Rodgers got a thing for unicorns!!:lol:

John

I got some pics yesterday from Alan Palmer's Customs who is doing the paint work on the the Donkey Kong car. He commented how nice it was to do body work on proper metal work. You can see by how much filler or bondo is used that the car is pretty straight with out filler.

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The customer saw this post on here and sent me some pics from overseas to show the stance on the 60 ford. I was so focused on getting together for his son in law to see if before a weekend a few weeks back I forgot to take a picture of the stance. So He sent this to me this morning.

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We are trying to have all the metal work done and ready to swap this truck by the end of the month for a 36 ford 5 window. Then we can trade the truck out for a long over due car he promised his daughter 20 years ago. Frank and his son in law are going to get the mechanical work set up on the truck while we get the 48 and his daughters 36 ford 5 window together.

We are getting some details wrapped up on the 48 truck project. I was sending pics to the customer and thought these were cool enough to share. We are going to paint the starter and rack & pinion body color here in the next few days.

Transcooler lines to up to the flex line bracket
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Sparkplug wire brackets and transcooler lines.
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With the header reinstalled.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...May2011071.jpg

Nice! Like were you mounted to coils.:thumbsup:

Well Everybody keep say we must be really busy right now. I have been pretty quiet on here. We have been pretty busy. Getting the Big truck ready for Des Moines and Columbus.

We did a push to get Brandon's 55 together far enough as a baremetal roller to show the low stance of our Tri-5 chassis. We have been working on some custom control arms and steering arms to get everything optimum with the ability to run the frame 3.5" off the ground if you want to. We were able to stuff the new Budnik E85 wheels under the front and rear in Michelin rubber, 335/20 and 265/18. We could go a bit more with the some inner fender mods. The stack injection on a 572 looks awesome.

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I designed up a new display cart for our booth and then vinyl wrapped the cart to show our Hot Rod fab parts brackets and some pictures of the some work we have done.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...May2011049.jpg

Brycen got the Tiger cage mounts set up on his chassis to be able to bolt the cage directly to the chassis with some minor floor mods.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...May2011039.jpg

Nic with the Donkey Kong Camaro picked a color and I will tell you it is perfect. He said him and his wife walked into the dealership and they both knew right away that this was it.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...proofs_225.jpg

Got Michelin Rubber?
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You can also say a little prayer for Jake. He is the spoiled shop dog that goes home with me everynight. I got him 10 years ago for valentines day. Well I got rid of the girl and he has been around here since day one of Ironworks. Well the vet said he has got Lymphoma. They say it will take him pretty quickly. So things around the shop will be pretty dull for a while. Anybody that has been to the shop has met Jake and knows he is a highlight of anybodies visit.

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Sorry to hear about Jake! Great dog!
:(

really sorry about Jake

sorry about Jake. nothing better than a buddy who never leaves your side. EVER
good luck Jake

Sorry to hear about Jake he looks like a pretty laid back pup.

Jason

Very sorry to hear about your pup, Rodger.

Projects look great, that 55 sits real nice!

Rob

Aw man, sorry to hear that. :( My dog has been the one positive constant, like an oasis sometimes, in my life through all the crap. I can imagine how hard this has got to be for you. Best wishes for you and Jake.

Sorry to hear about Jake.

Spoil his ass rotten....:thumbsup:

do they have puppy whore houses in Bakersfield???

lol

Sorry to hear about Jake, he is a good dog.
Better than the two I have.

I heard they were all in Vancover..that's the word on the street

Great looking 55. Killer stance for sure. That stack does look killer on that 572.
Sorry to hear about Jake. He looks like an awesome dog.

Sorry about Jake

if there is anything I can do, let me know......

Rodger, sorry to hear about Jake...

Great work on that '55.

Thanks, But the work has only begun on the 55. We plan for some really nice details on the car. The customer has a real good idea of what he is looking for.

55 looks killer Rodger! I'm seriuosly jealous! :D

Sorry to hear about Jake. He is a great dog!

Well the month of July has been a real busy one. Broc and I flew to Des Moines to meet the Hauler at the Goodguys show at the Iowa State Fair grounds. On the weekend of what some said was the hottest days on record in Iowa, Broc and I jumped in the Goodguys Giveaway car and headed toward Columbus on a 3 day journey with the top down. WARNING this story is trying to be posted with only the pics from my crappy phone camera because my regular camera was forgotten on my desk in California.

Here is picture from Monday morning after the show when were leaving the hotel.
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This picture was taken on I-80 I believe east with the hammer down. At this point we realize that sunscreen might be good. We sat on the side of the road waiting for the road tour group for The Goodguys Road tour group to catch up to us. Well we finally gave and headed to the First stop, Yogi's Street Rod parts somewhere in Iowa, Near some corn.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...55/OnRoad3.jpg
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So after that road stop and meeting the group that just wanted to sit in the HOT HUMID SUN ad talk and talk. We head toward some town on the Mississippi River for Dinner and some small Iowa car show. I will tell you there is lot of corn in Iowa.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...55/onroad4.jpg

So Tuesday morning Broc and I got up early to back track 30 miles to Fast Lane Rod Shop in BFE Iowa. When I tell you his place is in the middle of no where. Our first attempt to get to his place was looking like we had to go down a dirt road. So we drove around some big ass corn fields and some more corn fields to find a half mile paved drive driveway that may lead to the only trees in Iowa. I tend to think Dave Lane is one of the most talented and nicest guys in the industry. He does everything himself except interior. And wins big awards with every car. www.fastlanerodshop.com
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So back on the road and on our way to Rad Rides.
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So after Rad Rides, ( Sorry No pics ) Just check out their site, WOW is all I have to say, We were off to Indy. We stayed the night at a fellow Lat-G members house. He feed us like kings and gave us some much needed non Hotel AC for the night. Then was able to pull off a shop tour at Chip Ganassi racing. They would not allow pics, not that We could have done anything more then a crappy Cell phone pic, but HOLY COW, I had some serious shop envy.


We stopped to refuel after every 180 mile stretch for food and drinks and shade. Remember that sunscreen we bought on Day 1, well it did not work. We were burnt to a crisp. My ears looked like pork rinds. That stuff was junk. But we were traveling about 80mph and pulling down in the neighborhood of 23 mpg with that LS3 E-rod engine.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...55/Onroad7.jpg


2 faces made for radio
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Looks and sounds like a blast. (minus the sunburn part)

Darren

So while we were out on the road, The boys at the shop were hard at it. The 48 chassis is still waiting for the body to come back from paint.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...uly2011024.jpg
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We made some slick tabs to hold the Upper Bleed lines to connect to the radiator from the water jackets to hold the Line neatly.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...uly2011020.jpg

We did some work to the bolt on steering arms to get the bumpsteer down to .054 over 5" of travel. We are then having new arms machined for that tie rod position.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...May2011059.jpg

The 1960 ford truck, is getting some small details done to keep the owner of the 48 truck interested who is having this built for his son-in-law. We did some hood mods to clean up the grille opening.

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You will have to see it with the emblem installed and the center done. It sure likes like it should have.

The One Lap Camaro part 2 car is coming along nicely.

All the Speedtech suspension is installed. We made a few cuts to the front fender to allow the car to clear a 315 front tire. We are also waiting to see if we can pull off some ABS ideas on the car. The power for this project has been ordered from GM performance parts and is on it's way.

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It still looks pretty factory, I suppose.

We cut out the original package tray and built a new rear firewall to exclude the ATL fuel cell from the passenger compartment.
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Once the engine and trans show up, Along with the Large Diameter Speedtech headers, we will get everything mocked up. We are also waiting on a front wheel to double check all out front fender work with a 315 tire all around. Once all that stuff is together we will set up seat location and begin the rollcage construction.

In other news the Donkey Kong Camaro should also return next week from paint. So final assembly will begin on that. The Cognito Motorsports 56 chevy should be just about ready for paint and body in the next few weeks. The 55 Chevy should be not to far behind the 55 to paint work also.

I have been buried in design work for the 58-64 Impala chassis. We hope to have a chassis mock up at Pleasanton next month.

Rodger

Great pics. :thumbsup:

BTW Rodger, what's the differences between the 58-64 full size Chev chassis vs. the 65-70's?

man gone for a couple weeks and when you get back they steal the roof.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...uly2011003.jpg

Damn that bead rolling work is awesome! Wish I could make a panel like the for my Chevelle. Great work there dig the guys @ Iron Works work!!!!!

It was left off to be able to weld the entire rollcage.

The pics were taken by the Goodguys staff.

I'm sure the chassis's are completely different. Just the size of the 2 cars is night and day difference. Plus the stock X frame Impala chassis is pretty weak.

Henry is the man on the bead roller.

I know - just busting your balls

Anyone else having trouble seeing the pics in this thread? I see them in others.

I see them.

Awesome work. I love the rear fire wall.

Greg

I see them.


--Eric

I see them just fine too.