On 12 Feb 2004 16:02:38 -0800, (michael) wrote:
Did anybody see rides last tuesday 2/10. The chopped up an old pickup
and handbuilt a bed, front and just about everything else. I wish I
could do stuff like that. No bondo, just steel.

Yeah, I saw it. Nice work, even if I didn't like the looks of the finished
truck (I thought the bed line was too low with respect to the roadster
cab, making the truck look stupid in profile). But they sure did some
nice metalwork.

BTW, they did use bondo in a couple of places. There was a shot of one
of the guys using a surform tool. The foreman also mentioned use of
bondo to blend the lines in a couple of places. But they didn't use much,
mostly they shaped the bare metal.

The other thing I didn't like was the flat black paint job. It may be the
current rage in some circles, but I don't like it.

I also wasn't very impressed by their shop practices. They were plasma
cutting and MIG welding using only *sunglasses* and wearing Tee shirts.
That's just stupid. They're all going to get cataracts and skin cancer.

Gary