Tech week! Lets make an ashtray door using rocks and sticks and fire!

You guys with the sheet metal skills amaze me.

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Nothing to be scared of, its just metal and they make more everyday!

 

That's a pretty magnificent ashtray door. I just took mine out and shaved it. That looks amazing

 

A really, really nicely made piece that functions as well as it looks. I am impressed!

 

Here's more pics of the other stuff thats been done to the car or in the works if your interested!

http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff198/Da_Tinman/Sams57/

 

Is Jay awesome or what?!! Vote early and often.( )

 

bump for this one,, hate to see it on page 45 Lol!

 

Tech week winner just for the great play on the classic HAMB "toes in the picture" shot! Seriously though this is a great tech write up, I can think of more than a few applications for something like this around my shop. You have a great gift for making metal shaping accessible to guys like me that don't have all the trick tools, thanks for all the time you take to write this stuff up!

 

no problem!, in fact it was a fun little project.

As for the toes,, I got tired of staging the pic, then chasing off one or both cats in order to shoot it, so there will more often than not be a cat in the pics.

 

quality craftsmanship on the smallest of projects is what makes hot rodding cool. a lot of time and pride went into that, knowing full well that 90% of people will never notice it. just a really cool project!

 

You da tinman

 

99% won't know, it is an invisible mod but supremely practical and necessary for my needs. I will try to show it off, but the idea was for stealth-a stock appearing dash with some phantom changes. (yes there are others)

 

Really a cool project bro, my heart skipped a beat when I saw your assistant on the project, I lost my buddy about two years ago and really miss him. We surfed the H.A.M.B. every a.m. with a cup-o-mud. I love the job ya did and loved the kitty at first site. Enjoy and thanx for the way cool tech sharing. ~sololobo~

 

Thanks again for all the replies! One day to go!!

 

Checking in from the Apple store in Naples FL to see what's happnin' Good Luck!!!!

 

I am shamefully here to ask for votes! Da Tinman is like James Brown; the hardest working' man in sho-...err, custom business

 

nice job. just wondering how you plan on keeping it to stay closed?

 

The little arms in front of the hinge mounts grab the opening and hold it closed. When its in the closed position its almost balanced on the hinge so it wont take much.



Thanks for the votes,, wish there were more but in any event this was a great tech week for sure!

 

i like yours the best - the cats .......

 

Contrary to rumors, the cats did very little of the actual work.

 

Finally got around to shooting pics of the finished product, this car/project has been a long time in the finishing but I think its been worth it!







(kick panels are at the upholstry shop and due back tomorrow)

 

Jay, that turned out great.

 

Nice it is! BTW...we have some new white seatbelts with retractors for sale.