Winter Madness

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:55 am Post subject: Winter Madness

This weekend, a couple of local rod clubs, and a heap of other talented individuals, got together with the aim of building a hot rod over the course of a weekend...

Starting Saturday morning with a body in pretty much bare metal, a chassis that was still box steel sitting on the rack and a motor with no clutch or box, at around 7pm Sunday night the car "Las Drogas" rolled out the doors of the workshop at Ferret Boilermaking...

I'm still sorting through the many many photos I took over the weekend... A couple of national magazines were on hand and the event was also recorded on video for a DVD to be produced...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Some of the panel guys working on the body around lunchtime on Saturday.....

"Doc" Claydon blowing on one of the many coats of paint applied over the weekend....

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Some of the hours of hard work that went into the chassis...

This is Ben aka Flathead, the owner of Ferret Boilermaking and the man behind the project, now the proud owner of Las Drogas...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Frank and Doug kept everyone fed all weekend...

Scully taking care of the artwork on the doors...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Flathead even put on a band for us on Saturday night...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

The finished artwork on the doors...

And that was about when the tools went down and the fire got cranked up.... (Tho a few of the panel n paint crew decided to do a bit more prep work on the rest of the body)

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Sunday morning and it was time for the engine to meet the chassis...

Meanwhile, Doc was blowing on some colour...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

As soon as the paint was dry enough to work on the body again, it was time to fit the glass and fit and wire the dash...

Gauges by MOON... Striping by Von Kustard...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Of course, it's not really a Crankster car without the club sticker and plaque....

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:27 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Almost there now... time to drop the body onto the chassis...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:27 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

Flathead firing up the flattie for the first time...

And driving the tudor out into the yard under it's own power...

FIL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Winter Madness

And to finish it off, a couple of group shots... This is not all the guys who worked on the car over the weekend, but it is most of them....

And these are the Cranksters... Flathead's club and a great bunch of blokes...