pattern is painted in with a brush.

 

This is the one-off knob going in the coupe.

 

You're incredible.

 

You are turning out some really nice work!

 

Wow, that is way cool making that shift knob.

 

Awe struck as usual!

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Holy shit this is amazing stuff!

 

WOW!!!! WOW!!! Not sure why I'm just seeing this thread (thanks Jeffy Cakes), but there is seriously some awesome work here! Gonna' be jonezin' for more!

Subscribed!

 

Agreed!!! Where the hell have I been???

This is great!




BloodyKnuckles

 

I always get a kick out of the updates and the fine work being produced! More!

 

My molds never turnout that good! Nicely done, Ryan.

 

Incredibly cool car with alot of original ideas.

I really dig the lower rails for the hairpins and ladder bars.

You're running straight ahead ladder bars up to that new mount pictured above?

 

Very nice work there !

 

this rod is so cool my momma would b glad to ride in it! keep up the good work........

 

Uhm...one word,......NICE. Thanks for documenting it for us.

 

Just curious how long it takes to metal finish some of these pieces. Ladder bar mounts etc, incredible work man. Keep it up

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Nice work as usual dude. I hope you get the Henry J to the Meltdown, maybe we can line up for a run.