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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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As some of you know I like to make as much of my own hot rod parts as I can (because I'm broke)

Last year I made a bunch of ALum parts for under the hood & ended up getting them chromed:

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The out side of the cars was finished with Zanio and a Tribal Flames done by Jim Boytnot:





This year I started to do something to the underside of the car, as most of my projects go it keeps getting bigger. It started out to be just lower the car, so I purchased some springs . Then I needed to get a relocation bracket for the LCA's , soo I made both of them:







I also made a couple of adjustable Pan Hard Bars

I made a Torque Arm last year but decieded to make a couple of them for friends:

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Someone told me about a Watts Link so I looked them up and decieded to build a couple of them:













I need to find out where my trans leak is coming from before I get to far along. I might have to pull it because I think it a front seal
Once all of this is done, then I'm going to paint the under side of the car.

Thanks for looking & stay tune for updates
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Very cool, I have lots of respect for people with fab skills
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Damn ur a handy fella!! Looks really good1 Love the under the hood piece.
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looks great and nice fab skills, love the under hood work
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took the frame for the Watts Link home to test fit it:



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Great work man, is that under hood piece a cover or is it an actual air box
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Great work man, is that under hood piece a cover or is it an actual air box
I made the Air Box & Lid both from alum, i used the factory stuff as a model:

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Excellent work, gotta love when people ask where you bought your lid setup and being able to say you made it yourself.
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Originally Posted by Old Blue
I made a Torque Arm last year but decieded to make a couple of them for friends:
I am glad I am your friend!!!

Again AMAZING work....I wish I could do stuff like that!!!
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Originally Posted by 97ramsst
I am glad I am your friend!!!

Again AMAZING work....I wish I could do stuff like that!!!
I'll make sure to smooth the welds on your's cause I know your going to CHROME it like everthing else

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Awesome job on all of it, I especially love the underhood parts. Did you bend the lid by hand or is it wheeled?
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Insane fab skills there, bud. MAD PROPS!
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Originally Posted by Whistler
Awesome job on all of it, I especially love the underhood parts. Did you bend the lid by hand or is it wheeled?
The lid is 16 pcs weld together:


The lid after weld and before polish:


The Air box being made:


Thanks for looking
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wow badass fabbing sir. Not a fan of the tribal on the car but the work you showed us looks amazing. Make me a custom front end frame please =]
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