"BearBio, you're arguing just to argue. You're obviously cherry-picking to produce an argument because of personal issues. Your analogy is REALLY reaching and easily debunked but I'm not going to indulge you.
Five minutes with a screwdriver swapping out two parts does not a custom gun make. My comment about it was not intended to call anyone out or to induce a brawl. Lighten up. :roll:"
You have a reputation for arguing against the majority==here and on other forums (How many you been kicked off of now?) Simply put, the dictionary disagrees with your "definition". If ten minutes is insufficient to make a "custom gun", is 15 minutes enough? 60 minutes? 5 days, 2 weeks? Oh, Mighty One, what fits YOUR criteria? Please inform us lowly mortals!
"Now, my 1983 S-10 would be considered a "custom" and very little about it is "bolt-on". Triangulated four link, coilover suspension, narrowed 3/4-ton axles and a swapped-in V8 with EFI constitute a lot more than simple wrench turning."
Again, definitions vary...In my family (who raced bikes, quarter and full midgets) and made "custom" bikes in the 50's and 60's, and designed a car that held the world speed record (Challenger, piloted by Mickey Thompson, 406.6 mph at Bonneville), managed Lions Drag Strip, and pit chief at Indy 500 for Mickey Thompson, your car isn't "custom". You like to drop names so: I grew up at family BBQ's with Mickey, Tommy Ivo, "Cha Cha" and others. Met George Barris and Big Daddy Roth as a teenager. Several fishing trips with Mickey and Ed Iskenderian and their boys. What you did to your truck would be a Sunday afternoon job for them! (If any of them would even work on an S-10!). Rarely was there NOT a funny car or rail in the garage!
PS: My uncle tuned four blower-driven Chrysler hemi's, each hooked up to a separate transmission and drive shaft. My brother was in the first team Honda taught in the U.S. to tune 4-banger bikes. My cousin had a Stroppe Bronco built by Bill himself as her graduation present!
Now, can we stop seeing who can pee higher on the tree and get back to admiring the OP's gun. He likes it whether "custom" (By definition in the dictionary) or not (as per YOU!).