Mind you, Windovers' style is rather different from the work you do. It struck me that that SS really ought to have coachbuilder's name plates on the door cills, and it occurred to me that a plate that said "Mindover" could easily be misread for "Windovers", which made a sound not hard to mistake for a bronze coin falling.
I have finished the original SS100 that I mentioned earlier in this thread. I have lots of photos but I could not put them up until it was no longer in my workshop. I will post the build if anyone is interested. While I am on here I found a photo showing the MG and the SS100 replica in the early stages. David
Is that all you English guys did in school, metal shaping? This is an old thread but does quality workmanship and vision ever go out of style? Incredible. Just love it.
I hated metalwork in school!. The it's a while since I added anything to this thread, I could not post the SS100 build 'till it was gone. I have spent my time on here posting my 27 T build but I am stalled on it for a few more weeks so thought I would post the SS100 build if there is any interest. David
Sure! Like Ned Ludd, I am a fan of that squared-off back end on the light open touring body. Very different from anything done over here. Post on! Kinky6
Thanks for the interest guys. I will upload some photos shortly. Perhaps I should start a new thread. Not sure if it's really hamb friendly. Thinking about it though the SS 100 was a factory hot rod. The car was based on a Standard Cars (British car manufacturer) engine which was a sidevalve engine originally but had an overhead conversion for the SS100. David
Amazing work! I envy anyone who has mastered metal shaping, it is a dream of mine. I may just have to buy your DVD!
SS100 body Here is a little history of the SS100 Production of the new Jaguar SS cars began in late 1935. The first cars to bear the famous name of Jaguar were the SS Saloon, the 4 seat Jaguar SS Tourer and two seat Jaguar SS100 open two seater. The new cars benefited from a Heynes designed chassis and revised 6 cylinder engines of 2.7 litre capacity fitted with the OHV cylinder head designed by Weslake and offered a year later as a 3.5 litre version. By the time car production stopped in 1940 when Jaguar devoted its considerable engineering and manufacturing skills to military projects as varied as the production of Spitfire wing and oil tank components to amphibious 10cwt lorry trailers, a total of 4,890 Jaguar SS Saloons, 314 SS100 and 98 SS Tourers had left the factory. After the war the SS name was dropped and the Jaguar name was adopted. David
This particular SS100 has race history having won a major race. I guess that makes it pretty valuable. It came to me as a rebuilt rolling chassis and a 'restored' ash frame. The ash frame was 'restored' by a guy who did the work in exchange for being allowed to copy it. I guess you get what you pay for. David
This is one of the parts of the frame that the guy did replace, it has a bloody great knot in the middle. Ash is used in these frames because it is strong light and pretty much knot free. He must have tried hard to find a piece of ash with a knot. Needless to say we replaced the section. Not only did it have a knot it was cut so it was wavy. David
The frame had lots of little chunks missing. Because the skin is wrapped around the frame any imperfections in the frame would transfer through the aluminium. We had to replace lots of small areas to give us something sound to work with. We did it this way because the owner wanted to keep the frame. David
The guy so owns this car is a carpenter and had it in his possession for months. I'll say no more. The frame was totally out of square at the back. We had a hell of a job sorting it all out. One B post was half an inch shorter than the other. The doors did not go anywhere near it. David
Well I guess woodwork isn't as sexy as metalwork but it's the foundation of the body of this little sports car. David
Knots will result in the wood warping and twisting like that. I am guessing the other piece was not "missed" but just ignored as "good enough". As far as the wood working not being as "sexy", well it isn't compared with your metal sorcery.
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