Late Tech, for the ladies, how to build a hot rod

Brandy, she is very proud of herself, and you are correct that this not just for the ladies.

She will be very happy to see that people like her car.

thanks everyone.

 

Awesome post.

 

im lost for words.

great work. This thread should be an inspiration for all those folks who say they cant do it.

If she can...(I mean that respectfully) then so can you.

Great tech...and great job.

Nice looking ride.

I hope to see it in person some day!!!

 

Man, i am so jealous! and the car kicks ass, too!

Tell us about those trick little panel clamps used during the chop. I know I've seen a post, but that's a great picture of using them.

 

wow. that kicks ass. congrats...

 

Best tech! Can we some interior shots?

 

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that looks great. hell that got me inspired to build one. to think that people say that they need a garage to build a car. she just proved everyone wrong.

how about coming down to the Luau for the Lowdown again with it? it's going to be Sept 24th.

 

Dave thanks for posting pics of your wife's excellent work. Very nice. The sedan looks great! Have fun at Bonneville.

 

what are these clamps called...I need some

 

This has got to be the post of the year or somethin'! A good lookin' chick building a fine machine with just a little help from her hubby. Documentation is outstanding! I hope she drives it to work-I can see the reaction. Redbeard, my hats off to you and your lady;you have every right to be proud of her!

 

cool..........

 

GRRRRRRREAT thread!!

Im so glad i checked this thread out. Im in the last stages of building my own frame for the first time. Guess Im in good company, most of the things she did are how i did mine, now if i can just squeeze in time to hook up with a plasma cutter and whittle out a few remaining pieces!!

My girl has been brushing up on her welding skills on my project as well. Its way cool to have both a hot rod and girl you can be proud of!

 

Best post I've seen on here in a LONG time. Great work! Your a lucky man! So did you get the last woman on the planet like her?

 

This is one of the best threads i've ever read on here.

I dont care that a woman built it, they can do anything, what i think is amazing is that she wanted to and did !!! and didn't know how to weld when she started.

Thats amazing, congratulations

L

 

I don't know what those clamps are called, but they certainly have come in
handy,
I bought them at harbor freight, but have since seen them at the welding supply stores.

I would also like to thank sleeper on here, as he came through with rams horns exhaust at the last minute to get us to paso.

see ya tommorrow.

 

BTW-
She won the Radiator Hoes club award at the Asphalt Inv.-- Female built/ driven Hot Rod award--

Dave and his girl are cool folks too!

 

The clamps are:

8 PC. BUTT WELDING CLAMPS #44751

They are just a few dollars for a pack of 8.

Slonaker

 

That was a great build, enjoyed the pics, i'm saving this one. Pretty much what i'm wanting to build. I really like the use of the original front frame, but using new boxed steel for the rest. Sweet car!

 

awesome job woman! good to see the opposite gender at work on it. i cant even get support from my wife, muchless involved!

 

Best tech post, best post I've seen in a long while!!! Thanks for posting it!! Your girlfriend is a better gearhead than some of the guys I know!! I got to get a couple of those clamps, too!!

8 PC. BUTT WELDING CLAMPS #44751

 

great what a woman ,, i suspect a lot of guys on here inc wouldnt even think about doing thier own roof chop..

love your out door workshop man if you lived where I live there would be nothing left when you came home from work or have you got one mean junk yard style dawg

 

Awesome!!

Great post, good info, well written and explained. She did a real nice job on all aspects of that car. You're a real lucky guy!

BTW, look in the tech archives under sheetmetal clamps to see how to make those super cheap, just did it myself!

 

If I could find a woman like that, I wouldn't be single....She did a fantastic job...Beautiful car! I am truly amazed!

 

Great job !!!! That inspires me to get off my butt and work on mine today! My wife will help me with anything I need help on including putting the sheetmetal on my shop recently, but I don't think she would want to build her own car , but who knows though? Very cool gal you have there. That car has a great stance and looks real good going down the road in the pics ,very cool , you both should be proud.

 

I dig that job! the car look Great!

 

Thats probably the only time I've ever seen a whole build in one post.

Thats pretty great for anybody, let alone a first timer.

 

Great tech piece!!! I learned a few things.

 

Excellent job ! - I'm hoping I can pick up some of those skills as time goes by, I'm getting there slowly with lots of practice and a hell of a learning curve.

 

Love the Chop, Love the Firewall reversed, love the stance, love everything about it. Gotta come back to California just to check it out. Tell her congrats and very cool work.

 

Thats so rad, nice job. See you guys on the salt.