i'm a freakin' genius

Some call me crazy. Then they get to know me. Then they want to admit me....cause then they really get to know me. So, instead of replacing a burnt out bulb on my truck and spending just a few dollars (if that, I think I have a spare bulb in the shop), I spent about $25 and 6 hours worth of work making a new light. But then again, that's the spirit of hot rodding at it's best.

My latest venture into the demented and sick is a custom fabbed CHMSL (center high mount stop lamp)..or 3rd eye. That third brake light on your car. I used to run a blue dot (another hot rodder trick), but then replaced the assembly with an all red one to smooth the look out. I knew my bulb had burnt out in that light and has been for a while...didn't think much of it until I realized that this was the perfect time to stretch my custom muscles. Been a while since I really completly fabbed something on my truck instead of just adding on or modifying...then with the American Chopper/Hot Rod marathons going on on the Disco Channel, I got tired of watching other have all the fabrication fun and set out to do my own.

I made a new CHMSL out of some 1/4" plexi. It provides a nice low profile and sleek look. I decided on using a neon tube for light instead of the traditional LEDs...just to be different really. Even with customs there is the generic custom and the custom custom. So I bought a 9" red neon tube today for the light...which I had to modify to get to fit in the opening..no biggie really. Got it all put together, made me a gasket and bolted it to the truck...I think you'll agree that the look is much better then stock.



Because I'm feeling UBER lazy, here a link to all the rest of the pics....

And to those who make promises and don't follow through, leading people on and getting them all exicited for nothing.....that's really not cool at all. I jsut hope my dissapointment and anger/disgust is justified and that there isn't a more serious underlying problem to the unkowns absenteeisim......