HAMB Chop GMB Style, Semi Live Updates

I found a rechargable Duracell battery on the floor. Belong to anyone?



The boys are lovin the cookies, everyones got a sugar buzzzz

 

It's looking real good


and even with all this hard work going on someone finds the time to have alittle fun with DirtyT

 

Well I wish I could have stayed longer and actually Helped some, that front bumper got me all flustered....I'm glad it bolted back on the car....

It's looking good guys, keep it up!! haha

Had a hell of a time with that wind on the way back, the rubber bed liner in the truck wanted to blow away, so I had to put my tool box back there and it threatened rain the whole way...

Tell DirtyTBag I made it home safe, I know he worries


Peace, *****es,
HRD

 

Well I feel like a traitor cause I had to leave before the HEAP was complete but family duties call...The experience this weekend was beyond description! As mentioned previously the level of talent was extreme. I learned a lot!! Cannot wait to see the final pictures. That car is gonna have a kick-*** profile moose

 

Glad to see everyone as made it home safe and sound. We grilled up some more grub then everyone went back to work. It's almost 7pm and the folks that are left are looking alittle ragid. I'll be here for about another hour, clean up what I can, give one last update then head for home.

 

Damn I wish the chop was moving that fast on my truck. But after you guys are done wanna head down to Utah and help a brutha out? I got free food and I'll even pay for gas.

 

Nice to see that well oiled GMB team banging away on day 2!!! Nice work gang!!.............Oh by the way.......HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUDY!!!!!

 

StinkyFinger getting the lead out




Team Boyd on the LEFT and Team Foose on the RIGHT (Thanks Kevin)


It's 8:20pm, I've clean up as best I could, packed up everything the guys weren't using and I'm heading for home where I have no power cuz of the wind storm were having. I'll chat with you guys tomorrow once I get to work and can relax a bit

My last shot of The Heap

 

Cutting the trunklid off with the roof is a really good idea that I wouldn't have thought of. Keeps the bodylines flowing and will make for some neat swoopy rear quarters.

Was there some background on this car that I missed somewhere? I.E. who owns it? Was anyone getting paid to do this? Looks like a cool project.

 

Very cool, and great post. Thanks for keeping us all updated.

Mootz

 

The car is Stickylifters car and were not getting payed.Just a bunch of HAMBers helping another out. he is feeding us and suppling drinks and what not. So far this weekend has been fun as hell but very long. There still all out in the shop trying to get the qtrs done. hopefullly we will be done and out of here before midnight any way better get back to work. Sorry for no more pics denise took the digi cam with her. Im sure stinky will post some "finished" shots tommrow if he is not a complete zombie from working his *** off all weekend...

Bryan

 

Looking great! I love the HAMB chop concept...we used to do something similar around here but it seemed like every time we built someone a nice car he sold it and made a bundle!
Nice work!

 

Looks like a fun time, nice job.

 

Denise, you have your teams mixed up in the one shot...team Boyd is actually on the left...

Another update for the thirsty:

For those out of the loop, as mentioned already, the car is Stickylifter's (aka Stinkyfinger). His real name is Marc, and he's a very cool guy. He's built a cool car already (apart from the chop) out of what amounts to a 1-1/2 car garage. I hear he also plays in a band called the Twistin' Tarantulas, and is quite an artist: the t-shirts he gave out this weekend were awesome.

I just got home and caught up on the post. I had things going on this weekend, but somehow managed to sneek away for a couple hours yesterday (got to see the roof get put back on,) and then tonight, I got up there around 5 or so. It was great to see everyone again.

When I left tonight (about 8:50) they were still working on the rear quarters, making the complex filler panels that allow the now much lower than stock trunk lid to flow into the rear quarters. This type of chop (as I learned) actually turns the rear end of the car into a completely different animal than what left the factory. When you open the trunk lid, the trunk floor is now only about 1/2 inch away from the trunk lip opening. The entire roof was actually moved forward about 4 inches as a result of the chop. This required a custom-made rear pan, below the lid itself, that had to be fabbed. To say it came out wonderfully doesn't do the work justice. The car also almost has "fins" now, it looks very 1950's concept-car-ish. I can say that from looking at this car personally, this overall chop is nothing short of impressive. The car's roofline remains uninterrupted, and the new rear-end treatment is much improved over the factory lines. It looks more "swoopy" for lack of a better description, it flows very nicely from front to rear. When Mark (et. all) is done with this chop, a person who isn't framiliar with the lines/rearend of this car won't know the extent to which it has been modified, and to my mind that it the KEY to a kustom. When it looks "right" but you don't know exactly why that is. To say that this chop looks right is an understaement when you see it in person. Marc is one lucky guy.

Although I didn't get to help much (outside of pointing out a few things as a "bystander" while work was progressing), as usual it's a lot of fun just hanging out and observing/learning/sharing. There is certainly no lack of talent within the HAMB, and the GMB's put together a fun weekend as usual. Thanks to Denise for her organizational ablities, I even got my Calendar already! Maybe next time I can lend more of a hand...I'm good at slingin' dough, so Marc, you have my number.

mercman1951

 

Well its after 10:00 and were just about done cleaning up the fab work is not done and the car is staying here over night. only two more panels to make and weld in but were all dead on are feet.This is the last post from the shop the laptop is comming home with me now. look for more pics tommrow since we took a bunch a little bit ago with the car on the ground and ****. Im going to go sleep till this time tommrow now

 

I just got home and cleaned up, we needed one more day to finish and dress all the metal work. I learned a lot, but I'm pooped. I'll be glad to go back to work tomorrow and get some rest.

 

Wish I would have taken tomarrow off now.....



damn....it....


night guy's, what a weekend!!

 

Thats awesome...... Ride in style

 

To the contrary, I LOATH my job, and would LOVE to go back to the shop and finish this chop...8 hours, 10 hours, 14 hours working on a vintage ride would be heaven to me...right now...compared to 10 hours of cubicle hell.

But then again, you put in MANY hours of much needed work while I was attending a wedding and long-distance girfriend needs, so I'm in no position to complain... My hat is off to you, brother!!!

 

As I was leaving they cut the truck lid tack welds so I thought I'd take a few more shots.

 

UGHHHHH just got in the door i think i never went p***ed 35mph the whole way home. I am so out of it right now. What a blast though i cant put into words how much fun i had and how much i learned this weekend. Im heading back to the shop tommrow to help roadstar finish up the last two panels and get them all tacked in and try to get most of the welding finished up and grinded. Ill bring my camera tommrow and snap some finished photos for every one. Time for BED

 

You looked ill today Kevin, perhaps you should call in sick tomorrow.
Rudy will be opening the shop about 9am

 

Everybody, thank you so much.
airkooled, thanks for your words. To read them means that my intentions came through. And yeah, I am one LUCKY sunofa*****!! I wanna thank Double Clutch Dave for manning the camera throughout the weekend. I'm going to do a tech post of the chop because I learned a ton of stuff, and hopefully it'll prove interesting to you guys. I gotta go unload the truck, and wash the thick black layer of grime off ( and you wouldn't believe the things that I've been pulling out of my nose...). So here's a couple pics of The Heap as we left Cl***ic Collision tonight. Thanks once again. This is a weekend I will never forget.

 

Yeah, I..Cough cough...I seem to be developing a second cold to the one I already took off a 1/2 day off last week..., cough, time off, cough, of...cough...um,

Unfortuantely, in my line of work, one day gone equals 2 days of catch-up hell. 8-10 voice mails and about 120 e-mails (no joke) I'd have to catch up on...


Marc- you the man.

 

That last shot...what an awesome profile...you see what I mean now?

 

hahahahaha! hey Rick, howyadoin? good to hear from you. I'll give you a tip: not only will Royal Crown give you that nice greazy shine, it works good as a pre-lube when you're putting an engine back together. I swear.

Okay, I really need to get in the shower. Later!

 

That is one hell of a chop. It looks like they all should have been that way. Outstanding work guys.

Jonney

 

It looks real good!!

 

you did good...it looks like you followed marks pics well...im glad what we did was cool enough to be done again...

glad you tackled "the hardest chop" like us and succeded.

looks bad ***.

-b