COE A 42 GMC Bike Hauler thread

Hey Blue, can I borrow your wife next Christmas? All I got for Christmas was a pound of pistachios!
Love the rolling, but that design looks pretty tedious to do.

 

Looks cool Blue, does it have much of a crown in it, or does it lay pretty flat? Maybe an optical illusion with all those swirling lines.

 

Should be flatter in Aluminum. In 18ga I should have pre stretched it but pulled down flat . The sanding gives it a high contrast . Probably 3/16 proud .

 

I think the Photo shop model tells it all. Those other fender/sides was a nice radical design & would had made a cool custom look. But I think going back to traditional correct GM fenders, gives the truck a more cl***ier look rather than a radical custom look. I'm to Oldschool, I like it a-lot & you are a true art-est...
For a side note, thank you for your help a few months ago. Getting me to make a move on my exhaust stacks. I got-er done. I was worrying about no room for mufflers, they got 40" baffles inside & it's got the look I was wanting...
Thanks again

 

I call seconds on borrowing his wife for Christmas. All I got was socks and sweat pants.

 

I've got a "baffling problem" and would like a peak at what yours look like. Do you have pictures of the actual baffles?

 

No photos of the baffles, but I got them off eBay. I believe the longest ones I could find listed was 36", but I contacted the seller & he made me a pair the longest he could, 40" long. I believe they are 2-1/2" round with louvers all around, with top & bottom end-caps are at 3-1/2". One end is kinda bell or cone shaped to fit tight at the bottom of the stack pipe, kinda wedges it self. Then you drill a small hole & add a screw through the pipe to hold it in place so it won't bounce & rattle around. I don't see the items in my eBay purchases list. I probably had to buy them off site because they were made special for me. But I think this is his listing? These look like mine? As I remember, I contacted the seller & he got back to me with his PH# in a sneaky way as not to raise a red flag with eBay, & I got-er done...
eBay item number:
231341088263

 

Still waiting on warm weather to do some painting . Wolfcreak-Steve is going to come by in the next few days . Be great having some company and a different eye on my project .
Have been doing some beadrolling , stool building and tool work .

 

Nice work!!! What's that fancy rig you made the "hubcaps" with called??

 

That’s a metal forming station using an arbor press . Uses dies , a little thicker than hubcaps . The dies range from 2” to 6” . Works well . Think of it as a hammer and sandbag but much more accurate without the sore elbow . I didn’t make any of the tooling just the shelving and mounting .

 

Nice

 

Hey Blue, thanks for the hospitality! We had a great trip, 4000 miles in 6 days of driving. After our visit, I thought of a couple questions. First, when driving your model A, how do you keep the oxidation from the alloy interior from getting on your clothes? (or do you always wear gray clothes?) Second, you never mentioned where you got the tooling for you arbor press.

 

Great meTing you two .
1 I put a little polish on the Al. about every 3 months . It’s so dry here I don’t get much oxidation.
2. All the tooling came from Imperial Wheeling Machines

 

Been a while since I’ve been on the HAMB . Got the rear fenders cut down for the COE . Bed is about 95% done . Been improving my metal forming skills . Went to some cl***es and was invited to give a short presentation on beadrolling at a masters gathering .
Finally got rid of my China wheel and got a good English wheel . What a difference it made . Don’t have the photos on this IPad but will try to down load some later . It’s great doing compound curves without getting beat to death with the power hammer and quite too .

 

Once again, Blue, truly impressive!!! I know just enough to know how complicated making that panel actually is... I need 2 months in Texas...

 

A few more , first is the first piece I made with my new wheel . The rest are from one of the cl***es I took . All the pieces were formed from Aluminum flat stock . And a cowl top out of 18ga . Thanks Skier , winter best time .

 

Decided when I got back from a car show I’m not working on other people’s projects . Now I’m back on myCOE . The front p***enger fender was ripped into 5 pieces and rod welded back together . I may have to build some panels and replace parts of the fender . Will get the slapped out and see .

 

That'll buff out!

 

Talent, pure talent..........

 

Ok , a lot of hammer , slapped , dolly, and English wheel but one fender is done . No body putty , just epoxy in two colors , high build primer ( several times ) , and spot filler . Lots of sanding with rubber blocks . The two different color epoxy let’s me know when to stop sanding and add high build to low spots . 4 coats painted outside on the porch . Built it up so I can cut and buff in 60 days .

 

Looks like something a magician would do!

 

You are the Master!!!!!!!!

 

OooooWee, I don't know what else to say! You sure don't let no gr*** grow under your feet, that's for sure.

 

Fender mounted , brakes bleed , things tightened up under cab including wiring , lines and such , and made some brackets for trans cooler . Also faded up front anti sway bar .

 

Very nice work Blue !

 

Had to pull off the COE till March , to cold to paint . Wife told me to finish the Airstream in the mean while so I finished up the inside beadrolling .

 

wow!!!!

 

Very Cool Amigo

 

Jamey Jordan is going to get jealous.

 

Hey Blu, I had to go back through your thread to look at your 59 dash. I am getting up the courage to chop mine up and fit it. Hope it comes out as nice as yours. I have a couple questions though. How big is your bead roller? Some of the stuff you do looks like you need a very long arm. Question 2, what ever happened to the wifes 59 wagon?
As always, thanks for the inspiration. Your posts get me motivated to get back in the shop.