{"id":7087,"date":"2009-12-25T22:50:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T05:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2013-10-28T09:06:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T16:06:40","slug":"salt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/salt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Flats Speed Shop: Traditional Hot Rod Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsalt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F12%2FSalt-Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo.png&amp;description=Salt+Flats+Speed+Shop%3A+Traditional+Hot+Rod+Builder\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/salt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/salt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop: Traditional Hot Rod Builder\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/salt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Salt Flats Speed Shop: Traditional Hot Rod Builder&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/salt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/salt-flats-speed-shop-traditional-hot-rod-builder\/\" data-text=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop: Traditional Hot Rod Builder\" data-desc=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop in Orem, Utah is\u00a0run by\u00a0Chris Davenport, a metal fabrication and finishing\u00a0craftsman and hot rod builder who is dedicated to\u00a0building 1930's traditional hot rods.\u00a0 Chris\u00a0has been in business officially for about 2 years now and is\u00a0attracting\u00a0more and more\u00a0customers\u00a0as\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo.png\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo.png\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7171 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo.png\" alt=\"Salt Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo\" width=\"220\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo.png 220w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-Logo-150x148.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>Salt Flats Speed Shop in Orem, Utah is\u00a0run by\u00a0Chris Davenport, a metal fabrication and finishing\u00a0craftsman and hot rod builder who is dedicated to\u00a0building 1930&#8217;s traditional hot rods.\u00a0 Chris\u00a0has been in business officially for about 2 years now and is\u00a0attracting\u00a0more and more\u00a0customers\u00a0as the word gets out about his affordable, high quality craftsmanship.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Need a Chop, a roof insert, fender, or a quarter panel? Well you&#8217;ve come to the right place. We&#8217;ll fix all your cars issues, and have it looking as good in &#8220;bare metal&#8221; as it did when it was made.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-41.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7166\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Chris Davenport of Salt Flats Speed Shop showing off a project hot rod\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-41.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Davenport in the white shirt, shows us one of his hot rods\" width=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-41.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-41-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-41-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-41-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris (in the white shirt) showing us around his shop in Orem.\u00a0 This is a customers 3 window coupe with suicide doors.\u00a0 We dropped in on Chris Thanksgiving week.\u00a0 He willingly took an hour or more to give us the full shop tour.\u00a0 He explained all his tools, showed us all his projects and talked shop.\u00a0 I could tell Chris is passionate about hot rods!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-66.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7101\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop logo on the shop door in Utah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-66.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop logo is a traditional hot rod style in itself\" width=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-66.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-66-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-66-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-66-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had emailed Chris letting him know that a friend and I wanted to drop in and check out his shop.\u00a0 My friend, Gary, has a 1928 Model A Pickup of his own and found Salt Flats Speed Shop\u00a0on the\u00a0Jalopy Journal\u00a0forums, which is where I originally spotted Chris&#8217; handy work as well.<\/p>\n<p>I checked out Chris&#8217; website <a title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop\" href=\"http:\/\/saltflatsspeedshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">saltflatsspeedshop.com<\/a> and was amazed at the craftsmanship and skill involved in the metal repair and custom fabrication I saw in his projects page.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-43.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7150\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop's own 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan project\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-43.jpg\" alt=\"1932 Ford Tudor Sedan project car at Salt Flats Speed Shop in Orem, Utah\" width=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-43.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-43-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-43-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-43-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris is building his own Salt Flats Speed Shop 1932 Model A Tudor Sedan to show off what he can do.\u00a0 Please take a few minutes to see his detailed\u00a0<a title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop '32 Tudor Build Thread\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jalopyjournal.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=409078\" target=\"_blank\">H.A.M.B. &#8217;32 Tudor build thread<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0My favorite project at the shop was Chris&#8217;\u00a0&#8217;32 Tudor.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re subscribed to the build thread like me, you&#8217;ll know that he&#8217;s planning on taking the car to Speedweek 2010 and actually racing on the Salt.\u00a0 Chris has period correct frame and body modifications underway, including a 4.5&#8243; to 5.5&#8243; chop top (amount of chop not totally decided), a &#8217;32 pickup grille, schroeder steering box, &#8217;40 Ford steelies with dirtrack Firestones and a hot 8 BA Flathead V8 with a race cam, Edelbrock heads, an Offy 2 carb intake setup and 5 speed behind it (hey, might as well take advantage of modern tech&#8217; for better mpg and driveability).<\/p>\n<p>To build an old school hot rod, you gotta have old school metal working tools.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take a peek at Salt Flats Speed Shop&#8217;s tools of the trade shall we&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-33.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7102 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop metal forming tools of the trade\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-33.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop metal forming tools of the trade\" width=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-33.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-33-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-33-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-33-400x602.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-19.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7104\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop tools of the fabrication trade\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-19.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop can do any fabrication for hot rod building\" width=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-19.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-19-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-19-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-19-400x602.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-29.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7105\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-29.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop tools of the hot rod building trade\" width=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-29.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-29-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-29-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-29-400x602.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are just some of the metal working tools used to perform any number of repairs or fabrication.\u00a0 Close up of an English Wheel (used to put a crown in a door skin or roof insert), standard millin\/drilling station and a Lenox Nibbler (Louvers, shrinking and shearing and beads).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-40.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7143\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop rolling dies for metal working\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-40.jpg\" alt=\"Rack full of rolling dies for metal working jobs\" width=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-40.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-40-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-40-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-40-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I liked this shelf hanging on the wall full of rolling dies in many shapes and sizes.\u00a0 Chris said he can replicate any body line from the\u00a020&#8217;s, 30&#8217;s and 40&#8217;s with his equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-17.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7144\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Chris is doing some restoration work on a friends Porsche\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-17.jpg\" alt=\"A vintage Porsche on a rotisseire for metal repair and restoration\" width=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-17-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-17-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-17-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris is doing some restoration and repair (R&amp;R ha ha) on a friends Porsche project.\u00a0 Cool rotissiere stand!\u00a0 Chris made that too!\u00a0 Obviously!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-7.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7145 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Just some of the project cars at Salt Flats Speed Shop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-7.jpg\" alt=\"Just some of the project cars at Salt Flats Speed Shop\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-7.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-7-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-7-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-7-400x602.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look from one end of the shop to the other to get a look at some of the project cars.\u00a0 You&#8217;ve got the 32 Tudor, a 3 window coupe, the Porsche, the <a title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop 1940 Aluminum Willy&#039;s Coupe\" href=\"http:\/\/saltflatsspeedshop.com\/40willys.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">aluminum 1940\u00a0Willy&#8217;s (that&#8217;s right, aluminum)<\/a> and another 3 window coupe.\u00a0 So cool!\u00a0 Lots of bare metal in this shop!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-63.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7147 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop has a spot just for Model A pickup cabs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-63.jpg\" alt=\"Model A pickup cabs anyone?  Most of these are spoken for already though\" width=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-63.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-63-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-63-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-63-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I believe most of these are spoken for, but that is a nice collection of Model A Pickup cabs ready to be turned into hot rods.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-30.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7149 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"One last tool.  This one can turn a flat steel sheet into an 80 year old bodyline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-30.jpg\" alt=\"Home-made die to form 80+ year old bodylines from flat steel sheets\" width=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-30.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-30-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-30-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-30-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This last picture is cool.\u00a0 A closeup of the die set on that Lenox Nibbler\u00a0that will do wonders with a flat sheet of steel.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have a quick glance at Salt Flats Speed Shop.\u00a0 Check out their website and 32 Tudor build thread.\u00a0 I hope to bring more of the &#8217;32 Tudor to MyRideisMe.com in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Go and visit\u00a0 the<a title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop Website\" href=\"http:\/\/saltflatsspeedshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salt Flats Speed Shop Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hechtspeed<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7152\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Louvers are essentiall for traditional hot rods\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-11-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"Louvers are essentiall for traditional hot rods\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-11-99x150.jpg 99w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-8-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-8-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-8-400x602.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-8.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-57.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7154\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan choptop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Salt-Flats-Speed-Shop-57-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats Speed Shop 1932 Ford 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