charlie libby

every time i come here i learn something new. if i could only remember i learned. very ingenious.

hi andrew,i use a 2 part casting resin. i cast a in square container or something round ,whatever is big enough for me to machine the part i want to make. the fairing on the back i made from wood just to get the radius the way i wanted and then cast a block in a small rectangular box and recarved it from that. the brand name is SRC but I'm sure there are plenty of quality brands.hi francis wow, your grill is fantastic. your whole project is so nice.

thank you francis. very nice to hear from you tom. i have been moving forward ,coming up with ideas along the way. the beadroller works well.rear suspension is complete except the shocks. made the rollbar fairing in wood to get a final shape and then pored a square block of 2 part urethane and recarved it. got the mid plate engine mount done and the mounts for it soldered on the frame . the front engine mount are next. brake drums and backing plates are done .alot of the parts are things i have made in the past few years and am now putting together in this project. thanks for checking in.

hi francis nice to hear from you.mike i hit submit without the pictures. what do you think blackwall or white wall ?

hi noel it is brass that i anealed to soften . the engine is all hand made aluminum and plastic. i frncis your new project is fantastic !!! a couple of pictures for mike

yes claude it is or was. it is a glue bomb i got on ebay. there is a lower die .i will take a picture without the metal so you can see and post it later this week. the bead is .040 wide and the female is .050 wide. same with the depth. i wish i had a little extra money i would build a better and stronger one of aluminum .it does work fine but the throat is not guite deep enough.

hi tim ,hope you are doing better.my brother inlaw just went through this same situation and had the vert. fused in his neck.he is on the last 3 weeks of a 9o day neck brace and says he feels great. i dont know if i could do that. keep us up to date on your progress.

thank you very much Ian. glad you enjoyed it so far.

very nice Francis . this is going to be my favorite of all your awesome projects. check out my bead roller on my latest project.

thank you all for you comments. hi andrew. yes paul it is 1/8 scale. finally got the body chopped up and back together again. i took 1.750 out of the body front to rear. i guess thats about 14 inches. cut the bottom off and had to pie cut the cowl 1/8 at the top to 0 on the bottom to get it to look right. narrowed the frame but its not done. i made a hammer form to make the tear drop shaped blisters for the places that protrude out side the body , it seems to work well. i also took time and alot of scrap stuff ,to make a bead roller.it works well also. i am going to make some different dies for it. the only die so far is the bead. got the nose partly mounted. i am going to finish the floor i have started and then the interior aluminum. thanks for looking, charlie

you put me to shame francis ,but i learn more from you each time i come on here.

hi francis, thanks for your complements. sorry i havent been around for awhile. i have still checked on you and cody.i like your new project alot.

i am taking a break from my camaro project to start on this 32 ford. it is jaguar powered , will have a quickchange rear and straight axle frontend.i narrowed the roadster body 1.750 inches and removed .375 from the bottom edge so far .rebent and narowwed the frame which is solid .250 brass. got a start on the engine and the webber carbs, just started on them.spent the last few days on a nose for it in brass.i carved a block of plastic to the general shape .hieght and length not finalize yet. i anealed .045 brass several times during the process of shrinking and hammering to fit. can't hammer on the buck very much,its to fragile. i use a lot of dollies, most i have formed myself. please take a look and leave your comments lookin forward again to hearing from you all,charlie

hi everybody ,sorry i haven't been around for awhile. sort of lost interest in my current camaro project, that sometimes happens. we did alot of traveling so that really cut in to my progress. as of late i have been doing remodeling on our house so it all ate alot of days and weeks. i have gotten back in the sho, but started a different project, a jaguar powered 1932 ford saltlakes car. i will get back to the camaro in the future. i have a few pictures of the camaro project. thank you all for your interest.

This is my 4th time back to look. Incredible.

hi francis,i kept looking in the wrong place.the pictures are great.somany very true comments . your truck is just another goal for me to try and meet. your work inspires me to try harder everyday. i love to go back thru all your pictures.i can't wait to see what you do next,very excited,charlie

doing a little scratch building myself but you ,francis and tim are all just amazing.

hello edgar and james thanks for your comments,very nice to hear from you. got a few new pictures to share. still making front suspension parts. making the ball joints and upper a arms has been time consuming. the car was mostly stock so i am sticking with that theme.the car at various times with various engines while i owned it was painted 3 different colors white, dark metalic blue,with a smallblock and dark metalic brown with a bigblock.always 4 speed. it was not a z28 .i have nat decided on the engine yet, that will decide the color. leaning towards the bigblock because i have not made one of those yet and i liked the brown metalic.

hi tim ,the paint came out great.cant wait to see it on the maverick.sorry to hear about your back and neck. i will be 68 this week and getting old is not for the weak. good luck , ihope you get it taken care of. one comment on your brass forming attempt. did you anneal the brass first ? makes a huge difference.

hi doyle , ian and trevor.i am glad people are looking at my project.thanks for all the comments,glad to hear from you all.working on the front subframe and front a-arms. the lowers are looking and fitting pretty good. getting the holes drilled in the subframe to line up and in the proper location was tricky. i am working on the uppers and they have a major curve in them so i have been working on one practice piece to decide on the order of the many steps. i think i have a good understanding of what order it will take. i will finish one in the next week. after the spindles are made i can make the shocks to the proper length and set the offset on the front wheels.

hi francis ,hi michel.i have been a little quiet.have a little time today,to lazy to do any work.here is a few more rear suspension pictures and the beginning of the front suspension parts. i am have been making the lower ball and a-arms. also modifying the front frme so it looks more like the real thing . i have also taken make various sizes and shapes of material from 2 part polyurethane to make parts. cast them in shapes and sizes, and machine them. you don't need alot of sizes in stock and not as much waste ,just cast what you need. final wheel offset for the rears.

hi ian cant wait to see your pictures.when i first owned this car it was a smallblock and thats how i am building it.i did have a 396 in in it for a few years. thanks tim. its going to be 1970 old school just like i drove it back then. L-60 -15 and F-70-14 and lot of rake .goin down hill all the time . hi mike thanks for looking and your comments. rob thank you, nice to hear from you.been working on the mostly stock and bolt on rearend stuff . hi jacker air shocks and shock mounts are next . tim here is a few pictures of my tire mold.not pretty but functional. i learned alot from this one ,next will be better. i think the tires came out ok. used 1/4 inch dowels for alignment pins

thank you Anton very nice to hear from you .hi tim,not to big a deal making the mold . making the tire to use to make the mold to some time but with your talent i am sure it would be awesome . i will show a couple of pictures next time i am on here. francis,always great to hear from you. your truck is out of the ball park. whats next? madr the lug nuts and polised them. i am going to try to get th rear spring mounted next then i can finish the rearendby soldering the spring perches on the axle tubes.

first time here. looking fantastic .the detail is amazing.

when will there be more pictures andrew?