Concept Magnum by Metalcrafters

**lowriderman3** · 11-23-2006, 05:42 PM

Posted in another thread a few days ago, was the company that developed the Concept Magnum, along with many other cars. (Props to srt dryve for the info)

Originally Posted by srt dryve

Not sure if any of you guys care but I discovered the shop who actually fabricated the original concept of the mag SRT8. It's a shop in Fountain Valley, CA & they do so much concept work it's absolutly insane. I wouldn't know what it would take but if someone did the research maybe this place would even be interested in duplicating some of the original concept's parts..? I know everyone loves the headlights & hood especially. Anyhow, the shop is called Metal Crafters & their site is here: http://www.metalcrafters.com

So I started emailing them, and emailing them, and emailing them. Sometimes I would send 3 or 4 emails in a row, so they would pile up in their inbox, to get noticed. Nothing came back, which is the case in many of these attempts with companies like this....LOL...Well today of all days(Thanksgiving), I get a reply back:

At 12:49 PM 11/23/2006, you wrote:

Good morning Mark,

Please send your contact information and I will contact you on Friday.

Best regards,
Catherine McAdam
Business Manager.
Metalcrafters, Sales <sales@metalcrafters.com>
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Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

Now in my emails to them, I expressed the great interest in the hood and the headlights from us, that are on the Concept Magnum. So they know the interest in them for sure. Now I know it has been stated that apparently they could not reproduce anything off of the car due to DCX's rules and such. BUT, at least now I have somewhat a glimmer of hope that we can at least get some answers for sure about what the deal is with the lights and hood. So I await her reply back to me tomorrow. It was worth a try, and cost me nothing but a few minutes a day!

http://www.metalcrafters.com

**Hemi31** · 11-23-2006, 05:47 PM

Ask them if they can make us some aluminum parts.....Fenders,door skins,tailgate,anything to shed tonnage.

**lowriderman3** · 11-23-2006, 05:49 PM

^^Will ask that once she contacts me.

**Drew's RT** · 11-23-2006, 05:50 PM

I wouldn't mind a set of the headlights!

**lowriderman3** · 11-23-2006, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by rps232

I wouldn't mind a set of the headlights!

Yea I know many of use are after those.

Guest · 11-23-2006, 08:48 PM

Hemiwagon's gonna be PISSED if they offer to make the hoods! LOL

**hemiwagn** · 11-23-2006, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by Bandit

Hemiwagon's gonna be PISSED if they offer to make the hoods! LOL

Naw, I'm just happy I got my hood underway. There is some pride in being first but at the end of the day I'm happy if it becomes another component for the LX community to mod with.

I'll make my hood avail to others to take copies or measurements from; the only thing is they have to come here -- I don't want to risk damage by shipping a large object like that and besides, I sorta need it to drive the car around.....

**pigpen** · 11-23-2006, 11:03 PM

Damn thats cool I hope they can do some things for us!

**racer-xerols** · 11-23-2006, 11:33 PM

Probably a legal issue, what with DCX holding the "rights" to the features on the concept cars...but it's worth a shot! Maybe they could "leak" some of the design specs on paper to somebody's bodyshop.....

**Hemissary** · 11-24-2006, 02:07 AM

I would advise against bombarding them with emails, you just barely got someone to respond. Why not wait and see what lowriderman3 can accomplish before you raise their ire...

**Jaak** · 11-24-2006, 07:47 AM

That would be my thinking. P them off and they'll just throw up a wall. Nothing wrong with a serious suggeston that you would buy, if they would produce.

**hemiwagn** · 11-24-2006, 09:56 AM

per their website, they have made aftermarket parts for the viper and the pt cruiser. So who knows--anything is possible.

I sent them an email last week on another matter, but no response so far...

**Five Points** · 11-24-2006, 10:05 AM

WTF are these (from the metalcrafters site:

and especially this!:

**402 Motoring** · 11-24-2006, 01:36 PM

Don't be disappointed if they don't respond. I'm sure they make a hell of alot more money from DCX doing concept vehicles then the LX community here could offer them. Besides I'm sure they have absolutely no rights to anything they did for the Magnum concept.