Red held on to my dads wrist when he cut off first digit of left pointing finder at the punchpress. Talked to my mom this morning, and told me the story. She said the pain was more than the injury, Reds grip on his wrist, to stop the bleeding.
sounds similar to when on seperate occasions... .....my two ring fingers now MATCH... courtesy of a 110 ton niagra press brake...2 X 8 foot platen base with unitool type set up punches.... people often ask if I was born this way and if my brothers also have the same odd looking ring fingers.
I will try to get some pic's of my yoder it is still bolted to one of the beams from the shop i was told
Tim Barton's new book, "Metalshaping" - The Lost Sheet Metal Matchines has some information and pictures from the CMS shop; which are in Volume 1 of the book series. Don Sevart, the last owner of CMS provided a lot of photo's, for the book. For more information on the book: http://www.autofuturist.org/Book_Set_Intro.html
CMS had a contract of many during the war, one was the torpedo testing site a Morrison reservior up in san Gabriel mountains. It must still be there. My mom , Elinor and my Grandmother, Ella, had to sit in the car and wait for Chad to come back out. He was the only civilian allowed on site. I remember Grandpa had truck loads of picutes in slide format, aluminum frame with 2 gl*** pieces holding the negitive. I wish I had them now.
I was told Ca Metal Shaping were the people to handle a job I am working on, but they are now out of business. I need some '36 Auburn pontoon fenders made in sheet-metal. Does anybody know of a real good sheet-metal guy who can do compound curves, etc. These fenders are enormous - 102" long by 26". The are tear dropped shaped. Thanks, Paul
A model T trans gutted and only used a T clutch. Model T's never had a clutch only bands. How they ran a T clutch with a trans behind it I'll never know. Lippy
Actually the "Morris Reservoir." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Reservoir In the 50s we would drive up the canyon for day outings and camping. I can remember the Navy "No Tresp***ing - No Photography" signs and a big ramp that went from the dam to a float on the lake. Everyone knew back then that they tested torpedos there. Not the best place in the world to do "secret" military testing.
New Metal Kustomz, a hot rod shop in Cotati, CA recently acquired some of bucks that came from the old California Metal Shaping Co. I believe there are some Auburn bucks, but not sure what panels/years they're for. New Metal can form any body panel you desire. Attached are a few pictures of some of the bucks.
California Metal Shaping also did the body for the First Shelby Daytona Coupe. The subsequent 5 cars were done in Italy by Carrozzeeria Gransport in Modena. They didn't have that first car to work from, just blueprints and they didn't think the roofline looked right so they changed it, and those cars were 11MPH slower on top speed compared to the funny looking roof of the original car!
My Dad (Richard Kingston) was an investor/owner at California Metal Shaping in the 70's. He was enamored with the business, as he was really into 30's Packards, and some of the original Packard parts were made there. (He had a lot of cars, a Duzenburg, Packards, Pierce Arrows, Jordan, Stutz Bearcat, etc. I remember Bill Honda coming over to our house as a kid. They made parts for the first B-1 bomber and Miley horse trailers in the 70's.
If any of you have Tim Bartons Metalshaping Books, there is a great deal of California Metalshaping info in them--down to a picture of the building with the impact marks of those six big Yoders on the back wall...
What year did CMS close? Their info still comes up with their address in the directory. Never have called the # though .
I worked with Don in 2006 at WP Restorations. They had bought 6 of the Hammers and some other equipment including the contouring wheel. I believe that Don closed the doors sometime in 2005, there was still bucks and other stuff there for years later. I have seen Don post on here a few times, so he could definitely give you an accurate acounting of time. Cheers! Lefty
Chad Schults was the original owner, started from scratch and sold it to Bill Honda about 1966 when he was 65 Chad worked for the big repair shop and I had some pics of it. Marcel DeLays shop for years prior to CMS
When I worked at Harrah's Automobile Collection, we had Bill Honda make pontoon fenders and bodies for SJ Duesenberg's. Bill made both speedster and dual cowl phaeton bodies for us. Interesting Harrah's bought Duesenburg sedans and coupes then stripped the bodies off and replaced them with "California Metal shapers open bodies. We also had them make a couple of Packard speedster boat tail bodies and fenders as well. I was most impressed with Bill Hondas quiet and cool demeanor. When we wanted a particular body or set of fenders, we supplied photos and dimensions and when possible a sample. From there he performed his magic. I remember having several completed bodies and fender sets stored in one of our warehouses awaiting the finished ch***is. This was back in the late 60's just sayin' br***carguy
Interesting... can you message me pictures of it? I have a friend who new him well and has lots of pictures he took of him. Who knows he might be able to compare it to pictures he has of him
In 2025 I was lucky enough to purchase a pair of 1934 Ford Roadster seat side pans that were made by California Metal Shapers. Here are some photos of the fine work they did. The pans picked up some rust but they will clean up nicely. They are a exact copy of the originals. Putting a wire bead on the edge is very hard to do. Glad I could contribute to the post. Northern Bill
Just a few items to give a bit of a follow up about where some of the hammers wound up. In this video, the first black and white picture of the big Yoder hammer with the man ( Rick Young ) standing next to it, was when it was brought up to his shop in Seattle ( Walrus Machine ). Along with two of the Pettengills that were still attached to the post's they were mounted on. One of the Pettengills was sold to Ricks friend over in Eastern Washington. I am not sure where the second Pettengill went. This was Rick Young's old shop when it was here in the Ballard/Fremont district of Seattle. The big YODER hammer, as it is today. Issues with the City of Seattle that could not be settled, forced Rick to sell the Fremont property, and he bought another shop that was close to the Boeing plant, up in Everett Washington. All of the machines were moved to that shop. Ricks health started to fade and the shop was sold, and the machines were moved to a mutual friends location where they are safely stored and maintained. Sadly Rick Young p***ed away a few years ago, there is a thread here about him by me if you want to know more about him. @29Sleeper . https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/rick-young-walrus-machine-has-sailed-west-r-i-p.1278886/ I hope this provides a bit more to the story. Thanks from Dennis.
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