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Mick

I'm inspired by everyone on these forums that builds their cars and then shares their builds with us. All the fab work, paint, interior, every part of these builds. All of the shops, websites, books, EVERYONE! Just fabrication work in general amazes me regardless of what it is. Speaking of all this fab work could anyone use any free help?

Hey Mark, anymore info on this book?

Check out this thread. Alot of good work.
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1121

I would say Pasqual, Chris and crew at Marques. Project name WAR

http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/o...C_00420478.jpg

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rodger
do you have any more info on the computer controlled english wheel?
thanks

What questions do you have? It has a load sensor in the upper roller.

I've seen a lot of fab work in my*time, but this ranks up there with the best of 'em.

Read the WHOLE story...

This guy built himself a hot rod truck. The whole thing! Body, chassis...all fabricated. Totally killer.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=378992

Awesome stuff guys, Keep it coming. I need more.

Do they have a drug addict Smiley Face? :D :D :D

i have seen this project , nice ,nice work .

This one is going out for my barefoot Arkansas buddy.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=777973

One of my biggest inspirations of all time is Richard Michael Pazua. This Guy's work is insane !!!! It blow's my mind. If this guy gets an idea he makes the tool and then the product. But he just doesn't make a tool he takes it to the extreme. Check him out at www.allshops.org/ or metalshapers associatin

Mark

Holy Crap
 

THANKS..THAT WAS AWESOME....ITS AMAZING TO KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE THAT MUCH TALENT.....saw this in the thread " IN HIS SPARE TIME HE WALKS ON WATER"..:lol:
makes me wanna go back to playing with LEGOS...:lol: like i have no business playing with cars
Tom

This pretty cool stuff.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42811988@N03/sets/

Here is an old one from one of Chip Foose's employee's.

http://www.wallesdator.com/Foose%20d...ign%20main.htm

cool thread
 

thanks Rodger for starting this.
and adding to it
i look forward to checking this thread out everyday now ...
LOVE THE FAB YOU AND YOUR GUYS DO RODGER....:thumbsup:


Tom

What questions do you have? It has a load sensor in the upper roller.

was just curious how it worked. very interesting, i have never seen a computer controlled english wheel before.

This isn't a car (but it's car related) but this trophy was built some of the best fabricators I have ever seen. It was used in the NASCAR awards ceremony in NY last week. It is 12 ft tall and disassembles for shipping. Hell, the shipping crates for the flags are a work of art.

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imageh...b8a4e65649.jpg

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imageh...b8a49803b9.jpg

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imageh...b8a4a45a3f.jpg

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imageh...b8a4b544e2.jpg

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imageh...b8e984db4e.jpg

http://www.vettemod.com/forum/imageh...b8a4c78eb5.jpg

Well I guess if you win that trophy, More then likely you have the means to display it in your house or office.

Cool project.

Seeing that big trophy makes me think of the movie "Honey I Shrunk the Kids", or in this case the fabricators.

I can think of far too many to name offhand, but this one in particular comes to mind:

http://dump.basketofkittens.com/Manta_galleri5.jpg

http://dump.basketofkittens.com/Manta_galleri11-1.jpg

A guy by the name of Ronny Hilmersson put this car together a few years ago and it's probably one of the biggest reasons I started picking up tools. Custom everything, amazing detail work, and he did it all by himself in his garage.

Build pics: http://www.hilmersson-racing.com/start.asp?show=c
Finished pics: http://www.hilmersson-racing.com/start.asp?show=ea

He also has a powerboat project that is practically pornographic: http://www.hilmersson-racing.com/start.asp?show=e

Well what ever you can think of, post it up. That orange euro car is SOFA KING awesome. I would love to do that to a datsun 510 some day.

Thanks for posting.

Now this is a cool car

Man I love it !!!!!

There's some fantastic fab work and an unbelievable attention to detail on this rod.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/troymor...7619413650851/
Mike
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...oldenSubII.jpg

I think that is Dale JR's DSE 70'ish Camaro.
Great idea Rodger,I have a section in my favorites where I store anything neat that I come across or links.the first fab work I have is Ironworks Z06 66 Nova,that car got me hooked on the Pro-touring thing,Your one of the MACK-DADDIES Rodger,and that Trophy truck link I had seen before on Lat-G or PT glad you posted that there is some outrageous cagework there!!!

yeah Rodger is an awesome fabricator! i was lucky enough to see him do some work on one of the many projects at IRONWORKS i even got a picture of him hard at work.....I think he even fabbed the chair he's sittin in!



















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That's funny...

I just watched show on the discovery HD channel called Birth of a Racer. Cool stuff.

Cool show I believes it re-airs on the 28th of December

Oh yeah! I've met him!! He was in the middle seat on that last flight I took!!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

yup, I was watchin it as well... great show

My girlfriend thinks Im in here looking at porn ...





Shes kinda right .

As far as I am concerned.. And I am hugely biased... Nothing will ever touch this
It's the Kirkham billet Cobra...I know some of you have seen it... but good lord.. I would love to see it in person.
http://jalopnik.com/5385760/kirkham-...et-cobra-frame
For a detailed look and study , look here
http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/

Oh yea, one of my favorites, I posted them on page 3, but keep them coming

Not sure if its inspirational but the designed components for "play land" make you wonder? Never realized how much detail goes into these RC cars/trucks. From billet chassis to full all out suspension components.
http://www.ckrccrawlers.com/shop/ind...oducts_id=1935

I feel pretty good about a lot of the stuff I've been fabbing especially given that I"m entirely "internet" taught and have crappy Harbor Freight levels of tooling and a tiny shop. Nothing to compare to the pro's not to mention the people on this thread. But what always blows me away isn't so much the thought and ability that goes into making these pieces - I'd like to think my mind works in some of the same ways.

What always makes me laugh at my own crap is the level of perfection in all the pieces. I can do some metal shaping and TIG it together nicely enough, but everything I do has a home made quality to it. THere is always some slight asymmetry, big scratches in the surface, messed up corners or places where I have to put things into tension to keep them aligned.

And the grinder and some bondo can cover up a lot of problems.

But when I look at things like that submarine car and it looks like it came straight out of a hot rod extrusion machine.....I still can't manage to completely planish all the hammer bumps out of a small piece of metal.

That is what is depressing about looking at incredible work like this !

Of course I only spend 20 hours a week hot rodding, always under a lot of time pressure, and only for the last 10 years. I guess I could imagine a world where 50 hours of fabbing a week for the last 40 years might get you pretty good at stuff.

My favorite car at the SEMA show was Robbie Gordon's Hummer. Check out this a arm. SWEET

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ber2009068.jpg

Interior shot
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ber2009069.jpg

Side shot
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ber2009070.jpg

Rodger,
The arms look like a massive fish hook for white shark.
Besides the body mods what did this start out as 1,2 or 3? Kinda hard to tell. I need to get some tires and beadlocks like that for mine.

The 4*4 guys make the rest of us look like pikers.

I started thinking what actually INSPIRED me to change a stock Camaro. I know there's a ton of builds out there.
But at the beginning prior to becoming a member here, not scrolling through the web and basically only hitting local shows my inspiration came from Scott G's Camaro. Ive seen several cars in mags that were really nice but in person for a Camaro, thats what got me thinking, then came the G force Cuda. When the Brunning boys started the E-ticket Challenger thats what gave me inspiration to do a custom chassis.

I cant believe this post died out,need some new material,cant do any manual labor for 2 mnts thanks to a couple of back surgeries.Nows the time to research.I have so many next steps for my project that I wasnt able to accomplish before my surgery now theyll be so much more,be busy for a while.Anybody have access to the older stuff Troy took off his website(Blowfish,Chicane,Notorious)maybe Dan H. can help out there,you have anything else Rodge,that bajatruck link is one of my favs,is that theTerrible Herbst inhouse or outsourced chassis shop,thanks Rich

sorry your down for a while..

heres a link to his picks http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/fabber
good luck on recovery

TOM

Something a little different is always good....

A lot of the processes and jig stuff is the same with metal as it is with other materials - so I like to look at bunches of sites that can inspire and be cross utilized. (plus I like woodworking too) Here's a couple to cruze !

http://www.racingcomposites.net/

http://www.joeharmondesign.com/

Get well soon !

Jim

I often check in on Pinkee's to see them building cool stuff.

http://pinkeesrodshop.com/

DSE is always a good read - always some new stuff being posted.

http://www.detroitspeed.com/projectp...oject_page.htm

Same with Rad Rides - always great build picks to drool over when you need inspiration.

http://www.radrides.com/home.php

Jim