Honored to be a small part of this!

[65_LS1_T56]

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.

[Flash68]

Wow, those are incredible Aaron. Congrats on being part of that.

[SSLance]

Oh my! How cool are those?!?! And how cool to be a part in the whole thing.

Show them off proudly Aaron, I know I would!

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Wow, those are incredible Aaron. Congrats on being part of that.

Thanks Dave!

Originally Posted by SSLance

Oh my! How cool are those?!?! And how cool to be a part in the whole thing.

Show them off proudly Aaron, I know I would!

lol, I would, but it's not my car! haha. All I have are the memories...and a few pictures, and lots of aluminum chips

[Yelcamino]

Those arms are awesome Aaron! Nice job!

[Spiffav8]

Jeepers. Those are amazing. Very cool experience and such a great project to be apart of.

Congratulations.

[analyte]

I'm continuously impressed with the things you do. I love seeing a block of aluminum crafted into something spectacular.

I'm just waiting for you to start a group buy for Chevelle spindles!!!

[califconstruct]

Wow.. pretty cool stuff!!..

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by Yelcamino

Those arms are awesome Aaron! Nice job!

Thanks Herb. See, that coolant block wasn't so hard!

Originally Posted by Spiffav8

Jeepers. Those are amazing. Very cool experience and such a great project to be apart of.

Congratulations.

Thank you sir! Yes, pretty darn cool.

Originally Posted by analyte

I'm continuously impressed with the things you do. I love seeing a block of aluminum crafted into something spectacular.

I'm just waiting for you to start a group buy for Chevelle spindles!!!

Appreciate it Kerry. You been spying on me? Lol, I may or may not have a conceptual spindle modeled up

Originally Posted by califconstruct

Wow.. pretty cool stuff!!..

[NOPANTS68]

that car and those parts are absolutely incredible. I'm jealous and in awe. great stuff.