Slick 60's

here is a picture of the drivers half of the hood with its louvers. poor chip has his dad in the hospital so hes been busy dealing with that. im in no rush to get the hood back but hes a good guy and is trying to stay on top of his work load. so here is what he got done on saturday. 84 louvers!

Sweet! I have a photo request... any chance of you showing him punching those out before he finishes? I'd love to see what he's using and how he's doing that. If he'll let you...

I bought one of the smaller, China-made bench-top roller/beading tools on sale years ago but have only messed around with it a few times. You can louver with it but not on something like a hood or tailgate.

ill give him a call and see. i dont see why not. he a cool guy and very easy going. chip is actually friends with garbz and steve "el polacko" from industrial chassis fame

Whats he charging per punch?

not sure what they are costing me per louver. i think he charges the general public $3 a louver. im getting the hamb/slick60s/buddy price. im at $350 total. im also getting the 3.5" louvers instead of 2" ones. so hes giving me a slight break there also.

Nice

That hood looks killer!

here is the hex head kit from totally stainless. it will be going on the newly painted y block.

so garbz test fit the bed onto the rolling frame tonight. it sits pretty low just like this and there isnt a cab or motor in the frame yet. wow! shes going to be in the weeds.

chip just sent me a picture of my finished louvered hood. wow! so thats what 168 louvers looks like.

so here is a picture garbz just sent me of the y block as it sits now. we cleaned and painted her last week. so its all dry and now we are going to start putting on the chrome goodies, stainless pieces and the accesories

I have louver envy... Great Job.

so we needed to address the steering linkage some what. so we decided on using a custom piece. cutting up and sleaving the original parts just didnt seem safe. so i had bill at karas kustoms (he lurks here) cut and thread some round stock so i can use some grade 8 bolts and heim joints. its a bit over kill but its safe


the grade 8 bolts


the heim joints


the finished piece

so what are you guys using as your linkage from the column to the box the standard rag joint setup or u joints?

we will be using 2 u joints

sit down while you read this and look at the pictures. that way your safe and dont get hurt when you pass out. the newly painted motor, tranny, and bell housing are in. most of the totally stainless bolt kit for the engine is on. the body and bed are mocked up! and the lakes pipes are layed out to see how they are going to look. are you sitting down and ready? here we go...

the newly painted engine, tranny, and bell housing with most of the totally stainless bolt kit












the bed mocked up








the body and bed mocked up
































the lakes pipes mocked up

Alright! made some progress Today.

Coming along awesome! Perfect stance!

Looks like its coming along great!

so i finially picked up my '63 falcon console today. its in awsome shape and condition. im going to take it all apart to clean and paint it. im just not sure about the paint color yet.