Re: The 48 chevy truck Ironworks is building.
 

yeap

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Wow really nice truck,nothing like watching craftsmen at work producing a piece of art.What does it cost ball park for a truck of that caliber $$$$$$$

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"WELL" if you have to ask !!!

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How did you get rid of all the machining lines on the emblem?

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They were not quite as rough as the up close picture showed. Just some block sanding and polishing really.

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I did machine work for 20 years, sometimes you get some wild optical illusions. some times they look deep but you can't even feel them.

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I see a 55/ 56 pickup in the background...but I am guessing it's not going to be as insane as the black 57? The 48 is more than awesome by the way. Maybe I'll get the patience for this level someday. The things I seem to look past on mine are really just a matter of a "oh well, it's just going to be a driver, I want it done now" attitude.

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The truck in the back ground is a project at the painters shop where we have been handling reassembly.



Late last night the truck was picked up from Ron Mangus and hauled back to the bat cave to install the final details on the truck. Here is a sneek peak at how it is shaping up. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, but something is better then nothing.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...sInterior1.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...sInterior2.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...usInterior.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...sInterior3.jpg

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Ron Mangus Is my hero, Every time I see their work I go and practice sewing!

Re: The 48 chevy truck Ironworks is building.
 

Looking better all of the time. Please show us A LOT of interior pics when it is finished. I still need to do my interior and seeing how a pro did it will help.

Nice work
Marc

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Super slick truck!!! Can you tell me what front suspension you are using? Thanks

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Is that the radio sticking out under the front of the seat? What else do You have stashed under there, seems like a good place to put stuff you dont want to see.

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Is that the chrome plated brass on the door panels...................at $20.00 inch !!!
Nice touch Ron does some VERY nice work

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Did y'all get the truck to SEMA? I’m super anxious to see finished product pics. Keep pushing the envelope guys. And one more question would you proffer to build the tube chassis or a box frame chassis? Just curious because the tube frame chassis was awesome.

Re: The 48 chevy truck Ironworks is building.
 

The truck made it to SEMA. I will post more pics in the next few days.

As far as round tube or square tube chassis, that really depends on what the customer desires. The round tube is quite a bit more work.

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The talk at the donut shop Sat morning from the 10 guys that attended the show voted your truck " Best in show"

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Well Thank you very much.

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i happen to see this truck at sema and when i say its nice it nice i like it alot. i have pictures of it but not sure if it okay to post since they are showing the whole build.

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Post all you want. Nothing to hide.

I'm waiting for some nice weather and I will take some nice detail shots. I was so busy at SEMA I forgot to take pics of it parked in place at the show.

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Nice N/C work.

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Is it difficult to turn the truck over to the customer after you finish the build when they turn out as good as this project did?Do all your builds wind up at Sema?

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Most of the projects we have completed in the last few years have been at SEMA. I can only think of one that has not, a 1946 packard. And that is because the customer drives the wheels off the car. We wrapped it up in late Feb and he had 4k miles on it in late June or early July.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...r2010111-1.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...theairport.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ber2010112.jpg

It is easy to turn them over to the customer when we are done, because most of the time the customer lets us do another project. Or it is just time to work on something different.

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beautiful job, thanks for taking the time to document this build, and to answer the myriad of questions.
Could we please have some more interior pics?
BR

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Soon.

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I really like the machined front emblem. Any change of getting a copy of the Solidworks part file?