American Motors Xperimental full frame

[lotarust]

Hi Ron,That hood project is crazy even for you! Call me when you can...I lost your number.

[liquidh8]

Just spent a few hours looking at this thread, and man this is amazing! can't wait to see it on the road!.

[Ron S]

Finally getting a little time over the long weekend. Got the core support made and bolted down, I've totally given up on the hood, and plan on ordering a fiberglass one. Got the side of the fender welded, and will hopefully get the top done this week.

[troyboy468]

Good lord you put another piece of equip. in the garage. And you moved the press,I know that sucked!

[Ron S]

And I'm looking at a mill, if the county doesn't approve my new building I'm screwed.

[Mike Holleman]

Ron, When you were mocking up the front fenders I had to bite my tongue to keep from telling you what I thought. Now that I see them made I've changed my mind. I never cared for the styling of the Javelin but loved the AMX. You've put the two together in a good way. So in the words of that famous American, Judy Miller, " Never Mind".

[Ron S]

Don't worry about it Mike, I'm still on the fence abit myself. I still have enough pieces left to do them again, similar to like I did my Mustang fenders. Really didn't want a carbon copy of what I have, with just a different badge. Until the tops of the fenders are done, I really won't know for sure if this is it. Waiting for the new glass hood to show up, so I can cut it up (Don't know what's wrong with me, must be brain damage)

[71RS/SS396]

(Don't know what's wrong with me, must be brain damage)

Too many exhaust fumes!

[Ron S]

Look who's talking!!!, told your mustache story the other day, still makes me giggle.

[Ron S]

Slowly pecking at the front end, still waiting on the hood so I can get the tops of the fenders done. Trying to figure out what I'm going to do for the nose(bumper/splitter).

[craigs73]

looking good ron.....

[Ron S]

The rear suspension in this car uses a watts link. In my normal knuckle dragging self, I welded up the watts mount on to the Dana 60 cover with a lot of adjustability, welding and warpage. After talking to Aaron for I long while, and looking at some of the cutting edge stuff he was doing. I decided to see what we could come up with in aluminum.

Aaron started the 3d design work, and in my opinion, it is nothing short of spectacular. He just started making aluminum chips, and I'm not ashamed to say it gives me abit of a chubby. The contrast between my parts and his is like comparing a couple of paper cups and string vs. a cell phone. Aaron just has the one side done, and sent me the pics today, and I had to post them. Like magic.

[feeble]

Very nice! I will have need for services like that.

[Gojeep]

Looks great. I can't remember if the 60's have a drain plug in the casing, but if not, be worth adding one to the cover before you do the other side. Saves dropping the whole thing with the links each time for a service.

[Motorcitydak]

You ever see some things that are so awesome that it slightly hurts inside.....cuz that just happened to me

[65_LS1_T56]

Trying to get the outside profile cut today, but the new year is challenging me already! Nothing new, but our CAM software package crashes occasionally then won't let you get another license to use it for almost two hours for some reason. Have to have IT look at it.

Anyway, Happy New Year!
Some may have noticed tapped holes in the mounting flange..how's that work? I tapped them to use them as mounting holes to machine the backside. They will be opened up to clearance holes when I'm done.

So far today, I've drilled and tapped 30 adjustment holes and begun machining the outside profile. The roughing pass, shown below partially done, will take over two hours. The finish profile will take well over 4 hours. After that's done, I need to machine some additional bolt head clearance and add the fill plug that Ron wanted. He chose to not put a drain plug in.

Enjoy

[65_LS1_T56]

Few more. Done for the day, got some family coming over...

[GNon18s]

The bar has been raised!

[feeble]

Aaron: Very nice work! I've got a couple of identical parts I need carved for my intake, would you be interested in quoting them? I have CAD ready to go and they aren't as large or complicated as this cover.

[Ron S]

The bar has been raised!

It's crazy isn't it Justin, ALMOST doesn't belong on one of my cars. Its fun working with someone that has the same level of passion for building custom parts as I do. I know Aaron is as busy as I am, we see each other at events maybe 3 or 4 times a year. I describe what I am building, and he does the same, and I can see the gleam in his eyes as he describes the processes of designing and milling out the different parts. It is a sickness, but man I'm glad he has it. Wow that sounded a little gay .lol