hot rod art

[Winky]

I've lost count of how many entries I've made at this point I'm doing it just to give the viewers enjoyment ... here are two v-8 hot rods I made. one is a toe pincher coffin roadster and the other is a v-8 drag bike.

[Winky]

I've lost count of how many entries I've made at this point I'm doing it just to give the viewers enjoyment ... here are two v-8 hot rods I made. one is a toe pincher coffin roadster and the other is a v-8 drag bike.

I think I'm going to make this one my official entry in the contest ... the materials used were 16 and 22 Ga sheet metal 3/16" and 1/8" round stock, 1/8"X1/2", 1/8"X1" flat stock, 3/16" square stock, pieces of an old Harley valve, 530 chain links i" angel iron ... that's all I can remember putting into them. They were hand cut, hand shapped, hand rolled and stuck together with Mig .030 wire using 75-25 mix. Both parts took about four hours with total time invested ... eight hours ... these aren't the best art pieces I've ever done but they were my last two and took me the least time of all my hot rod and mc pieces ... I just re read the rules and noticed we are only allowed one entry so ... this is it.

[Winky]

I think I'm going to make this one my official entry in the contest ... the materials used were 16 and 22 Ga sheet metal 3/16" and 1/8" round stock, 1/8"X1/2", 1/8"X1" flat stock, 3/16" square stock, pieces of an old Harley valve, 530 chain links i" angel iron ... that's all I can remember putting into them. They were hand cut, hand shapped, hand rolled and stuck together with Mig .030 wire using 75-25 mix. Both parts took about four hours with total time invested ... eight hours ... these aren't the best art pieces I've ever done but they were my last two and took me the least time of all my hot rod and mc pieces ... I just re read the rules and noticed we are only allowed one entry so ... this is it.

Oh yea I almost forgot ... I also used some old tool steel for the fuel cell and distributor on the V-8 bike ... they used to be center punches ... I was going to add this as an edit but I guess I waited to long and the option was no longer available ... on the bright side ... it looks like I've made enough posts to get the discount for my 200DX ... but I don't know if can wait until June 15... I want my new TIG machine ;-)

[Tacoma747]

Those are sweet, bet you have alot of time in them!

[Winky]

Those are sweet, bet you have alot of time in them!

Yes I do have fun making my not so scale models ... I do mostly bikes but I'm branching out ... I like anything that goes fast. Good luck on finding sponsors for the KOA 2013 race ... I'm always looking for sponsors myself ... if all goes well this will be my 9th annual entrance in the AHDRA North West Nationals ... in 2010 I finished 3rd out of 26 trying for the ladder ... during the semi finals in 2011 during second round of eliminations I thought I had enough lead over Kevin Guant (#6 plate holder) I backed off as to not break out ... as I recall I lost by .0016 ... that's about four inches at the speed I was going ... ouch!

[Injected65]

Those are very cool. Are they something that you just do for fun or are they something to sell? I would imagine that they would sell quite well.

Chris