shipped a high dollar project today

Nice looking car. Congrats on a well finished car. You should be very proud. Good luck at the Starbird show.

 

thanks to all for the kind words, wan't sure if it was ok being shiney and billet all over it , but I did try to stay with the semi traditional / today kinda deal with the nerf bars, rolled pans and chopped top frenched tail lights etc....

 

Nice job ! You guys think thats spendy ? you should see what Steve Rizby charges at Steve Auto Restorations, $100,000 is just the up front money and it goes way up from there, but he does not lack customers. It seems there are alot of guys with alot of $$ but not alot of guys that can do that good of work and put up the attitudes that some (not all) of these people have, I could not!!! do it ! More power to those of you who can.

edsel

 

I agree.
If that car is really as nice as it sounds and appears from the pic, then
it was done for cheap.
For this kind of work I think $40/hr. is cheap, all things considered.
Keep up the good work and post more pics!

regards,
DJ

 

will do and thanks, my shop is at my home and very litle overhead and we enjoy it . but it is a bit cheap alright... didn't say we were smart , just havin fun ...............

 

Congratulations, that car is just Right.
The chop is perfect as is the rest of the car.

Thanks for the pictures.

dave

 

Hey Sam,

Beautiful job. I know most guys on the HAMB like to work on their own cars, so they aren't really familiar with the costs of having such a car built. 110,000.00 is cheap for that car. If you are using new, or custom one off parts, the dollars add up really quick. I've been working on my '33 for two years now. I've got a new business venture going right now so I have no time to complete the car. So, I sent everything up to Kansas last month so Redneck could finish the car for me. Even though I've done a lot of the work myself, and 2 years of planning and part collecting, I'll have over 100,000.00 in it and there's not even one piece of shinny stuff on my car. But, it will be the car that I see when I go to sleep at night. I've seen your work and you can wrench on my cars anytime.

Doc.

 

Thanks friend and merry christmas, yes every single thing is brand new nothing rebuilt or used, even rear end is factory part from ford complete hehe. I would like to work on yours actually, keep me in mind............ been working on a long time friends 57 gasser today and tomorrow gonna paint it flat blue with flake if i get it ready enough , gonna be another one here in the city looks like... take care, sam

 

Looks great!

See at Starbird. You goin to all 3 shows? We're take'n my grandparents camaro (if we get the stupid but really cool wheels in) The front tires came in Fri. ( the new bad ass M-T prostreet for 18in. wheels) so now all we need is wheels.

That car is really cool, who's gonna do the interior, and what color?

 

tod haygood at upholstery unlimited did the interior bone leather and ostrich... hell yea............whens the watch party midget???

 

Be proud of that Sam!!!! Be damn proud!

 

Sam...Sam...Sam...we must remember to be Politically Correct when addressin' the 'vertically challenged'...that's 'Mr. Midget' to you now...also 'cause he's a celebrity...

 

You're so fucking cool. Show some of your $100k worthy work, superman.

Very quality car. I'd love to see some detailed pics of the frame and build ala Cole foster's thread. The devil's in the details.

 

ok here are some pics of this deal while building it, thanks for replies, i do appreciate it, sam

 

you have some talent and i would kill to have some of the talent that the hamb has on it. nice work killer chop. i would have loved seeing a full dress flatie but i know that its for a customer. but nice work. i have to add this is my dream biulding cars for others that i hope some day will happen..... me and my brother (draggin37) have been talking about it a lot lately. someday. keep up the work and the pics

 

Hey,I thought you were supposed to deliver that pile a week ago last Thur.LOL
Nice looking rig .
T.OUT

 

you know how the last minute fancy shit no workee, well we had plenty of that but is is gone, he broght a 40 olds 4 door today to restorod for him .......... would love to build something kool but oh well...........

 

btt new pics

 

so let me get this right...

you work from home, with a mate you've known for over ten years, making a fairly decent living making beautiful cars...

hmmm.

this may be the first time i've been jealous in my life!

nice car, you rock!

 

yea thats about it , i shipped a couple over to perth to shane delaforce and two 55' straight axle cars to some guy in victoria... as well as parts here and there.

 

btt need to copy pics lost everything in puter crash ....

 

Nice workmanship. It says something, when you are doing repeat business. Thanks for showing some of your work...

 

thanks much, I started another one for this customer this week a 40 olds four door will be a resto rod big highway cruiser. is his fatherinlaws one owner car 70k on it.................what a big old car.................

 

yeah wtf is with that comment? i only wish that 40 years of doing this will get me to the level of sheer skill and more importantly patience to see a project through that nicely!

 

Got any spare customers?

I wish someone around here had that kind of money to play with.
You're causing me to rethink the value of my Hearse.
It's mine, so I never drew up any kind of estimate.

 

Beautiful car, very nice work. That's a car I have always liked and hope to be able to build in the future.

 

That sedan looks sweet...I fell in love with a coupe that looked a lot like it at the Del Mar Goodguys event last year...

 

i like it , the chop on the coupe is nice... most are a bit awkward when done but that is right on ...and black is always good on a 40" thanks for kind words