Romell R

I didnt need(really I got to lazy to make em) the working U-joints my friend but I am about to dry brush the u-joints and no one will know the difference. And what looks like a white discoloration is actually a patch job that I still have to add a black wash to so it will blend in.

Cesar im glad you came over to this forum and I remember your build also from SAM. You are an Excellent builder and I think you have done us all a favor by allowing those here in this forum to view your fantastic build. Keep up the superb work brother!

Knowing your ability to build I keep seeing a ugly duckling turning into a beautiful Swan I cant wait to see where this road take you.

Heres the semi completed chassis with the tierod connected exhaust w/decals driveshaft and brake lines added. enjoy Notice how the exhaust passes thru the wheeliebars here you can see the tierod connected (yes the streering is possable) Complete chassis

You guys are the greatest so I think you deserve an update LOL! heres the exhaust done and some other chassis details started or completed. I hope you enjoy the photos... here I put the tailpipes on and forgot I need to put the wheelie bars back on. opps! Heres the start of the driveshaft

Hey Cesar Thx for your compliment and like Jim stated I dont visit that forum anymore for personal reasons with certain staff members. On the uphand Im glad you have found this forum and hope you enjoy the build from here on out. Romell

Hey terry Im glad you asked .....I use a tube bender (which I purchased from My LHS)made just for bending 1/8 tubbing (which is perfect for 3'pipe) I find if you use a 1/8 tube with the right thickness and you proceed slowly you can get a good bend without having to heat the brass. And the bender makes it simple to bend not hard at all. Thx for your question Terry and I hope this helps you. tube bender

Wow A toasted Ferrari Modena!! I wanna cry. The rims are a dead give away.

Thx fellas for all your sincere compliments and I really dont consider myself any better than the rest of you, We are artist and we all have our own style of building and each of us excell at something different. I believe that we all have something we can contribute to this great hobby that we share in. And that is how we get better at what we do.

A fellas got some brass work lined up for ya. Needed to make exhaust so I went out and got myself a tube bender and some brass tube and got busy. heres the progress pics for ya I hope you enjoy. test fit to the car..... beveled tips.... another test fit before alclad..... Alclad done will be installed tomarrow.....

The exhaust will be a polished aluminum.

You got that right Mike!!

Thx for your comment Danno and Im glad you appreciate the effort

Details Details here are a few of the finishing details im now working on. This first pics is of the power streering unit with hydrolic lines connected This is one of the brake booster with lines connected Here you can see the brake booster, steering box and shaft all hooked up...

Im gonna run exhaust out the back 3' pipe with flowmasters

Hey Bro dont think I'll be needing those lil O-rings the solder worked out just fine. Which leads me to this next post I was able to paint the wheeliebar wheels and get the whole thing installed on the car hope you enjoy the pics.

Thx Crusader Im glad you can take something from all this....

Thx for the suggestion bro if this doesnt work for me I'll check into the O rings

You should try to make it down to the lower left coast show in SanDiego next month I'll be there.

hey im back again with another update. not a big one just the wheeliebar wheels.... I started with a pices of brass tube and cut two pieces about 2mm thick to use as the rims... next I used a smaller diameter piece of tube (sorry I dont remember the size as these are scrap tubbing) as the hub of the wheels and i flatened out some silver solder to use as the spokes for the rim.... heres the new wheeliebar wheels all i need now is tires.... Once again i used solder to make the tires I flatened it just a little then wrapped it around some tube the same size as the rims and wala! wheeliebar tires. All thats left is paint and they'll be ready to install

Hey Virgil Great job on this tutoiral this is a method Ive used for years and there are so many differant applications you can use it for. I even used it at one time to make lowrider biscut tuck. would really make the interior pop! thx for sharing like I ive said before YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

more assembaly Heres the finished bars done in chrome Alclad I'll be fabricating wheels for them today these are the wheels for my 1:1 wheelie bars I had them made to resemble my rims.

Hey fellas i wokeup and remebered that my 1:1 will have a set of wheelie bars so I pulled out the plans for em and got busy converting inches to milimeters. heres what I came up with.....

I have some foose replicas on the way that are closer to my 1:1 wheels (altho its been 4 weeks since I ordered them) hopefully they will be here this week.

I think I hear a faint heart beat ....looks like she might make it LOL good job bro keep it up.