1936 Roadster hand formed & other projects

Max cut the roof overhang off closer to the length needed & put some time in on fabing the windshield chanel. It is a z chanel formed using the shrinker, stretcher, hammer & dolly.







More tomorrow then next week on to the pu side panels repair.

 

The upper windshield header is being totally hand fabed due to the roof change so the top is being built double strength to help in the roof support.



The windshield wiper holes are being filled & while we are waiting for the new windshield rubber they are being filled.





More to come

 

Max finished up the right windshield wiper hole.

The filled the left side.



Then the antenna hole.



The rear roof pillar will need some mounting brackets where the will attach to the wheel well tubs.



More to come.

 

I am really liking the direction this is going..keep it up!!

 

Now that's detail work....

 

Trying to work with a broken windshield is a pain in the rear, we needed a windshield for fitting purposes to make all the Chanel's & I did not want the owner to have to fork out $350. for a new one, cut it then be using it with all the fitting, welding & grinding going on, so we made a template windshield to play with. We work with steel all day every day but making a steel or aluminum template would of taken some time with all the compound curves in the glass. We decided to just whip one up in glass as in fiberglass. Its cheaper over all then making it in metal due to the hrs.
So here is what we did. First we blocked the old broken but chopped windshield to shape. Next we covered it with house hold tin foil, wax paper will work also & taped it tight. Next we put down 2 layers of fiberglass matt then a layer of fiberglass cloth.





Next we will add some wood for a back bone & strength. Then we will have a strong template to do all of our build stuff with & a great template to size for when we cut the final windshield.
More to come

 

be lookin to see how this works for you, good idea

 

Sounds like a good plan to me.....Jim

 

Max is back on the box side & tail gate this week, its sorta hard to see where all the small dents & dings were but quite a bit of time was spent today hammer, dolly & shrink disc them out.
The hinges were soaked in the molasses tank over the weekend then painted on the inner areas with por15.




New stiffeners being checked for fit & straightness. It had quite the bow in it before.

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More to come.

 

Max did all the final fitting.

The inner sections were por 15 coated.

Hinges fit & welded to the outer rib.

Finale Assembly & weld brace supports on.

Start to roll over flange.

There will be more.

 

Shit that is some beautiful metal work.... the WHOLE thing is awesome. subscribed.

 

Those are vw singe cab or double cab side cargo gates. nice metal work on everything you have posted so far.

 

Ron I knew what they are off of I just did not mention it as some on here get piss when its not a traditional rod, where I am trying to show how we do things in the shop & quality. Its a double cab.

 

I mentioned it so the uninformed would get some info on what they are. Really nice work and who cares what the part is. Its the process of saving something old.

 

I have to build a couple of Ames grill a 1916 & a 1922. There are only 18 Ames body ed cars known to exist of the original approximately 17,000 built between 1915 & 1923.
Here is the 1916 grill I need to reproduce the owner needs another grill to put his second 1916 together.




First I made a contour gage of the lower accent section.

I laid out the guide line on some 18 gage ak steel.

Next I pre stretched the area to be beaded or joggled.

The pre stretched section.

Then I set up the bead roller to start the guide line.

Due to the depth & sharpness of the contours I needed to make some dies for the pullmax to finish the final depth of the bead or as our friends across the pond call it joggle.

The panel has more warpage the I like so that fix is next.


More to come.

 

Nice start on what looks like a complicated piece....Jim

 

Some more progress on the custom 57 Pontiac was 4dr.


We are using the fiberglass template for fit.

Sections of the old rubber were used for alignment spacers.

A filler piece was made to fill in the old 2 dr Dodge door post upper closer area.


The front outer header panel is starting to get worked out to make the now chopped Dodge roof graft & flow into the lines we are looking for in this custom project.


Things are starting to flow together.

The rear glass was fiber glassed so we will have a rear glass template now.


Well do we still have any ones attention. I think its starting to flow together with more to come.

 

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Well do we still have any ones attention. I think its starting to flow together with more to come.[/QUOTE]

Of course you still have our attention! Can't wait to see more progress.
Thanks for sharing.
Alden

 

Cadzook I just hate wasting my time & Ryan's internet space if not many are interested in what we do. We are trying to turn out real nice quality work and its tough to keep posting with little interest. I do think the owner is jazzed about what is going on & that is my first priority quality customer work second is keeping my help focused & progressing on the project's at present the second is easy, we like the projects in the shop & coming in just my 2 cents worth. We do have a couple of more waiting to come in but I don't have the room or the people with the skills to just say go for it here is what I need done, so stay tuned same chanel.

 

Love the shape of the new header piece, lets see some more....Jim

 

Carbuilder: Don't worry - there's plenty of interest - everybody likes to see high quality metalwork.

Mart.

 

Please dont stop ! I for one enjoy EVERY pic and comment you post (just wish the pics were a little larger lol!) I am really loving where you are going with this Pontiac, the profile so far is just killer!

 

We are DEFINITELY watching the updates!

Please keep posting. We appreciate the effort to post. And we absolutely appreciate the metalworking skill and talent being demonstrated.

 

Hi i am watching not a heavy poster
i am interested in fab work don wright and i tyy doing what i can in self training and watching
your work is verry good Thank You

 

The front is coming together nicely the grafted roof lines are starting to flow.


Rolled out side one more time to check the look & overall flow of the top we like it.

Pattern for the top corner for the driver side.

one of the pieces for the corner.

New piece formed & fit.

More to come.

 

Yes, please continue.

 

Looking goood.....Jim

 

Koolkemp click on the pictures they will enlarge.

 

Oh I know they do...I am just being greedy I want them even bigger
That side profile is killer, looks like its a factory custom !!

 

Over 35,000 pages views shows there is a lot of interest.