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COPPER, NICKEL, & SOME
COPPER, NICKEL, & SOME

DOWNRIGHT SEXY
DETAIL WORK
DETAIL WORK
Details, details, details...this car is full of them. Craig has an industrial
machine shop and says that he has “hundreds of programs and drawing
fi les on the car”. There are custom-designed pieces everywhere you look.
As stated earlier, everything in the suspension was hand-fabbed. But if
you look at the engine and interior, you’ll fi nd loads of pieces that were
once hunks of raw metal. The breather and carb toppers are some of the
most obvious ones. Sure, it’s probably a little fancier than the average rat
rod, but you can’t argue when none of the parts were store-bought. They
all came from the mind and hands of Craig and Corey. Even something as
mundane as brake line brackets didn’t escape their attention. Each one
and unique. There’s a tremendous amount of both copper and nickel HOT
was designed to follow the curve of the frame, making them all specifi c
ROD
plating throughout the entire vehicle. The copper is obvious, but some may
mistake the nickel for chrome. Nickel has more depth and substance and ROD
TECHNICAL STUFF: And check out the bronze-tinted windows, another cool touch. HANGOUT
the difference becomes more obvious when the two are next to each other.

is handled by a 350 Chevy topped
Craig has created an aig has created an
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setup with more cam followers
and no Panhard bar. The idea of
the cam followers is to allow the by a tunnel ram and a couple of automotive Nirvana, of
Holley 450’s. Craig ordered some
sorts. He purchased a
vehicle to rise and drop perfectly headers from Sanderson but had commercial building less
straight. Air lift v2 autopilot them leave the fl anges off so he than fi ve minutes from
system. ⁄8” lines. The system could route them on his own. home and turned it into
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is fed by 2 VIAIR compressors Once they were assembled into what he calls the ‘Hot Rod TECHNICAL STUFF:
and a fi ve-gallon tank, which their fi nal confi guration, they Hangout’. It’s where Craig
doubles as the headrest behind were nickel plated like many and all his buddies get
the seats. It’s all managed by an other items on the car such as the together and wrench on
Air Lift Performance V2 Autopilot hairpins and numerous interior each other’s rides. This is
system. A reversed Corvair pieces. A 700R4 tranny keeps the also where he and Corey
steering box keeps the vehicle on revs down and shoots the power built this car under their
the straight and narrow. back to a set of 3.50 gears in the alter egos – Metal Doctor
DRIVETRAIN: Forward propulsion 9-inch rear out back. Fabrication.

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