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hey cris whats the latest on mikes nova?
john

John- The Nova slowed down a bit but will be working on it this week.. I will get you some updates late this week..

Shop Re-model
 

I have been @ it all week.. Changing things here @ the shop.. It is amazing how many empty boxes I had on the shelfs... LOL!

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New arrival!!
 

Just arrived this morning!! We have not had a 69 in the shop for a while now!

This is going to be a fun project!

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Your "paint" room is missing.


--Eric

Don't look at me, I didn't take it:_paranoid

Yeah! I have been wanting to make changes to the shop for a while now to support the fabrication side of it which has become a large portion of our business.. The body shop will now only support what builds we have in house.. I will take a few jobs here & their when the body shop is slow..

Are you sure you didn't pack it in your suit case!! LOL Thanks for the visit!

Is the max g 69 from Illinois. I think it was for sale here on lat g at one time.

You need more color in your shop LOL all I see is grey

Cris - overhead shot looks great! Camaro heaven, Baby....:D

(I know there's a firebird in there somewhere)

Can't wait to see how that c6 69 was fabbed up. Does it look like it has final suspension dimensions? i.e. track width, wheelbase, etc.? Any plans you can leak to the media?

Wow--viva la difference---it's amazing how much more space it made by moving those shelves and the booth! Projects look awesome ----looking forward to the 69 project you've got there.

I'll be coming up the 101 in June--with some folks in tow---would love to stop by and see the stuff---can't believe it's only a couple months away!!

Doug

Thanks Ron!

The 69 is getting loaded on the jig on Tuesday & will be confirming suspension dimensions.. The plans for the car are still being discussed on what path we will be taking with it.. The owner will be flying in early next month to discuss details..

Construction of division walls begin next week..

I look forward to seeing you in June Doug!

That is the one Dave.. Working on getting some cars painted here pretty soon..

Can't wait to see how that '69 Camaro turns out!:yes:

Texas 68 Camaro
 

Here is another 68 Camaro we are working on here at the shop.. It has been a drag car all its life & now are working on putting back on the street.. When the car was stripped down to bare metal we found that it had lots of rust covered with bondo & card board was used as a backing to hold it in place.. Point of no return.. Owner said fix it & while you are @ it give it some custom touches.. Replacement floors were required with trunk & firewall..
Upgrade list: Scott Mock Sub-frame with C6 suspension, Rear suspension ??, LS2 with T56, Z06 Corvette wheels, & a few JCG custom pcs...

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One of main body men who happens to be good @ replacement sheet metal, front sheet metal squaring, & gaping all opening.. wanted to be given the opportunity to do some custom fabrication work.. so since we have so much of it going on right now here @ the shop.. I said.. Go for it!! He wanted a bead roller.. We bought one.. & here are the results so far.. Not bad for his first time on the bead roller!

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It looks awesome even if he had been doing it for a long time nevermind his first time. Awesome work!

Shop re-model
 

We have been remodeling the shop for the last 4 weeks.. A major pain in the A$$! with expense! But I had to do it... I have some much fabrication work going on that I had to segregate it from the rest of the shop.. plus I now have cars staged for long term fabrication in a location that they can sit for a while.. Body shop has become a very small space but enough to support what I have @ the shop & my neighbor @ the far end of my building just installed a new state of the art down draft spray booth that has agreed to rent it out to me when we need to paint a car.. I also gained a clean area for final assembly of cars when we get to those stages in a build.. Waiting for my neighbor to move out to take over their space which I happen to be renting out half their warehouse for storage..

Another expense was fabrication equipment.. bead roller, slip roll, dimple dies, tube bender & looking @ a Pullmax today.. with manual mill & lathe.. Taking the fabrication shop to the next level.. Plus got a new fabricator starting in a few weeks to support the work load we got going on..

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Chris are the close up plates that are at the bootom of the firewall to cover the access areas to body mount bolts available for sale?
Neat piece that I've been looking for.

Great stuff Cris.
The shop looks like you guys are busy!!

Wow!! Cris looking real nice.I think it would work out real well if you just put in a rolling assembly line.You could be the Henry Ford of the Pro touring world.:thumbsup: Scott.

hey cris looking great your truelly the man hey what size back spacing and tire size is mikes nova running up front please im about to order mine very soon thanks
John

Wow thats awesome!! Congrats on the expansion!!

Yesterday they rolled a pretty cool piece for the back seat area & package tray Wayne.. Wait till you see what I am up to in that area..

We are super busy Tony.. got to many irons in the oven..

Jump on a plane & come help me Scott :D

Thanks Gaetano!

Track Junky;344375]Wow thats awesome!! Congrats on the expansion!![/QUOTE]

I had about 12 sets of cage nut covers ran with the new design & thinner material.. The first ones I ran were 1/4 aluminum..

Currently working on setting up to sell components thru my other company.. Gonzo Engineering INC... I should be ready in about a week or so..

The cage nut covers will be available in a week for selling with other components..

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I will get that info for you in the next few days for you John..

Thanks for the reply on the cage nut covers Chris.

lol:lol:
That's a good way of saying it. Better to be busy than slow.:cheers:

Good things come to good people!!! And I will be calling you for one of those tunnel inserts thats perfect!!!:hail:

[QUOTE=Gonzo;344428]Yesterday they rolled a pretty cool piece for the back seat area & package tray Wayne.. Wait till you see what I am up to in that area..

I'll be watching!

Thanks Mario! When you are ready just let me know..

Wayne-I called the customer this week & told him I was getting a little carried away with the package tray, trunk & cage.. I needed his approval.. got it!! It is just much easier to work without the qtr panel in place..


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Texas 68 Camaro Update!
 

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Amazing work Cris!
 

Wow, that is some nice fab work! I like the exhaust clearance, the extra structure you've added in the rear seat area, and the rear down tubes used for integrating the trunk hinge supports.

Wonderful stuff, keep up the great work!

Cris this some amazing work you guy's are doing.You don't need any help from me,Look's to me you have some really great fabrication going on.:thumbsup: Scott M.

That is like a work of art Cris. Great work!!:thumbsup:

Thank you Guys! We are trying to improve our fab work around here..

The panel looks great, I love seeing work like that. It sets the build apart. How much pressure do you use to stamp those?

Chris,
What guage material are you using for the floors and closeouts??

Thank you Wayne! The bead roller we have has a set of dies that give us that roll with a measured presure on the top adjustable shaft

We are using 18 gage CR (cold rolled) sheetmetal..
1/4 1018 CR plate to weld tubes to sheetmetal
1020 DOM tube .120 wall

I had a PM on our reservoirs.. about how we made them.. 3 pcs reservoirs..
This pic will show the machine process & sealing of reservoirs..

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You guys are real sheet metal artists!!! :thumbsup: