DO YOU WANT WHAT’S BEHIND THE CURTAIN, OR WHAT’S INSIDE THE BOX WHERE THE LOVELY CAROL MERRILL IS STANDING?
If you’ve ever seen Let’s Make a Deal, you know you should always go for the curtain. There’s always a car behind that damn thing. But for some reason, we’re feelin’ like we want the box this time. Yup, we’ll take the box.
And in this case, the box definitely was the way to go. So, what was in this box we’re harpin’ about? Well, when Jesse took his road trip up north this summer, he stopped at his old pal Cole Foster’s place in Salinas. Turns out Dan Woods, was there that day and he and Jesse hit it off from the get go. Don’t know who Dan Woods is, well, here’s the skinny on Dan Woods for the uninitiated:
He popped on the radar with his legendary Milk Truck show rod. It was so revolutionary for the time that it caught the eye of Ed Roth and landed him a job. He worked with Roth on some famous cars like the Ice Truck and the Druid Princess among others. After some time with Big Daddy, he went onto start his own shop, Contemporary Chassis Design and Contemporary Carriage Works where he continued to turn out one classic custom after another. After a stretch, he escaped LA and moved north to the Bay Area and is fabricating high end fixtures for custom homes.
So, last week this mystery box appears at the shop. And in true hot rod fashion, even the box was nicely hand lettered and pinstriped. After it was loaded on the forklift and delivered to Jesse’s roll up door, Jesse followed the instructions [for once] and carefully unscrewed the sides to reveal the most badass free standing vice you’ve ever laid eyes on. It’s equal parts art and science. The paint job is off the charts perfect, and polished to within an inch of its life. A great addition to the array of hopped up tools in Jesse’s workshop. Question is…is Jesse going to use it for showin’ or for blowin’??
And a footnote…the fabulous mystery box has been repurposed as a dog house for our little sweetie peach, Cinnabun. By the looks of her, she would have rather had the vice.
Dzl
i lol’d at this one and i never fuqin lol
Chop
That’s great!!!
Ditchwitch069
Way cool vice..Cinabun looks so sweet in her house!
VRODDER
That is classy man….Very nice…
John Medina
Nice bed for the Dog Jesse!!!!
Noah
Rod Powell striped it and Jessie Cruz painted it
Vince Lamarche
One more tool to make a vision come to being
Rix
Way to recycle that crate. That vise rules!!
ALCOHTRAZ
TO GET COOL SHIT FROM PEOPLE, WHO ADMIRE YOU, MAKING YOU FEEL APPRICIATED AND SHIT… HAS A BETTER FEELING THAN HAVING SOMEONE PAY YOU FOR YOUR WORK… CONGRATS…
Ruth gant
WOW! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Col
That’s some vice………………more like a work of art!!
AMEDEO ABEILLE
Best and good work
OneTon
Cinnabun’s Vise? Eat’n WCC Haters!
SOSA
good looking pup !!!!!!
chip
Hey…that’s just like my vise…only taller and wider and with a longer handle and a little better stand and a better finish…and, Uh, that’s not really like my vise at all.
elvis
wow great!!!ahahaha nice house 4 cinabun!
John Jackson
Man that Vice is the greatest
nothingschanged
Sick ass vice & dog house!
Bruce Parrish
Everyone should have at least one tool of this caliber. Nice part with art Dan…
Rob Reid
WOW that is a great dog house…..
james donaleski
that is one sweet vice I’d love to have! was that the same Dan Woods from Cut Chop Rebuild?
Mick Micheli
If I had known that the box was for the dog I would have done a better job on it. Very cool though.