HOLES THREAD...drilled axles,backing plates,anything.lets see'em

The axle was drilled at school by students in the machine shop. Also their first. I drilled the shock mounts to match the motor mounts

 

True. And I'd add, "It's a fine line between what's actually (mechanically) effective, and what is just aesthetics"

Once upon a time in hot rodding, form followed function....

....but by all means, follow your own muse(s)...
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well from an off topic car, but the plate that replaces the ashtray under my dash,mounting for the speaker for the voice warning system. long story-1970's electro mechanical voice warning system all this work for something no one will ever see, it's hidden by the center console wait,those are when they were center drilled let me find the correct picture

 

ok correct picture I thought i had a picture all painted with the center console illumination and everything,but i guess not

 

Didn't have a hole saw so the slots in my frame were chain drilled and filed by hand.Fuck me ,it took ages!Other shot is my trans cross member.

 

Dude, hole saws are not that expensive! Nice work though.

 

Know what you're saying but,I would have had to wait a couple of days for them and was too impatient!Thing is,if I'd waited the job would probably have been done quicker!
And thanks for the compliment!
Cheers,Mark.

 

Handbult header flanges

 

thought I'd lighten up the deck lid hindges!!

 

I found this in a story on Yahoo today. I know it's not a hot rod part but if you ask me, it's pure hot rod thinking.

 

I thought the same

 

Very nice, but it rather high-lights the difference between careful craftsmanship and attention to detail... and engineering.
Some of those are a fatal accident hanging in mid-air.
Can you tell which?

 

The front axle in my Willys Gasser.

 

finished my axle last weekend
cool
later Andy ​

 

Here's a few in my '37.

 

I just finished the bell crank mechanism for my choke assembly, is behind and under the glovebox, the other lever isn't added yet,but i figured i would drill it and make it look interesting. still have to blast off the dykem blue, runs on a ball bearing, and the entire thing is aluminum, if someone looks up under my glovebox it's visible,so i wanted it to look decent.

 

Here's a door off my Firebird race car. It can do with some more holes in the inner panel, but you can see that the glass runners and supports have been swiss cheesed, as have the seat runners, door hinges, and hood hinges. Even the door locks were sawed in half so only the bit visible outside remains. Must have saved an ounce and a bit.

 

I got one of your pictures to work

 

Thanks Lost, It worked before, but not this time.

 

try getting a free photobucket account, thats what i use on every forum i'm on, you upload,then copy the IMG link below the picture, paste it in the thread and done. just set your pictures to a reasonable size on the site is all.

 

Cheers, I've used imageshack before, but the photobucket must be better here. Thanks for the tip.

 

This dash needed a few vents

 

I've blown a lot of holes thru stuff.. No failures sooo far...

Anybody go a bit too far and have an "oh shit moment"?...

 

yea a set of wiper arms.

 

"yea a set of wiper arms"

Ha .... at least it wasn't a frame...

 

some old hubs

 

a few holes here

 

Keeping the thread going

 

Some holes with grilles