hot rod art

[Winky]

Those are sweet, bet you have alot of time in them!

Yes I do have fun making my not so scale models ... I do mostly bikes but I'm branching out ... I like anything that goes fast. Good luck on finding sponsors for the KOA 2013 race ... I'm always looking for sponsors myself ... if all goes well this will be my 9th annual entrance in the AHDRA North West Nationals ... in 2010 I finished 3rd out of 26 trying for the ladder ... during the semi finals in 2011 during second round of eliminations I thought I had enough lead over Kevin Guant (#6 plate holder) I backed off as to not break out ... as I recall I lost by .0016 ... that's about four inches at the speed I was going ... ouch!

[Injected65]

Those are very cool. Are they something that you just do for fun or are they something to sell? I would imagine that they would sell quite well.

Chris

[Winky]

Those are very cool. Are they something that you just do for fun or are they something to sell? I would imagine that they would sell quite well.

Chris

Thanks Chris ... I make them for fun and I show them at the drag races and motorcycle runs ... if someone wants to buy them I sell them based on the amount of time they take me to make ... so I get pretty good money for them.

[Injected65]

What would something like that hot rod cost? That would be something great for my dad's birthday.

[Winky]

What would something like that hot rod cost? That would be something great for my dad's birthday.

You mean the coffin roadster? I normally charge $20 per hour shop time and I spent about seven hours and there's about $25 or so in materials (steel, wire, gas and electricity) so the least I could let that one go for is ... oh ... $150 ... plus shipping. I know it's totally frivolous and a little crude but that's my art. Remember everything I do is with one eye ... try cutting, shaping and welding with an eye closed sometime ... it aint easy ... LOL.

[Injected65]

I don't see that being out of line at all.

[undercut]

Remember everything I do is with one eye ... try cutting, shaping and welding with an eye closed sometime ... it aint easy ... LOL.

Been meaning to ask you about that but never really found an appropriate opportunity. Does your depth perception interfere with your welding much?

[Winky]

Been meaning to ask you about that but never really found an appropriate opportunity. Does your depth perception interfere with your welding much?

What depth perception? lol ... it's like anything ... you learn to compensate there are other issues I have to deal with that are even more annoying ... only one ear works and I have no sense of smell (although some people say I have no sense ... period) I have to remember when I'm racing to not do a wheel check when I'm in the left lane because I wont see the win light.