I've been dying to show these pictures for going on a year and a half now. Of course back then, I had no idea what they were going on, other than a '39 Oldsmobile.
I'm sure pretty everyone has seen the 2016 Ridler winner '39 Olds, "Olds Cool" built by Customs and Hot Rods of Andice. If not, its this:
I was approached by Mark Bowler, of
Bowler Performance Transmissions and
Phantom Products, to machine the front upper and lower control arms. After a few back and forths with some potential changes for manufacturability, we were awarded the job.
We started with billets from 6061-T6 in 2" and 3" thicknesses. The arms were machined on out Haas VM3 3-axis VMC in 4 setups for each arm. Here is a
link to my photobucket with several pictures, but I'll put a few here.
I was pretty excited when I found out that the parts we machined were on a Great 8 car, then after the big win, even more excited. Pretty cool experience. I want to thank Mark again for giving me the opportunity!
Of course, I can't disclose any pricing information, but for reference I had almost 3 weeks into making them. That is from the time we got material, CNC programming, machining and assembly.
Here's the
photo link again.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
Honored to be a small part of this!
Those are amazing. Very cool experience and such a great project to be apart of. 
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