Gallery logo: Your photos on your web site

Kevins 67 Goat

  • It is a shame but some of the attaching decals are no longer on the side of the crate. Were those the Delivery and General Motors Part Number Decals? We will never know.

    • It is a shame but some of the attaching decals are no longer…
    • Views: 583
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • In some cases a crate like this can go on living quite a life span. Being that it was sturdy in construction and good looking I would bet that many a parts man may have shipped a manifold in it.

    • In some cases a crate like this can go on living quite a lif…
    • Views: 696
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • Funny thing is that the Tri Power fit into the crate just perfectly. Not only that but the boards in the bottom had holes and were angled to fit a Pontiac Manifold. Now that pretty much says it all for me.

    • Funny thing is that the Tri Power fit into the crate just pe…
    • Views: 780
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • So now this is what Kevin wants. He wants a crate made to a high degree of perfection looking just like this one. I could also spend some cubic inch time in researching other photos of such. It needs to be Authentic.

    • So now this is what Kevin wants. He wants a crate made to a…
    • Views: 529
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • Well, this was quite a Problematic Restoration. Kevin tasked us with the Recreation of an OEM Tri Power Crate. I only had one that came out of a 67 GTO. I sold it to another customer.

    • Well, this was quite a Problematic Restoration. Kevin taske…
    • Views: 702
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • Now we had to make another one from scratch. Where do you find the plans? Well, luckily I take good pictures and could recreate almost anything with them. This was a different story though.

    • Now we had to make another one from scratch. Where do you f…
    • Views: 776
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • I had to find wood that was already weather worn, with Patina that made it look 30 years old. Then we had to assemble it in the manner and fashion that was done during the time it was made.

    • I had to find wood that was already weather worn, with Patin…
    • Views: 722
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • That was very hard to do. Matter of fact I was having fits making a less than perfect crate. The old one was definately not a work of art. It was thrown together and poorly made.

    • That was very hard to do. Matter of fact I was having fits…
    • Views: 612
    • By: Gallery Administrator

  • In this case we made two prototypes. They were slightly different dimensions and design. We learned a lot about making garbage crates.

    • In this case we made two prototypes. They were slightly dif…
    • Views: 648
    • By: Gallery Administrator