News from HPI Customs - We ARE Alive!

[64pontiac]

Hello ALL!

Sorry for our dissappearance lately, we have been trying to finish our brand new facility and move our entire business and shop. It has been inclredibly stressful and intense, but I am proud to say we are up and running in the new shop! Everything still isnt done yet, but we are open for business once again and have a new and refined direction for HPI Customs, Ver. 2.0!

Once our new shop is done and appealing to the eye, I will give you all a video tour and post some more on that later! We have been wrapping up alot of projects and loose ends, and are starting some really cool stuff. I feel I have missed out on alot here lately, so I will make an effort to post some new stuff for you guys and check out everything that's been happening here!

Sent the 67 mustang on it's way for finishing the interior at the customer's place!
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/HPIcustoms/Euphoria%20Mustang/IMG_7896.jpg

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/HPIcustoms/Euphoria%20Mustang/IMG_7890.jpg

[64pontiac]

The pro street Chevelle is done and gone too!

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/HPIcustoms/Pro%20street%20chevelle/IMG_7690.jpg

PS for anyone asking about Chevelle kits, we are starting to produce our new batches of the kit at the end of the week. Sorry for the wait.

[waynieZ]

Sweet looking Mustang 67-68 are my favorite years.

[camcojb]

you've got mail. :thumbsup:

[64pontiac]

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/HPIcustoms/Pro%20street%20chevelle/IMG_0251.jpg

[strtcar]

Nice looking cars. Whats the new chevelle kit all about?

[fleetus macmullitz]

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/HPIcustoms/Euphoria%20Mustang/IMG_7896.jpg

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/HPIcustoms/Euphoria%20Mustang/IMG_7890.jpg

Tyler,

Look forward to seeing more pics and the specs on that tasty looking 'Stang. :cool:

[tones2SS]

That Chevelle is killer. Got any more pics?

[64pontiac]

I got a bunch of the chevelle, I will make some time to post them tonight in its build thread, under modern pro street!

[64pontiac]

I posted a couple quick vids of the RS-V under it's build thread. Check it out!

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?p=433513&posted=1#post433513

[64pontiac]

Also, for those who are waiting we just boxed up 20 more 68-72 Chevelle frame brace kits and shipped out the 15 that were pre-ordered!

[marko7717]

Wouldnt happen to have any frame kits for a 65 a-body available would you?

[preston]

Is that the Stang-a-holics steel rear Shelby tail panel ?
It doesn't look like the standard fiberglass add on panel.

Curious because I am thinking about using that same panel. Impressions ?

[64pontiac]

That is a Dynacorn steel rear panel.

Fit fine!

[64pontiac]

So santa was good to HPI this year, and we got some new equipment!

We just added an industrial 4x4 CNC plasma table to our lineup, so we will not only be offering plasma cutting services but will be releasing a line of tabs and brackets throughout the year!

We also got a new Lincoln 256 MIG, another TIG, and a digital readout for our mandrel bender!

Cheers everyone!

[Bryce]

Awesome!

[64pontiac]

Hello everyone! I have been absent as of late from THE forum, and I can see I have missed alot! As always, everyone on here is taking it up a notch and moving the industry in the right direction, so congrats to all! I see some really big things coming from all the heavy hitter shops that contribute on here, which is super cool.

We have been trying to take it up a notch ourselves, and have been basically living in the shop lately. Being a small business with not nearly the employee base that some of you have, it takes us awhile and I have to do almost everything myself, including posting and marketing, so things have taken a backseat to the build process! We are just wrapping up the nicest thing we have done yet, which is making its way to SEMA to be in the Paxton Superchargers booth! This is a big step for us, so I am looking forward to it more than ever! I think everyone will be able to appreciate this build, which I will post up for viewing closer to the big day.

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/HPIcustoms/1966%20Imperial%20-%20The%20Tyrant/IMG_1538_zpsc6ad4b37.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/HPIcustoms/media/1966%20Imperial%20-%20The%20Tyrant/IMG_1538_zpsc6ad4b37.jpg.html)

So my apoligies for my absence, its good to be back.

Just for an update, as I said we added a 4x4 CNC plasma to help out our chassis fab and product line, along with a bunch more equipment. I am STILL looking for a suitable candidate for employment as well, so anyone that is lurking on here from our neck of the woods, give us a call.

On the go in the shop for builds we have a 1963 Nova SS (mild restomod), 1969 Roadrunner (twin turbo pro touring), 1970 Chevelle Pro touring, 1976 Camaro Drag Car, 1946 Fargo Panel Street Rod, 1958 Apache Street Rod, and a 1971 Challenger Convertible pro touring build. Look for build threads later on (most likely after SEMA due to time) in the projects section!

[WSSix]

Well, this picture has certainly peaked my interests. Good luck with the builds.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Nice to see you got that car done for Sema, ill have to check it out

[Streetking]

Very nice!

[64pontiac]

Thanks guys! Oh and thanks Tracy, sorry this time didnt work out we will keep you in mind when we don't have a stupid schedule!

[Cris@JCG]

looking forward to picking on you for the 3rd year in a row Tyler! See ya in a few weeks..

[64pontiac]

Haha thanks Cris! Don't worry I am going to dish it out to you this year!

[64pontiac]

First of everyone, my sincerest apologies for neglecting my civic duties of posting! It has been absolutely chaotic since SEMA, riding the wave of a little bit of sucess and recognition, as well as busting my ass off working.

We took awhile, but I FINALLY found an awesome new employee, so I have a bit of time to do the social media thing and promote for a bit! I have been doing somewhat regular facebook and Instagram posts, but for those of you with shops that DONT have a full time medai/designer position it gets a bit overwhelming. That being said, I have had a chance to look at some of the cool stuff going on within the forum community, and let me say I am impressed! Congrats everyone on hard work and well deserved results.

I ended up having to build my own website, because its next to impossible to find a decent web builder for a fair price for a two bit, multi-dollar organization like me! LOL So hang in there, I still have to do the galleries for the builds.

On our product line, we are doing a relaunch/grand launch of a product line and a webstore very soon. We redesigned our chevelle frame brace kit, and the jigs are done and ready for production run. Sorry for those who were waiting, There was onlythree of us doing EVERYTHING from the builds to paperwork. We have a cnc machined product line coming out too. Anything you see us post pictures of, such as our crossmembers, mounts etc, just ask and we can reproduce it for you.

Finally, we have a ton of cool builds on the go that we really havent posted anything about, so those will get their moment in the sun soon as I find time. We are also working on a special SEMA build for this year, but its a surprise!

I want to say a big THANK YOU to the forum, its members, and supporting vendors. We have had a ton of support from you all, and this last SEMA build has been a big injection in the arm for us. I thank everyone for believing in us and helping out, and hope that everyone is enjoying our pics and work! I cannot believe the support we have recieved for this years big sema surprise, so thanks again to the vendors. As far as 2013, BIG thanks to Paxton Superchargers for making this year amazing, as well as Speedtech, Hose Candy, Vintage Air, Schott, Ben Hermance, Afco/Dynatech, American Autowire, Speedhut, TCI, Digitails, and our painter Auto Ressurection and upholsterer Sew Fine. BIG thanks to the behind the scenes support from Missing Link Machine who does all our CNC work that we help develop and design!


So look forward to updates from us soon!