THose are very cool, I'll have to keep checking the website to see when their available! Those would look good in my nova! Could those be used for ignition on/off or starting?

I'm excited about these, they look awesome. I've been searching everywhere for switches and haven't really found anything I loved. Looking forward to getting a few of these.

I'm trying to get a part number for a switch base to do an off on monentary to do the starter circuit and you could use the key for the ignition or another switch for for the ignition circuit.

There are literally 1000's of different switch bases that can be used for these applications. I'm going to focus on just a few of the usual ones.

Very cool part Rodg. Nice work.

Do you have a ballpark cost for the switches?

Still working out final pricing with the switch company. Waiting for end cost with machine shop for tops. Looking at doing LED illumination in the switches which add to the cost but also add to the cool factor.

All I know is we will be able to offer a much better switch at a lesser price then what is currently in the market place. And what is out there looks straight out of the 80's.

Rodger

Cool stuff Rodger.:thumbsup: Count me in for atleast 4.

Wow what amazing work. Are you willing to teach anyone as an apprentice/helper on weekends for free?

I saw your vehicles as the show at the fairgrounds this past weekend and was amazed by the attention to detail.

Sooo true! I'm glad someone is finally making something different!!!
:thankyou:

I'm not really sure what there is to teach on the weekends. I'm pretty well spent by that point in time. Heck We have been so busy I get about an hour each day to try and get my new dirt race car together to start racing it this season. I thought we were all ways busy but now it seems the work for us is coming out of the word work. I have hired a more guys in the past few weeks and could use even more if there were quality workers to be found.

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No time for that dirt car,just focus on that Nova in the background!!:lol:

I appreciate the reply. It's fine I thought it was worth a shot. If you are racing at Speedway my wife and I may run into you then. I've actually met you a few years back at Upper Room at Canyon Hills.

Which Nova? The orange and blue one or the soon to be yellow and purple 67?

Just wait till you see the rear bumper on the yellow and purple one.

Rodger

There's always time for the dirt car :rules:

Yo Rodger, I met some guy at Bako speedway last Sat night that said he used to work for you. I didn't get his name.

Have you met Bill Loe yet?

I'm getting there on the new car, I might have the new car together as a roller this weekend. I'm hoping to race it maybe the end of the month, but I have a weekend in Vegas coming up and the following weekend I'm going to the Aussie SuperCar race in Austin with some friends. Is sucks when life gets in the way of your racing career.

You could have met quite a few guys. There are about 5 guys roaming around out there that I have employed at some point in my 12 years. And a few more I have been trying to hire.

I have not met Bill Loe, but have heard about him from Terry Henry at Raceprep, the local boy race car shop and hang out.

Don't forget the red stripe :sarcasm_smiley:

A little progress on the Sport mod.

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A little progress on Darrell's nova.

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I will update the thread soon.

That ZL1 nova is looking ZL1 badd azzz,I like the way the ZL1 bumper fits ZL1 tite(sic tite),maybe I'm taking this ZL1 theme a little to far,back of this car is lookin cool (ZL1 cool),ok I'll stop now,just trying to let you guys know the car is looking great (ZL1 great),sorry,keep up the good work,can't wait to see it :lol::lol:

Getting much closer on our GT switches.

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Here are some specs on the switches.

Styles available
(On) - Off - (On) Power window switch
Off - On - On Headlight switch
Off - On Off - On switch
Off - (On) Starter switch

These switches are capable of 20 amp on 4-14volt DC current.
They are designed for 150,000 electrical switch cycles
Temperture range of -40 deg C - 85 deg C

The desired hole cut out is a .83 x 1.45 with a panel thickness of .030 - .250.

All parts are made right here in the USA. The switch mechanism is provided by Carling Technologies in Plainville, Ct.

Price will be as follows
1 single switch - 85.00
2 switches for - 160.00 - 80 each
4 switches for - 300.00 - 75 each
6 switches for - 420.00 - 70 each

Initially we will only offer the switch tops in a machined finish. We will work to anodize the tops when we get an idea of what finishes people might like. We made the tops in aluminum to be able to have a long list of color and finish options. You can polish, brush, chrome, anodize, powdercoat, and paint these tops or just leave it with a machine finish.

We will be doing a pre-order special on our website starting next week. We will be trying to put the long list of people and shops that have been interested in these switches into line and trying to group people together for certain finishes on their switch tops. This will make anodizing the switches possible. We will also be offering a 10% discount for the month of June to all Lat-g members. Keep an eye on our online store for a link tab to place your order. Credit cards will not be charged until product is ready and in hand to ship.

Thanks guys
Rodger

Rodger those look awesome! Nice job.

Thanks Wayne, this might be my first bright idea.

Wondering if they make a switch that would work with the dse wiper kit.

We are working on getting the wiper switch set up to work with this style of switch. There are 1000's of ways the internals of this switch are configured. I'm trying to get some info from the wiper switch companies to make this possible, but they are not very forthcoming. I'm not sure who DSE has manufacturer their wiper motors.

We have started the pre-sale on our website. There is a coupon code for the 10% special on the pre-order.

Rodger

Just some progress on the 33 Ford project.

We hope to be able to take 2 cars up to Idaho this summer for paint with Charlie Hutton. We think he will do a nice job.

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The 33 is looking good!! :thumbsup:

Charlie and a little visit to SV with The Welds!


EEEEEEEEHHHHHHHAAAAAAA



That '33 is bad ass!

Thanks Greg we have done quite a bit to get it to this point. It looks really fast sitting still.

Nice Rodger!

Very cool Rodger!! That 33 is gona be sweet.

Lotta hours in that hood. The side blisters look bitchin.

whats size are those mud tires on the front ? lol

just kidding dont pull a roger/marty on me :stirthepot:

I would think as the builder of the Baddest mini truck on the planet you would know the difference between a mud tire and an all season tire.


These tires are clearly "ALL SEASON".

Hay Kenny, when it's your turn to use that one internet connection again in your town at the local library remember this. When you start a new sentence you press that key on the bottom left or right labeled "Shift" and it will make capital letters. I'm really proud of you, Hook on Phonic does work. The only thing you misspelled was my name, but in your defense I do spell it all California like..... As you might say. In Arkansas the less letters the better.


:gitrdun:

:headscratch: man don't pick on a guy for his spelling when you made a grammar error. I highlighted it for you just in case you missed it.

ps - on a sided note have you been able to get out on that Niner you bought last year

I forgot all about the magazine cover last month. Pretty cool.

This shot was taken at the local airport, we ran up and down the run way with a camera guy strapped to the roof and my Big Buddy Jimmy driving the big rig. Frank the owner of both trucks had to get out as having both of those trucks that close together at 55mph next to the big rig bothered him a bit.

I assured him it was just like Saturday night at the dirt track. He asked if I had seen my car after one night at the dirt track? Because the comment made him even more nervous.

HAHAHA

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Nice shot!

Rodger, maybe you buy Kenny a speak and spell for Christmas :underchair:

Time for an update on some of the other stuff going on at Ironworks lately.

We are getting some pics back from some big time builders who were able to get in on our switch line and reserved some of the prototype switches we had. Eric Peratt of Pinkee's Rod Shop used the switches in a project he was just finishing. They looked really nice in a simple console he made for the interior.

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You can still take advantage of our pre-order sale on our website. We got tracking numbers for the 1000 switches bases that we ordered about 5 weeks ago yesterday. So once we begin shipping the switches the pre-order sale will be over. This sale has been a huge success.

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We have been busy with a custom tube chassis we built for a local guy with his 1956 Chevy truck. Who says Pro-Street is dead?

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Here is another pretty bitchin Truck for another Local guy. The owner of this project also has a 2nd Gen camaro being built in LA with a Twin turbo Nelson engine....... YEAH that one. Well he stumbled on to my shop by chance having no idea the level of work we do. Well he has this 65 Chevrolet truck that he had been attempting to put together in his spare time. It has a carbed LSX-454 with a paddle shifted 6 speed, HRE wheels, and a Meyer frame. The owner had a really good head start but just no time to work on it himself.

So he asked us to take over the project and knock it out for him. Well after accessing the parts and pieces he had gathered and putting them together in a rough mock up we came up with a truck that sits much too high for our taste and it was decided that with some work we could make this truck sit like it should. Some where the customer got some 375 width Pirelli tires for a 21" HRE wheel.

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The plans for the project include - Completely reworking the front and rear suspension to get the ride height and suspension geometry we want and need to handle this kind of horsepower. We will also be narrowing up the trackwidth and changing the shock mounts as this chassis need 600 lbs springs to hold up the car with the motion ration that the front suspension has. And the shock mounts are in a totally wrong spot to even get the control arms to a decent geometry range. The rear suspension will go to a 4 bar that has an actual instant center so we can have some weight transfer and adjust the forward bite in the car. We will also be building a bigger C-notch into the chassis to achieve this ride height and lowering the panhard bar.

Sheetmetal mods include installing a double hump dash from an earlier truck. Installing an AutoRad Coresupport and radiator system. The inner fenders will need quite a bit of work to accomplish this ride height but I think we have a solid plan to accomplish this. But just make it a clean and simple driver.

It should be a pretty fun project.