Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

356 speedster

I picked up this replica 356 a couple of weeks ago because Ive always wanted to clone one out of aluminum. and start a product line of aluminum deck lids and hard tops. I finally got it running last Thursday night and took it for a spin in the rain, got it sideways blew the motor, and crashed it into the center divide. looks like Ill be working on more than anticipated

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

16" Wassel clone


I wanted to use a wassel fender on my panhead but I'm running a 16" wheel and Wassels are for 18" and it just didn't fit. I have a bunch of 36 Ford tire covers but their to wide, even though they for my tire. so I cut 3/8 out of the peak I Now the fender is very close in shape to the Wassel just need to flip the rear of the fender a bit and it will be a perfect fit.

54 panhead


Also in the works is my 54 panhead

Volvo p1800es





when My wife needed a new car and she told me she wanted an old car rather than a new Honda. She bought a 1973 Volvo p1800es wagon that she found on craigslist So I put my race car on hold for a month or so while I turned this nice original car into a reliable Hot Rod commuter. power is now going to come from A 2.0 V-tech out of a Honda S2000 and backed by a 6 speed and a freshly rebuilt rear end with a tru-trac posi. larger nissan throttle body, custom header and intake and a stand alone computor.

LOW RIDER


I did some trick metal work for Chris Roark's Low Rider including the steel removable deck lid skin.

Deck Lid Skin





my deck lid skin had some rot and I thought it would be more fun to make one out of Aluminum than to buy one. now I just need to paint whats left of the inner skin and I can attach the outer to it.