who's the one of the best fabricators out there these days

kool anyone who builds kool **** is ok in my book

 

By the end of this week, I'll be in the running. Daytona is kicking our ***. Just finishing up putting a front end, right side and fenders on a car and they hit the wall with another. Can't fix one before another gets beat all to hell.

 

dude i,am just bustin balls with the rest of you. i hope you understand that i.,am not tryin to piss anyone off. if i have i,am sorry

 

Of course you're not ******* anyone off.

It's a big, hilarious family here. :thumbup:

 

No problem at all man, I was not trying to piss you off in my post either, just wanted to point out that the average joe building his car with more p***ion than tools gets my vote

 

i agree. i build bikes i,ve had 11 covers and 27 features and a truck in the new osr mag and every time i go on the jockey journal i see some guy who built something way kooler then i will ever build and he,ll never get the ink. and that ****s cuz there are some many great builders anymore it make me proud

 

OK, let's just end this. I am the greatest.


And dodgerodder.

 

I know what you mean. I really do admire the top builders. Granted, most have a shop full of ALL the right tools to do the job right. But just owning the tools definitely won't guarantee a great result-talent still plays the biggest part.

It just does amaze me when I read posts from guys cutting out brackets with a sawzall all day, and they still turn out an amazing end result. Cool & inspiring for sure

 

thats what i,am talkin about .i have every tool there is it seems and the more tools i have the worst my work has gottin. it was better when i had nothing

 

Just pack up all those useless tools and ship them to me.

 

bob grant is crazy with metal,and has a sick mind.you hear about most of his work on truck s or" minis",but he is truely an old car guy!!!

 

................Sellers................ deffinetly!

 

i would but i,am afraid i,d **** worse hahahahahahahaha

 

Kent Fuller,Ron Covell and Steve Moal.

 

I think it takes both sides of the dime to push the industry. As much talent, not to mention deep pockets, that it takes to make a *****in hotrod, whatever the style, I think vision is the key element. That's why so many low buck builders have the heads-up, we can see things just a little different. With more problem solving and less part ordering. Don't get me wrong, I am just as impressed by Foose or Troy T. as I am with some shop slave ,like me, bangin away nights and weekends. My dad has always leaned towards the "Foose styled" rods and just walks by those "rusted turds" as he calls them. Not to long ago I was checking out Kirk Brown's 42 pick-up (last months Rod & Custom) and my dad was admiring the rear suspention. When he looked up at me as said "you know thats pretty tricked out, you could have called Heidt's and had it done with quick, but this really took some thought and engineering! I think he might be switching sides Who knows, I'm just rambling

 

well said and Muskegon,MI is where i was born and raised for awhile

 

Not a bad move north, TC area is a nice place to call home.

 

michigan ****s anywhere right now money is hard to come by . ive lived here my whole life but i my have to move . building bikes and rods here is not good theres no money here i never since i,ve been doing this (1983) seen it this bad

 

True...It's a beautiful state, I just can't figure out why no bussiness can flourish. Maybe that ***** in Lansing has a comment.

 

Maybe that ***** in Lansing has a comment. .ya buddy shes a great leader is she not yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa right<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

 

Amen! Politics aside. Anyone who can build should atleast be respected, anyone who is good should be admired, anyone who can make a living at it a just plain lucky, in my book....

 

The guy who ran Linken Mfg in Oakville Ontario
is probably as good as you will find anywhere.

Not many hot rod builders have their SFI welding ticket,can design and
build race suspension that work properly,and machine all their own parts.

Last I heard,he now works at Legendary in Milton.


Jim Bailie is up there,but he concentrates on sheetmetal.

 

I am the best fabricator that I can afford!!! Bar none!!

 

Im goin with Sellars, or steve Moal from what I have seen.

 

The English guy that works for Moal.I forget his name.

Richard Michael Pauza.

Tom Hanna.

Kent Fuller.

Cole Foster.

Chip Foose.

 

The ones that should be admired are the ones that share their knowledge and experience with others.

 

thanks alot for the vote,your royalty check is in the mail.i agree with you,i like dirty31 also.for the short amount of time he has been working on hot rods he has come along way.

once again thanks.

-danny

 

I think this about nails it. I don't bother to look under your average, very tidy street rod. You know exactly what your going to find because you've seen it a thousand times. Nothin' new. But I'll always look under and in and around an oddball or obviously homebuilt rod because you never quite know what little trick you're going to find. The sort of ideas you see on the HAMB are what it is all about. You won't see them on a '32 belly ****on. About the only other place you will see that trick stuff is on the one-off high dollar Foose built Rods...the finish is just usually a bit nicer. For me it's the idea and the general style more than the finish.

Pete

 

That weas probably because you were relying more on your intuition than the tools.

Truthfully, that's what happens. It's kinda weird.