Really like the tail lights and Ford emblem out back. Interior is all class. Really like the pattern in the seat and the colors. The bed has good lines but it's everything in front of the doors that says Mac truck to me.
Taking a second look if I were to do one, hind sight being 20/20, I would raise the front bumper just under the head lights and put the signal lights in it. Custom air dam below bumper. Then I would slope the nose of the front of the hood and give it a cowl or something in that direction. I think that would give it a little more aggressive style. Thats just me though and I'm sure the owner was going for exactly what he got which is a classic styling.

Rodger,As I look around the background of the shop.I don't see any place to have a hot lunch Buffet.:willy: :willy:

I can agree if you were paying the bills. But the customer wanted to build this for his son-in-law and this fits the bill perfectly. As you can tell the owner likes to cut some things up, we did that and more on the 48 for his wife. But Frank and I worked with Andy the son-in-law to build this to the end result desired. In reality the customer is total happy and after that Im done. Tomorrow we will have lunch catered at the shop from the owner to thank us for once again fulfilling there dream.

Agreed. Great job and congrats!! :thumbsup:

You made a swan out of an ugly duckling there. The color, the interior, the stance, wheels are all a perfect match for that body style and the subtle mods you've made. :thumbsup:

the only thing you need to put it over the top is a set of Intros :rofl:

Truck looks great,luv the color and the satin color,really nice clean lookin,great job guys,not sure why,but I really like that rear bumper:yes: :D :thumbsup:

The understated interior theme going on plus the no-shine, non-polished steering wheel is very :cool: as well...

Looks good

Thanks Guys I'm really happy with the results. I think we Built this truck in just about a year.

Beutiful work Roger. You need to clear your PM. Your box if full.

Awesome looking truck! I really like the interior. If it ever makes it out my way to a show, I'll have to check it out in some more detail.

It really gets me antsy to get started on Dad's '57 Ford Truck. I'm taking note of the Ice Chest especially!! :thumbsup:

At this point we are bringing the 48 to Columbus and I can only haul 1 truck at a time. We have talked about taking the 60 to Texas in the fall to try and qualify for Truck of the Year Finalist Late. Not sure if it could do it, but maybe it is different enough to stand out.

Turned out killer! :thumbsup: I love what you did with the bed and everything!

Truck Looks Great Rodger

On a side note here is a rendering we turned into GM yesterday to do a dollar car for SEMA. We have big plans for this car with quite a few vendors here on Lat-g. Wilwood Brakes, K&N Filters, Jr Competition Engines, HRE wheels. We are either going to build a cage for the car or work With Ride tech on one of their new Tigercages for the car.

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The Tiger Cage would fit that theme well IMO.

FWIW - I've always felt the GM designers missed the mark with the new Camaro. Side too tall, top chopped too much, and point of the V in the nose droops too much. Ford has done a good job with the Mustang styling in comparison and I'm curious to see what the GM designers have on the screen for the next Camaro revision.

It kinda looks like a Mustang.

I like the camaro but the challenger is the best looking of the three to me as far as representing the original. but it has the worst driveline of all three.

The Challenger is good, though stock the stance and wheel width need hurt it, but dude it's got a Hemi, how can you dis it! :unibrow:

The new Camaro has potential, especially with opportunities like this one that are being observed by GM's designers. GM obviously have respect for Rodger and Ironworks as well as other players I'm sure, so not un-like other European companies, they're creating a design competition that may generate future styling cues.

Pulling for you Roger. You have my vote!

You obvously know I love the 5th Gen Camaro and I think you guys you hit this one out of the park.

I hope you build it cause I really like the front end treatment.

you guys do killer work! I love that camaro

I havent seen anything come out of your shop i didnt want:thumbsup:

The latest happenings at Ironworks
 

So we have been pretty busy as of lately getting some things ready for the summer show season. We have been working on increasing our product line and working on some projects a little out of our normal.

Incase you missed it, Chad from Bangshift.com came by the shop to check the place out on his way to the Goodguys Pleasanton show. We had a good time showing him around the shop and hanging out for a few hours. I showed him the 1960 Ford truck that he said he was not sure if he hated the body style of those truck or the color brown more. But as you can see in this link - He is down with the brown, BABY.

http://bangshift.com/blog/sneak-peek...the-works.html

As many of you know I sold my 1968 Camaro. It is going to a good home in Texas. I'm going to take the funds from the sale of that car and look at building 2 cars to fulfill me need for Speed. First off we are about 1/3 of the way through with putting together at 1976 Nova for the Local 1/3 mile dirt oval. The car will be built as a Hobby Stock car. I'm not sure what is so stock about these cars, But I think it should fulfill me desire to race on a much more regular basis, like every other Saturday night if I want. The car will have a full cage, a 9" floater with 7.33 gears and 6000 dollar "stock" small block chevrolet with a trick out Powerglide. It should be pretty fun.

Here is what we started with. 400 bucks on craigslist. We drove to Fresno after work to pick it up from the guy selling it.
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We then trimmed just a little bit off the car to fill up the scrap bin.
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Here is how it sits today. Waiting for some spare time to weld up the stock subframe seams and mock up an engine and trans. It is amazing how cheap and simple these cars are.
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We have been knee Deep in getting some details worked out in Darrel's tube chassis for his Nova. The steering rack placement and front control arms are finalize for the rack and pinion to clear the low mount alternator of the stock LSA bracket system. When working with the LSA engine you don't have to many engine bracket system options without engineering your own complete system.

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Glad to see you're not going overboard on a Hobby Stock car. Looks awesome!


--Eric

YET! :D

Lookin good Rodger. Hopefully You'll be able to run your race car more than I've ran mine this year -zero! :mad:

oh **** is that my 62 chassis ?

Well It could be, But that would mean you might have to actaully say something nice. This one might be a little too nice for you.

Well here it is. Almost Ready for the LA Roadster show. Finally.

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Introducing the Lowest sitting, Strongest 58-64 Impala chassis on the market. You have to cut out a little bit more floor then I intended, but when stance matters I guess it is all worth it. For the first time ever we have gone to using some 3/16 plate in some of the vertical section of the chassis to raise strength even further for such a big car. The entire chassis is still TIG welded. Not just the welds that get sanded down. Enjoy

We plan to finalize the frame center section once we have routed the exhaust and mounted the engine and trans in a car or two.

Here are some pictures of the Sweet machined Taillights for the Bubbletop project that we have going on. I case you did not see it in the build thread.

Sweet.

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That looks great Rodger :D

Very Cool.I wish I was made of money.:thumbsup:

If you were made of money, Bill gates would be jealous. That would be a serious pile of cash.

Wow, nice updates. Looking good guys!

Me likey :thumbsup:

Myself and my fellow 'Hungry Heifer' alumni like the strength you're building into these. :unibrow:

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Nice stuff Rodger! Not surprised though! Wouldn't expect anything less!

Thanks

So here is the part of my update I forgot from yesterday.

I have been on the look out for some really slick and clean valve covers. Sure the carbon ones are cool. Katech makes a cool cover but they have a rough cast look and kinda lack that modern feel that goes with the direction of these cars we build. Billet Specialties makes a nice finned valve cover for a traditional style. But I stumbled on to these covers that are made in Australia a few years ago I knew they were awesome. Well I ordered a set not to long ago for the shop 1957 Chevrolet test car we have been trying to get wrapped up in our "SPARE TIME". Well after seeing these covers in person and hearing the overwhelming response that these covers have gotten in the shop after just being mocked up the the 1957. I bought and and became a dealer for them. They are not the cheapest covers on the market as they are machined not cast or fabricated from solid chunks of aluminum. They have a cap just big enough for a decent size funnel to refill you engine with oil and have a really distinct look. But in my opinion you normally get what you pay for, and in this case you get far more. These covers are super nice.

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They are available for the LS1-LS6, LS2-LS9, SBC Chevrolet, and Big Block Chevrolet and a few other various models. The LS covers are also available with and without coil mounts and in Standard and Tall versions. Most all covers are also available with oilers for you racing needs.

Big Block Chevrolet - Come in standard machined color, these are just black for a special project.
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LS coil mount valve covers. Billet Coil Covers also available
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For more info check out the brand new Ironworks online store for pricing and further info.

www.ironworksspeedandkustom.com

Those are nice. My LS3 Needs some valve covers :thumbsup: