Cuda at SEMA

[Steve1968LS2]

My favorite shot!

[zrrigid]

notice the tail light lens..Tony at Alan's shop put some mo jo on them..they look a whole lot better..we're getting new ones made..paid 3K for the first ones..he wanted 2K more..I said the 3K was beyond insanity..2 more was *&%$@#?&. I think he understood me. This one off stuff is crazy expensive

I have to ask, what makes a $3000.00 set of tail lens?

[Bob Johnson]

the lens are cheap... the molds cost the big bucks..if you divide it across 1,000 or say 10,000 pieces, it isn't much..but divide it across 1 or 2...it'll hurt you bad..we'll probably sell some of the rear spoilers..maybe some front spoilers..help soften the blow..but the other carbon pieces are modified way too much to fit a regular Cuda..I want to measure across the tail light lens..maybe we could sell them to guys with 72 and later Cudas to get rid of those hideous round lights

[Jim Nilsen]

Awesome car and sooo much custom work done that everywhere I look at it there is something one off. Just incredible

With all of the carbon fiber on it and aluminum I am very curious as to what the car weighs?

Thanks for the pics and hope everything goes for you when it gets to the Z2Z. It will be one cool video if it gets captured in motion.



Jim Nilsen

[F70t/a]

Does the frame come off the car?

[Alan Johnson]

Does the frame come off the car?

Yes, here are a couple of photos of the bare frame and rear cradle

[F70t/a]

Damn this cuda is just on another level!!!!

[kmcanally]

A beautiful "Art" Morrison frame....

[zrrigid]

So that's for the carbon piece all the way across the back? That is understandable, there is alot of time in building the mold. Did they use foam or clay to shape the piece before they made the mold? Did they pull the mold right off the car? Thank you Bob and Alan for posting the cool pics and the answers. Alan, don't you think that firewall would have been a little easier on a CNC? J/K, way cool!

Ian Black
Carriage Works
Grandview, MO

[Bob Johnson]

A beautiful "Art" Morrison frame....

Art Morrison just bent the main frame rails..Alan had no way to bend them vertically to that degree so he got Art do them..Alan and crew built the chassis..it's Art's Rack and pinion..Alan doesn't have a CNC..but he's looking at them..gotta use what you have..got to have enough of that kind of work to keep a CNC busy. 3K is not for the Carbon piece across the back..just the two tail lights..Alan didn't charge for this..I had them made by an outside vendor...I didn't see how he did the spoiler but it's just a carbon overlay now..they're going to do a mold and make it all carbon fiber. maybe Alan will respond on all the metal and clay work it took to do that set of front fenders and hood. Chris Itoh, Alan, Tony, and Greg did the clay work..I tried it for a few minutes and promptly threw in the towel. Chris was a real trooper..not many designers come out and work like he did. I truly believe no other designer could have accomplished what he did..his ability to communicate with the owner and the builder is phenomenal He is tha man. Alan is the man..Tony Inman is the man..hell even Alan's dad is the man..Angie is the wo man. I know of no other shop that does work to this level all in house. Hard to farm out work when you're in podunk Alabama.

[Bob Johnson]

Awesome car and sooo much custom work done that everywhere I look at it there is something one off. Just incredible

With all of the carbon fiber on it and aluminum I am very curious as to what the car weighs?

Thanks for the pics and hope everything goes for you when it gets to the Z2Z. It will be one cool video if it gets captured in motion.



Jim Nilsen

we're hoping it weighs in the neighborhood of 2800

[F70t/a]

Can you remove the floor also? God if I could only be bob for a week

[Bob Johnson]

Can you remove the floor also? God if I could only be bob for a week

be careful what you wish for..it ain't easy being me...the perception is the little icon on your message driving and shifting, when the reality is the icon hitting himself in the head with a mallet..you can be me when bill time comes..ouch!!!!

[Charley Lillard]

Bob said he was gonna let me drive the Cuda....

[Bob Johnson]

Bob said he was gonna let me drive the Cuda....

you've got all the excitement you can stand in your own stables..I want to be Charlie..all his chit is paid for

[BMF Machine]

[QUOTE=Bob Johnson]..Alan doesn't have a CNC..but he's looking at them..gotta use what you have..got to have enough of that kind of work to keep a CNC busy.



Amen

[Travis B]

bob and alan thanks for posting all pics and info......

[protouring70]

Hey when are you going to bring it home. I haven't been down lately to see ya, so I didnn't know if it was here yet. I figured if it was Joe would have already mentioned it. Let me know because I would like to see it up close. I have heard nothing but great reviews about it!!!
Congrats!!!
Brent ( Your nieghbor up the road )

[syborg tt]

Maybe it's just me but i think there should be a gathering at Bob's house

[F70t/a]

be careful what you wish for..it ain't easy being me...the perception is the little icon on your message driving and shifting, when the reality is the icon hitting himself in the head with a mallet..you can be me when bill time comes..ouch!!!!

lol I will be you after the bill