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I lowered it!

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The work you have done Josh is amazing, you have some metal skills there, would love to see that in person one day, even though i am 20 hours or more away, great work and keep it up.
James

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http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...62/kitty65.jpg

Updates !!!

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Nothing yet but there is alot in the works. I am getting ready to finally move into our new shop so i am trying not to make a mess in my garage until the move. There will be updates soon though i promise:D

Josh

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Thanks alot James! Anytime your cruising through California hit me up!

Josh

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Well we finally moved into our new shop and man i am excited. We rented a 60x41 shop. The cool thing is that it has a second floor above half of the shop so we have a total of 3500 sqft of usuable floor space:metal:. I have a few more things to bring over before i move my truck but I was pretty excited about the move that i had to share it. Pics will probably come around the first of the new year. Anyways Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!

Josh

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Sweet Josh, good luck with the move. And Merry Christmas to you and your family as well...

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Looks awesome..... :chevy:

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I've been going thru your build, just incredable! Some pages ago, you talked about a radio antennae mounted to the windshield. Take a look at www.quikwire.com, they sell an antennae that plugs into the back of a radio and is a tiny black box with a foot of loose wire dangling from it. It is hidden under the dash. My buddy bought one and put it on his '57 pickup, works for both am and fm, simple and inexpensive. I think it ran about $15.
Merry Christmas All!

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Looks great. you sure put a lot of time into designing that frame! I bet people would pay good money to buy frames like that pre-made

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hows she coming

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She has been ignored during the move. Good news is that we are almost done. We still have to move more ladders, vertical mill, and more storage bens but it is a shop again!!!! Hopefully this week my truck will be able to make it down to the shop. I took some pics of the new shop. It is still a mess and we are slowly painting our tools our company colors so it might be a month or two before we are 100%. Anyways here are some pics

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A couple more

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Last one. I know i got a little camera happy but i am stoked to have room to use my tools. For the last 2+ years i had no room to use any of my wood working tools which is a huge passion of mine.

Josh

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DAMN! looks awesome josh, no wonder your frame is very well built you got the tools everyone wants... congrats man

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Must be nice.. Congrats!

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Unfortunately the tools i have don't help with the frame building process but the next part of my truck is where some of my tools will play a part. When i get to all the sheetmetal mods then it will be nice. Hey by the way your 53 is looking sweet! I like the craftsman "support" pieces!!

Josh

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Now that Im caught up on your build... Congrats on getting a shop!! You needed some space to showcase what you are capable of doing. I simply love your truck and fab skills.

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Well i finally got something done on my truck. I was hoping to move the truck to the shop but because of the weather i couldn't do it. So i built some alluminum valve covers for the truck. I am pretty happy with the overall turnout. I do wish that i had a little more steady of a hand because those long straights were a litte tough to get a consistant looking weld. I had a lot of fun building them. I still have to build the splash gaurds for the PCV and weld on the bungs for the PCV. I read that alot of people use an-10 for the pcv but was curious if it would be bad to us an-8 instead. I am going to buy a 1/2" tubing bender for all my fuel lines and would be nice not have to buy a 5/8 just for the PCV. Anyways here are some pics

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Here is a couple more.

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those look great....what kinda welder are you useing for those??

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Thanks short step! I have a Miller Dynasty 200dx, a coolmate 3 with a water cooled torch. I love that welder!

Josh

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More quality work man!
Daniel U

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Good work like this keeps me motivated to try to make my stuff look as best possible...

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looking good Josh!