Projects 1928 pickup my first build

Excellent Build.

 

Amazing craftsmanship
Thank You for sharing Your project

 

Thank You Guys
Over the weekend, the repaired drivers door was finally fitted in place.







I also started work with sub-floor. Its almost done.

 

Hello after a long break. I had to stop working in the garage for several years. Fortunately, that time is now behind me and I can continue working. I've moved a few things forward lately and I'd like to share it with you. A big challenge for me is to build a pickup bed based on photos, drawings and original doors. First, I ****yzed hundreds of photos and drawings for a long time. What helped me most was an old technical thread from 2006 on this forum, written by Brangus. Great thread. I managed to buy the original bed door. I prepared the necessary tools and got to work. The whole thing was made of 1.5 mm thick sheet metal, so it could not be easily bent. I'm not a professional, so it didn't turn out perfect, but I think it turned out pretty good. The work is still ongoing, but there is already light at the end of the tunnel

 

Nice work

 

That pickup bed looks great, well done!

 

You obviously have a lot of patience and natural skills to be able to do this. I commend you for pushing forward even though you have run into some roadblocks along the way. Thumbs up to you....

 

Excellent! I've been kicking around the idea of doing something similar for my 1929 Model AA, along the lines of a 13-inch-high, 73-inch-long express bed. I don't (yet) have your skills - not by a long shot - but that's never stopped me from trying. Wow, you do nice work.

 

As others above have said indeed - well done sir

 

Hello, thank you for your kind words. Last weekend I made a rear bed u-channel. First, my friend made a straight profile for me from 2 mm sheet metal on a bending machine. Next to bend the profile around the sides of the bed, I used a method I found on YouTube. Most of you probably know it, but it's worth presenting it here. It may be useful to someone. It's really simple and very effective. I present a drawing with a comment.



First, I drew a circle on cardboard with a radius of 80 mm. I cut out 1/4 of the circle and placed it on the lower corner of the door bed to check if this bend fits. Then I drew a larger circle with a radius of plus 30 mm (the height of the channel profile). Then I calculated the cir***ference of these circles (L) and divided by 4 to obtain the lengths of the sections marked in yellow in the drawing. This is how I learned the dimensions of the lower u-channel bend.
Then I drew a 30 mm high rectangle on the cardboard (height of the u-channel profile) and 172 mm wide (1/4 of the cir***ference of the larger circle). Then I divided the rectangle into 6 parts. To calculate the length of the material to be cut out at the top of the rectangle, I did the following: 172 mm (1/4 of the cir***ference of the larger circle) minus 80 mm (1/4 of the cir***ference of the smaller circle.
I got a result of 47 mm (for the cutout in the upper part of the u-channel). I then divided this number by 6. The result was 7.8 mm. To precisely mark this result, I divided it in half to obtain 3.9 mm. I marked this distance on each side of the vertical lines dividing the rectangle into 6 sections and on the ends of the rectangle. This is clearly visible in the drawing. In this way, I received triangles to be cut from the u-channel profile.



Made of cardboard, the pattern is applied to the box door to check or after bending the results of the shape response. Additionally, I added a template for the side profile of the crate, which I had previously made from a rod



it looked satisfactory, so I started working with the profile. This is what it looked like:






























Now all that remains is to weld and grind

 

Great work; this is an outstanding project. Thank you for sharing the details. Really like the pattern making you did for the tailgate crossmember. Damn nice. Your English is much better than many people here I encounter every week, and infinitely ahead of my non-existent Polish. Glad you were able to get back on the project after a break of two or three years. Plus, I really appreciate when a fella in eastern Europe like old American tin. Awesome.
Keep at it, much encouragement for you and this project. Well done!

 

Your work is very impressive. Thanks for including us.

 

once it's more than 1/2 new--that is 'building' a door-not just repair!