some of the work from my shop

Wow!

 

You could make a good living by making Model T and 35-40 deck lids for coupes, NICE Work Cornfield

 

Some very nice work

 

thanks for the positive comments

here is the 37 getting ready to head back to indy this morning

 

Mouth watering eye candy Mike SWEET, SWEET, SWEET!

 

got the land speed cage all done, here it is out of the car for finish welding. going to ECTA in Wilmington this weekend to have some tech inspectors look over it

 

That is one GNARLY looking cage Mike! Hope all goes well with the inspection. Joe

 

Awesome cage! What stood out also, for me, was the steering spear, I mean column, sticking up towards the drivers chest. Good thing it all looks so beefy!

 

got this 50' ford in a couple weeks ago. has been chopped and a section started. like a lot of crazy sheet metal modified cars, there is a lot of metal work that needs to be redone. so right now i am focusing on the roof area and working my way down.

making new sail panels. left them long and turned the edges so i can spot weld the inner window channel in place at factory spot welds to cut down on long weld seams





shape roughed in



ready for final planish and fitment



now onto the area above the door. they welded the door tops in the car to make it hard top, the seam was low, and needed some attention. so i decided to make a new skin to replace the seam. again left it long to get the edge turned to spot weld in at factory spots.



roughed in



ready for final fit and finish planish

 

Been a bit since I've seen ya on here Mike! But this post was worth the wait! WOW! Joe

 

Can we digitize these contours...

 

That's some fine hocus pocus you got going on there!
I know it can be tough and intimidating to most, but it sure seems like you know exactly what the hell you're doing.
Always nice work!

 

You got a nice write up on Bangshift today

http://bangshift.com/bangshift-gall...-of-the-shop-continues-cool-stuff-everywhere/

 

thanks guys

yea that was the second one from them. i wish they could have waited until i got the shop put together a little more before coming to take pics

 

No worries, your work shows thru, won't matter imo.

 

moving around on other projects in the shop. today i worked on a custom 40' ford pick up that was dropped off the other day. lots to do on this one, but today i focused on the head light bucket area on the pass front fender. the fenders were widened in the past and cut through the head light area. so that needed addressed. instead of taking another fender and cutting that part out and trying to re shape it to work, it is just easier to make the new panel.



here is the first test fit on the car after putting some rough shape in



the shape was a little off so had to address that. then moved on to making sure the trim ring would fit right. so i massages the panel to fit the trim





second test fit was much better, still needs a little tuning but it is close

 

You do good work man.

 

thank you

 

Very nice sir.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

a little more progress on the head light piece. ended up re making the first one, made some dies for the hammer to put the recess that the head light can sits in. hammered that in the panel and intalled the can and trim. at this point the panel is just sitting there, still needs some fine tuning but turned out nice

 

Very nice sir.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Cornfield, cool truck, but WTH do those tires go on?

 

Ok, looking at the driver side fender, was this an aborted plan to use Mercedes headlights?

 

its a ford truck i am building for a guy, not super hamb appropriate, will have a 429 cammer the Ohio George put together for it

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yea, glad we are going back with the more correct lights

 

Back on post 229, what did you use for the mesh on that VW/Bugatti hood sides and grille?

 

Mike, I'm almost 70 now, and have been messing with cars since I was around 3, but not as a job, more as a hobby. I find these days I have the best times fabbing stuff for my '31 coupe, or for one of the restoration projects I have in my shop now - and wishing I had started doing that kind of stuff much earlier. In my opinion, you've got a great start on becoming one of the best fabricators in this business, just stick with it and I'm sure you could end up like Foose, Boyd, and others of the legends of the hobby. What could be better than doing what you love to make a living?

 

That big meat bitch is too cool I love Horsepower!

 

had a really good weekend with our summer metal shaping class. here are some pics

 

had a really good weekend with our summer metal shaping class. here are some pics

 

Fantastic work ! Subscribed.