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[vintagedragfan]

Nah, make it a beater/sleeper

hopefully not a beater Micheal, maybe a little bit sleeper

[bryan_m]

brass chassis? for real? thats awesome! i wanna see........please

cheers
bryan

[vintagedragfan]

Bill let's see the progress pics of the brass chassis! Wess showed me your start.

glad to see your still alive Bart!! we missed you man!, I will post some pics when I get a lil farther along, not much to see at this point, I haven't been hitting it real hard for the past few weeks, lol

[vintagedragfan]

brass chassis? for real? thats awesome! i wanna see........please

cheers
bryan

hopefully soon Bryan, I haven't worked with much Brass , so its taking me a little time to figure out what I want to do with it

[bryan_m]

it sounds cool Bill.....im sure you can do it! i know nothing about workin with brass at all......so i would be so lost!

cheers
bryan

[BluePopsicle]

I'm reminded of the song I Want Candy by The Strangeloves. Give us some candy Bill! LOL

[thom hoos]

Have you stalled on this build.I'm looking forward to seeing this one finished.Please give us an update on the progress you are making

[cobraman]

No doubt about it. It's a work of art to be sure.

[eviltwincustoms]

Bill I Would have thought you would have milled out each chassis rail and mill each cross member from aluminum. I am thinking you should cut the doors and trunk lid open and mold them from the same aluminum you used on your hood.

Instead of the Boyd Alumicoupe, I am thinking the Bill Davis AlumaCuda!

[vintagedragfan]

hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates, I am kinda at a stand still at the moment, trying to figure out exactly what I am going to do with the chassis, this is allot tougher than I expected, the biggest issue is I'm not quite sure what size front tires I am going to use, I have mocked the body and engine and frame rails up where want them and there is not alot of room for the wheels to turn if I go with a wide tire, Hemi's are very wide to begin with and add the headers to the side like I have and it gets really tight, I all so can't decide if I want A arms or struts on the front, Bart I plan on cutting the doors and deck open and I have actually thought I would try and see about making them from aluminum, this has been a tough build all ready for me from the start, I hate to make it even tougher! lol we will see how it goes! thanks for the interest every one, hope fully have something to post soon

[W-409]

Front Runners or somekind of other really narrow front tires would fit into this build. And Flip Nose would really make justice for that engine, since it could be seen bit better then. I mean that flip nose, which could also be taken off, but it would still be functional. Hard to explain, but I hope you got it.

Looking forward for more.

[vintagedragfan]

well I have made a little progress finally, I made a set of rims for the tires I had, I really wasn't that happy with them, I scored some Mickey Thompson Sportsman's from a friend and of coarse the rims I had made for the tires I have are too narrow for M/T's, so I have to make another set to fit these, I wanted a 5 spoke wheel of some sort, and after a lot of studying here is what I managed to come up with, I think they are gonna be ok, I kinda like em I had to stuff em under the cuda to see how they lookthanks for looking!!

[dimebolt]

Kinda like em???
Those are some of the coolest aluminum rims that I've seen! I like em so much I'd pay good money for some wheels like them babies!
Awesome work as always man.
Corey

[John Teresi]

Bill......those are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!

[mrm]

I wanted a 5 spoke wheel of some sort, and after a lot of studying here is what I managed to come up with, I think they are gonna be ok, I kinda like em

I am not sure if you are trying to be funny or just plain cruel.

[Alan]

Bill, Your engine and wheels are JEWELLERY !!

Alan

[Alyn]

satisfactory, Bill. Please proceed



kidding aside, Bill, the wheels look great. I recall discussing wheel designs with yousome weeks ago and these far exceed what I had expected you to come up with. They have a unique look, one that I'll wager to bet required an extremely tight tolerance to avoid life in your scrap barrel.

Very impressive [again ]

[blunc]

I concur, those are fantastic looking wheels, nice design and great craftsmanship.

[BluePopsicle]

Those wheels are awesome Bill. I'd love to have a set or two of them.

[MicroNitro]

The wheels look good. Kinda like Keystone's on steroids.