CUT & POLISH

Take a look behind the scenes at how the 1967-72 Chevy C10 Tail Light Set comes together, start to finish, right here in the Bellwood shop. Dan also shares a look ahead at an upcoming show where this piece will be on display.

When THROTL — the YouTube channel with over 3 million subscribers — needed replacement grilles for their carbon-fiber widebody 2005 Ford GT, built in partnership with WD-40 for the SEMA show, they sent the originals straight to the Bellwood shop. The factory grilles, made of plastic, had warped and cracked at the mounting points over time. Dan reverse-engineered them in-house, replicating every factory mounting point — down to the 8-32 Allen screw threading — so the new grilles bolt right on. Follow the project on THROTL’s YouTube channel.

When Mike Goldman Customs needed a wiper cowl for a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible, there was no laser scanner involved — the original piece (shown in copper) was reverse-engineered in-house, modeled in Solidworks, and programmed for CNC.  Watch the full process, including every change made from the original design.