Came on over from vgg, and watched this video because it said for mom. My mom loved old car's, and my step dad was working on a 55 chevy to take her driving in. In 2016 I got a call from the ER to get there fast. I was shocked because her complexion was so yellow that by gut sank. An mri showed more tumors than they could count. Cancer that had spread from somewhere else. We were told a few hour's to maybe two days, and she had not been sick prior to this, except she felt like she pulled a muscle picking up a heavy 1700's clock my grandpa had restored twenty year's ago. We took her home, and in four day's she was gone. Don't know your story, but I was close to my mom, and it's hard when they go. Both parent's are gone, so make sure you call them, and see them, because life is short. I will be 50 in a few day's, and can tell you that time flies. God bless everyone.
Sorry to hear! Life is definitely constantly throwing curve balls and I wish you the best. Also, thanks for checking out the channel! Lots of content here if you're interested. Not as good as vgg content, but their is some good stuff!
Man that is an incredible amount of work! You seem to enjoy it and you certainly know what you are doing. I have done this type of chop and the outside is almost the easy part! You couldn’t have picked a harder car to chop. You mentioned a $20,000 paint job, sure, just for the paint, that would never cover that amount of metal work!!!!
Oh you're absolutely right, the amount of metal work is huge. This car had over 1000 hours of metal work on it by the time we started the mod/body/paint, which was another 700 hours or so. This would have been far greater than a 20,000$ paint job had I not done most of it myself. I would have rather started out with a fresh unmolested/unchopped car and done the chop on everything myself, but that's the hand i was delt! haha and as far as enjoying it, this build was easily the least enjoyable one I have ever done, and I tried to not let it show in the videos, so I'm glad it doesn't seem that way!
Your work is amazing Luke. I have missed your videos, thanks for putting this stuff out. How many hours did you have in it all together? Are you getting some sleep finally now that it is done?
haha thanks man! I slept for 2 full days after I got home from SEMA. So i'm caught up for a while. 5000+ hours total. That's not including dad's time in the 90's. An incredible amount of work went into this one. And not sure if I will ever do it again. Especially not unpaid. Took over my life for 2 years and i'm still paying off debts as a result of those 2 years unpaid and probably will be for the next 10 years. But it;s not always about money!
I didn't chop the oil pan on this car. I spent extra time building the motor mounts to fit perfectly and allow the car to lay frame, but kept the oil pan 1/2" off the ground.
Sure did! Took home top 12 overall and Top 3 Young gun (Builder under the age of 27). I was a bit disappointed with that finish because i believe the work in my build far surpassed the winner of the young gun segment, but stuff doesn't always go as planned when car shows are involved lol
@@Tinman2Kustoms You do good work, don't let a judge ruin your spirit! How many contestants were there? Also how many hours do you have in that car, do you have any idea? Just remember everybody that's watching your channel knows you do excellent work!
No, I respect my dad more than that. He saw me fixing shit and would get upset, but I never rubbed it in his face. He doesn't need to hear that shit. But I have to mention it in the videos otherwise it doesn't make sense as to what I'm doing or fixing. Some people think I'm an asshole for it, but it's part of the game when you're trying to fix other peoples projects.
Mad skills and the patience of a saint... in awe of this.
Well damn, thanks bubba!
Came on over from vgg, and watched this video because it said for mom. My mom loved old car's, and my step dad was working on a 55 chevy to take her driving in. In 2016 I got a call from the ER to get there fast. I was shocked because her complexion was so yellow that by gut sank. An mri showed more tumors than they could count. Cancer that had spread from somewhere else. We were told a few hour's to maybe two days, and she had not been sick prior to this, except she felt like she pulled a muscle picking up a heavy 1700's clock my grandpa had restored twenty year's ago. We took her home, and in four day's she was gone. Don't know your story, but I was close to my mom, and it's hard when they go. Both parent's are gone, so make sure you call them, and see them, because life is short. I will be 50 in a few day's, and can tell you that time flies. God bless everyone.
Sorry to hear! Life is definitely constantly throwing curve balls and I wish you the best. Also, thanks for checking out the channel! Lots of content here if you're interested. Not as good as vgg content, but their is some good stuff!
It’s the little details that make all the difference. Great work as always
Thanks much!
Nice. Thank you for sharing your work.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Glad yo see some loyal people following along still!
Man that is an incredible amount of work! You seem to enjoy it and you certainly know what you are doing. I have done this type of chop and the outside is almost the easy part! You couldn’t have picked a harder car to chop. You mentioned a $20,000 paint job, sure, just for the paint, that would never cover that amount of metal work!!!!
Oh you're absolutely right, the amount of metal work is huge. This car had over 1000 hours of metal work on it by the time we started the mod/body/paint, which was another 700 hours or so. This would have been far greater than a 20,000$ paint job had I not done most of it myself. I would have rather started out with a fresh unmolested/unchopped car and done the chop on everything myself, but that's the hand i was delt! haha and as far as enjoying it, this build was easily the least enjoyable one I have ever done, and I tried to not let it show in the videos, so I'm glad it doesn't seem that way!
Your work is amazing Luke. I have missed your videos, thanks for putting this stuff out. How many hours did you have in it all together? Are you getting some sleep finally now that it is done?
haha thanks man! I slept for 2 full days after I got home from SEMA. So i'm caught up for a while. 5000+ hours total. That's not including dad's time in the 90's. An incredible amount of work went into this one. And not sure if I will ever do it again. Especially not unpaid. Took over my life for 2 years and i'm still paying off debts as a result of those 2 years unpaid and probably will be for the next 10 years. But it;s not always about money!
Hey im trying to find the video where you chop the oil pan on the cummins 12 valve rat rod. What video would that be?
I didn't chop the oil pan on this car. I spent extra time building the motor mounts to fit perfectly and allow the car to lay frame, but kept the oil pan 1/2" off the ground.
I was wondering what happened to you nice job! Did you enter that car at sema?
Sure did! Took home top 12 overall and Top 3 Young gun (Builder under the age of 27). I was a bit disappointed with that finish because i believe the work in my build far surpassed the winner of the young gun segment, but stuff doesn't always go as planned when car shows are involved lol
@@Tinman2Kustoms You do good work, don't let a judge ruin your spirit! How many contestants were there? Also how many hours do you have in that car, do you have any idea? Just remember everybody that's watching your channel knows you do excellent work!
@@tillmanxl6914 Thanks. Yes over 5000 hours. Their were 300+ contestants
@@Tinman2Kustoms Damn dude that's badass came in third, out of 300 entries I'd say that's pretty badass! And to think you're only in your late 20s.
Do you ever did you dad crap for what he did back in '99?
No, I respect my dad more than that. He saw me fixing shit and would get upset, but I never rubbed it in his face. He doesn't need to hear that shit. But I have to mention it in the videos otherwise it doesn't make sense as to what I'm doing or fixing. Some people think I'm an asshole for it, but it's part of the game when you're trying to fix other peoples projects.
if it wasnt a sema car you could done less
Could have always done more or less. I just don't like shit to not be done right