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Try Rally America they can & will make just about anything & is a Family owned business. Plus they get great reviews from the members over on HAMB about thier work, price & delivery time..

I wonder how much a machine shop would charge to cut the center out of a smoothie for you?

I dont know, Brick. I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the tip, Joe. I'll try them and see what they say. What do think of this for a logo? Some guy on the HAMB drew it.

That is cool falcon, I like it. That ol boy has some talent doesn't he?

I like it Falc.... i have a logo/name on my Bmer, Tazz which has a Tazmanian Devil etched into the rear side windows and a front plate that says "Tazz" being custom air brushed. I have a logo/name on my Lesabre " The Jolly Green Giant" on a custom front vanity plate that I created. I also have a logo/name on my Silverado a hand scripted name across the upper right side of the tail gate, my hot rodding moniker in fact " Mr. Wizard"... I Scream for the truck/van ur buildin is an EXCELENT LOGO!!!

I have logo/names on My Bmer, its called "Tazz" for Tazmanian Devil and has etchings of "The Tazmanian Devil on both side rear windows.
I have a logo/name on My Lesabre in the form of a hand painted front vanity plate that reads" It's The Jolly Green Giant"
I have a Name/Logo across the upper right side of the tail gate on my Silverado, its my given Hot Rodding Title from back in the 60's " Mr. Wizard " given to me by a competitor and friend as a compliment for my ability in hot rodding to do more with less, like the Wizard in the famous Wizard of OZ movies.
I believe ur proposed Logo?Name is even better than any of those in that it more aptrly decribes the vehicle its proposed to b attached to much better IMHO than any of mine does any of my vehicles, and my present SDilverado is the 4th vehicle i have owned to wear that moniker, my 1st was a 57 Chevy Short box step side custom cab with which I earned the name, later i affixed it to a 69 built stage 1 455 powered 69 Skylark coupe, next it applied to a 75 WS6 Trans AM which had the engine from the Skylark in front of its factory original 4spd trans, tho the Skylark was a Built TH400 auto w/ 2800RPM converter. You GO Falc, although ur beginin to really make the rest of us LOOK really bad and lazy ....LOL....J/K

I dont know, Wiz; there's been some cool, unusual stuff built on here but I'd have to say a big block Bmer is pretty near the top of the list for "cool". I dont think i'm capable of making you look lazy.

LOL, thanx Falc...respomnses like that kinda pay the tab on doin things wlike what we do, im sure NONE of us expect to get all or even most of our money out of em in cash, let alone or love and labor...responses like that from fellow crafters has to b what we do it for MOST...u know impress our peers...
...thanx again

I second that Mrwizard, we don't usually build a car to expect big profits. It is satisfying to get acknowledgements from the best builders in the country.

I got my fuel tank in and the lines leaked like a sive. I guess it was bad when I parked in and just got worse by sitting all year. Anyway I am going hard line all the way, I may get to start it today yet. This crap is killing me!!! LOL!! You know how it is guys, I want to hear her run!

Profits? On a home built car My build budget was $$, but what I spent was $$$$$ + $$ more

While I may be ahead of some, behind others, I did make some major milestones with my car in the past couple of weeks (mostly the past 3-4 days). I got the wiring done, the stereo in, the cowl cover on, the windshield in place, the SS cowl band on and the parking lights to be mounted on the cowl today. The seat belts need to be installed then the seats bolted down - maybe today or tomorrow It has run, but not recently, so that might be interesting since I've had the distributor out and the carb off since it ran.

It's been a couple months or so, but I got a little "Z" time in today. I made a 1/2" mock up plate to go under the mock up carb. that sits atop the mock up engine. The intake tube is a very tight fit from the firewall to the carb hat so I thought it might be a good idea before I do any welding, to have a 1/2" space between the carb & intake. That'll give me a little extra room for gaskets, maybe a plate to mount stuff on or a place to tap into the intake or whatever else might pop up in the future. Once I get the intake tubes welded in place it'll be time to start on the firewall sheet metal...finally.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

It's been a couple months or so, but I got a little "Z" time in today. I made a 1/2" mock up plate to go under the mock up carb. that sits atop the mock up engine. The intake tube is a very tight fit from the firewall to the carb hat so I thought it might be a good idea before I do any welding, to have a 1/2" space between the carb & intake. That'll give me a little extra room for gaskets, maybe a plate to mount stuff on or a place to tap into the intake or whatever else might pop up in the future. Once I get the intake tubes welded in place it'll be time to start on the firewall sheet metal...finally.

Hey Pro,
can something be CNC'd from a picture? I was wondering if I can get some side emblems made from this.

What size & what material. I could cut them out, there would be a fair amount of sanding to get all the machine marks cleaned up. But, it can be done.

I know what ur sayin for sure brick...and thanx for the amen my friend.
u must b even MORE fat in the hot rod budget than me, i have NEVER been able to bring myself to use soft/braided lines for ANYTHING on my hot rods, hard lines all the way all the time, cheaper and last a lot longer IMHO

BTW, a few more current pics of the Bmer. apart right now, goin back w/ the TH400 and going to girdle the main web and lifter valley on the 464, the GOLD and Black engine. The black engine is the same engine back when i 1st BUILT it fresh off the dyno at Finish Line Motorsports in Freeport Michigan, the intake and valve covers and carb on the engine in THAT pic are not mine but those of the son in law of the owner, he agreed to dyno and then refreshin the engine afterward to see what if diff my porting techniques made VS his....his turned out to make MORE power on basically the same engine, in fact a wee bit smaller, 461 while mine is 464. The way it looks mocked up is how its always been in the car with MY top side on it since the car is black trimed in gold.
In the most middle pic u see the bell clutch press plate etc and jus a glimpse of the tremec TKO600 i put in the car briefly, still new in the box before installation, as well as the Stage 1 headers i bought for the car after the demise of the 535" Stage 2 when i put the 464 BACK in the car, that pic is durin that conversion...Note its name sake etyched snarling in the window in the last shot.