Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[jamesrussell26]

Love it murph

[RestoringClassics]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! Murph that front grill looks fantastic! what a great and original idea... do you mind if I steal it?! WOW just WOW....

[Low Elco]

That is TRICK! Tastefully done, too. Me likey!

[1963c-10]

Right on....that looks great.

[piratexpress1369a]

that is killer ..way to go ...LOVE IT

[clemdaddy]

i agree... you've hit another one over the fence.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Murph…. Dude….

All I can say is...

Thanks Don, that is how I felt about your steering wheel. You did such a killer job on it that I am stil thinking about it, and considering revisiting mine since it isnt bolted on yet....
....but then.... I still have a spare one I sectioned up to make smaller like TheAstronaut did.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

Originally Posted by Bomp

Cutting sometiN' up to make it KooLer!
Dude. I LiKe iT!

Thanks Greg, guess it is getting chilly down there again huh?

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Wow 7 hours of cutting. That is brutal. Worth the effort in the end though. Looks awesome.
Bret

Yeah it was certainly patience and labor intensive, then going back over it all with the mini-files to get some nooks and corners just so, but in the end I really like how it turned out.
So totally worth the effort involved !!!

Originally Posted by jamesrussell26

Love it murph

Thank you sir, been keeping up with your updates too !

Originally Posted by RestoringClassics

OH MY GOODNESS!!! Murph that front grill looks fantastic! what a great and original idea... do you mind if I steal it?! WOW just WOW....

I would be amazed if you stole this idea man, the work you do is incredible and top notch !!
I could only imagine how you would do it, and what you would do to improve on my process so steal away sir !

Originally Posted by Low Elco

That is TRICK! Tastefully done, too. Me likey!

Thanks Low Elco, hope it was worth the wait and the teasers.....

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Right on....that looks great.

Thank you

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

that is killer ..way to go ...LOVE IT

Glad you like it, I know you keep looking.

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

i agree... you've hit another one over the fence.

I just want mine to be so different from everyone elses I guess.
Another side project has just borne some progress thanks to my good buddy Jay that I absolutely cannot wait to share with you guys !!
You think this is past the fence, wait till you see what Jay has been cooking up for me! You are either going to roll your eyes, or blow coffee all over the computer..... I promise.

[laynrockers]

Murph you are a madman!! What a cool idea with the grill Keep it up man. MEanwhile i have several more pages of your build to dig through. Man you popular guys keep me busy with all the reading lol

[Jeff La]

Love it

[likaroc13]

Lookin' good Murph! The lighted letters look really cool in the dark, & I'm interested to see how they work out in daylight. Stay warm, & keep up the good work.

[Zane M]

Fantastic!

[Grizz1963]

Updates like these make me realize why you live in North Pole and get all the crap weather....... So you can think out and complete builds like this.

Absolutely awesome Michael.

Thanks for sharing.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by laynrockers

Murph you are a madman!! What a cool idea with the grill Keep it up man. MEanwhile i have several more pages of your build to dig through. Man you popular guys keep me busy with all the reading lol

Thanks, hope you find something you like in all that back reading.

Originally Posted by Jeff La

Love it

Thanks for looking

Originally Posted by likaroc13

Lookin' good Murph! The lighted letters look really cool in the dark, & I'm interested to see how they work out in daylight. Stay warm, & keep up the good work.

Yes daylight is going to be the challenge, but the truck will be closer (much closer) to finished before I will take it off the dollys and get it outside for that. On that day it will be a walk around video though....

Originally Posted by Zane M

Fantastic!

glad you like it man !!

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Updates like these make me realize why you live in North Pole and get all the crap weather....... So you can think out and complete builds like this. Absolutely awesome Michael.
Thanks for sharing.

I guess there is a silver lining for every cloud if you look hard enough for it

I have some more photos I need to post up, and I have 2/3 of a video shot to compile, but I am working on some necessary electrical right now to really do the last third of the video up right for you guys.

As always, thanks for looking and commenting it really goes a long way to keep me motivated (and my thread updated)

[NEWFISHER]

That grille/led idea is the coolest out of the box mod I have seen. Awesome job!

[flips72]

grille is awesome, that's going to look great coming down the road, I was wondering though, if you hold a piece of florescent fishing line in front of the letters in the dark, does it glow? if it does I need to do this to my fishing truck, the guys in our local bass club would flip. great idea

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

That grille/led idea is the coolest out of the box mod I have seen. Awesome job!

Thank you, it was a nervous undertaking I assure you.
Did not want to have to buy a new grill because I had jacked mine up...

Originally Posted by flips72

grille is awesome, that's going to look great coming down the road, I was wondering though, if you hold a piece of florescent fishing line in front of the letters in the dark, does it glow? if it does I need to do this to my fishing truck, the guys in our local bass club would flip. great idea

If you mounted a black light behind there (with vibration/shock cushions) it would REALLY light up anything flourescent. Not a bad idea at all actually, but I would make a clear lens for the letters for that sort of application though.

Thanks for looking guys !!

[McMurphy]

Hey guys !!

As most of you know I am trying to make something really special, or at least special to me....or like me....whatever.
I have also recently mentioned my buddy Jay has been cooking up something over the top, well I picked them up yesterday....

So ask yourself, have you ever seen a

Stepside 1966 Apache Custom SS ??

Well, now you have (well as soon as I mount these bad boys)


Here I have one of them done with paint.
The goal is to make them look as if they came from the factory, so I painted in the [custom] and the (SS) like the old Pontiac Customs, and the Camaro SS.


This is the concept art I gave to Jay a few weeks ago, from which he produced the above. His skills hinge on art in my opinion and his attention to detail just makes dealing with him a true joy. Talk about a professional hobby !!

I was pretty heavily medicated when I drew the orginal draft, but Jay talked me into going with the Camaro SS style S's pretty easily when he showed me how it would look.
I never did like the capital A used on the old Apache emblems, so I stylized this one from the Star Trek shirt emblem worn my Captain Kirk on the Enterprise.
Yes, I am that much of a nerd-geek for Star Trek....

The plan is to mount these on the 1/4 cowls ahead of the rear view mirrors.

Sooooooo what do you think?
Personally I am amazed, his work continually stuns me !!

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Hey guys !!

Stepside 1966 Apache Custom SS ??

Well, now you have (well as soon as I mount these bad boys)
Attachment 1188553

Sooooooo what do you think?
Personally I am amazed, his work continually stuns me !!

All I got is...

[McMurphy]

If any of you have tried to contact Jay via his website, please do so again.
He just told me this past weekend that there was a glitch on it where it was not saving any messages that were left, though he was getting notifications of them.

He apologizes for any misperceptions that may have occured, and would love to talk about your emblem or machining needs !!

[likaroc13]

The emblems look awesome! Jay is a talented dude. It's another thing that'll set you apart from the crowd. I'm interested to see them once mounted.

[Bomp]

Those emblems are totally trick.

[markeb01]

Those emblems are absolutely amazing! They look like one of the over the top styling details for the clay mock ups, that were so beautiful or expensive they only appeared on the prototypes and never made it into regular production! Kudos!

[clemdaddy]

really cool... another homer murph.

[bj383ss]

Those are bada$$!!!!

I did a similar mod on my Caprice but not to the level of craftsmanship. I cut the ss out of the Caprice Classic emblem that was on the back sail panel and made a Caprice SS which never existed in 79' and glued them on the front fenders.



Bret

[Low Elco]

Those are awesome!